Thursday, June 16, 2011
Everyone has a dark side " even fairy tale characters, Dennis Giacino believes.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 04:14PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Were you still watching the Tonys at 10:20 p.m.? You probably were, because Sunday’s edition is considered one of the better shows of recent years. Even Dallas Maverick fans might have…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:04AM[SHARE]Monday, June 13, 2011
By Peter Filichia --
This June is bustin' out all over with a recording of Carousel that hasn't been available for decades. Look around! Look around! Look around! The first studio cast alb…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:25PM[SHARE]And so, at 11 pm, once The Book of Mormon won the Tony for Best Musical, the 2010-2011 season in New York came to an official end. Let’s take a look at it from A to Z: A is for Arianda…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:13AM[SHARE]Friday, June 10, 2011
Congratulations to Fred Abramowitz, Peter Alfano, John Atkins, AnyaToes, Susan Berlin, Brigadude, Laura Frankos, Ingrid Gammerman, John Griffin, Cathy Jones, David Kanter, Jack Lechner, Marc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 8, 2011
“Stay off the pipe, and don’t show your dick on the Internet.” That advice comes courtesy of Chris Rock. He made it his final remark after being the spokesperson for the ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:05AM[SHARE]Monday, June 6, 2011
You learn something new every day " or you're supposed to. And I did when "Scooterberwyn" and "BwayPassion" wrote to correct me on a lyric I'd cited. When I wrote about Damn Yankees last wee…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:36PM[SHARE]Be honest. When you heard that Beowulf Boritt got a Tony nomination as Best Scenic Designer of a Musical for The Scottsboro Boys, weren’t you a little surprised? Did you exclaim, &ldqu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:04AM[SHARE]Friday, June 3, 2011
It’s Tuesday morning, May 31. Rory O’Malley is ironing, which is never any fun. The onerous task starts him muttering to himself while he removes every wrinkle from that white sh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:04AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 1, 2011
June 1. It’s suddenly 2011-2012, the beginning of a brand-new theater season. And while others are still making predictions on who’ll win the Tonys on the second Sunday of this m…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 31, 2011
By Peter Filichia ---
It's a record that will probably never be beaten: The New York Yankees' Joe DiMaggio got a hit in 56 straight games in 1941. All the pitchers he conquered during that…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:16AM[SHARE]Monday, May 30, 2011
I drove to Massachusetts to be the commencement speaker at the graduation ceremonies at Arlington Catholic High School. As I took to the podium and saw the kids in their graduation robes, I …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03AM[SHARE]Friday, May 27, 2011
He was a child of privilege, with a mother who was a CNN anchorwoman and a father who was chief of police in Atlanta. And he skyrocketed to fame in 2002, finishing second in the first season…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:09AM[SHARE]Well, I must admit that Part One of the Broadway University Final Examination has flummoxed a number of students. Of course, I haven’t heard from everyone, for the deadline is not unti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:04AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 25, 2011
So the Rapture didn't occur on Saturday. But one might have thought the world was about to end " and good riddance, too " from the show that Two River Theater Company opened that night.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:29AM[SHARE]Actually, you can sleep as much as you want at Sleep No More. No one insists you do much of anything once you enter the ravaged 27th Street building where this two-hour experience is ensconc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 24, 2011
By Peter Filichia --
More often than not, when the leads of a studio recording get into the recording booth, they're meeting for the first time. Their lack of chemistry is far too obvious …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:26AM[SHARE]Monday, May 23, 2011
Josh Gad told about the conversation he’d had with his 92-year-old grandfather. The young star of The Book of Mormon had let Gramps know that he was attending the Drama League Awards a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03AM[SHARE]Friday, May 20, 2011
On Wednesday, we had the first part of the 2011 Broadway University Final Examination, where you were asked to identify lyrics from 50 songs and shows. Now it’s time for the essay part…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:04AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 18, 2011
A-A-B-A. It’s the classic structure of many show songs: two sections that are identical – which we each call “A” -- is followed by a different-sounding section called…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Admit it: when you became interested in musical theater and ran into albums for New Faces of 1952 and New Faces of 1956, you automatically assumed that there was a New Faces on Broadway each…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:07AM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2011
So which play did you think was going to win? Sam Bobrick’s The Psychic? Steve Braunstein’s The Tangled Skirt? Robert Ford’s The Fall of the House? Sorry, all you Braunstei…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03AM[SHARE]Friday, May 13, 2011
Ann Harada's going to stick up for her young son's picking up a stick " and using it.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:50AM[SHARE]This weekend, I’ll spend a lot of time listening to Flahooley, the 1951 Broadway musical that celebrates its 60th anniversary on Saturday. I’ll also ruminate on the many years wh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Next week, I’ll be giving the 2011 Broadway University Final Examination. And once again, based on many requests, it’ll be a two-part, as the Mid-Term was. Back in January, I dec…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:04AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Mama Morton and Velma Kelly have been wondering “Whatever happened to class?” for some time now. If they saw The Drunkard at the Metropolitan Playhouse, they’d really be sc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:03PM[SHARE]Had a good time reading Mark Griffin’s very well-written and researched A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli. How nice to know more about such films…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:03PM[SHARE]If you’ve seen the 1942 movie of Panama Hattie, you haven’t really seen Panama Hattie.
And if you’ve seen the 1954 TV adaptation of Panama Hattie, you haven’t really…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:03PM[SHARE]By Peter Filichia --
May 10 marks the 112th birthday of the show business celebrity who's been named in probably more theater songs than anyone else.
All right, I haven't done a concerted …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 07:25AM[SHARE]Monday, May 9, 2011
A couple of months ago, I met a nice young man who was starting a theater company. "What are you doing for your first production?" I asked. His answer surprised me. It was a famous…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03AM[SHARE]Friday, May 6, 2011
One of these days, Rachel Sheinkin will get a good night's sleep. But right now, she's a little too busy to snooze " for she's working on a show about a most attractive woman who has been as…
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