*please note the actual release date for this set is Jan 8, 2013 A lot of new television shows come and go without so much as a single wave in pop culture being made; Smash, on the other han…
Linked From TheTheatreSource at 08:59PMI was intrigued to see that the Scion car company is running a contest to help cultivate new entrepreneurs. Scion has always positioned themselves as a lifestyle brand, (disclaimer: I own on…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 08:33PMPatience does not come easily to theater critics, but after decades of delayed gratification, I was the recipient of a couple of major artistic gifts in 2012.
Linked From The Kansas City Star at 08:29PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A strong Christmas-day box office performance by musical "Les Miserables" and western "Django Unchained" put Hollywood on pace to set an all-time box office record wi…
Linked From Reuters at 08:29PMSeventeen years ago, TurnAround Theatre staged a production of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer, a show that first got produced in 1979. Today, the same three actors and director from that TurnA…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 08:28PMJohansson in 'Cat' makes big debut
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The musical stays very faithful to the film, with a strange narration device but a strong score.
Linked From Theater News Online at 05:33PMHow do you find your place alongside such established stars as Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway? As it happens, two of the younger actors in the cast of “Les Miserables” —…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 05:32PMPenny Fuller plays a widow left in deep debt in a musical adaptation of the play “13 Things About Ed Carpolotti.”
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:25PMClosely based on the 1952 film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds, Singin’ in the Rain, the stage musical now in lavish production at Drury Lane Theatre, has a toug…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 05:25PMSuper Songtress Marilyn Maybe Rings in the New Year and More By Ellis NassourPhenomenal recording artist and one of the New York club scene's most popular attra…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 05:12PMI am an emerging theater director, which means I am in the stage of my profession where I am cultivating and creating relationships with directors, producers, and theaters through fellowship…
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Hugh Jackman is best known as the action star of several X-Men movies, but his affinity for musical theater is so well-known — he won a Tony for The Boy From Oz and had his dichotomy of ta…
Linked From New York Magazine at 04:37PMHello and welcome to Vulture’s very special Les Misérables Advent Calendar, where we have been counting down the 25 days to the most exciting movie-musical event of 2012.
Linked From New York Magazine at 04:36PMThis is not a usual screenwriting assignment. I was hired to turn the super-successful stage musical into a movie — a show I admired and loved. From the start, my brief to myself was: Don…
Linked From New York Magazine at 04:36PMIf you are sitting down to Christmas dinner, raise a glass of eggnog to the memory of Jack Klugman and Charles Durning.
Linked From New York Magazine at 04:35PMBarely five weeks before the star-studded film version of “Les Miserables” is to be released, a stellar national touring production of the musical is storming the stage of the Cadillac P…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 04:31PMIt has taken Cameron Mackintosh, that megastar British theater producer, more than a quarter of a century to usher one of his greatest hits, the epic Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonber…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 04:31PMThe weather outside is far from frightful, so thankfully nothing has dampened the spirits of the spunky foursome serving up a feast of holiday songs, with a lively side of snappy patter and …
Linked From Philadelphia Weekly at 04:31PMWhat’s the best word to sum up Philadelphia’s theater community in 2012? Unpredictable.
