San Jose Repertory has announced casting for its production of the Tony-winning rock musical, Spring Awakening, to run September 1-25. Rick Lombardo will direct, with choreography by Sonya T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:57AM"Standing Ovation," a compilation CD to benefit the London show-business shop Dress Circle, is now available.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AMRaul Esparza, who was part of the cast of the recent Broadway revival of Arcadia, will be seen in the upcoming CBS drama "A Gifted Man."
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMI promise, this is not another premature eulogy for Steve Jobs. I saw this on Google+ this morning. This is an old video of Steve Jobs responding to a critic at the World Wide Developers Con…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 09:46AMThis week, our bloggers have uploaded musings on a myriad of subjects including: site-specfic work on the Fringe, celebrating 300 shows, having to pay excess baggage fees to get your set hom…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:41AMThe Andrews Living Arts Studio deserves credit for attempting the epic masterpiece Angels In America, Part 1: Millenium Approaches. Unfortunately, the laudable desire to conquer mountains do…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:36AMFilichia revisits Darling of the Day in preparation for the upcoming Musicals in Mufti production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMPhiladelphia Review By: J. Cooper Robb
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMMichael Musto contributes to Rick Crom's Newsical. Plus: Memories of a visit with John Raitt at his home in California.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott proclaim Thom Pain the play of the year but scratch their heads over Danny Aiello's club act at Feinstein's.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHow was Filichia able to see two different Hasty Pudding Shows in one week?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
I knew I was in for a rough night at the theater when I started looking at my watch five minutes into the show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott cheer Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, attack Lazer Vaudeville, and find John Tartaglia adorable in his show at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMCharles Wright offers an appraisal of Robert Brustein's Letters to a Young Actor: A Universal Guide to Performance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJudith Malina on A Day in the Life of the City in Boston. Plus: The Bells in Princeton and The Stopover in Toronto.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe return of Candide and the emergence of The God Botherers. Plus: Tierney Sutton brings jazz to The Oak Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAs Filichia anticipates Wall to Wall Sondheim, he remembers a similar event that occurred more than 30 years ago.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarrett Foa has his hands full! Plus: Capathia Jenkins honors Maya Angelou and Andrea McArdle sings for BC/EFA.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMIn Sing for Your Supper, Ethan Mordden pays attention to a decade of musical theater that even he can't work up much enthusiasm over.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe multi-talented Dakin Matthews continues to receive praise and awards from critics and from his peers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia looks back on the career of Jerry Orbach, whose life will be celebrated on Thursday at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: David Finkle
Anthony Page's treatment suggests that, when it comes to George and Martha's battle, he's the one who's afraid of Virginia Woolf.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJulius Caesar didn't beware the Ides of March, and look what happened to him! How has Broadway fared on March 15?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHunter Gilmore, Noah Peters, and Robin Lord Taylor shine in The Shooting Stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilchia's enjoyment of two actors in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels leads him to recall some others he's discovered over the years.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMNew Jersey Review by David Finkle
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe CCM production of Merrily We Roll Along has got Filichia musing about the problems and strengths of the Sondheim-Furth musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMRen�e Zellweger and other celebs turn out as siblings Rob and Kathleen Marshall are honored with Mr. Abbott Awards. Plus, Gavin Creel: Prom King.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott weigh in on a trinity of recent religion-themed shows: Altar Boyz, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, and The Controversy of Valladolid.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSan Diego Review By: Rob Stevens
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAnthony Mackie and Br�an F. O'Byrne score on stage in NYC and on film in the Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott have a lot of good things to say about Betty Buckley's show at the Caf� Carlyle. Plus: Great performances in Counsellor-at-Law, Pyretown, and Hurlyburly.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
Jodi Long made quite an impact in the 2002 revival of Flower Drum Song as singing/dancing agent. She's back on the New York stage starring opposite Anthony Mackie and Michael O'Keefe in the Roundabout's McReele by Stephen Belber. This time around, however, there's no song and dance.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMThere's more than one musical about a modern woman searching for love in 1920s New York.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe opening of the new Off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz is celebrated with a party at Crobar.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJoan Van Ark plays a meddling mother-in-law in La Jolla. Plus: Lynn Ahrens on Dessa Rose.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWhen Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse wrote about the good old bad old days in their 1972 musical, how accurate were they?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMNotes on the solo shows Belfast Blues, Shylock, and My Price Point. Plus: Unknown Andrew Lloyd Webber at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMChita glitters and The Frankenstein Summer sparks; We're Still Hot is anything but; The Owl and the Pussycat take a bow.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMPhyllis Diller and Penny Orloff have plenty to share with Filichia about their new books.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA wholly spirited conversation with the cast and director of Altar Boyz
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMCharles Wright reviews new biographies of actors Canada Lee and Tallulah Bankhead, who had several things in common.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMOn the Mountain has Filichia considering the unreleased musical theater demos that he'd love to hear.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMLiza Minnelli, John Kander, and other celebs turn out as Chita Rivera opens her club act at Feinstein's.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMDo songs always have to advance a show's plot? One Peter (Stone) thought so; what does another (Filichia) think?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott report on The Flid Show, Lea DeLaria in Happy Days, and Frank Fontana at Danny's Skylight Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJoan Diener and Albert Marre recall Kismet and John Raitt remembers The Pajama Game in a TheaterMania retrospective.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAs Filichia prepares to buy new stereo equipment, his Mono Cast Album Festival is finally coming to an end.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJohn Lithgow and Norbert Leo Butz on their juicy roles in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWhat was it that Filichia didn't like about The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMMusical theater icon Chita Rivera talks about her upcoming gig at Feinstein's at the Regency.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBy ELLIS NASSOUR
Long after other performers of a certain age have disappeared, Broadway's former Queen of the Gypsies, Chita Rivera, like that Battery Bunny, is still going, going, going. Soon to celebrate 50 years in show business, Chita leads up to this milestone with And Now I Sing, her debut at Feinstein's at the Regency.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMWhat words did the contestants in the Broadway Spelling Bee have to tackle?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMEvery Good Boy Deserves Favour in Dayton, The Queen of the Remote Control in Minneapolis, and Glittra's Mission in Seattle
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe new musical at Second Stage will be around for a spell. Plus: A brand new piano bar-cabaret is soon to open in the theater district!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMDavid Finkle offers a highly enthusiastic appraisal of director Michael Blakemore's new tell-all tome.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMDoes Harvey Fierstein's Tevye have Filichia jumping for joy or just shouting "oy?"
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMRebecca Luker takes a chance, Encores! plants a Tree, and Harvey Fierstein switches from glad rags to sad rags.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWhen it comes to on-time performance, do dentists, doctors, trains, buses, or plays have the best track record?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe Siegels aren't picking up Good Vibrations but they did spend a rewarding seven hours at Birdland on Monday night.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFaith Prince, Jodi Long, Judy Kaye.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMPhoto and video highlights of a Birdland party for The TheaterMania Guide to Musical Theater Recordings.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe Member of the Wedding
Reviewed By: Michael Toscano
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMNotes on Donald Margulies' Brooklyn Boy and Brian Stokes Mitchell's debut club act at Feinstein's at the Regency.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBy ELLIS NASSOUR
Little Women marks Maureen McGovern's return to Broadway for the first time since 1989. Known as a twice-Grammy Award-nominated singer and concert artist, she's actually never been far away. Her show-stopping solos about loss and longing and moving on leave audiences wanting more. Maybe it's because McGovern has experienced all this in what began as a rocky career.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMA Drama Book Shop panel discussion of cast recordings has Filichia remembering the good ol' days.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMTwo first-rate singers, Maude Maggart and Jack Donahue, are making their voices heard in cabaret and on recordings.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWill this week's Encores! production redeem the reputation of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AM"The funniest woman on TV" is all set to shake up Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott tell the inside story of the 2005 Nightlife Awards show, held at The Town Hall on Monday night.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWhat's the worst thing about Good Vibrations? Filichia expounds.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA newly released recording is a testament to the magic that the late Nancy LaMott created whenever and wherever she sang.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHow did Christina Applegate measure up at the press preview of the new Sweet Charity?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMLea Salonga hits the road, Catherine Curtin plays Jewish, and the Clinton family makes a trip to Brooklyn.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMEthan Hawke, Bobby Cannavale and cronies celebrate the opening of Hurlyburly. Plus: Kathie Lee Gifford schmoozes in Seth Rudetsky's Chatterbox.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott experience A Clockwork Orange, Belize, and Innocents, as well as a startling cabaret debut by Kate Pazakis at The Duplex.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia recalls the opening night of Sweet Charity and tells of his personal history with the show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA chat with the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMLos Angeles Review By: Jonas Schwartz
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMMeet Joel Markowitz -- and you'll never think of ushers in quite the same way again.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMPeter Strauss plays Freud, Laila Robbins waxes poetic, and Brett Somers will soon be reunited with Jack Klugman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHow well did you fare on this year's Broadway University midterm exam? It's time to check your answers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott agree to disagree about Little Women's book, but they both love Sutton Foster and Maureen McGovern in the show. Also: A sad goodbye to Dick Gallagher.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHave you ever been embarrassed to tell someone what show you were seeing next?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMMimi Hines returns to the stage in the L.A. Reprise! production of Pippin. Plus: What we lost in 2004.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAt last night's "Luau -- Flea Style" event, Sigourney Weaver and other notables really got into the spirit of things.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott enjoy the solo cabaret debuts of Jessica Molaskey at the Oak Room and Ritt Henn at The Duplex but flee an earsplitting concert at Irving Plaza.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSo, what did Filichia do when he was asked to fork over his Lion King ticket stub in order to get a parking discount?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMPS Classics' cast album of the Lincoln Center Theater production of The Frogs has Michael Portantiere jumping for joy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA primer on how to behave when you attend the theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMUte Lemper sizzles at the Caf� Carlyle and Sam Harris soars at Joe's Pub but, as far as Barbara and Scott are concerned, Aphrodisiac flunks at PS 122.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMKaye Ballard's new memoir leaves Filichia longing for more about the stars and shows that figured in her lengthy career.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMPut away your books, notes, and cast recordings: It's time for the Broadway University Midterm Exam.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJoyce Carol Oates on The Tattooed Girl in D.C. Plus: Forbidden Vegas in Las Vegas and The Last Two Minutes of the Complete Works of Henrik Ibsen in Chicago
