Friday, May 10, 2013

Nice Work If You Can Get It by Wendy Caster

I had no intention of seeing Nice Work If You Can Get It. I'm not a Matthew Broderick fan, and word-of-mouth made the show sound lame. Then nicely discounted tickets became available, and Je…

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Theater News: UPDATED: Broadway's Kyra Sedgwick, Bobby Cannavale, and More to Join Megan Hilty and the Star-Studded Ranks of Summer Theater Lab's Mast by Bethany Rickwald

UPDATED: Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), Bobby Cannavale (The Big Knife), and Stephen Adly Guirgis (The Motherf—ker With the Hat) will join the roster of Master Class Artists at Waterwell Summ…

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Theater News: Cheyenne Jackson and Alexandra Silber to Star in West Side Story Concert Series with San Francisco Symphony by Hayley Levitt

Two-time Drama Desk Award nominee Cheyenne Jackson (The Performers) will join Alexandra Silber (Master Class) in a five-day concert series of West Side Story with the San Francisco Symphony.…

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Dianne Pilkington & More Join the Cast of Mamma Mia! in London by Ryan Gilbert

West End favorite Dianne Pilkington will take over the role of Donna Sheridan in the hit musical Mamma Mia! later this year as part of the largest cast change the London show has ever seen. …

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Cheyenne Jackson and Alexandra Silber to Star in West Side Story at San Francisco Symphony by Marc Snetiker

Cheyenne Jackson and Alexandra Silber will play Tony and Maria in the San Francisco Symphony’s five-day concert version of West Side Story. The performers will take Davies Symphony Hal…

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Openings We're Tracking This Week, April 29 - May 5 by The Charlebois Post

Highgate (photo via Facebook)This is not the first production of RED in Canada in the last two years. Off the top of our heads, we think we've reviewed it in Toronto, Winnipeg and Montreal. …

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

He Sang, She Sang: "The Last Five Years" at the Signature Theatre, Arlington, Va. by Byrne Harrison

Review by Mark A. Newman Has it really been a decade since I saw the original version of The Last Five Years, the two-person Jason Robert Brown tuner, off-Broadway? Yeah, it has. Oddly, as…

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Patti LuPone Will Play Encore Engagement of Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda at 54 Below This Summer by Josh Ferri

Summer 2013 just got hotter as Tony and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Patti LuPone announced that she will return to 54 below July 22 to 27 with her acclaimed show Coulda, Woulda…

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TUTA Theatre Master Class: Advanced Scene Study by Bt

TUTA Theatre Master Class: Advanced Scene Study with Artistic Director Jacqueline Stone, runs May 14 - July 2, 2013, Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30pm, $250 for 8 weeks. Register by April 30th and rece…

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Monday, April 15, 2013

Christine Baranski, Walter Bobbie, Karen Ziemba & More to Star in Encores!' On Your Toes by Broadway.com

Casting has been announced for Encores!' presentation of Rodgers & Hart’s On Your Toes, the final production of the 2012-2013 season at New York City Center. Directed and chore…

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

A class in Callas-ness by Thomas Garvey

Amelia Broome channels the divine Maria.Theatre is about dreaming.  Dreaming big.But there are limits.  And I think everyone involved in Master Class at the New Rep was dreaming ju…

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Release Date Set for New Audra McDonald Album Go Back Home by Michael Mellini

Five-time Tony and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Audra McDonald will release her latest solo album, Go Back Home, on May 21. The actress will perform tunes from the album in her …

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Aaron Tveit & Sierra Boggess Tapped to Present at the 2013 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards by Lindsay Champion

Awesome news, fans: Broadway favorites Aaron Tveit and Sierra Boggess will be among the starry presenters at the 2013 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards! The duo will hand ou…

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Theater News: Broadway's Megan Hilty and Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as Beau Willimon to Serve as Summer Theater Lab's Master Class Artists by Bethany Rickwald

New York theater company Waterwell has announced plans, as well as master class artists, for its first annual Summer Theater Lab. Actress Megan Hilty (Smash), Tony Award-winning creator and …

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Alexandra Silber on Falling Crazy in Love with Angela Lansbury, Shameful Pop Songs & Her Literary 54 Below Show by Broadway.com

Broadway newcomer Alexandra Silber (Master Class) will take fans on a musical celebration of all things bookish in her new 54 Below show Ex Libris: A Trip to the Library. The self-confessed …