Linked From Philadelphia Weekly at 04:25PMForty-four Broadway shows opened their doors in the calendar year 2012. Productions welcomed new cast members galore, while a handful of long-running favorites closed up shop. And then there…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:22PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 12232012.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMBroadway vet Jenny Powers recently appeared on THE TODAY SHOW with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, demonstrating workouts that can be done with a baby at home. In tow was Powers' Broadway …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMSee his performance of 'When Did I Fall In Love' from FIORELLO below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMTina Benko will star in the North American premiere of Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek's solo play Jackie, about the iconic American First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, which will be…
Linked From Playbill at 04:09PMTHE SHOW "American Masters -- Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance"
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 04:08PMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending December 23, 2012: Show Name Gross Attendance Capacity AvgPaidAdm A CHRISTMAS STORY $1,491,488 12,784 93.76% $116.67 ANNIE $1,156,…
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Mr. Durning was a familiar presence on stage and screen, with roles including a widower in the film “Tootsie” and Big Daddy in the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:26PMActor who won fame as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and crimesolving medical examiner QuincyTelevision was the medium that conferred stardom on the actor Jack Klugman, who has died aged 90…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:26PMThe long and thunderous film of “Les Misérables” arises from the stage musical, which itself was adapted from Victor Hugo’s enormous novel. Yet the story, at heart, is…
Linked From The New Yorker Subscription at 03:26PMAt this time of year, you'll find plenty of actors breaking down in laughter. Irritating and unprofessional – or can it bring a production alive?On the press night of Cinderella at the Lyr…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:26PMA glimpse into the workshop of Britain's puppet powerhouse as it prepares to restage its acclaimed production of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Linked From The Guardian at 03:26PMEven Christmas Day didn't stop the Manchester Guardian printing presses in 1824, though it was a slow news day for the foreign desk and the culture section was distracted by an intriguing th…
Linked From The Guardian at 03:26PM My View - written by Stephen Sorokoff Actually it wasn’t a miracle. The dictionary says that a miracle is a surprising and improbable amazing achievement. If you …
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:26PMAt Joe's Pub, the singer ushered in the end of the world. And Christmas.
Linked From Clyde Fitch Report at 03:26PMGlengarry Glen Ross Stars Al Pacino but it is Bobby Cannavale Who Steals the Show: Al Pacino has made the show its money back but it’s not his acting in this case, but his name.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:26PMGood Night Oscar as Jack Klugman Passes Away: Jacob Joachim "Jack" Klugman was born April 27, 1922 and died Christmas eve.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:26PMGolden Night in the Theatre: The 75th anniversary revival for Lincoln Center Theater Bartlett Sher's Broadway revival, Clifford Odets play Golden Boy, is the American Dream with a heartfelt …
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:26PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Australian actor Hugh Jackman says his background in musical theater and action films made him feel "like all the stars were aligning" when he took on the starring role …
Linked From Reuters at 03:26PMThere are more kids treading the Broadway boards this season than any in recent memory. Here are five of the emerging talents making a splash on the Great White Way.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 03:26PMThe premiere of Tom Hooper's film adaptation of the beloved musical was 'completely ridiculous' and exactly as expected, according to a fan.A theater fan can cycle through a litany of appreh…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:26PMCharles Durning, the two-time Oscar nominee who was dubbed the king of the character actors for his skill in playing everything from a Nazi colonel to the pope, died Monday at his home in Ne…
Linked From Philly.com at 03:20PMA version of this review appeared in Sunday's Arts + Entertainment section.
When last seen, British director Tom Hooper had just overseen a historical biography about a stammering monarch, s…
Linked From Philly.com at 03:20PMDrama Desk Award nominee Melissa Van Der Schyff (Bonnie & Clyde) is spending her winter in the Chicago area, starring as silent film star Lina Lamont in Drury Lane Theatre's production of Si…
Linked From Playbill at 03:10PMSinger-songwriters Rufus and Martha Wainwright will celebrate their mother, late folksinger Kate McGarrigle, with a June 26, 2013, concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Linked From Playbill at 03:10PMRachel Potter, who is currently portraying the Mistress in the Broadway revival of Evita, will perform in concert New Year's Eve.
Linked From Playbill at 03:10PMAccording to his family attorney, the legendary Jack Klugman passed away at the age of 90 on December 24, 2012 peacefully at home in California, with his wife Peggy by his side. Take a look …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:10PMTony Award winner Idina Menzel will perform at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on New Year's Eve, and recently stopped by the KTLA studios to discuss the concert, her career and more - view the…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:10PMThe film version of Les Misérables includes a new song for the character Jean Valjean, written by the musical's original composer and lyricist, Claude-Michel Schö…
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Off White Lies, the wonderfully graceful and intelligent debut feature by Israeli director Maya Kenig, is a road movie with a twist.