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMPraise for Audra McDonald's American Songbook concert. Plus: Hal Linden in The Pirates of Penzance and O'Connor & Vogel in How to be Perfect.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
The late Mario Lanza, whose stunning voice brought tenor arias to the world in lavish, big-screen movies, is being remembered Thursday night at Alice Tully Hall with a star-studded gala, Be My Love: The World of Mario Lanza.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMThe theater landscape has changed greatly over the years, but how have theater tickets changed?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA new cabaret room comes to the theater district! Plus: Barbara & Scott on the Cy Coleman tribute, Under the Bridge, Best of Both Worlds, Jana Robbins, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe photos and captions in The Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical have piqued Filichia's interest.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSome crimes aren't easily forgotten, and there's one that Filichia definitely wants to address.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSir Peter Hall on his critically acclaimed production of As You Like It, soon to play at BAM.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe semi-new CD of Wonderful Town spurs thoughts of how other cast albums might have been retrofitted.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMDonald Trump and other celebs make the scene as Kathie Lee Gifford's musical Under the Bridge opens at the Zipper Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBirdland is alive with the sounds of Georgia Stitt & Friends, not to mention Jim Caruso's Cast Party.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWhat Broadway replacements do you wish had been recorded? Filichia tallies readers' choices.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott see Forbidden Broadway twice and Falling Off Broadway once too often. Plus: A new Frankenstein and a surprise from Sylvia McNair.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHere are Filichia's New Year's resolutions for 2005, including one about a musical that's not exactly his favorite.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMTheaterMania's editors identify the theatrical highlights of the year.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviews of Pieces (of Ass), Fat Pig, The Rivals, and cabaret shows featuring Klea Blackhurst, Barbara Brussell, and Jackie Hoffman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWhat's contributor Filichia's reaction to the TheaterMania Guide to Musical Theater Recordings?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMElaine Stritch sings, the Bergmans talk, and second-generation performers shine on NYC stages.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott report on After the Ball, Aga-Boom, and Nancy Witter's comedy act at Don't Tell Mama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJennifer Simard sparks Forbidden Broadway and Eric Millegan gets his big break in Harold & Maude: The Musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMIn these lean times, a group of small labels is working to keep musical theater cast recordings alive.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMCharles Wright reviews Writer's Block, a musical-theater-themed murder mystery by Bruce Kimmel.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBroadway's marquee lights will be dimmed tonight at 8pm for one minute in Orbach's memory.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
The critics and movie-going public are weighing in -- not all positively -- on the fate of the $70-million film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Here's the inside story of how it got to the screen, from ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER. Plus a visit with lyricist CHARLES HART.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMFilichia's stereo amplifier is still on the fritz, so he's still listening to mono cast albums.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMMatthew Murray enjoys the "live" cast recording of Brooklyn every bit as much as he enjoyed the show itself.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSan Francisco Review By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSugar Plum Fairy in San Jos�, La Pastorela de los Inmigrantes in San Diego, and Who's Afraid of the Virgin Mary? in Boston
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMStill putting off your Christmas shopping? Filichia has some more ideas for the theatergoer in your life.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott on La Cage aux Folles, Gem of the Ocean, and Michael Feinstein at -- where else? -- Feinstein's!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAs he cleans house for the holidays, Filichia offers us a column full of tasty tidbits.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBrian Scott Lipton gets down with divas Audra McDonald and Joyce Castle, and tells us that Mary-Louise Parker will soon be going to pot on television.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMLow marks for the movie version of The Phantom of the Opera but high marks for featured actors in four plays recently seen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
There's never been a holiday season with so much theater-related product. You'll have no problem finding a theater or arts gift for that special someone - or yourself! There's something for everyone!
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMDame Edna, Philip Bosco, Judy Kaye, Kevin Cahoon, and Maureen McGovern share their memories of holiday seasons past.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHow might some of America's most ridiculous laws affect musical theater? Filichia speculates.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMIn New Orleans and Biloxi, Filichia enjoys productions of Boston Marriage and Beauty and the Beast.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMDavid Finkle ponders the proliferation of short, intermissionless plays in today's theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWracking your brain to choose holiday presents that won't strike the wrong note? Here are some suggestions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMKathie Lee's first musical! Plus: Ron Bohmer returns to Forbidden Broadway and Al Gore sees Gem of the Ocean.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAl Pacino talks with Barbara & Scott Siegel about his role of Shylock in the new film version of The Merchant of Venice.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMPhiladelphia Review By: J. Cooper Robb
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThis year's Drama League holiday luncheon panel discussion featured guests who all hail from the same part of town.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
Will the film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera capture and enthrall you? Will it have you wishing you were there again or drive you to the point of no return? It depends... That chandelier is still there - but it doesn't steal the show. That honor goes to Minnie Driver as opera diva La Carlotta.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMDavid Black prepares for his one-man show about his life as a producer, and Filichia can't wait to see it.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe 2004 Gypsy of the Year competition raises nearly $2.8 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMColumbia House categorizes its films as "for him" or "for her," but shouldn't musicals be for everybody?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott on Pacific Overtures, Belle Epoque, and two new shows about the life and music of Fred Astaire.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe celebs turn out in force as Billy Crystal's one-man show 700 Sundays opens.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
Why anyone would want to do a parody musical of this particular play is hard to fathom.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMCharles Wright finds Robert Viagas's new guide to New York theater a compact yet comprehensive and useful resource.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHere's love from Peter Filichia, who's preparing his holiday card mailing list.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
We feel confident writing that Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays is the funniest Broadway show about death and grieving that you will ever see.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviews of Souvenir at the York, Brooke Shields in Wonderful Town, and cabaret acts by Baby Jane Dexter and Jason Graae.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAfter a bleak summer, London's legit scene has bounced back, propelled by a major crop of musicals.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHow will the youth of today respond to Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Skin of Our Teeth?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott enjoy Doubt, Cam Jansen, and cabaret's Andrea Marcovicci and Carolyn Montgomery.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia suggests some improvements for the Lerner and Loewe musical Brigadoon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe stars come out to honor Kitty Carlisle Hart and to join in the 2004 Encores! Bash.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA starry concert performance of Pippin raises money for The National AIDS Fund.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMMichele Ragusa shines in She Loves Me at Paper Mill and Keith Nobbs breaks hearts in the Keen Company production of The Hasty Heart.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia gives thanks for the contributions that Cy Coleman, Fred Ebb, and Howard Keel made to musical theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe soundtrack of the Phantom of the Opera film isn't likely to supplant the original cast recording in the hearts of Phantom phans.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMOh, the thinks community theaters can think! Here's the story of a Long Island production of Seussical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBrian Scott Lipton talks with the beauteous Tamyra Gray and the marvelous Elizabeth Marvel. Plus: Once again, it's Stephen Schwartz vs. Jeff Marx and Bobby Lopez!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe recent Encores! Bash at City Center was a thrilling lesson in how to do a revue correctly.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJake Robards on Rattlesnake and Craig Bierko on Modern Orthodox. Plus: Karen Mason celebrates Christmas in three different cities!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHave you longed for a complete recording of Babes in Toyland? So has Filichia.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMKitty Carlisle Hart on her love affair with Moss Hart and the upcoming Metropolitan Opera Guild benefit celebrating their marriage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMRemember the days of the theatrical double, triple, and quadruple bill? Filichia does!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
The Girl From Oz -- Dame Edna -- has returned to Broadway, and with a show this riotously funny, she's going to be around for a very long time.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMStout-Hearted Marc Miller looks to the rainbow and finds three wonderful new items from Ghostlight Records.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWhite Christmas in San Francisco, Pericles in Washington D.C., and The Eyes of Babylon in Los Angeles
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMColeman attended the Broadway opening of the Michael Frayn play Democracy last evening and fell ill during the after-party at Tavern on the Green; his wife Shelby then accompanied him to New…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBy ELLIS NASSOUR
The gladiolas are in bloom again as Dame Edna returns with a Vengeance.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott on 'night Mother, The Good Body, Whoopi, and Democracy, plus cabaret reviews of Phillip Officer and a Judy Garland show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA talk with James Vagias, who's planning a Broadway revival of the Gary Geld-Peter Udell-Philip Rose musical Purlie.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAnother Broadway Quiz! Plus: Patti LuPone at Feinstein's, Lucille Carr-Kaffashan at Mama Rose's, and two plays by John Patrick Shanley.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMMatthew Murray loves the new Ken Bloom-Frank Vlastnik book on musical theater -- especially its amazing full-color photos.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
There's never been a holiday season with so much Broadway-related product in the market place. No matter your budget, you'll have no problem finding a theater or arts gift for that special someone -- or yourself!
