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Monday, May 25, 2015

Britney Spears Sings the Praises of "Glee" by Thomas Peter

Pop princess Britney Spears has added her voice of tribute to the chorus of music icons whose work has been used in episodes of “Glee.” Spears, who will make a cameo appearance i…

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Noah Racey’s New York Tap Ensemble to Tour Middle East by Thomas Peter

The New York Tap Ensemble, led by founding artistic director Noah Racey, will tour Jerusalem and Amman Sept. 30-Oct. 6, performing and teaching outreach and master classes in an effort to pr…

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Patti LuPone Wraps Up "Broadway Week" on "Jimmy Fallon" (Video) by Thomas Peter

Tony Award-winning actress Patti LuPone concluded “Broadway Week” on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Sept. 17 with a rousing rendition of “Everything’s Com…

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David Mamet and Danny DeVito Take Us "Inside The Actor’s Workshop" (Video) by Thomas Peter

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright-director David Mamet and stage and screen actor Danny DeVito recently collaborated on “Inside The Actor’s Workshop,” a short film for funn…

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Sigourney Weaver Talks "You Again" and A.R. Gurney on "Good Morning America" (Video) by Thomas Peter

Tony and Academy Award nominee Sigourney Weaver visited 'Good Morning America' Sept. 20 to chat about her latest film, 'You Again.' The comedy concerns a successful publicist (Kristen Bell),…

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Elaine Paige and Patti LuPone Discuss Their Memoirs "On Stage" (Video) by Thomas Peter

Stage divas Elaine Paige and Patti LuPone discussed their recently released memoirs in separate interviews with NY1’s “On Stage.”LuPone’s book, “Patti LuPone: A…

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Musical Sneak Peek of "Glee" Cast’s Appearance on "The Simpsons" (Video) by Thomas Peter

"Glee" stars Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Amber Riley will lend their voices to the Sept. 26 season premiere of “The Simpsons.” A clip of the episode, in which their c…

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Will Gwyneth Paltrow Shake Things Up on "Glee"? by Thomas Peter

Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow is in negotiations to appear on two November episodes of “Glee,” according to E! Online.Paltrow would play a substitute teacher who takes ove…

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Old Marc Wolf Interview Echoes Timeliness of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy (Video) by Thomas Peter

Obie Award winner Marc Wolf’s solo show, Another American: Asking and Telling, is currently playing an extended run at the DR2 Theatre. The show was originally presented by The New Gr…

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Trailer for "Gnomeo and Juliet" (Video) by Thomas Peter

The classic songs of Tony Award winner Elton John will form the background of Touchstone’s upcoming 3D animated film “Gnomeo and Juliet,” which sets the Romeo and Juliet lo…

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Patti LaBelle Celebrates Fela! (Video) by Thomas Peter

Grammy Award winner Patti LaBelle joined the cast of Fela! Sept. 14, playing Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti, the activist mother of the African musician-political agitator of the title.In the vide…

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Women on the Verge Debuts Radio Commercial (Audio) by Thomas Peter

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the upcoming David Yazbek-Jeffrey Lane musical based on the Pedro Almodovar film, has released a radio commercial featuring snippets of the score, …

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A Sneak Peek at The Pee-wee Herman Show (Video) by Thomas Peter

The return of Pee-Wee - and Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis, Pterri the Pterodactyl, Jambi the Genie, and Chairry - is imminent. But until the classic characters from The Pee-wee Herman Show and…

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Keaton, Kline, Wiest, Shepard, Jenkins and Moss Cast in Kasdan Film by Thomas Peter

Academy Award winners Diane Keaton and Dianne Wiest, Tony and Academy Award winner Kevin Kline and Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard, along with their fellow stage and screen stars Richard J…

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Leslie Kritzer Gives Us Minnelli On Sondheim (Video) by Thomas Peter

What if Liza Minnelli had kept Sondheim on Sondheim open by replacing Barbara Cook? After all, Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch did it with A Little Night Music, right? Special, never-b…

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Liza Minnelli Plays Gramercy Park Hotel (Video) by Thomas Peter

