Monday, May 25, 2015
Larry Stempel, author of a new book about the history of Broadway musicals, answered readers questions about lyric writing, his favorite guilty pleasure and other topics.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThere are plenty of shows, including the cheery and blasphemous, to keep the winter blahs at bay, like “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” and “Naked Holidays.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMCasting was announced for the coming production of Rajiv Joseph's play "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," which stars Robin Williams.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThere are plenty of shows, including the cheery and blasphemous, to keep the winter blahs at bay, like “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” and “Naked Holidays.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMMichael Cristofer, Linda Emond, Michael Esper and Stephen Spinella will reprise their roles from the production at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMTyne Daly will play Maria Callas in the Manhattan Theater Club's coming Broadway production of the Terrence McNally play "Master Class."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe revival of Alfred Uhry's play, starring Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones, will continue through April 9, 2011.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe biographical show, with four cast members impersonating the Beatles in a concert setting, will close at the Neil Simon Theater on Jan. 9 and resume performances at the Helen Hayes Theate…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe Lincoln Center Theater production will close on Jan. 2, three weeks earlier than its originally scheduled run.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMA look back at the famed Broadway flop "Via Galactica" and at lessons that the team behind "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" could learn from it.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMThe playwright Enda Walsh and the director John Tiffany will collaborate on the stage adaptation of the popular film.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMWhen "Rock of Ages" moves to the Helen Hayes Theater in March, it will offer an unusual discount ticket program.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMA roundup of readers' reviews of Jon Robin Baitz's new play "Other Desert Cities" and the Roundabout's revival of "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMPlay readings — works in progress in need of feedback before the full-fledged productions — have become a major piece of the New York theatrical landscape.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMA roundup of readers' responses to recent posts about rock stars on Broadway and Leonard Bernstein's status as one of the greatest composers of all time.
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