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMCherry Jones in Doubt, Kathryn Grody in The Penetration Play, and John Travolta at the Waldorf.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA chat with Amy Irving, who's about to open in Celadine at the George Street Playhouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia's thrilled by the new coffee-table book Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMCy Coleman, Edie Falco, Brenda Blethyn, Eve Ensler, Alan Cumming, and Jeffrey Seller are only some of the notables featured in our latest photo roundup.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMNew York City Opera revives Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella just as the original TV version of the musical is about to make its home video debut.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMTM brings you exclusive video of Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch in performance at Birdland.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMForget what the youth of today is listening to; what is the youth of today writing for tomorrow?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: David Finkle
Normally, I don't set much store by guilty pleasures, but I'm going to make a partial exception with the revival of Larry Shue's comedy The Foreigner.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMVirginia Review By: Michael Toscano
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMCy Coleman is to be honored in L.A. and New York, but what of the lyricists that he's worked with?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMGary Sandy returns to Texas, Jennifer Tilly goes to the prom, and Mary Catherine Garrison admits that she's not a "theater nerd."
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMNotes on Mario Cantone, Newsical, Dirty Tricks, Paula West, Mark McCombs, and Friday night late shows at The Duplex.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMCelebs turn out in force as The Foreigner opens Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHow would some recent Tony races have been different if men and women competed against each other?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMEverybody's favorite diva has cabaret, concerts, and even opera on her full plate.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWonderful Town has "The Wrong-Note Rag," but it's not the only show to contain some surprising music.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia's amplifier is busted, so his stereo cast recordings don't sound that great. What to do?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe Brooklyn Quiz. Plus: Notes on angry men, show stoppers, Melissa Manchester, and the balance of the Cabaret Convention.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAngela Lansbury and Liza Minnelli are only two of the stars caught by Joseph Marzullo's camera for our latest photo roundup.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia catches up with some famous Broadway types who we haven't heard much from recently.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMNew Jersey Review By: Matthew Murray
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMCharles Wright reviews a new biography of Fine and Dandy composer -- and Gershwin consort -- Kay Swift.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
In Movin' Out, the hit Broadway dance musical built around a roster of Billy Joel tunes that enters its third year Tuesday, you might think that John Selya is superhuman. As he soars through the air faster than a speeding bullet and does dizzying, whirling dervish spins, you and thousands of audience members are suspended in a state of disbelief.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMThe book and CD versions of Broadway: The American Musical fill in many of the gaps in the PBS documentary.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AM"Bitch or Brag About Broadway" returns tomorrow. How did the first one turn out?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMPenny Fuller does Tennessee Williams! Plus: Dave Gorman is Googlewhacked and Marian Seldes is feted by The Acting Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFanny Brice is one of the subjects of Filichia's musings about Broadway: The American Musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJerry Orbach, Andrea McArdle, Mario Cantone, Carolee Carmello, Billy Joel, and other stars shine at various events around town.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBy ELLIS NASSOUR
Not one, not a couple, not a quartet, not merely a company but a hundred dancers will fill the stage of New York's City Center for Monday's Career Transition For Dancers 10th Anniversary gala, Dancing On Air: A Dance Tribute To Television. Could this be the dance entertainment event of the new season?
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMAn award-winning production of Alan Bowne's Forty-Deuce is revived.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott recommend Reckless, Trying, and Eat the Taste, cover the Cabaret Convention, and have news of movies on Theatre Row.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
John Cullum has had a varied career and the unique ability to move smoothly from one medium to the other. At a time when actors his age might be resting on their laurels - and Tony Award nominations and wins - he's Off-Broadway portraying a controversial prince of the Roman Catholic Church. Cullum speaks on the record about former co-stars Barbara Harris and Madeline Kahn.
See below for reviews of "Sin (A Cardinal Deposed)".
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMTheatrically speaking, some remarkable things are happening in Springfield, Missouri.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AM"This is the Broadway Emergency Hotline, how may I help you?"
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: David Finkle
Espinosa is making the kind of Broadway bow that will still be talked about years hence; it's the equivalent of Jennifer Holliday blasting "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" or Melissa Errico enlivening One Touch of Venus.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA chat with Marc Acito, author of How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA talk with Boyd Gaines, one of the Roundabout's Twelve Angry Men.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMOne hundred years of Broadway milestones and musicals will flash to life on the PBS series Broadway: The American Musical - and Ellis Nassour takes you all, all, all the way through it with an extensive EPISODE GUIDE.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMPittsburgh Review By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: David Finkle
Mary-Louise Parker is to the present-day theater what Julie Harris was to Broadway during the '50s and '60s.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA look back at the people and shows that constituted the First Annual New York Musical Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBrian Scott Lipton chats with Edie Falco, Brenda Blethyn, and Deidre Goodwin after hob-nobbing with celebs at Feinstein's.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott on Cy Coleman, Julie Halston, Marty Testa, Paul Sparks, Nine Parts of Desire, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMOne hundred years of Broadway milestones and musicals will flash to life on the PBS-TV series Broadway: The American Musical -- and Ellis Nassour guides you all, all, all the way through it.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMThe new PBS documentary Broadway: The American Musical is good for the novice but frustrating for the purist.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia waxes melismatic about Frank Loesser's score for Greenwillow, this week's Musicals in Mufti selection.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia assesses Basha Hammerstein's tell-all book about her marriage to the son of a legendary lyricist-librettist.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA talk with the playwright whose work is being celebrated by the Signature Theatre Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMIn his new book on musicals since 1978, Ethan Mordden often lets despair and bitterness get the better of him.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMYesterday marked the first anniversary of a one-performance-only show and a marriage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJulie Halston gorges on White Chocolate, Lynn Redgrave previews a new play about her grandmother, and Jackie Hoffman's Kvetching finally comes to an end.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWhat Good is Sitting Alone in Your Room? By: Les Spindle
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia's readers respond to his list of the best Off-Broadway musical scores with their own choices.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe "theater dork" controversy continues with feedback from readers and musical theater savants.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: Dan Bacalzo
Eat the Taste has got to be the most offbeat sequel to a hit musical ever written.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia chats with Martin Charnin about his latest projects and reflects on the writer-director's long and productive career.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AM6pm Tuesday, October 12. 212-362-5620 for reservations.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
Long before he became famous for directing and lyric writing �and for Annie � Martin Charnin was quite gifted writing songs for revues. At Sam�s Dream Street Cabaret [263 West 45th Street], with an official opening on October 6th, he�s celebrating that lost art form with The Next-To-The-Last Revue.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMTop musical theater talents sing out in Queer Songbook: A New Generation of Broadway Composers at the LGBT Community Center.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSan Francisco Review By: Chad Jones
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMCharles Wright reviews Playing Underground, Stephen J. Bottoms' critical history of the Off-Off-Broadway movement of the 1960s.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMLos Angeles Review By: Terri Roberts
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSing a song of Sondheim! Plus: Robert Klein at Feinstein's, a Queer Songbook concert, and lots of nightlife activity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWill songs that didn't make it into Henry, Sweet Henry be performed in the "Musicals in Mufti" production?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMEden Espinosa stars in Brooklyn The Musical, a Broadway fairy tale.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia's friend from San Antonio happens to like New York. Guess why.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMDavid Drake goes farming while Kevin Anderson and Cleavant Derricks take a trip to Brooklyn.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMGuant�namo prompts its audiences to take a good, hard look at where our country stands in today's world.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia lists the 50 best scores ever written for Off-Broadway musicals.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMDoes knowing who this woman is make you a "theater dork?"