Liza Minnelli appeared at Gramercy Park Hotel Sept. 27 to perform selections from her new album, “Confessions.” Minnelli’s performance was part of The Rose Bar Sessions, a…

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Anthony Rapp, Chip Zien and Max von Essen Discuss Their NYMF Shows (Video) by Thomas Peter

NY1’s "On Stage" caught the sneak-peek presentation of songs from several of the musicals that will be presented in the coming weeks by the New York Musical Theatre Festival (N…

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Sparks to Host Behind-the-Scenes Presentation at "Beauty and the Beast" Film Screenings by Thomas Peter

In the Heights star and “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks will host a special behind-the-scenes look at the HD restoration of Disney’s classic animated film “Beaut…

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John Stamos Talks "Glee" on "Ellen" (Video) by Thomas Peter

Stage and screen star John Stamos visited "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Sept. 28 to chat about his recurring guest role on TV's "Glee."Stamos mentions in this clip that he first…

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Will Philip Seymour Hoffman Play Willy Loman for Mike Nichols? by Thomas Peter

Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is planning to play disillusioned salesman Willy Loman in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman set for next year…

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Arthur Penn Career Interview, Available Through SDCF and American Theatre Wing (Audio) by Thomas Peter

The late director Arthur Penn sat down with moderator Steve Lawson for a career-retrospective interview in 2002, when his production of Ivan Turgenev’s Fortune’s Fool had just op…

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"Glee" Ratings: Season Two, Episode Two (Video) by Thomas Peter

The highly anticipated Britney Spears episode of "Glee" drew record ratings for the series when it aired Sept. 28, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Fox series brought in 13.5…

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Memphis Cast to Perform on "The Early Show" Oct. 2 by Thomas Peter

The cast of the 2010 Tony Award-winning musical Memphis will perform on “The Early Show” on CBS Oct. 2. They will be seen belting out “Someday” and “Steal Your …

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David Hyde Pierce Talks La Bete, Comedy and "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" on "The View" (Video) by Thomas Peter

Tony Award winner David Hyde Pierce visited “The View” Sept. 28 to promote his current Broadway appearance in La Bete. In the clip linked below, Pierce speaks briefly in rhyming …

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Footage of Ellen DeGeneres in Broadway’s Promises, Promises (Video) by Thomas Peter

Ellen DeGeneres released footage of her Sept. 8 cameo appearance in Promises, Promises on her talk show Sept. 28. DeGeneres appeared as a nurse in an early scene, with plenty of hijinks and …

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Catherine Zuber Talks Women on the Verge Costumes (Video) by Thomas Peter

Tony Award-winning costume designer Catherine Zuber recently discussed her costumes for the upcoming musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in an interview with WNET-13’s &#…

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Hugh Sheridan Salutes Anthony Newley (Video) by Thomas Peter

Footage of Australian star Hugh Sheridan’s Newley Discovered, a salute to the work of the late British songwriter/performer Anthony Newley, has been released. Sheridan will bring the …

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Wicked Second National Tour’s "It Gets Better" Short Offers Hope to Gay Teens (Video) by Thomas Peter

Cast members from the second national tour of Wicked recently filmed an inspirational YouTube short, “It Gets Better,” in response to the recent wave of gay teenagers who have co…

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U2 Performs Spider-Man Song in Portugal Concert (Video) by Thomas Peter

U2 performed “Boy Falls from the Sky,” a song from the forthcoming new musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, in a concert at Estadio Cidade de Coimbra Oct. 3. This concert marke…

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Billie Joe Armstrong Gives Special Goodbye to Broadway and American Idiot (Video) by Thomas Peter

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong finished his week-long run as St. Jimmy in American Idiot, the musical based on the punk band's hit album, on Oct. 3, but not before penning a special goodby…

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Jackie Hoffman, Kristin Chenoweth, Patrick Wilson, Kevin Chamberlin Guest on Latest "Billy Green" Webisode (Video) by Thomas Peter

“Betrayal,” the sixth episode of “Billy Green,” a Web series created by former Rock of Ages castmates Wesley Taylor and Mitchell Jarvis (Taylor currently stars in The…

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