The York Theater Company--which has had only two Producing Artistic Directors in its 55-year history--has chosen Joseph Hayward and Debra Walton to head the company for now, following the r…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:24AMTwo-time Tony Award-winner Helen Gallagher, who just died at the age of 98, was a terrific musical-theater performer. Oh, she did work in television and film, too--winning three Emmy awards …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:30AMHis breakout role--the one that made him a "name" in the theater world--was playing "Jimmy Smith," the boyfriend, co-starring opposite Sutton Foster in the Broadway musical "Thoroughly Moder…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:28AMA Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical” gives Broadway a much-needed shot in the arm. From the clarion call of the first notes we hear to the final strains of the title song, ther…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:06AMWhether performers liked him or disliked him, they agreed that Gil Wiest—the last of the great nightclub impresarios—kept them working. He routinely booked artists for long runs—a mon…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:49AMSeeing this presentation of “Ragtime” was the most satisfying theatrical experience I’ve had in years. I hope a way can be found to bring “Ragtime” back to Broadway—ideally with…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:20AM“Drag: The Musical” has the look and feel of a winner. Production values are first-rate. And the sweet, tender, innocent contributions of a young cast member, Yair Keydar—who sings be…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:17AMThe show may have been overly long, but I’m very glad I caught it. Because I saw two up-and-coming “unknown” singers—Robert Levey II and Johnny Sullivan—with as much promise and p…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:28AMFor decades under James Morgan’s leadership, the York Theatre Company has occupied a unique spot in New York’s theater world—celebrating musical-theater, past, present, and future. Th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:37PMI just got back from the Bucks County Playhouse, which I always enjoy visiting, to catch the world-premiere production of “Last of the Red Hot Mamas,” a new musical about Sophie Tucker. …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:16AMBerlin, incidentally, could not write music. He could play piano—not too well, and in only one key. He would play, sing, and hum songs that he created, which a musical secretary would …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:56PMThey’ve created a theater that actors love to work in. And that was reflected by the terrific array of actors (including assorted Tony and Drama Desk Award winners and nominees), who gath…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:47PMThis is, essentially, Woody Allen’s band, without Woody. It’s the only seven-piece New Orleans-style jazz band with a steady gig in New York. And if you like traditional jazz, this ban…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:50PMI’ve never seen any student production—at the high school or college level—achieve a more glorious ensemble sound than the ensemble sound produced by the students of the Sinatra School…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:01PMI’ve always loved their work, from the very start of their careers. Jimmy (on guitar) and Jerry (on tenor sax) have worked with some of the biggest names in the business--Tony Bennett, Bru…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:11PMI think the city’s top performing-arts schools—Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts, and the Performing Arts; PPAS; and the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts—are among the…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:47PMWhat a terrific, beautifully layered performance Ben Levi Ross gives in “The Connector”—a moving, original new musical from Jason Robert Brown, Jonathan Marc Sherman, and Daisy Prin…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:13PMOn March 4th, 2024, I witnessed the best major-club debut I’ve seen in years. And I kept thinking, as I watched David Marino sing, “The good old days are now…” The post appeared f…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:22PMI don’t think I’ve ever been as disappointed by a Paper Mill Playhouse presentation as I have been by their production of After Midnight. This adaptation of the original Broadway produc…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:32PMThis fall, I saw two of the most rewarding tribute-type concerts I’ve seen in recent years—one a glittering (if overlong), star-filled salute to “the Voice of Broadway,” Betty Buckl…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:47PMBrice—as a pioneering Jewish female Broadway star who took charge of her own fabulous career in an era when few women did—became a source of inspiration for many aspiring young Jewish pe…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:01PMHe sang all his life. When New York's Triborough Bridge (known today as the RFK Bridge) opened in May of 1936, Tony Bennett--then a boy singer from Astoria who loved the work of Al Jolson a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:03PMAs a lover of the performing arts, I’ll remember this month as when I witnesseed Matthew Broderick give one of the finest, subtlest performances of his career. I’ll remember, too, the u…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:54AMOliver! is darker than most so-called family musicals—mixing elation and heartbreak as casually as life itself does—but it touches us more than most family musicals. And Encores’ prod…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:53PMIn the last few weeks I feel like I’ve been stepping back in time—in a nice way. I’ve enjoyed seeing the new Broadway musicals "New York, New York" (set in 1946-47) and (with some …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:41PMEach was an individual; I liked hearing all of the different voices and accents and inflections. Each one brought his or her own personality to the work. But—and this is a compliment--…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:43PMHe was perhaps best-known for his play "Kennedy's Children"--produced successfully on Broadway and on the West End, and in many cities, internationally. He also gave us some 60 other pu…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:18AMRoundabout, under Haimes' leadership, was noted both for new works and for revivals of older shows with strikingly new elements (like this season's gender-bending revival of "1776.") He w…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:10AMRapp’s show—directed by Steve Maler, with musical direction/orchestrations by Daniel A. Weiss (who was the associate conductor/second keyboards player of the original Broadway production…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:40PM"Fiddler"--brilliantly directed by Joel Grey—is an unusually impactful production. It’s emotionally rich, moving, and timeless. And wholly believable. They had me from the first words …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:34PMEveryone who loves theater owes a debt of gratitude to Julie Boardman and Diane Nicoletti. About five years ago, they got the idea of creating a museum in the theater district, dedicated t…
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