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJim Caruso asks a host of theater notables what shows they're really excited about seeing in 2004-2005.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSome of the musical theater's best voices are heard in Broadway Unplugged
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe Actors' Fund presents a star-studded concert version of the seminal rock musical Hair at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott find themselves whistling Dixie (Carter) but pursing their lips over David Vernon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMScott Siegel presents a concert of stellar performers singing some of Broadway's greatest songs -- with no sound amplification.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAn exhibit at Grand Central Terminal focuses on the advertising of Broadway shows through the years.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe Drowsy Chaperone, first seen in the Toronto Fringe Festival, is about to be showcased in NYC courtesy of the NAMT.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJohn Barrowman scores with his excellent new CD of Cole Porter songs on the First Night label.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMUte Lemper sings at Le Jazz au Bar, and everybody was singing at Mama Rose's first anniversary party.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA chat with Gary Schocker, whose musical Far From the Madding Crowd will be presented as part of the NYMF.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMRa�l Esparza, Annie Golden, RuPaul, and other stars prepare to let their Hair down for The Actors' Fund.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHugh Jackman gives his final performance in The Boy From Oz, and the 2004 Broadway on Broadway concert fills Times Square with joy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMNew Jersey Review By: Matthew Murray
Whether you're going for Bush, Kerry, or someone else on November 2, cast your vote for this show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMLa Strada is now on CD, but how many other 1960s musicals have never yielded recordings?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMTom Wopat flexes his acting muscles, Karen Finley gets political (surprise!), and Stephen Sondheim is revued in Hoboken and NYC.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMImmoral Imperatives in Cape Cod, Death of Yazdgerd in San Francisco, Conscription of the Fates in St. Louis, and Wait and See in Coral Gables
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMV.J. John Bantay rules at SBNY's "Musical Mondays" and performer/songwriter Peter Yawitz revels at Don't Tell Mama. Also: What's up with the replacement casting of Broadway shows lately?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia reports on the eight shows that he saw while attending the Shaw Festival in Ontario.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe cast album of Johnny Guitar reveals a tuneful, clever, and lively score -- but, on CD, a little camp sensibility goes a long way.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott ship out with Dames at Sea at the Jean Cocteau Rep, then come ashore to spend time with Hair of the Dog's Men.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia escaped the RNC by heading to the Shaw Festival in Canada, and he saw some shows on the way.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMJim Caruso asks a host of theater notables to name their favorite song by the unbeatable team of John Kander and Fred Ebb.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia arrives at Niagara-on-the-Lake and prepares to see eight shows in the Shaw Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMIn this second annual TheaterMania retrospective, Michael Buckley looks at the hits (and flops) of the 1954-55 season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara and Scott go for Bloke, The Question W Revue, and Rick Kiamco in Unaccessorized at the Fringe Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMCharles Wright pores through Deborah Jowitt's vivid new biography of legendary choreographer Jerome Robbins.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReaders share with Filichia their lists of the things that annoy them most about the theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMYou never know what you're going to get when Naked Angels elects to tackle a timely topic. This time, it's Democracy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia reveals what annoyed readers about his theater annoyances.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMOn the road with Barbara and Scott at Goodspeed and Odette's, plus memories of a handful of this summer's cabaret acts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMNo matter how much you love musicals, not every cast album is worthy of repeated listening.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSan Francisco Review By: Stephanie von Buchau
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBrief impressions of Corporate Rock, That is the Question, The Triple Happiness, Waitin' 2 End Hell, Diary of a Chambermaid, and Macbeth.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMMichael Arden, John Hill, and Jenna Leigh Green triangulate in the pop opera Bare.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThrill Me's Christopher Totten is one of Filichia's four Player of the Week choices for August.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBrian Scott Lipton chats with John Cullum, keeps tabs on Norm Lewis, and looks forward to some Joe's Pub shows by Broadway faves.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: Adam Klasfeld and Dan Bacalzo
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott praise Dracula (kidding!) and check out Fringe shows Africa & Plumbridge, Golden Prospects, and Mimi Le Duck.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReaders suggest more appropriate titles for Ethan Mordden's new book, The Happiest Corpse I've Ever Seen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSusannah York is Shakespeare's girlfriend. Plus: the Siegels on the Fringe shows Granola!, Andru's Head, and Patriot Acts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia watches and reports on the elusive film version of Where's Charley?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMCharles Wright reviews Mary C. Henderson's fascinating new book The City and the Theatre: The History of New York Playhouses.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWe've all heard of the Karp that tormented Diana Morales in acting class, but here's another you should know.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA look at some of the left-leaning shows that will be playing in NYC during the RNC.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMKatherine Helmond is the boss in The Oldest Profession, the Drama Desk Art*Kives are now decorating the walls of the Arte Caf�, and a Tree may soon be growing at City Center.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMTom Hewitt seduces Melissa Errico in Dracula, The Musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMEthan Mordden should have found another title for his new book, but what would be a better choice?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMMedea in Jerusalem kills, Maureen McGovern holds court at Le Jazz Au Bar, and Laura Benanti and Gavin Creel do their stuff at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara and Scott check in on Movin' Out, attend The Day Emily Married, and go to the movies with Scott Coulter.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia never thought the New York Musical Theatre Festival would happen, but Kris Stewart and Elizabeth Lucas proved him wrong.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReviewed By: David Finkle
It's juiceless, joyless, and -- inexcusable for an adaptation of a classic thriller -- shockless.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMConnecticut Review By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMHow well did you do on the 2004 Broadway University Entrance Exam?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAre different techniques really required to act in the theater as compared to film and television? Also: Michael Berresse on his newest venture, intriguingly called [title of show].
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWhen an actor's body art recently needled David Finkle, our scribe started wondering how tattoos affect stage performers' careers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara and Scott watch Mickey and Jan Rooney put on a show, then attend Isabel Rose's act at Makor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFilichia dines with Richard Adler, who's still got heart -- and lots of great stories.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMMarin Mazzie and Jason Danieley find Brigadoon in L.A., Holly Woodlawn acts up at Fez, and Barbra Streisand may star in a film version of Ballroom.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA preview of some of the shows in the eighth annual New York International Fringe Festival
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWhat disturbing trait do Forbidden Broadway, Menopause: The Musical, and Chuckleball all share?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMThe flaws of Assassins are obvious in the new Broadway cast recording of the show, but so are its considerable strengths.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBarbara & Scott had a much better time at The Frogs than some of their colleagues did. Plus: A singer-songwriter brings home the "Bacon."
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAt Angus McIndoe's restaurant, the staff members serve food and drink to Broadway luminaries while working toward their own careers in the theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMBroadway's Lost Treasures II contains some exciting numbers from Tony telecasts, but there are several notable omissions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
The dog days of summer have really arrived. If you're looking for ways to beat them, how about a Sondheim show, songs from a Broadway sweetheart, a little Broadway karaoke, or tongue-twisters from a young English composer? Visit Broadway stars in the summer's movie blockbuster! Tired of over-amplified shows? Help is on the way! Finally, get Fringe news and an update on an actor missing about town.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:36AMFilichia couldn't be happier about Ethan Mordden taking on the last 25 years of Broadway musicals in his latest book.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMFiction's the ticket and that's a fact; fans flock to Block at Birdland; and a peek Under the Covers at Mama Rose.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMAs the new DVD of their work on the Ford 50th Anniversary Show proves, Mary Martin and Ethel Merman were stars of the first magnitude.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMReaders name the shows which proved to them that musical theater doesn't always come up roses.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMWhere's Charley? in East Haddam, Murder in San Francisco, The Stops in Seattle, and Miss Biracial Upper Midwest 1984 in Minneapolis
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMTwo cheers for After the Fall. Plus: Notes on I Need a Guy Who Blinks at the Paradise Theater and jazz artist Spencer Day at Don't Tell Mama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMA Broadway box office agent lists 10 "don'ts" that we all should keep in mind when purchasing tickets at the theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
The dog days of summer are beating down on us. If you're looking for ways to beat them, here are some suggestions from what's on Off Broadway, free in Central Park, a reading from an erotic page-turner, inexpensive highlights from a theater festival near you and the offerings of a trio of "museums" where you can beat the heat in air-conditioned comfort.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMWhatever this power player wants, he gets -- whether in baseball or on Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara and Scott attend Forever Tango, Junie B. Jones, Children's Letters to God, and the launch party for a new Johnny Mercer CD.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMuch Ado About Nothing's Kristen Johnston is one of Filichia's four Player of the Week choices for July.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJeffrey Meyers's biography of Somerset Maugham, new from Alfred A. Knopf, is perused by Charles Wright.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBoston Review By: Sandy MacDonald
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA new book inspires Filichia to list some things that always annoy him when he goes to see a show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
More suggestions to conquer the dog days of summer blahs: a new edition of Forbidden Broadway, lip-syncing from a genius of the art, a stage high priestess in a chiller thriller and news of her upcoming return to the stage, a �lost� demo of a failed Broadway musical and a hard to find soundtrack coming to CD.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott admire Echoes of the War but get mired in Chuckleball. On the nightlife circuit, they strongly recommend Peter Yawitz.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSharpen your pencils and get ready for the 2004 Broadway University entrance exam.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWashington DC Review By: Michael Toscano
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia reports on the Music Theatre of Wichita production of Me and My Girl.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAn "interview" with Aristophanes about the Stephen Sondheim-Burt Shevelove-Nathan Lane musical based on his play The Frogs.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Arden hooks up with John Bucchino, Arielle Tepper kvells over the Summer Play Festival, and John Cameron Mitchell is set to play Laura Bush!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
The Mint Theater Company has a delectable summer treat for theatergoers: Through August 29th, Tony Award winners Frances Sternhagen and Richard Easton are appearing in Echoes of the War, a 90-minute double bill of one-acts by J. M. Barrie. Miss Sternhagen heads the cast of The Old Lady Shows Her Medals. She has had a fascinating and most rewarding theatrical career.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia tells what happened in 1962 when the curtain rose -- or rather, didn't rise -- on Carnival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTM photographer Joseph Marzullo snaps away during the opening night party for the Lincoln Center Theater production of The Frogs.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCabaret acts by Roz Ryan, Georga Osborne, and Susan Peirez. Plus: three major Latino comics at the Cherry Lane and Patriot Act at NYTW.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara and Scott take in some shows inspired by celebrities and experience one legend in the flesh: Ruth Brown.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLeslie (Hoban) Blake lunches with the director of After the Fall and A Home at the End of the World.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMartin Sherman's Bent and Christopher Durang's Beyond Therapy are back on stage in NYC. Plus: Here's to the real Cole Porter, not the mock!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe mesmerizing Mystery Plays, a new Miss Julie, a dim bulb of a play about tulips, and three worthy cabaret acts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBrad Oscar to the Max! Plus: Paul Newman returns to the stage in Westport and Kiki & Herb are set to play Carnegie Hall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMEven show tunes are represented on Time-Warner Cable via Music Choice's Channel 636.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSeussical in Kansas City, Mama From China in Los Angeles, the Un-Conventional Comedy Convention in Boston, and 4 Edges in Fort Worth
