Monday, October 29, 2012
Andrea McArdle sings Tomorrow at the Tony Awards in 1977. The sun will come out tomorrow! Sandy from Space
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:34AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 28, 2012
Lena Horne from the 1943 movie. Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky Stormy weather since my man and I ain’t together Keeps raining all the time, the time Lif…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:27PM[SHARE]With the impending threat of Hurricane Sandy in the tri-state area, Governor Cuomo announced the shutting down of all subway, bus and commuter service around 7 p.m. tonight, Sunday, October …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:53PM[SHARE]Friday, October 26, 2012
Three shows I saw within a week or so of one another adapted literary works by well-known authors to the stage for the first time: Jonathan Franzen, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Rona Jaffe. I…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:10PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Within the first minutes of the Transport Group Theatre Company's "House for Sale," billed as the first work by Jonathan Franzen (Freedom, The Corrections) to be adapted for the stage, I …
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 07:47PM[SHARE]Monday, October 22, 2012
“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh; otherwise they’ll kill you.”~Oscar Wilde, born 158 years ago this past week. Â October 15 My review of Falling Jo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:57PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 20, 2012
The Guardian has posted an article, Is it OK to use Twitter mid-performance? in which the author, Andrew Dickson, answers no — no surprise. And no surprise that all the commenters a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:06AM[SHARE]Friday, October 19, 2012
Near the end of the latest Broadway revival of Cyrano de Bergerac, much to my surprise, the Les Miz Rule kicked in. If a Broadway show shines bright lights directly in your face, features st…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:41AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 18, 2012
I saw the second Presidential debate of 2012 and Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” on Broadway on the same week. Here is an excerpt from Act III: MARTH…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:56PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 17, 2012
TICKET GIVEAWAY TO GOLDEN BOY: Win two tickets to see "Golden Boy," Clifford Odet’s drama, first produced on Broadway in 1937 by the legendary Group Theater, about a man who defies his…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:39AM[SHARE]This excerpt from the Chronicle of Philanthropy‘s article on the presidential candidates’ positions on various non-profit issues focuses on their stances on matters involving …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:23AM[SHARE]“I don't think like an F.B.I. agent," Ben Sprecher, one of the lead producers of “Rebecca,” defends himself in the New York Times, in the latest development in what I…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:59AM[SHARE]Monday, October 15, 2012
The fourth Broadway production of  Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opened this past week to the first full-throated raves of the season. (See my r…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:25PM[SHARE]"You're all flops," Martha says drunkenly to her guest in "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" the first full-length play by Edward Albee, which has proven once again to be the opposite of a fl…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 10:32AM[SHARE]Friday, October 12, 2012
Undesirable Elements” Turns 20 Ping Chong, the theatre artist who created the documentary theatre series Undesirable Elements, knew what it felt like to be an outsider even before he w…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:43PM[SHARE]5 minutes of the singer chatting and crooning at Barclays Center The beginning of Stephen Holden’s New York Times review of the concert: “Those words sung by Barbra Streis…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:58AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 10, 2012
TICKET GIVEAWAY TO EDWARD ALBEE’S WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF: Win two tickets to see "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf" starring Steppenwolf Theatre members Tracy Letts (…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:14AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 9, 2012
October 1 The Weirdness of Rebecca, an account of the odd saga, with link to video of two of the musical’s songs and several updates  2 Hands on a Hardbody will open March 21, 20…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 7, 2012
The opening skit of Saturday Night Live featured the first Presidential debate. In this version, President Obama is daydreaming, mostly his wedding anniversary, not paying attention to what …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:43AM[SHARE]Friday, October 5, 2012
There were reasons to have faith in "Grace," a play about the downside of faith and the mystery of grace. Its stellar four-member cast includes Paul Rudd and Ed Asner, two performers w…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 02:34PM[SHARE]TICKET GIVEAWAY TO THE HEIRESS: Win two tickets to see “The Heiress” marking the Broadway debuts of Jessica Chastain (Academy Award nominee for The Help) and Dan StevensÂ…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 4, 2012
There were reasons to have faith in "Grace," a play about the downside of faith and the mystery of grace. Its stellar four-member cast includes Paul Rudd and Ed Asner, two performers w…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:19PM[SHARE]Here is the part of the transcript of the first 2012 presidential debate that concerns Big Bird. Debate moderator Jim Lehrer had asked: “What are the differences between the two of you…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:46AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Lilla Crawford, a veteran of Cool Whip commercial and Billie Elliot on Broadway, is the new Annie. She’s an old pro, which is clear from her interviews.Asked what she wants to do after…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:48PM[SHARE] Johnny Rabe will play Ralphie in A Christmas Story , The Musical, based on the 1983 movie, which is scheduled to play at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater on Broadway  from November …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:44AM[SHARE]Monday, October 1, 2012
Rebecca will not open on Broadway this fall, its producers Ben Sprecher and Louise Forlenza announced yesterday. The bottom line reason: a lack of financing. But as I tweeted yesterday: …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:08PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 30, 2012
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SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:58PM[SHARE]September 18 Details of that invitation-only Marvin Hamlisch memorial tonight with Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin and Liza Minnelli ‪ Soshana Greenberg (@Vmarshmellow) I sang in the…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 29, 2012
There were 39 TV season premieres this week, seven of them series premieres. A surprising number of these TV shows featured performers who established or embellished their reputations on Bro…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:29PM[SHARE]Should audiences applaud celebrities at the beginning of a show? I was struck recently at the response at two different plays, when a handful of people started to applaud David Schwimmer (in…
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