Saturday, January 26, 2013
If an actor works almost constantly, it's a given that that he's held in high esteem by directors and other colleagues. Case in point: Andrew Samonsky, who has made his mark in several produ…
SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 08:42AM[SHARE]Monday, January 21, 2013
The novel La dame aux camélias (1848), by Alexandre Dumas fils, is best known to most people through two of its many adaptations: Giuseppe Verdi's opera La traviata (1853), much b…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 05:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 13, 2013
How versatile a performer is Christine Ebersole? Let's count the ways. Many people first became aware of her from her work as a sketch comedian on Saturday Night Live. On Broadway, she has p…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 01:07PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 18, 2012
"I don't think I've ever admitted that I was over 50!" Coming from almost any other 81-year-old, that sentence might be taken with huge skepticism. But when Mitzi Gaynor says it, you know sh…
SOURCE: lifeafter50.com at 08:43AM[SHARE]Sparkle!, a starry holiday concert masterminded by Scott Nevins, brought gladness and cheer to the audience that assembled at XL Cabaret on Monday, December 17 for this one-night-only event.…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 01:24AM[SHARE]Sparkle!, a starry holiday concert masterminded by Scott Nevins, brought gladness and cheer to the audience that assembled at XL Cabaret on Monday, December 17 for the one-night-only event. …
SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 01:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The 24th annual Gypsy of the Year competition, held at the New Amsterdam Theatre, raised $3,902,608 to support the good works of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This year's event culminat…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 11:05PM[SHARE]The 24th annual Gypsy of the Year competition, held at the New Amsterdam Theatre, raised $3,902,608 to support the good works of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This year's event culminat…
SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 11:05PM[SHARE]Monday, October 22, 2012
The great composer Alan Menken was honored by Encompass New Opera Theatre on Sunday, October 21 at the National Arts Club in a celebration that featured memorable performances of his songs, …
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 01:24AM[SHARE]Friday, October 19, 2012
There's a musical about cats, and there's a musical about frogs, so why not one about bedbugs? True, New Yorkers who went through a big bedbug scare a just a few years ago may not feel there…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 08:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The musical Fade Out - Fade In has a hilarious libretto by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, a terrific score with both music and lyrics by Jule Styne, and the original production was directed …
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 02:04AM[SHARE]Fade Out - Fade In has a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by the great Jule Styne, and the original production was directed by George Abbott and starred Carol Burnett.…
SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 02:04AM[SHARE]Friday, October 12, 2012
One of the several excellent reasons why you should see Gayby, a new indie film written and directed by Jonathan Lisecki, is that most of the actors involved are young New York theater veter…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 08:34PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 7, 2012
There's a paradox surrounding Frank Wedekind's 1891 play Spring's Awakening (or Spring Awakening, depending on the translation) and its latter-day musical version, a paradox that also exists…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 02:03PM[SHARE]There's a paradox surrounding Frank Wedekind's 1891 play Spring Awakening (or Spring's Awakening, depending on the translation) and its latter-day musical version, a paradox that also exists…
SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 02:03PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 3, 2012
As you may have heard, Barbra Streisand will soon return to the borough of her birth, Brooklyn, to give two concerts in the brand new Barclays Center. If you're a big Barbra fan but you can'…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 07:25PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 27, 2012
I'm one of those people who look askance at musicals built around pre-existing songs, but many of us who feel that way are happy to give a pass to Marry Me a Little. Originally staged Off-Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:22PM[SHARE]Monday, September 10, 2012
The late, great tenor Mario Lanza is most famous for almost single-handedly popularizing opera for a mass audience of Americans in the 1950s through his glorious singing in a series of big-b…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:29PM[SHARE]The late, great tenor Mario Lanza is most famous for almost single-handedly popularizing opera for a mass audience of Americans in the 1950s through his glorious singing in a series of big-b…
SOURCE: stage.broadwaystars.com at 09:29PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Debra Barsha composed the music for Radiant Baby, one of the best musicals you've probably never heard of. For whatever reasons, the show was not a critical success in its 2003 world premier…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:06PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 2, 2012
One might say that Marilyn Maye is having a glorious renaissance, except that there really haven't been any dark ages in this lady's career. Famous as one of Johnny Carson's all-time favorit…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 11:29AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 28, 2012
Max von Essen has been duly praised for his performance as Magaldi in the Broadway revival of Evita, but many theatergoers may be unaware that he is also the understudy for the marathon lead…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 02:24PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 24, 2012
Everyone of a certain age has his/her own favorite mid-20th century pop singers, based on all sorts of qualities including voice, style, phrasing, and repertoire. But in terms of sheer vocal…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 10:46AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Over the decades, Judy Garland has been channelled by any number of performers and impersonators, including some biological females. Several of these people have offered skillful and respect…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:23AM[SHARE]Monday, June 11, 2012
Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella is one of my all-time favorite musicals, but the show has never been tremendously popular with the general public, and I think that's mostly because of b…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 11:09PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Located at the tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown is considered by many to be the birthplace of the modern American theater, having served as an artistic home for such playwrights as Eugene O'Nei…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 10:05PM[SHARE]Monday, May 28, 2012
As of this writing, cast albums of most of the recently ended season’s new musicals, revivals, and “revisals” have been or are very soon to be released. So, for the benefit…
SOURCE: artsamerica.org at 03:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 27, 2012
The show in which Jessie Mueller made her Broadway debut -- the revisal of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever -- didn't run very long at all, but Jessie herself is here to stay. This spectac…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 24, 2012
The cast of OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES (Photo: Joan Marcus)The great thing about a show like Old Jews Telling Jokes is that the title tells you pretty much exactly what you’re getting. No …
SOURCE: artsamerica.org at 12:08PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 17, 2012
Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Broderick in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (Photo: Joan Marcus)
In my last ArtsAmerica blog entry, I wrote about what I consider to be an unfortunate omission from…
SOURCE: artsamerica.org at 11:50AM[SHARE]Monday, May 7, 2012
John Lithgow in THE COLUMNIST
One of the most inexplicable and unfortunate omissions from this year’s Tony Award nominations is David Auburn’s The Columnist, which definitely des…
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