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThere's much enjoyment to be had at the Delacorte Theater and at cabaret clubs all over town.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara Minkus, whose roles include Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, now slips into the shoes of Molly Picon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSome final words about the "Brits Off Broadway" series and cheers for Jim Caruso's Cast Party in its new home at Birdland.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AM"A" is for Abbott as Filichia flips through The Oxford Companion to American Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAdam Klasfeld flips through the eye-catching postcards for shows in the 2004 Midtown International Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe London theater landscape has recently been marked by several short-running shows.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe stars turn out to offer dogs and cats for adoption at the sixth annual Broadway Barks! event in Shubert Alley.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLooking forward to seeing Me and My Girl in Wichita, Filichia has been doing "The Lambeth Walk." Oy!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow does the new Cole Porter biopic stack up against the 1946 effort?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA chat with David Esbjornson, director of The Public Theater production of Much Ado About Nothing in Central Park.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright reviews Alexis Greene's Lucille Lortel: The Queen of Off Broadway, a new biography from Limelight Editions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe epistolary play, in which characters communicate exclusively through letters, is not Filichia's cup of tea.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBernadette Peters goes to bat for dogs and cats, Roz Ryan struts her stuff at Danny's, and Rosie Perez is feeling Reckless.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott on Wrestling Porcelain and cabaret shows featuring Mark Nadler, Steven Ray Watkins, Alexandra de Suze, and Hector Coris.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWe all know Cole Porter's standards but what are some of his lesser-known songs like?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn his new book, theater journalist Robert Simonson makes the point that, On Broadway, Men Still Wear Hats.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNotes on a Wilder double bill, The Threepenny Opera, the Wau Wau Sisters, and Julie Reyburn's take on The Beatles' Abbey Road.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWho were the theater's Players of the Week for the month of June?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Stephanie von Buchau
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow many of the American Film Institute's 100 greatest movie songs can trace their roots to Broadway?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNobody loves theater more than children, as David Finkle reminds us.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott report on what they saw and heard in Milford, PA on one of their rare excursions outside of NYC.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLois Nettleton plays a botanist at the Acorn Theater, Polly Bergen is set for a run at the Caf� Carlyle -- and Charles Busch is all over the place!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia chats with Michael Lavine, who lays fairs claim to being the ultimate sheet music collector.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott sing the praises of playwright Lynn Nottage and groove on the pizzazz of jazz singer Judy Barnett.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBrian Scott Lipton chats with Frances Sternhagen and keeps tabs on Lucy Liu, Jai Rodriguez, Lynn Redgrave, and Ana Gasteyer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHollywood Records releases the original Broadway cast recording of Caroline, or Change on two CDs.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhen replacements take over for stars, a show's advertising campaign can make all the difference.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBroadway Bares 14 rocks Roseland and raises a ton of money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWashington, DC Review By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia is updating his book Let's Put on a Musical, and you can help.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMOne-person shows: Jane Monheit, George S. Irving, and (yes) The Two and Only. Plus a sniff of The Marijuana Logues and a trip to Boise.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhen it comes to multiple recordings of a show, which do you prefer -- original or revival cast albums?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDavid Barbour identifies the most thankless roles of the 2003-2004 Broadway season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia takes a peek inside New York's exciting new Broadway book store.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA hunger for Jungr. Plus: The Musical of Musicals: The Musical returns and two theater-connected movies are about to be released.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMOur man Filichia catches up on a little bit of unfinished business.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMZ-z-z-z-z-z-z-z. Oops, sorry! The new Fiddler on the Roof CD has just arrived and has set Matthew Murray to dozing.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBrian talks with Alison Fraser and David Garrison, catches Audra McDonald in Seven Deadly Sins, and speaks with a talented Fosse whose first name is not Bob.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright looks through a new anthology of non-musical plays by Arthur Laurents, a man who is most famous as a librettist.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott review Broadway: The Golden Age and marvel as the Pizzarelli family and friends do the Bossa Nova at Feinstein's.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia talks with Nicky Henson about the musicals that led him to his current role in Jumpers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia wonders which songs his comrade Scott Siegel has picked for The Broadway Musicals of 1963.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
The Tony Award-winning scene-stealer has been reflecting on his 50 plus years in theater as he prepares for his one-man retrospective George S. Irving - Still Carrying On, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre June 18-20. "One thing for sure," he says emphatically, "theater has changed! The biggest change is that the great composers are gone. Every year one or the other had a new show. They were giants! We still have Sondheim, but the economics of today's theatre don't allow a new show every season."
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMMaking his theatrical rounds, BSL checks in with George S. Irving, Lisa Kron, and Scott Schwartz.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe stars shine at a Sardi's party for the premiere of the documentary film Broadway: The Golden Age; plus, theater folk hawk their wares at the 2nd Avenue Street Fair.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAge is a touchy subject for some people in the theater, but Filichia tackles it head on.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAt this year's Spoleto Festival USA, theater gained a stronger foothold than ever before.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSin: A Cardinal Deposed
Reviewed By: Caroline Burlingham Ellis
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara and Scott address Address Unknown and zip over to the Zipper to see Bebe Neuwirth in Here Lies Jenny.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDavid Finkle works the press room at the 2004 Tony Awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall as Joseph Marzullo snaps away at the stars.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn alphabetical order, Filichia lists the shows and artists that made this theater season memorable.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
Meet Some of the 2004 Nominees: Karen Ziemba, Hunter Foster, Tovah Feldshuh and a director who wasn't nominated.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMPhylicia Rashad and Shirley Jones were among the many cool folks who turned out for this year's Stars in the Alley concert.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott on Kia Corthron's Light Raise the Roof, Marc Salem's Mind Games, and Jamie deRoy's perennial cabaret variety show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Busch is only one of the many stars who'll be doing their stuff outside of NYC this summer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
"New York, New York, it's a wonderful town!" Not always for Ruth Sherwood, and not always for Donna Murphy, star of Wonderful Town, and a 2004 Tony Award nominee for Best Actress in a Musical. Just named one of New York theater's "Living Legends," Murphy's dream always was to make it in theater. Her journey has been filled with happiness, frustration, self-doubt and personal tragedy.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMThe legendary Neil Sedaka headlines a benefit at Carnegie Hall and rising star Scott Ailing puts on a great show at The Duplex.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBefore leaving East Haddam, Connecticut, Filichia stops in at Goodspeed's Scherer Library of Musical Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMChuck Sweeney returns to Don't Tell Mama with his uncanny impersonation of a musical icon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
Looking back on three show business legends and the woman long, long associated with the American Theatre Wing and the Tonys: Dorothy Loudon, Miss Broadway Pizzazz; Ann Miller, The Tap Dance Kid; Larry Kert, The Understudy Gets the Nomination; and Isabelle Stevenson, Mother Teresa of the Theater.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMConnecticut Review By: Sandy MacDonald
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMKicking off the summer with Call Me Madam, West Side Story, and The Ruby Sunrise.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMRichard Easton sings the praises of Kevin Kline and Jack O'Brien, Essie Davis stumps for Jumpers, and Matt Cavenaugh soaps himself up.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBSL has a chat with Dr. Carol Channing, beats the drums for Broadway: The Golden Age, and catches up with the very busy Jerry Mitchell.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
Roz Ryan has a spectacular vocal magic. When combined with her quick wit, boisterous laugh and saucy sassiness, you get quite a package. As audiences are seeing now that she's returned to Broadway, playing Matron "Mama" Morton in Chicago. During her quarter century in show business, Ryan's done it all. Rarely do you find an artist that is 100% show business.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMIt's time to check your answers to the questions in the Broadway University final exam.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott see Sight Unseen, bare their feelings about bare, and take in Curtis Stigers at the Oak Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMatthew Murray listens to the DRG recordings of Boy George's Taboo and Barbara Cook's Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia gets some feedback from sound designers on his column about the use of microphones in the theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNotes on Trust, Absolutely Fascinating, Chinese Friends, The Joys of Sex, The Triangle Factory Fire Project, and cabaret's Nancy McGraw.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDenver Review By: Owen Perkins
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia reports on the 60th annual Theatre World Awards.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA conversation with Andy Hoff, president of the Broken Watch Theatre Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNow That's What I Call a Storm is what Barbara & Scott call a play. Plus: one last look at this year's MAC Awards.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMEstablished stars joined up-and-comers for the 60th Annual Theatre World Awards ceremony at Studio 54.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLos Angeles Review By: Jonas Schwartz
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSan Francisco Review By: Stephanie von Buchau
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia's unhappy now, unhappy hence, and unhappy ever after about Barry Singer's Ever After.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReports on the 2004 Drama Desk Awards, the cabaret debut of Sutton Foster, and the return of icon Keely Smith.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Buckley chats with Kitty Carlisle Hart and Philip Bosco, two of the veteran stars of Tasting Memories.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright reviews Retta Blaney's new book of interviews with actors on the subject of spirituality and religion.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia has big praise for Neva Small's new CD, "My Place in the World."
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA feast of a conversation with Catherine Wolf, producer of Tasting Memories.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIt's "New York theater hunks on the road" as Chris Sieber stars in Company in L.A. and Matt Bogart returns to the D.C. stage in Orpheus Descending.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
Tony Randall loved theater -- "better than anything in the world," he said. After many years of success onscreen in Doris Day/Rock Hudson romps and series TV, he not only returned to his first love but created the National Actors Theatre (NAT). In a recent interview, Randall looked back at the ups, and all the downs.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMBrian finds himself in very close physical proximity to Hugh Jackman, Donna Murphy, Audra McDonald, Shirley Jones and the Cassidy boys, etc.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMUpdated with Drama Desk and Drama League winners and the Broadway.com Audience nominees .
