Legit Reviews||Abroad:
Heather Headley thrillingly knocks all Whitney Houston wannabes out of the ballpark, but whenever she launches into a Whitney cover, there's tangible reli…
Linked From Variety at 10:56PMIn this staging of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the estimable Daniel Sullivan directs an assemblage of gifted stage and screen veterans — among them Al Pacino, whom Sullivan …
Linked From USA Today at 10:35PMThe Stirks were the leaders in trick riding and bicycle stunts in the variety world in the late 19th-early 20th centuries. The patriarch was Thomas (1859-1924), married to Flora, who was for…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 10:33PMLos Angeles Times 12/07/12
Linked From ArtsJournal at 10:29PMDavid Mamet is f***ing back in business. The curses fly, the briefcase slam, and the air crackles with disgust and despair in Mamet's often blistering Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarr…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:22PMHave you ever wanted to rip out your beating heart and hold it up for everyone to see while belting a high F into the face of your secret lover? Not since high school? Well then the angst-ri…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:22PMWhat could be more contemporary than greed? It's certainly at the heart of Ben Jonson's delicious 1606 comedy,
Volpone,, or the Fox, but theatergoers these days aren't given many chances to…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:22PMThe Hub Theatre should be the first stop in a long run for How I Paid for College – a ‘monologsical’ written by Marc Acito, based on his award-winning novel of the same na…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:05PMThe Fall 2012 issue of Modern Drama features “The Canonization of Christopher Shinn: A Modest Proposal on Ethics” by Stephen Bottoms, the first major academic consideration of th…
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 10:02PMStraight to the Source In true Dance Exchange form Artistic Director Cassie Meador and Sarah Levitt will be conducting Straight to the Source - a two-day improvised movement workshop at the…
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Pictured above are The Great Coram (1883-1937) and his partner Jerry Fisher. Born Thomas Whitaker, he debuted in music hall with his ventriloquism act in 1905, (he also appeared in Americ…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:31PMMarc Acito, whose Helen Hayes Award-winning tale of bird love, Birds of a Feather, graced the Hub Theatre stage last year, now returns to do a magic act. That is to say, his one-actor play H…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 08:24PMIf good intentions, sincerity, and important subject matter were enough to guarantee artistic success, then “Bare” would be a triumph. Unfortunately, Jon Hartmere’s generic…
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Ron Simonian is a playwright I've admired through the years. Sometimes he's very good. Sometimes he's pretty bad. And I'm not sure he knows the difference.
Linked From The Kansas City Star at 07:59PMIn the world of Twitter and Facebook, a brand's "voice" is a key bullet point in social strategy documents. "Brands are not humans. But people do project human qualities onto brands," Ric Dr…
Linked From Huffington Post at 07:58PMBusy film, TV and stage actor Kevin Symons gets a call to star in a new musical extravaganza. What is the musical Will he accept Tune in.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:47PMCarly Bawden, 24, has landed the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady at Sheffield Crucible Theatre alongside Dominic West, as Professor Henry Higgins, in his first ever musical. "
Linked From The Independent at 07:46PMWhether in the theatre or in real life, youthful energy is not a myth...
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 07:30PMHow nice it is to write about Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and not write about backstage discord, lawsuits or near-death experiences. And how nice to write about a Broadway newbi…
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Engelbert Humperdinck's *Hansel und Gretel* is a perfect pick for children and adults or opera newbies and subscribers. The happily ever-after starts at the overture and plays straight thro…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 06:59PMThe troupe Circus Oz, from Melbourne, Australia, blends comedy, music, acrobatics, trapeze and spectacle at the New Victory Theater.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:56PMKey French impressionist (not!) in conversation and song at the Source.
Linked From The Washington Times at 06:53PMIn Ruby Preston's likeable but awkwardly written novel Show Biz, theatre critic Ken Kantor's suicide sets off shock waves that eventually change the lives of nasty producer Margolies, his am…
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Don ZolidisHometown: Janesville, Wisconsin.
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Linked From ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 05:53PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Glengarry Glen Ross starring Al Pacino and directed by Daniel Sullivan.