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Fall Plans for Harold Prince Musical Prince of Broadway, Starring LaChanze & Sierra Boggess, Scrapped by Lindsay Champion

Goodnight, Sweet Prince! The previously announced premiere of Prince of Broadway, a musical highlighting the career of legendary Broadway director Harold Prince, has been postponed inde…

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Tyne Daly and Missi Pyle to Star in CBS Comedy Pilot Jacked Up by Marc Snetiker

Tony winner Tyne Daly is heading back to TV in a leading role opposite fellow Broadway vet Missi Pyle in the new CBS comedy pilot Jacked Up. Deadline.com reports that Daly will play the m…

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

MASTER CLASS: 94% – SWEET by Abe

MASTER CLASS (INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE): 94% – SWEET SWEET Though Berminghan’s interpretation of Callas is loaded with gravitas, credibility, and charisma, right down to her Arianna Hu…

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

LATC's spring season and Brimmer Street's Lounge season...Orson Bean in Smokefall...Jennifer Shelton plays "the feisty one" in Master Class at ICT...Earl Carroll Theater morphs into Moulin R…

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Sierra Boggess to Teach Lessons in Love at Broadway Arts Factory Benefit Concert by Ryan Gilbert

This is one class you're not going to want to skip! Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Sierra Boggess will school fans with her Lessons in Love on April 21 for a one-night-on…

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Audra McDonald to Receive 2013 Matrix Award; Joan Rivers to Emcee Event by Josh Ferri

Having really mastered winning Tonys, Audra McDonald is branching out and picking up some other awards. McDonald will be recognized by New York Women in Communications at their 2013 Matrix A…

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Linda Eder To Offer Master Class At Torrington's Warner Theater by Frank Rizzo

Tony Award nominated Linda Eder (Broadway’s “Jekyll & Hyde”) will be giving a master class for the Warner Theatre Center for the Arts Education in Torrington on Saturda…

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Get a Sneak Peek at Professor Patti LuPone in Action in Her HBO Special Masterclass by Josh Ferri

Who wouldn’t want to take a theatrical master class from two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone?! As part of the HBO’s ongoing series Masterclass, the one-and-only LuPone took on seve…

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Alan Alda to Lead Ten Chimneys' Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Master Class, 7/21-28 by BroadwayWorld

Ten Chimneys Foundation announces its 2013 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Master Class with Academy Award nominee, six time Golden Globe winner, and five time Emmy Award winner Alan Alda serving a…

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Audra McDonald to Cover Scottsboro Boys Anthem ‘Go Back Home’ on Her Forthcoming Solo Album by Josh Ferri

Well, at least we’ve got a title and a song! Audra McDonald’s upcoming fifth album will be titled Go Back Home and feature the John Kander and Fred Ebb tune of the same name…

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Tony Winner Audra McDonald Plans TV Return in CBS Legal Drama The Ordained by Josh Ferri

Five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald is heading to court. McDonald has signed on to play a litigator in the CBS pilot The Ordained, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pilot, penned …

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The Revisionist

Cockamamie #2 of the year. The first one being The Madrid. The way you can tell is that without Vanessa Redgrave there would be no reason to watch this play. So let us give thanks that sh…

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Patti LuPone to Mentor Some Very Lucky Students on HBO’s Masterclass This Spring by Lindsay Champion

Two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone will show a group of incredibly fortunate students how it’s done on a new episode of HBO’s Masterclass, premiering April 1. The previously annou…

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

LA STAGE INSIDER by Julio Martinez

James Conlon's LA Opera contract renewed...Gigi Bermingham in Master Class at ICT...Graham Hamilton on Tender Napalm...Earl Carroll's LA career recalled...READ MORE

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Live on #NEWPLAY TV: Songwriting Master Class with Jason Robert Brown at The Dramatists Guild of America—Thurs., Feb 21 by HowlRound

The Dramatists Guild of America is excited to announce the third event in the new DG Conservatory series—a Songwriting Workshop with celebrated composer/lyricist/conductor/arranger Jason …

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Photo Flash: CHAPLIN's Rob McClure Visits Cast of HT High School's AVENUE Q by BroadwayWorld

Students involved in High Tech High School's Musical Theatre Department recently had the great honor and pleasure of welcoming Rob McClure recent star of Broadway's CHAPLIN and AVENUE Q as h…

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