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMDoes Michael Cumpsty really need a microphone to be heard in a 350-seat theater?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott have their say about this year's MAC Awards show and also solicit the opinions of other attendees.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLaura Linney and Ben Shenkman co-star in the Manhattan Theatre Club revival of Donald Margulies's Sight Unseen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDavid Finkle pores through The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2002-2003 and muses on the accuracy of the volume's title.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHave you read Making It on Broadway? If you're pursuing a career in theater, Filichia thinks you should.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDavid Finkle on the growing phenomenon of food preparation and consumption onstage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMKate Shindle goes all girly for Michael John LaChiusa, Judy Kuhn moves into The House of Mirth, and Euan Morton of Taboo fame is only one of the stars headlining at Joe's Pub this month.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
Not even a can of the most intense Raid can stop Bug from becoming the most talked about play of this season. It has pedigree: penned by the very unassuming actor Tracy Letts of Killer Joe fame; and is the recipient of rave reviews and award nominations -- including honors for leading lady Shannon Cochran.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMNew Jersey Review By: Matthew Murray
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMProfessor Filichia tests your knowledge of shows that share common song titles.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTheaterMania schmoozes with the stars at the 2004 Tony Award nominees' brunch.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow might the history of the Tony Awards have been different if there were two categories for Best Book of a Musical?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNotes on Neil LaBute's play, Jim Caruso's return, and cabaret stars Julie Reyburn, Jack Donahue, Ruben Flores, and Martha Lorin.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott report on the Encores! production of Bye Bye Birdie and sink their teeth into Say Cheese!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMPlaywright Christopher Shinn takes a long, hard look at life in NYC circa 2001 in his latest play, Where Do We Live?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLinda Emond remains a Homebody, Shuler Hensley reunites with Hugh Jackman in Van Helsing, and Colin Hay makes hay in Man @ Work.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Normal Heart remains an explosive play; Margaret Curry exhibits great potential in her cabaret debut at The Duplex.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAt the office, Filichia searches for recent theater-related books.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTM is there for Sheldon Harnick's 80th birthday celebration, the 2004 Lucille Lortel Awards, and a stampede of end-of-the-season Broadway openings.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMatthew Murray reviews the original cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's Bounce on the day of its release.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMemorable theater moments can occur when you least expect them. Filichia shares several.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott share their thoughts on two family dramas that have much in common: A Raisin in the Sun and Roar.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThere's something theatrical happening in New York City at almost every hour of the day or night.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhat show's recent opening had an apopleptic Filichia melting phone lines from New York to Boston?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAdam Klasfeld examines some of the challenging plays about Jewish lives and politics that have filled New York stages this season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLes Spindle reports on the current theater scene in the City of Angels and its vicinity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright offers a full report on Ellen Schiff's new critical anthlogy of six great American Jewish plays.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBroadway tries too hard with Bombay Dreams and Jumpers but a little musical called The Two Svengalis has its charms.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAt the Shakespeare Theatre in D.C., Filichia checks out Five by Tenn, a program of short plays by Tennessee Williams.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAnn Reinking goes Spanish, Jeffrey Hatcher hopes to get away with Murder, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson is once again in a New York state of mind.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMP.F. attends the Vital Theatre Company's production of the 1936 Pulitizer Prize winner Idiot's Delight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott applaud the Roundabout's Assassins and Intimate Apparel but question the nominating procedure for the MAC Awards.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
If this production isn't 100% perfect, it's so close to perfection that the difference makes no never mind.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBSL toasts the stars at the Lucille Lortel Awards cocktail reception, chats up Amy Brenneman, and listens attentively as bare star Kaitlin Hopkins bares it all.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott attend the opening night performance of Between Us and revel in the music of Finian's Rainbow at the Irish Rep.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHailed for her performance in Caroline, or Change at The Public Theater, Tonya Pinkins has now come to Broadway with the show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia pores through a book containing everything you ever wanted to know about Shakespeare's plays but were afraid to ask.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhat's up with Ellen Foley, Toni DiBuono, Judith Light, Matthew Modine, Doug Wright, and Cherry Jones?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Caroline Burlingham Ellis
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFrank Langella is matchless in Match, The Tricky Part is a triumph, the nighclub Opia opens, and Steve Ross excels at the Stanhope.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia samples Chef's Theater and breaks bread with some theater notables.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTM is there for a Drama Desk panel discussion of "star quality," the American Theatre Wing luncheon honoring Isabelle Stevenson, and other events.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia answers the burning question on everyone's mind: Aside from that, how was the play?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara and Scott investigate Sixteen Wounded at the Walter Kerr and Chef's Theater at The Supper Club.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Village Light Opera Group hopes that lightning will strike twice with its revival of Frank Loesser's operatic musical The Most Happy Fella.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia chats with veteran conductor Paul Gemignani, who's now overseeing Assassins.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBlood is everywhere as Sweeney Todd with Hearn and Lansbury is released on DVD and the cast recording of Thrill Me arrives.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMatthew Murray reviews the newly released cast albums of A Year WIth Frog and Toad and The Thing About Men.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThings of Dry Hours in Pittsburgh, Safe in Hell in Costa Mesa, and Last Rites in Boston
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia visits St. Louis and brings back news of theater that he found in the Gateway to the West.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJohn Tartaglia, J. Smith-Cameron, Richard Dreyfuss, Swoosie Kurtz, and Patti LuPone are only a few of the stars of our latest photo feature.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWho does Peter Filichia think are the 50 most loathsome New Yorkers in musical theater?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTheater and cabaret are heating up even if the weather isn't: Barbara & Scott report on Well, From Door to Door, and Helen's Hideaway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDamon Intrabartolo on the New York premiere production of his pop opera about young people's relationship to Catholicism.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBSL consorts with a prostitute, chats with a Foster child, and runs into everyone from Betsy Palmer to George Steinbrenner at various shows around town.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLife is a definitely a cabaret as Barbara & Scott check out Patti LuPone at Feinstein's and Karen Akers at the Oak Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia pays tribute to Charles Strouse, the composer of Bye Bye Birdie, Annie, and other shows.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott take in Sarah, Sarah, Trojan Women, The Boy From Oz (again), and Cleo Laine and John Dankworth.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhat shows has Filichia seen over the past week? Well, he'll tell you...
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCapeTix.com, a new arts marketing website, is gearing up in Wellfleet to sell summer shows in theaters from Provincetown to Plymouth this season.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 09:35AMDan Lauria is all Ears, Carolee Carmello is making a Baby, and Mercedes Ruehl will soon have A View From the Bridge.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDo you know about the Reagle Players in Waltham, Massachusetts? Filichia thinks you should.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott like Johnny Guitar quite a lot but think less of More -- and they adore the Callaway sisters' show at Feinstein's.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMartin Denton continues to anthologize Off-Off-Broadway plays, much to the delight of Charles Wright.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
This is a swell Twentieth Century for the 21st century.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMusical Theatre Audition / Performance Technique with Tony award-winning Broadway Actress Michele Pawk & Broadway Musical Supervisor & Conductor Kristen Blodgette
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia celebrates musical theater songs that incorporate proper names from Dietrich to Socrates.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia reads your e-mails about tough cast recording finds and recollects what he paid for LPs back in the day.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMOur man Lipton chats with Karens from "A" to "Z" -- Akers to Ziemba, that is -- and tells us to look out for a Broadway transfer of Frozen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
Spring is officially here and that usually means something's cooking - usually from legendary, seemingly ageless vocalist Barbara Cook and perennial collaborator/musical director Wally Harper. She rarely ventures anything without his expert touch and guiding hands. Some things in life are expendable, but not Harper. They've been a team 30 years.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWho do Filichia's readers want to crown as the King of Musical Theater?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Portantiere chats amiably with tick, tick...BOOM! director David Saint and Hairspray star Kathy Brier before venting his feelings about the Fiddler on the Roof revival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia has admired Beth Fowler's work in roles from Mrs. Segstrom to Mrs. Potts to Mrs. Woolnough.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott battle over Silent Laughter but agree wholeheartedly on Maria Friedman at the Caf� Carlyle.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSinging soap stars, Baby boomers, Broadway first-nighters, and theater producers who happen to be women are caught by TM's cameras.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Encores! series triumphs with Pardon My English, the Roundabout flops with Twentieth Century, and new cabaret clubs keep popping up in NYC.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDavid Finkle reviews the career of George C. Wolfe, who will resign his position as The Public Theater's producer next season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWho's the reigning King of Musical Theater? Filichia's answer may surprise you.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIt's off to the races as Filichia attends six shows in six cities in four states in seven days.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLipton catches up with Rebecca Luker, Victoria Clark, et al. and tells us not to expect to see Camelot return to Broadway any time soon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
Leaving the theater, my dumbstruck companion wondered aloud, "How does something like this get on?"