Linked From Playbill at 05:50PMOn Twitter Watch, Josh Gad wrote Back together with AndrewRannells and jason schwartzman and it feels so right. funnyordie exclusive pic.twitter.coml3DKsixf
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:47PMLondon's Leicester Square played host to the star-studded World Premiere of Universal Pictures' Les Misrables, directed by Tom Hooper. The event was hosted by West End stage star Michael Bal…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:47PMThe resourceful Brick Theater in Williamsburg is celebrating their 10th Anniversary by bringing back a few of their popular offerings, among them: Bouffon Glass Menajoree and NECROPOLIS 1+2:…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 05:44PMPeter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk with Maureen McGovern. We also review Dead Accounts, Starting Here, Starting Now, Broadway Close Up and Glengarry Glen Ross. &#…
Linked From BroadwayRadio at 05:12PM1. Safe Pop It is said that the theater space is one of danger. But is it danger of content, form, or both? There are plenty of theater pieces that court no sense of danger whatsoever in eit…
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The thirteenth Whatsonstage.com Awards nominations party at lunchtime on Friday was the usual high-spirited affair, with an extraordinary mix of producers, actors, directors and administrato…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 04:44PMBroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our December 8th SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured farwel…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMClassical theater often gets a bad rap, whether due to the required reading of Shakespeare in high school, writing 20-page analytical papers in college, or watching countless sub-par communi…
Linked From Backstage at 04:07PMFinely tuned kvetch Jackie Hoffman is back with her sendup of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” She performed a version of it last year, which I did not see. This incar…
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Legit Reviews||Broadway:
It's a treat to revisit the best American play ever written about merciless men and their predatory business practices.
Linked From Variety at 03:46PMAs a companion column to this weekends extensive, exclusive InDepth InterView with Broadway and Hollywood star Patrick Wilson, today, lets take a look at twenty takes or so of this versatile…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:44PM“Tarzan,” “The Lion King” and now “Rocky” are turning Hamburg into a profitable city for big, splashy musicals.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:37PMPanto isn't proper theatre? Oh yes it is!At this time of year I'm on full-time panto patrol, pretty much, reviewing the festive family shows that fill British theatres, and which are so cruc…
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The pop-rock musical Bare opens December 9 at off-Broadway’s New World Stages, starring Taylor Trensch, Jason Hite and Elizabeth Judd. Directed by Stafford Arima and choreographed by T…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:52PMBroadway.com is spreading holiday cheer all season long, spotlighting tons of must-see events! Read on for this week’s top picks, from the arrival of The Grinch to the star-studde…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:52PMMadame Petty was P.T. Barnum’s long-haired lady, photographed here circa 1870. A Brooklyn native, she was married to sea captain Henry Petty, who lost at sea off Cape Hateras in 1889.…
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Christmas is nearly upon us, and with the holiday cheer comes the swarm of good old-fashioned theatre. The Unicorn Theatre is hosting one of the best tales out there, Mark Twain’s The Prin…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 01:59PMTricycle theatre, LondonScan the schedules and you find'll versions of The Arabian Nights cropping up all over the UK. This particular one, by Mary Zimmerman, was first seen in Chicago in&nb…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:40PMOne hundred years from now, film historians may look back at an Oscar race from the early 21st century and note the fascinating slate of Best Picture nominees.