Linked From Washington Jewish Week at 02:33PMIsraeli author and playwright Savyon Liebrecht has long used her pen to amplify women's voices - wives, mothers, daughters, sisters, lovers and friends. Though Liebrecht began writing as a t…
Linked From Washington Jewish Week at 02:33PMThe Broadway Theater League in Huntsville, Ala. has announced its 2013 season will include “West Side Story,” “Chicago” and “Addams Family,” among others. All productions will ta…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 02:14PMSinger-actor Steven Brinberg, in his alter ego as Simply Barbra — Streisand, that is — will play 54 Below Dec. 30 at 7 PM.
Linked From Playbill at 02:08PMThe new Broadway musical adaptation of A Christmas Story, which captures the spirit of the nostalgic 1983 film about a rag-tag American family's frenzied holiday, has broken box-office r…
Linked From Playbill at 02:08PMDan Stevens, the star of "Downton Abbey" who made his Broadway debut this season in The Heiress, will not return to the popular television series for the show's fourth season, …
Linked From Playbill at 02:08PMIt’s time to wave goodbye to 2012, a year filled with cheerleaders, paperboys, porn stars and Patti. Before the big ball drops in Times Square, Broadway.com decided to poll your favori…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:08PMTVGuide reports that more original music and lyrics from the award-winning team of Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman is on the way for the upcoming second season of NBC's SMASH. The site confir…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMDirected by Tony Award-winner Roger Rees and Tony Award-nominee Alex Timbers, Peter and the Starcatcher began performances on Wednesday, March 28 and opened to rave reviews on Sunday, April …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMAnother Pulitzer Prize Award winning drama has returned to Broadway in a season treating itself to not only some American classics but repeats seen within the past decade on The Great White …
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 02:06PMJack Klugman and Charles Durning, who both died on Monday, were shining examples of actors who made everyday characters believable.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:04PMRinging in the holidays traditionally at GMU's Center for the Arts.
Linked From The Washington Times at 02:04PMSome of you still want to give the last minute gift of theater tickets. It is always hard to recommend theater for people you do not know, but this season I have some generic recommendations…
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Today is the birthday of Phil Spector (b. 1939). I remember during the 1990s when I heard that Celine Dion had put the kibosh on a planned collaboration with him. He was the most legendary r…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 01:36PM“Flipside” delivers 28 Patti Page hits in less than two hours from two performers with warm and lovely voices.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 01:24PMJanuary 21, 2013 the nation pauses to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama and to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr Day. In honor of these events, CENTERSTAGE will be making 100…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 01:22PMThe editors of Playbill.com have combed through the past seven years of our popular Cue & A feature to select some of our favorite answers to the question, "Which Broadway or screen…
Linked From Playbill at 01:08PMCBS airs The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' "The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors," which were presented Dec. 2 to bluesman Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, televisi…
Linked From Playbill at 01:08PMHeading into the last weekend of the year, what better way to celebrate new beginnings than with a night out at the theater? This week’s Countrywide Guide spotlights Jimmy Smits and Jo…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:07PMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMA Christmas Story, The Musical arrived on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre just in time for the 2012 holiday season. Based on the 1983 movie perennial, the musical plays an eight-week l…
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Two or three times a year I like to work directly with individual artists and organizations from all over the world. The process has the incredibly creative name of Paradox Marketing Coachin…
Linked From Mission Paradox at 12:54PM20 Favorite Shows of 2012: 1. Mission Drift (The TEAM/COIL Festival @ Connolly Theater)The TEAM isn't afraid to tackle big issues, and their epic musical about the history of capitalis…
Linked From Off-Off Blogway at 12:38PMToday is the birthday of Alan King (1927-2004). When I was a kid I thought of him as the archetypical, old-school, middle-aged Borscht Belt style comedian. Now that I look at old clips I can…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 12:36PMToday is the birthday of Steve Allen (1921-2000). Steve-a-rino is one of my heroes, and I’ve written about him before (I penned a lengthy appreciation for The Comic Bible when he pas…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 12:36PMNearly 3,000 years after Homer first penned and, possibly, performed The Iliad, co-authors Lisa Peterson and the actor Denis O’Hare created a solo play from Homer’s ode to larger than li…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 12:19PMOne fascinating outlet for the analysis of visual art in today's pop culture landscape is Ink Master. I caught an episode of the reality television series, which puts professional tatt…
Linked From Chloe Veltman at 12:19PMSILENCE! The Musical will play a special added matinee performance today, December 26th at 2 PM at the Elektra Theatre. Following the announcement that SILENCE! would be ending its long run …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:10PMStage and screen star Valerie Harper's memoir, which is entitled "I, Rhoda," will be released Jan. 15, 2013, by Gallery Books.