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJ. Cooper Robb examines the history of Philly's theater community and comments on current productions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIt's grand to have Kurt Weill's The Firebrand of Florence complete on CD, but the casting is haphazard and the work itself quite strange.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNeil Patrick Harris draws a bead on his dual roles in Assassins.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels scrutizine Sweeney Todd at City Opera, A Midsummer Night's Dream at BAM, and Melissa Errico at The Oak Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDouglas Sills, Deborah Cox, Susan Sarandon, Kevin Bacon, and Governor George Pataki are among the stars of our latest photo feature.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilmdom's Tim Robbins and Robby Benson have plays on the boards, and Oscar winner Rita Moreno is headlining at Feinstein's.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia describes his 14-year search for one of the most elusive of all cast recordings.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow has Best Foot Forward affected musical theater? Filichia buckles down and counts the ways.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIt's all Greek to them: Barbara & Scott report on Small Tragedy and on cabaret singer Carol Savvas's show at Mama Rose.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMRobby Benson stars in Open Heart, Ken Jennings and company evoke Silent Laughter, and Patti LuPone sings of love in Newark, NJ.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBrian chit-chats with Judith Ivey, Vivian Reed, and Tom Gibbons, and finds himself at the theater with Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Jackman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMKing Lear opens at Lincoln Center, the American Theatre Wing hosts a cocktail reception at Planet Hollywood, and celebs attend the AMPAS Oscar party at Le Cirque.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBrian Scott Lipton talks with the beautiful, talented, and very busy Melissa Errico.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDo you know who Peter Howard is? Our own Peter (Filichia) thinks you should.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhat's happening in the outer boroughs, theater wise? Adam Klasfeld takes a look.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBSL chats with Rita (not Chita!) Moreno and keeps tabs on other OZ cast members who are treading the boards in NYC.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTheater in London town is highly eclectic and frequently electrifying, as ever.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott have their say on Fiddler on the Roof and Betty Buckley's show at the Caf� Carlyle.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMatthew Murray reviews DRG's cast recording of the Broadway revival of the Bernstein-Comden-Green musical Wonderful Town.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia eases on down the road of memories with the City Lights Youth Theatre production of The Wiz.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara and Scott identify three great performances in current shows and get turned on by Bill Boggs at the Triad.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReports on A.R. Gurney's Big Bill, Nicky Silver's Beautiful Child, Cady Huffman's new movie, and Leslie Orifino's cabaret act.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott are bugged by Bug but they're happy about much of what's going on in NYC cabaret.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia lists the theater connections of some favorite villains from the Batman TV series of the 1960s.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWe've got photos galore from Nothing Like a Dame 2004.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Comedy of Errors in Ashland, Knowing Cairo in Chicago, and Sans-culottes in the Promised Land in Louisville
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright assesses All in Good Time, a new memoir by the popular radio personality Jonathan Schwartz.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDr. Faustus
Reviewed By: Stephanie von Buchau
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia loves reading his e-mail, and here are a few reasons why.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSandy MacDonald explores the inner (and outer) circles of theater in the Hub.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Rispoli plays a real mensch of a masseur in Magic Hands Freddy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMore openings, more special events...and TM is there with cameras clicking away.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMProvidence Review By: Sandy MacDonald
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBritish musical theater luminary Elaine Paige co-stars in the New York City Opera production of Sweeney Todd.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMPeople who worked with Sondheim and Prince are guest lecturers in a college musical theater course.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA chat with James Lipton, the lyricist and librettist of Sherry! (and the host of Inside the Actors Studio).
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels visit a Drowning show and have a somewhat better time when they take in jazz singer Tierney Sutton at the Oak Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe musical that marked Barbara Cook's Broadway debut gets a new CD edition, and what a strange but appealing concoction it is.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBrian Scott Lipton gets some lip from Lypsinka, as well as from Robby Benson, Karla DeVito, and Ebony Jo-Ann.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott hit the trifecta as they see three good plays. Plus they give us the lowdown on Jim Caruso's Cast Party!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia reports on his visits to Fiddler on the Roof and other recently opened shows.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia recalls the Boston tryout of the musical version of The Man Who Came to Dinner.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMPhyllis Newman gives BSL the lowdown on the lineup for this year's Nothing Like a Dame event.
Includes some terrific "Finian's Rainbow" casting news.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
A totally unbelievable dysfunctional-family comedy (??), it huffs and puffs for two mercifully short acts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHuzzahs for Fighting Words, zzzzzzs for Roulette, and it's diva time with Ellen Greene and Christine Ebersole.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia makes three wishes to mark the opening of Primary Stages' new home.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Portantiere prays to see Patti LuPone in Gypsy, flips over NYU's Ragtime, and wonders what's going on at Manhattan Theatre Club.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia reports on readers' experiences with family members and friends who won't see shows they're in.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Aquila Theatre Company doesn't go far enough, Encores! goes just where it should -- and you must go to the Stanhope to hear Anna Bergman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow appalling is the 1956 film version of Anything Goes? Just listen to Decca Broadway's new CD release of the soundtrack album!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJim Caruso asks a host of theater notables to name their favorite song by the unbeatable team of John Kander and Fred Ebb.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhat's up with Isabel Keating (a.k.a. Judy Garland), Brenda Braxton, Patti LuPone, and Manu Narayan?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThink performers' family members and friends can't wait to seem them in shows? Think again.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara and Scott bicker about Valhalla but agree that Jackie Hoffman's kvetching should definitely continue.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA report on the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation's eighth annual awards luncheon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWith Filichia as guide, Raymond Jessel takes a trip down Memory Lane and finds himself on Baker Street.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAlfre Woodard and Anthony Mackie talk about their roles in Regina Taylor's Drowning Crow.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe 1967 flop Sherry! has been given a sumptuous recording, but was a musical version of The Man Who Came to Dinner a good idea in the first place?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott argue the merits of Suitcase but have no argument about a new jazz club nor about Christine Andreas at the Caf� Carlyle.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTM is there for The Broadway Musicals of 1926, Jim Caruso's Cast Party in its new home at the Ars Nova Theater, and this year's Drama League gala.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow did a neophyte theatergoer feel about The Merry Wives of Windsor at Trinity Rep?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott on the Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil songfest and yet another cabaret artist from Down Under.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhich composers and shows will be heard from on Monday in "The Broadway Musicals of 1926?"
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWassup with Anthony Mackie, Joanna Gleason, Charles Busch, and the soon-to-be-famous Adam Rothenberg?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMRichard Thomas plays a passionate orchestra conductor in The Stendhal Syndrome.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia ruminates on the just-closed Rose's Dilemma and on the prolific career of Neil Simon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe word on The Karaoke Show, Steve Tyrell at Feinstein's, Darius de Haas at Lincoln Center, and Lana Rein at the FireBird.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA final salute to Ann Miller, praise for Our Sinatra, and bravo to The Musical of Musicals for skewering Andrew Lloyd Webber.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow did famous people shape musical theater between the years 1001 and 2000 A.D.?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJoin Barbara & Scott as they putter over to Golf: The Musical and get jazzed about Kurt Elling's show at the Oak Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow's Barcelona's new musical version of Peter Pan? Our own Peter -- Filichia -- tells all.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright investigates Melinda C. Finberg's new anthology, Eighteenth-Century Women Dramatists.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow His Bride Came to Abraham in Kansas City, Stage Directions in Los Angeles, and Southern Gothic Novel in Atlanta.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJoseph Marzullo focuses on Chita Rivera at a BC/EFA reading, Tony Shalhoub at Avenue Q, and other celebrity comings and goings.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia reports on two productions that he saw during his trip to Barcelona.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFred Barton triumphs anew with Miss Gulch Returns! Jazz singers unite! And Nathan Lane is not dating Tad Hamilton...
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Jonathan Abarbanel
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMPreparing for his trip to Madrid, Filichia recalls the shows he's seen on past journeys overseas.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAn in-depth interview with 2004 Theater Hall of Fame honoree Patricia Neal.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia suffers through Dale Wasserman's new book about the creation of Man of La Mancha.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMOpera great Marilyn Horne talks about singing for Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones and about her brushes with American musical theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Portantiere interviews Fiorello! star Tony Lo Bianco, applauds Barrett Foa in Avenue Q, and rails against overamplification on Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA captivating new CD features composer-lyricist John Bucchino playing classic melodies by Richard Rodgers' on that legend's own piano.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJackie Hoffman returns to Joe's Pub, and The Kvetching Continues.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Nelson Reilly shares his favorite memories of the late, great Uta Hagen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBeyond Broadway, small shows are in season! Here, Barbara & Scott make note of several that deserve your attention.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia chats with three of the people behind TACT and the troupe's upcoming production of The Good Soup.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMPeople have been singing the title song of Hello, Dolly! for decades, but here are some lyrics that didn't make it into the show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTheaterMania's cameras are there for the 2004 Nightlife Awards -- right in the front row at The Town Hall!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow much does star casting help a show? And what are the tradeoffs? David Finkle ruminates.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow well does J.M. Barrie's classic Peter Pan hold up in its new film version? Filichia takes a look.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIt will begin previews on April 13 in advance of a May 2 opening.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMScott & Barbara report on exactly what was happening behind the scenes at the 2004 Nightlife Awards.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThis year's Lyrics & Lyricists series at the 92nd Street Y boasts a stellar group of performers, hosts, and producers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia ponders the appropriateness of various musical theater ringtones designed for cell phones.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow do Tony-winning musicals stack up in terms of the length of their runs when you include revivals? Filichia crunches the numbers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott rendezvous at a Roadhouse, get back to basics with Joyce Breach's Mabel Mercer show, and hail a new songwriting team.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBeauty of the Father in Coral Gables, Sky Girls in San Diego, and It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues in Phoenix
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia chats with composer-lyricist Craig Carnelia over dinner.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright reviews a new anthology of 20th century "gay plays" and a new book on the Off-Off-Broadway movement of the 1960s.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Portantiere reviews the original cast recording of Listen to My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMYou got all of the in-jokes in The Musical of Musicals, but can you solve the puzzle in the lobby?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNathan Lane is one of several luminaries set to participate in the upcoming "TimesTalks" series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMatthew Murray has a great time poring through The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser, new from Knopf.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia argues that he's not a weirdo because he likes musical theater -- and neither are you!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMOn two occasions, I had the pleasure of interviewing the director.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDavid Finkle takes a hard look at one of the world's oldest professions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia takes a peek at the packaging of a few recent cast album reissues from DRG.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHelen Gallagher is dandy. So are The Lady Next Door, Peter Loureiro as Christopher Walken, and singing theater journalist Andrew Gans.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMArtistic directors of intrepid troupes talk about the shifting landscape of downtown theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhat hit shows do Filichia's friends and relatives want to see during Christmas week?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott on Rose's Dilemma, The Regard Evening, and a clutch of cabaret Christmas shows.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMUnable to put down the new biography of Joan McCracken, Filichia chats with the author.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow many significant musical theater dates have you marked on your new calendar?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTM offers a photo album of Douglas Braverman's Dalliance in Vienna as presented by the Genesius Theatre Guild.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThis year's Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Gypsy of the Year event is the main focus of our latest photo feature.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia draws up memories of the work of renowned caricaturist Sam Norkin.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia reports on the Toronto production of The Producers and muses about the 2001 Broadway phenmoenon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNew Christmas CDs showcase Barbara Cook, the Philly Pops (with Ann Hampton Callway), and the Broadway Inspirational Voices.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMEmbarrassments in Philadelphia, Oy Vey in a Manger in San Francisco, and Man From Nebraska in Chicago.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels are there for some one-night-only events and for performances by two jazz musicians who let loose at brunchtime.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe original cast album of the new Stephen Schwartz musical Wicked casts its spell over Seth Christenfeld.