1. A Christmas t…
Linked From Gold Derby at 01:40PMI once asked Luciano Pavarotti what opera meant; the great tenor gave me a baffled look, but he answered that opera was not difficult to comprehend. Farmers played opera in barns to increase…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 01:39PMAh, the benefits of diminished expectations. Since it began previews in October, the Broadway revival of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Glengarry Glen Ross has been the target of…
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Fans of the Chichester Festival Theatre’s Kiss Me Kate were delighted to hear that it was coming to London’s Old Vic Theatre, and rightly so. This is a lively and hugely enjoyable produc…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 12:58PMFor many, young adulthood is a period of hard-hitting reality, in which we must face the realisation that our long-held dreams have somehow dissipated into a purgatory with no obvious direct…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 12:58PMBob Cratchit Hangs with Christmas Present, a photo by arthennessey on Flickr.This is year 13 for me in A Trolley Christmas Carol!The Mirror Up To Nature - Boston Theater and Beyond
Linked From Art Hennessey at 12:50PMDavid Sisco FounderCurator and Lorene Phillips Contributing Editor will celebrate the launch of THE DIRECTORY OF CONTEMPORARY THEATRE WRITERS in a star-studded concert on Monday, January 21 …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMNEW YORK— Early in "Glengarry Glen Ross," as David Mamet brilliantly employs the scene-blackout-scene rhythm he learned sweeping floors at Chicago's Second City cabaret, Shelly can't-c…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 12:10PMA HOLIDAY CHESTNUTCRACKER The Joffrey Ballet is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its holiday production of The Nutcracker, which means audiences have enjoyed an evening of grace, beauty, …
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 12:01PMBOB’S HOLIDAY OFFICE FIASCO Bob’s Holiday Office Party, now in its 17th season, is basically a fifteen-minute Carol Burnett Show-type sketch stretched out to about 100 minutes. And unles…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 12:01PMRECIPE FOR A CHRISTMAS STEW I sent this recipe to a friend, who will let us know how this Christmas Stew turned out: This is a family favorite, cooked up every holiday season. There are a lo…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 12:01PMSOME THINGS GO, SOME THINGS DON’T While it is refreshing that Cole Porter is experiencing a revival, it is unfortunate that the timeless brilliance of his music is attached to musicals who…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 12:01PMDavid Mamet’s 1984 Pulitzer Prize winner “Glengarry Glen Ross,” about ruthless salesmen, can grab you by the throat and punch you in the gut.
Linked From New York Daily News at 12:01PMOn Tuesday, a day after getting creamed by critics, David Mamet’s prison drama “The Anarchist” got an unceremonious death sentence from producers.
Linked From New York Daily News at 12:01PMFrom raps to apps, the Bard is being reimagined for the digital ageThe World of Shakespeare festival is just drawing to a close, but its digital offspring will hopefully be with us for some …
Linked From The Guardian at 12:01PMIan McKellen mesmerised us as a classical actor, but his portrayal of Tolkien's Gandalf has made him a global superstar. Here, he talks to Euan Ferguson about wizards, why the world is a mor…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:01PMStephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughElla has a mark on her brow made by a falling cinder from a passing star. So says Woody Drift, her fanciful seafaring father, whose vivid imagination outst…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:01PMAdelphi, LondonAmong the recent glut of stage musicals based on blockbuster films – Shrek; Dirty Dancing; Legally Blonde; Ghost – this new show, drawn from the 1992 movie, has some of th…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:01PMRoyal Exchange, Manchester; Lowry, SalfordAncient storytelling traditions kaleidoscope to life in two texts by contemporary writers. Rats' Tales sashays out of shadow-fraught European forest…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:01PMThe director of Skyfall talks about the pleasures and pains of making Britain's highest-grossing film everSam Mendes, director of Skyfall, hesitates. He is thinking about James Bond. It is, …
Linked From The Guardian at 12:01PMDonmar, London; Curve, Leicester; Bristol Old VicAlways fascinating, sometimes infuriating, Phyllida Lloyd's all-female production of Julius Caesar is one of the most important theatrical ev…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:01PMAndrea Allen, education director at Seattle Repertory Theatre, died Nov. 15, 2012, after a yearlong battle with breast cancer. A service is Monday, Dec. 10, at Seattle Rep.