Linked From Playbill at 12:06PMInitially launching in 2010 with a two-parter from Lion King cast members Ben Jeffrey and Fred Berman, Playbill.com's Two-Show Day photo feature series has taken readers backstage and in…
Linked From Playbill at 12:06PMTony nominee Maurice Hines plays a limited engagement at the new Manhattan nightspot 54 Below beginning Dec. 26.
Linked From Playbill at 12:06PMSpeakEasy Stage Company in Boston, MA, will present the New England premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities beginning Jan. 11, 2013, prior to an official opening Jan. 13, 2013,…
Linked From Playbill at 12:06PMSimon amp Schuster's Gallery Books imprint will publish a memoir by beloved and award-winning actress Valerie Harper entitled I RHODA BOOK. The memoir will be released on January, 15, 2013.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMBritain's ITV1 network aired an all-new Spice Girls documentary on Christmas Eve which tells the definitive story of one of pop music's biggest ever all-female groups. Fifteen years after t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMFeinstein's at Loews Regnecy closes its Fall 2012 season with the return of the club's founder Michael Feinstein and two-time Tony Award winning Broadway and TV star Christine Ebersole from …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMLooks like waiting all those years to finally make the Les Misérables movie is paying off for producer Cameron Mackintosh. The highly anticipated movie had stellar opening day sales, …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:06PMThe cast of Smash is used to welcoming famous musical theater stars to set, but one living legend had the cast acting extra giddy: the one and only Liza Minnelli. The Oscar and Tony winner i…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:06PMSad news for Downton Abbey fans: After months of speculation, news has broke that The Heiress leading man Dan Stevens won't return for the fourth season of TV's ratings hit and criti…
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Over My Dead Body – Waltzing Mechanics at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln, are offering $10 industry tickets for all performances, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 11:17AMThe hotly anticipated big-screen adaptation of the musical Les Miserables grossed an impressive $18 million in its first day of release, according to Deadline.com, and set a new record for a…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:17AMHow much you were paying attention to New York theater this month… and this year? Answer these 10 questions and find out.
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:09AMTickets for the Broadway revival of Pump Boys and Dinettes go on sale exclusively to MasterCard cardholders beginning Dec. 26 through Jan. 8, 2013. This presale will be followed by a Gilt Ci…
Linked From Playbill at 11:05AMIn this morning's New York Times Arts Beat, actor Dan Stevens commented on the recent news that he will not return in his role of Matthew Crawley in the fourth season of DOWNTON ABBEY. A spe…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMIt’s time to wave goodbye to 2012, a year filled with cheerleaders, paperboys, porn stars and Patti. Before the big ball drops in Times Square, Broadway.com decided to poll your favori…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:05AMToday in 1989, original THE WIZ star Stephanie Mills brought her solo show to Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre- 'Stephanie Mills Comes 'Home' to Broadway.' In honor of this special da…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMIn a year dominated by the Olympics and the Queen’s diamond jubilee, could the London stage hold its own? Most emphatically yes, thanks to an inordinate array of world-class production…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:05AMIt’s time to wave goodbye to 2012, a year filled with cheerleaders, paperboys, porn stars and Patti. Before the big ball drops in Times Square, Broadway.com decided to poll your favori…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:05AMTheater stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, so Broadway.com decided it was high time to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors. …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:05AMAt Broadway.com, we love taking our readers behind the scenes of Broadway’s most-buzzed-about shows with in-depth interviews and Fresh Face profiles. As 2012 wraps up, we’re look…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:05AMEvery year, Broadway.com editors recognize performances we couldn't forget—and our list of the 10 best for 2012 is a mix of laugh-out-loud star turns, musical headliners and more. …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:05AMI know, I know, that’s not how the Christmas Carol goes. But when you’re a business owner, and a Broadway business owner at that, “wonderful” is synonymous with …
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Pilobolus, a US dance company that teaches its approach to business, believes productivity is the only measure of creativity, writes Philip Delves Broughton
