Monday, August 1, 2011
Combine the schedule that Eva Peron had to follow on her Rainbow Tour as well as all the plans that Billy Liar had in his head, and you’ll get an idea of what Elaine Paige’s life…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]No sooner had FringeNYC come to its August 29th closing than people were already asking me "So what are you looking forward to at NYMF?" The first show I want to see is Alex Wyse's Nighttime…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Peter looks at some shows that are ending their runs soon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Lots of people can't go more than 48 hours without seeing a Wizard of Oz reference.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]For this year's Broadway University Entrance Exam, we're concentrating on lines and lyrics that mention body parts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Tell the truth: If you were to glance at the inside of your Snapple bottle cap, wouldn't you be tickled to find any of these real facts?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Ever hear of Platinum? It was a 1978 musical with book by Will Holt and Bruce Vilanch, lyrics by Holt and music by Gary William Friedman. New Yorkers had 45 chances to see it, thanks to 12 p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]When director Sarah Crawford approached George Harter and said that she wanted to do 1776 with an all-female cast in a concert staging, Harter was inclined to say yes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]Peter's been busy seeing Fringe Festival shows. What has he seen? What has he liked?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM[SHARE]It was the month that Rebecca Luker and Michael Siberry had much more trouble with one child (Grazia in Death Takes a Holiday) than they did with seven Trapps 13 years ago. But they weren&rs…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 31, 2011
March came in like a lion thanks to Shelly Burch's dynamic act at the Metropolitan Room. How nice to welcome back to town this lady whom we haven't seen since "Nine," a quarter-cen…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:43PM[SHARE]Nice responses from so many of you! You sent them after I wrote an article on how I like a lyricist’s using a word early in a song, and later employing it in a completely differen…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:43PM[SHARE]Nice enough line-up for Encores in 2009-2010, don’t you think? It’s much more in tune with the original mission of doing works that would have a hard time getting a legitimate Br…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:43PM[SHARE]Friday, July 29, 2011
Gerry GoodsteinPhilip Goodwin, who has won three Helen Hayes Awards for his work in the Washington, D.C., theater scene, will star in "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" at the Shak…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:03AM[SHARE]Faithful readers will recall that on Wednesday, I wrote that I’m driving up to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario to see the Shaw Festival’s production of My Fair Lady. The motivation …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The stars keep saying yes to director David Hyde Pierce, who's casting the season opener at the George Street Playhouse. "It Shoulda Been You" " a musical about the travails of putting on a …
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:40AM[SHARE]I’m off to the Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada to see My Fair Lady.
You’re saying, “That’s a long drive to see a show you’ve seem umpteen times.&…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:16AM[SHARE]Monday, July 25, 2011
By Peter Filichia --
Even before I started listening to Musical Comedy Favorites by Andre Kostelanetz, I was intrigued by the song listing.
You do know Kostelanetz, don't you? He was an …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:37PM[SHARE]In a way, The Mad Show is returning to its roots. This upcoming weekend, the 1966 hit revue will be a “Musical in Mufti” at the York Theatre, located on 54th Street between Lex a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AM[SHARE]Friday, July 22, 2011
Jerry Dalia/Surflight TheatreJudd Hirsch directs and stars in "Art" at the Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven. The "Taxi" star plays Marc, the same character he played in t…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:24AM[SHARE]The young man driving the car is speeding and then goes even faster. His wealthy and privileged occupants sing with the confidence and invulnerability of youth, "It's been a lovely day.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 21, 2011
A play about a blind woman and the struggles she has before and after an operation may not seem to be the ideal summer entertainment. Perhaps that's why at Sunday night's performance of "Mol…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tidbits from the world of the New Jersey stage
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:31AM[SHARE]Re-read Plaza Suite, Neil Simon’s 1968 smash-hit. The evening consisted of three one-act plays, the first of which was the most serious play that Simon had yet attempted. It dealt with…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:37AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Cynthia Meryl brings her extraordinary New Jersey Youth Theatre to NJPAC in Newark
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:26PM[SHARE]Roy GroethingMichelle Wilson, Nyahale Allie and Ley Smith in "Follow Me to Nellie's," the winner of the new play festival at Premiere Stages at Kean University in Union. The plot isn't so ho…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:34AM[SHARE]Monday, July 18, 2011
Roxie Hart, let alone Mrs. Lovett, wasn't the first musical theater woman to have blood on her hands. Annina was in The Saint of Bleecker Street.
Granted, there were two profound dif…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:58PM[SHARE]Couresty of The Theater Project The cast of Penny Penniworth featuring Rick Delaney (left), Jenelle Sosa (bottom center), Terri Sturtevant (top), and Harry Patrick Christian (down right) in …
SOURCE: NJ.com at 01:32PM[SHARE]So have you experienced what David Schmittou has?
It all started when the actor, who’s about to play Toddy in Victor/Victoria at Stages St. Louis, ran into Joel Warfield. The last tim…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AM[SHARE]Friday, July 15, 2011
Daniel HeddenCynthia Meryl, artistic director of the New Jersey Youth Theatre, directs the cast of "Kiss Me, Kate" at a rehearsal. It all started simply because parents didn't have…
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