Linked From The Seattle Times at 12:01PMThe New York theater scene is having a slow open, but so far has produced such items as a delightful Broadway revival based on a Dickens tale, a brand-new musical based on the Texas novel …
Linked From The Seattle Times at 12:01PMMontclair's Jeff McCarthy is going green this season
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Name: Alex "Hunty" MandellHometown: Fairfax, VAEducation: BFA in Acting, Boston UniversityWhat is a kiki?: A Kiki is a social event during which like-minded people gather to dress in the lat…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 11:46AMGlengarry Glen Ross opened last night, Saturday, December 8, 2012, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street. The limited run has been extended through Sunday, January 20, 2013. …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMCITY OF HOPE BROADWAY BLOWS BACK, a benefit concert to raise funds for New York and New Jersey communities affected by Hurricane Sandy, is set to take place tomorrow, December 10 at 730 PM. …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMFormer Saturday Night Live funny-girl Cheri Oteri will celebrate her opening night in Off-Broadways NEWSical The Musical tonight, Dec 9th where she will appearing with in award winning music…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMHappy Birthday, Mario Cantone He made his Broadway debut in 1995 as replacement for the role of Buzz in the Tony Awardwinning play, Love Valour Compassion. Later that year, he returned to Br…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMThe Guardian (UK) 12/05/12
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:24AMToday is the birthday of second generation vaudevillian Broderick Crawford (for his full bio go here). Showfolk from the cradle he was far from the thugs he typically played in the movies an…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:24AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #399: Tim Moore, best known as Kingfish from the Amos and Andy tv series (for more on his vaudeville history go here). In honor of the day, an epi…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:24AMMarc Kudisch walks into a room, motorcycle helmet tucked under his arm, and the coolness vibe spikes by a factor of 10. He’s a Broadway star with more than 20 major shows – like 9 to…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 11:12AMGrace, the new play by Craig (“Six Feet Under”) Wright, has been in the news a lot lately. It’s been on Letterman, Scott and Todd in the Morning, and just about every p…
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Glengarry Glen Ross - It took a bit of crafty star casting to explain bringing back Mamet's Pulitzer Prize winner: Casting Al Pac…
Linked From Curtainup Blog Annex at 10:58AMOlney Theatre Center’s production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas will appeal to those who want to see a different, original telling of the Scrooge …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:55AMLarry Coen directs "Chinglish"’s awkwardly written romance with a savory earnestness, but he can’t put the pieces of the fragmented script (you laugh/you cry) together.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:45AMThe new Broadway musical Scandalous The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson will play its final performance at the Neil Simon Theatre 250 West 52nd Street today, December 9 at 3 p.m.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMToday is the birthday of the unspeakably awesome Neil Innes (b. 1944). He played the John Lennon character (and wrote all the music for) the brilliant Beatles parody project the Rutles (co-c…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 10:23AMToday is the birthday of the great English poet John Milton (1608-1674). I go back to Paradise Lost periodically as in inspiration both as a writer and as a rough draft of a human being. But…
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The trend to convert romantic films into stage musicals in London continues with Whitney Houston’s 1992 movie starring Heather Headley. . .
Linked From CurtainUp at 09:48AMThe new incarnation of the rock musical Bare began previews Off-Broadway at New World Stages and opens tonight
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMArthur H. (“Al”) Wheatley was born in Perth, Australia in 1901. Many who knew him give out his name as Albert or Alvin, but more official sources, including his granddaughter con…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:22AMToday is the birthday of John Elroy Sanford a.k.a Redd Foxx (1922-1991). He was born in St. Louis and raised in Chicago, where he became known as Chicago Red on account of his reddish hair. …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:22AMVpstart Crow Productions Takes Final Bow It was with great sadness that I read this announcement today. Vpstart Crow Productions had produced so many fine productions and we were honored to …
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:16AMCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The new season of the Spoleto Festival USA will feature one of its largest and most varied program lineups in recent years, with performances ranging from Greek tra…
Linked From Boston Globe at 09:11AMTaking on new challenges and new works is what Strand Theater Company is all about. And What A Girl Wants is definitely a challenging new work. Playwright and Director Deletta Gillespie bri…
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It is easy to see 45th Street this week as the Tale of Two Mamets. David Mamet’s new play, “The Anarchist” is a verified flop, set to close two weeks after it opened. Meanwhile, “Gle…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 02:06AMFor the first time since the North Shore Music Theatre began performing Dickens’“A Christmas Carol” in 1989, one of the key roles in the upcoming production — Tiny Tim — will be p…
Linked From Boston Globe at 02:05AMScituate residents have expanded their rendition of the “The Forever Present” for this holiday season, offering the free show to locals at the G.A.R. Hall on Country Way.
Linked From Boston Globe at 02:05AMIt’s not every day that a cash-strapped city decides to lay out nearly $1 million to install an air conditioning system so people will come to rock concerts and touring Broadway shows duri…
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Are critics singing the praises of "Golden Age"?