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 10:43AMIn the first few days of our first visit to China, I was nonetheless unable to keep myself from formulating a hypothesis. In China the distinction between art, artifice and artificiality is …
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:20AMEvery show ends sometime (unless you're Phantom), so before the cast takes their final bow, we're sitting down with departing Broadway performers to ask a few questions, before it's too late…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:17AMTwo-time Academy Award nominee Charles Durning, who received Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his performance as Big Daddy in the 1990 Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, has died in Ne…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:17AMEric's Broadway.com Photo Feature(Photo by Matthew Murphy)The holiday season upon us, The Mystery of Edwin Drood's very own Eric Sciotto takes us backstage at Studio 54 for a look at ho…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 10:16AMThe 11th Annual Nightlife Awards, presented by Max Weintraub and Scott Siegel, will be held Jan. 14, 2013, at Manhattan's Town Hall. The evening honors the best in cabaret, comedy a…
Linked From Playbill at 10:03AM"Les Misérables," the star-studded film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer, was the highest-grossing…
Linked From Playbill at 10:03AMThe highly-anticipated film version of LES MISERABLES is now in theaters To celebrate the release, this week BroadwayWorld brings you an in-depth look at the characters and the actors who po…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:03AMBroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Albuquerque during the year 2012. Check out the Top Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatr…
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I only became aware of Una Mae Carlisle (1915-1956) two days ago, when I saw her in the film Boarding House Blues (1948) with Moms Mabley, Dusty Fletcher, Stump and Stumpy, the Berry Brother…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:33AM“Soul Sister,” a new musical exploring the life of Ike and Tina Turner, will embark on a U.K. tour early next year. The first stop on the tour will be at the King’s Theatre in Glas…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 09:24AMMy essay “Theatre as sanctuary” appears in the latest issue of Urthona, a UK journal that has explored “the arts and world culture from a Buddhist perspective” since …
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 09:19AMTheatre world was source of breaking news in 2012
Linked From Toronto Star at 09:04AMNow, finally in movie theaters, BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was invited to chat with producer Debra Hayward about working on a learning curve, filming scenes in extreme locations, and so m…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:02AMBluesman Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, comedian and television host David Letterman, ballerina Natalia Makarova and rock band Led Zeppelin will receive honors for 2012 on THE 35TH ANNUAL …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:02AMDeadline reports that the highly anticipated film version of LES MISERABLES opened in the top spot on Christmas Day, taking in 18 million at the box office. The film debuted in 2,808 theater…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:02AMFor the next week we will be posting lists of our favorites of 2012 in several categories. These lists reflect the opinions of members of the writing staff of DCMetroTheaterArts. We were all…
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Since opening at the Joyce last week, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has had a surfeit of swans: white, black and even dying ones. Those birds of a feather were the best of a funny fl…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:56AMIt’s Boxing Day, when one typically returns the gifts you don’t want for things you do. Isn’t it a shame you can’t get the same deal at the theater?
If that were the case, we’d ret…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:56AM1904 Maude Adams returns to Broadway with a revival of J.M. Barrie's The Little Minister. It opens tonight and runs just 73 performances. A year later she'll be back with a better Ba…
Linked From Playbill at 12:55AMCBS airs The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' "The 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors," which were presented Dec. 2 to bluesman Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, comedian …
Linked From Playbill at 12:55AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
Linked From Playbill at 12:55AMLegs Diamond, which features a score by late Australian songwriter and entertainer Peter Allen, opened on Broadway Dec. 26, 1988. Here, Playbill.com looks back at the music of Allen.
Linked From Playbill at 12:55AMNominations: CharPR Prize, 2012The Charlebois Post is in a unique position in the Canadian cultural landscape. First, we are small, so there are only about five of us who have direct co…
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