Sunday, June 10, 2012
Much has been made of the new revival of Porgy and Bess currently playing at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The iconic folk opera has long been the subject of controversy since its premiere in…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 12:08AMMonday, June 4, 2012
The Independent Theater Bloggers Association (of which I am a member) has announced its 4th annual award winners. The award is named after founding member and original awards director Patr…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 11:55PMThursday, May 31, 2012
When I was a senior in high school, I had the great pleasure of playing Freddy Eynsford-Hill in our spring production of My Fair Lady. The occasion was the 20th anniversary of the schoolR…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 06:04PMThursday, May 24, 2012
I have to say I’m really excited by the high number of cast recordings that have emerged this season, from Broadway, off-Broadway and the Encores! season. If rumors of a Leap of Faith …
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 04:44PMMonday, May 21, 2012
Fiorello! Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Jerome Weidman & George Abbott January 30-February 3, 2013 It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superma…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 11:33AMThursday, May 17, 2012
For its third and final entry of the year, Encores! lightened things up considerably with a delightful production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the 1949 classic that made Carol Channing a sta…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 11:47PMTuesday, May 8, 2012
It’s time to celebrate some of the breakthrough performances and debuts of the 2011-2012 theatre season! The Theatre World Awards will be held on June 5 at a venue to be determined, hosted…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 01:13PMMonday, April 30, 2012
First off, some good news. The Drama Desk Awards committee has decided to reinstate the award for Outstanding Orchestrations, nominating Bill Elliott (Nice Work If You Can Get It), Larry Hoc…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 10:27PMSunday, April 29, 2012
In a nutshell, the new musical Leap of Faith is ultimately The Music Man meets 110 in the Shade in a revival tent. The show is not quite the train wreck that word of mouth might have you b…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 10:14PMFriday, April 27, 2012
To Whom It May Concern, Four years ago, a beautiful production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific opened at the Vivian Beaumont to acclaim and plaudits all around. One of Linc…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 11:59PMThursday, April 26, 2012
Carnegie Hall presented the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The Sound of Music on Tuesday evening as a gala fundraiser for the venue. In previous years, the Hall has presented similar conc…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 02:32PMWednesday, April 25, 2012
Nice Work If You Can Get It isn’t particularly groundbreaking and it feels like the sort of show you’ve seen time and again (fans of My One and Only and Crazy for You will…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 02:24PMTuesday, April 24, 2012
April has been an incredibly busy month for me, but Patty and Emily asked if I would help them out with another video for their website and I dropped everything for the opportunity to work w…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 09:50AMSunday, April 22, 2012
The Pulitzer and Olivier winning new play Clybourne Park now finds itself on Broadway for a sixteen week engagement at the Walter Kerr. Taking his cue from Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisi…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 06:14PMThursday, April 12, 2012
The Collegiate Chorale offered a starry and exceptionally well-sung concert staging of The Mikado at Carnegie Hall on April 10 under the direction and baton of Ted Sperling. This marked my f…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 09:02PMThursday, March 29, 2012
There is a revival of Sweeney Todd currently playing London’s West End. If that news alone isn’t enough to get you on the first plane to England, let me explain further: there is…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 10:30PMWednesday, March 28, 2012
What becomes of a light lyric soprano when her personality is, shall we say, a bit darker than that of her repertoire? This was the premise behind Rebecca Caine‘s new cleverly titled c…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 10:25PMTuesday, March 27, 2012
Ladies and gentlemen, Matilda the Musical is a hit. A big, beautiful smash hit. The sort of intelligent, literate musical comedy that makes you want to throw your hat in the air and cheer. …
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 10:40PMThursday, March 22, 2012
It took eight years, but I have finally returned to England. It started in the fall when I couldn’t stop listening to the cast album of Matilda, and I found myself clamoring to see th…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 11:57AMThursday, March 15, 2012
It’s a bold move to bring back one of the biggest flops in Broadway history, but MCC has defied the odds with the newly revised Carrie currently playing an extended off-Broadway run. T…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 01:03PMFriday, March 9, 2012
Many of my blog and twitter friends have been quite abuzz with excitement for the stage adaptation of Newsies, which had its world premiere last fall at the Paper Mill Playhouse and will ma…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 03:25AMWednesday, February 29, 2012
The end of February is upon us, which means that my trip to London is only a few weeks away. The month of February was a busy one for everyone it seems, but I spent some of my time prepping …
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 11:06PMMonday, February 20, 2012
In 1981, Merrily We Roll Along opened and closed quickly, a devastating failure that became one for the record books. The day after it shuttered, the cast and crew assembled in the recording…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 12:07AMSunday, February 5, 2012
Another revival of Sweeney Todd looms on the horizon, this time poised to start performances in the West End next month. I’ll be in London, and have plans to take in a preview of the p…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 09:24PMTuesday, January 31, 2012
I was just thinking to myself that I can’t believe that January is over already, before my thought process segued into wondering when I turned into my parents. But we’re already …
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 11:31PMFriday, January 27, 2012
Operatic soprano and Tony-winner Patricia Neway, best known for her associations with Gian Carlo Menotti and Rodgers and Hammerstein, died peacefully in her home in Corinth, Vermont on Janua…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 04:17PMWednesday, January 18, 2012
Though the acclaimed revival of Follies will end its limited engagement on January 22, the landmark production has produced a staggering cast album, recorded by PS Classics and is without q…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 04:36AMWednesday, January 11, 2012
Ms. Merman performs an extensive medley of the hits she introduced from 1930 to 1959, with Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Madam, Girl Crazy, Gypsy and others thrown into the mix on the Jack Jon…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 04:17AMFriday, January 6, 2012
I suppose you can make a case that Carrie is the greatest musical flop in history. I’ll let you decide what I mean by “greatest.” The adaptation of Stephen King’s nov…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 06:47PMWednesday, January 4, 2012
I first heard of Man with a Load of Mischief a couple years ago while reading a discussion on essential cast albums not available on CD. The small off-Broadway musical, which had been a hit…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 08:54PMSaturday, December 31, 2011
Another year, another year of cinematic viewing. Things have gotten a bit fancier and more accessible now that I have blu-ray player and access to Netflix streaming. Incidentally, my viewing…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 10:45PM 