Linked From StageGrade at 01:56AMAre critics divided on "A Civil War Christmas"?
Linked From StageGrade at 01:56AMDavid Pomeranz, pop hitmaker and Scandalous on Broadways composer, will hold a one-night-only solo concert at 54 Below, Broadways famed nightclub, tonight, December 9 at 7 p.m.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:32AMThe original musical BARE, which began previews Off-Broadway at New World Stages 340 West 50th Street on Monday, November 19, 2012, opens today, Sunday, December 9, 2012.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:32AMNew York Stage and Film continues plans for its Annual Winter Gala, to be held tonight, December 9, 2012 at The Plaza Hotel 770 Fifth Avenue, New York City, honoring Tony Award Winning produ…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:32AMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced a special talkback at If There Is I Havent Found It Yet on the topic of climate change following the 200pm performance today, December 9. The talkbac…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:32AMClassic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, presents Anton Chekhovs IVANOV, starring Ethan Hawke, Joely Richardson and J…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:32AMTreatment Action Group TAG, one of the worlds leading AIDS research advocacy organizations, will host its 16th annual Research in Action Awards RIAA, honoring individuals who have made a sig…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:32AMOn Today, December 9th, at 8 PM, Feinsteins at Loews Regency unwraps MY GIFT OF THANKS New Songs for the Holidays to benefit The Actors Fund.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:32AMKatie Holmes has one for “Dead Accounts,” Ricky Martin has two for “Evita,” and even Sunny, the Sandy of “Annie,” has one: an understudy or standby ready to take their places, si…
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Larry Shue's 1984 play is a charming, funny, feel-good affair, perfect for the holiday season, and it's currently getting a splendid production at the Rep, under Edward Stern's spot-on direc…
Linked From St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:43AMEven as my eyes are welling up at the pure beauty in front of me, I can’t look away. And when the lights come up after curtain call, I want to stay under the spell. As a company, Hubbard S…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 12:43AMAl Pacino On the Great Mametian Way By Isa GoldbergIn a misfired story of power and the power brokers who wield it, a major block of New York City real estate, 4…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 12:36AM1902 Birthday of actress Margaret Hamilton, who will appear on Broadway in plays including The Farmer Takes a Wife, The Dark Tower, Goldilocks and a revival of Our Town, but who will forever…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMAn encore performance of The York Theatre Company's recent reunion concert staging of Starting Here, Starting Now, Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire's hit Off-Broadway musical revu…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMPlaywright Arthur Bicknell is returning to the scene of a crime — his famous Broadway flop Moose Murders, which he is a revising for a New York City staging. With good nature intact, h…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMMy Gift of Thanks: New Songs for the Holidays, a benefit for The Actors Fund, is presented Dec. 9 at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMBroadway's Future Songbook Series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — continues with free holiday concerts Dec. 9-10. The concerts, each with a unique program of ne…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMBare, the coming-of-age rock musical set in a co-ed Catholic boarding school, officially opens Off-Broadway Dec. 9 at New World Stages, where the work — billed as a Pop Opera in 2…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMTreatment Action Group, an independent AIDS research organization, honors Tony Award winner Judith Light at its 16th annual Research in Action Awards (RIAA) Dec. 9 at 404NYC.
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMA Republican family unwraps a bombshell tell-all for Christmas in the West Coast premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's Tony-nominated drama Other Desert Cities, which officially opens Dec. 9 at …
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMScandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, a musical passion project by writer Kathie Lee Gifford, closes on Broadway Dec. 9, following the matinee performance. The biographi…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMThe Red Bull Theater revival of Ben Jonson's Volpone, or The Fox, starring Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella, Tony nominee Tovah Feldshuh and Alvin Epstein, officially opens Off-Broadwa…
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMA look back at the year's musical-theatre albums that are worth your attention, perhaps for gift ideas this holiday season. The mix this week includes Once, Michael John LaChiusa, Pasek …
Linked From Playbill at 12:33AMTony Award winner Victoria Clark and Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes, who will star in the upcoming Broadway production of Cinderella, perform in the sold-out Dec. 9 benefit Impossible Things…
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