What a coincidence - last night at the King Kong Room, I saw Laura Benanti and Stephanie Block cast their spells over Seth Christenfeld.
Me, I'm still spellbound... :-)
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFive Broadway stars share their holiday plans and memories along with New Year's wishes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMPamela Payton-Wright and Laura Esterman spar and sparkle as Eleonora Duse and Sarah Bernhardt in Duet.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe stars (and Filichia!) come out for Mame Dennis's annual holiday party.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
This one will probably appeal to the ticket-buyer who races to the first preview of Never Gonna Dance and then files an intermission report on Talkinbroadway.com.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA monologue by Josh Kornbluth, two great performances in Duet, three cheers for Ramayana 2K3, and four stars for cabaret's Helen Baldassare.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
Jim Dale is filled with holiday warmth and having a Dickens of a time. Even if he is playing that bah-humbug Scrooge in the musical A Christmas Carol, in its 10th and final season. But Dale has had quite a year, and a few nominations, too.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia shares his thoughts about the new biography of Joan McCracken, The Girl Who Fell Down.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIt's holiday time and the stars are out, as both performers and audience members.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott take in The Musical of Musicals at the York, Teddy Cares at the West Bank, and Barbara Brussell at Danny's.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCatch-up reviews of the Mame and Gypsy soundtrack CDs, deluxe cast album reissues from RCA, and an awful West Side Story.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDue to a hemorrhaged vocal cord, Andrea Marcovicci has been forced to cancel the December 2-6 performances of her show If I Were A Bell: The Songs of Frank Loesser at the Algonquin Hotel's O…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTM's cameras are there for a thrilling benefit concert of Stephen Schwartz's Children of Eden and other events.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott on the Children of Eden benefit concert, Caroline, or Change, and cabaret acts by Tom D'Angora and Jeanne Resua.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBy ELLIS NASSOUR
Karen Ziemba is known on Broadway for her versatility in tripping the light fantastic. A sort of quintuple threat, she�s adept at singing � what pipes! � acting, slapstick comedy, drama and dance. Then, there�s that infectious smile. Ziemba�s been doing "the show biz thing � live theater, musical theater, dancing, singing," as she puts it, a long time. So never gonna dance are the least likely words you expect to be associated with her.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
A team of seeming Broadway knowledgeables has adapted the goofy and glorious 1936 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers vehicle Swing Time into a flavorless bon-bon called Never Gonna Dance that only occasionally rises a notch or two above mediocrity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA talk with Helen Gallagher, who's getting back into the theater habit with Handy Dandy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia sings the praises of Sara Gettelfinger, now starring on Broadway in Nine.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMKathleen Chalfant plays a Holocaust victim in The Last Letter, a solo play by Frederick Wiseman based on the Russian novel Love and Fate.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLos Angeles Review By: Jonas Schwartz
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia reports on some of the shows he saw during his recent trip to Toronto.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFrom baseball season to the holiday season, here are Yogi Berra (played by Ben Gazzara) and Michael Feinstein to help us celebrate.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott applaud two Shakespeare productions, find that Loesser is more for Andrea Marcovicci, and watch the stars come out for Musical Theatre Works.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright has mixed feelings about Margot Peters's new biography of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia passes along readers' suggestions on how to improve some famous and not-so-famous musicals.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn the wake of Henry IV, Filichia ponders what will happen when popular musicals enter the public domain.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAuthor Doug Wright tells how a memorable meeting with Charlotte von Mahlsdorf led to the creation of the bioplay I Am My Own Wife.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA few words in defense of Never Gonna Dance and some Frank observations about Our Sinatra.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
The Beard of Avon is a thoroughly engaging play that has been given a thoroughly engaging production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTheaterMania's Joseph Marzullo is there as Wonderful Town and Henry IV open, and as the Oldest Living Confederate Widow opens and closes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia talks to Randy Ellen Lutterman about Springboard NYC, a program to help aspiring actors.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAshley Judd's Cat falls off the roof and Patrick Stewart stumbles in The Caretaker, but cabaret's Jeanne MacDonald and Mychelle Colleary dazzle.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMatthew Murray marks Hugh Jackman Day with reviews of the new Oklahoma! DVD and the Broadway cast album of The Boy From Oz.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
Donna Murphy is doing a marvelous star turn in a part that was expressly tailored for another star, and it fits her like a Gucci glove.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLove's Labour's Lost or Won? Filichia takes his search to Harvard Yard and reports the results.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWe all know of one actor who's ready for Sacramento, but did Filichia find others during his visit?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMOur photogs focus on Rob Marshall, Tommy Tune, Patrick Stewart, Jane Krakowski, Hugh Jackman, Jimmy Smits, Ra�l Esparza, and other stars at recent openings and celebrations.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
Smoke he must. But even multi-Tony and Drama Desk winning director Jerry Zaks abides by New York's strict smoking regulations. So it's not unusual to find the director on Theatre District sidewalks sending smoke rings into the strata. Though he has nothing to do with the revival of Wonderful Town, Zaks, who's represented on Broadway by the revival of Little Shop of Horrors, says that the musical holds a special place in his heart.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMSeeing On the Town in Cincinnati prompts Filichia to ask: Which shows would you want to rewrite, and how?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Matthew Murray
For someone who's been dead more than 13 years, Leonard Bernstein is having a pretty good week.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReports on Anna in the Tropics, Jackie Mason's (new?) show, Carole Bayer Sager at Feinstein's, and the recent Stella by Starlight benefit.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
If the judges had experienced Anna in the Tropics in performance rather than on the page alone, they might have recognized that this is a play of modest virtues.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
The revival Wonderful Town recounts the misadventures of two sisters, fresh off a bus and filled with dreams of making it as a writer and actress. Donna Murphy, who plays Ruth, has fulfilled her musical theater dreams. But it was a journey filled with frustrations and self-doubt.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMCan Filichia find musical theater references to all 50 states? Need you ask?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
Strictly in terms of staging, Jack O'Brien's Henry IV may be the finest presentation we've yet seen at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont auditorium.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia raises a glass of elderberry wine to a few deserving people before heading off to Cincinnati.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNoah Racey and Nancy Lemenager invoke Fred and Ginger in Never Gonna Dance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
Tahse's play is an anemic edit of an eminently worthwhile piece of writing. Those genuinely intrigued by the idea of Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All are encouraged to check out the Gurganus original.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAnother look at The Retreat From Moscow, plus reviews of Steven Ray Watkins at Mama Rose and Paula West at the Oak Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDavid Barbour muses on the phenomenon of Broadway actors missing performances.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMColored Lights is a sometimes slapdash Q&A with Kander and Ebb but it offers some entertaining insights, opinions -- and dish!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFame is fleeting (the Siegels hope), but Cleo Laine & John Dankworth are forever. Also: Notes on Sharon McNight at Mama Rose and a D.C. Anderson revue at the Duplex.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDespite earlier reports, the Awards season is not over; it goes on and on and on. Also, the gigantic archive of early Mr. Cranky (nee Suite101.com Theatre) is unveiled!
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
Upon leaving the theater, an unmoved patron is likely to feel that this Caretaker needs a caretaker.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhat are the long-run chances of a follow-up to a Tony-winning play? Filichia crunches the numbers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia just can't keep it inside any longer -- he has to tell you how Urinetown is holding up.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn praise of Richard Greenberg, Graham Hamilton, Kristine Zbornik, Miles Phillips, and Kane Alexander.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe witty and sexy chanteuse Mary Cleere Haran offers a master class as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWith Tatjana in Color now at the Culture Project and three other plays on the boards in NYC this season, Julia Jordan has arrived.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHe didn't stand out in the crowd. Robert Cuccioli was missing something: that incredible maim of hair from Jekyll & Hyde. That look wouldn't exactly do playing Captain Von Trapp in Rodgers &…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMEVERY WEEK A NEW STAR! brags Singular Sensations, the series of intimate conversations and songs from "legendary" stars. Dancer extraordinaire Donna McKechnie will be in the catbird seat thi…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMMatthew Murray finds himself enjoying the cast album of the Little Shop of Horrors revival much more than the production itself.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia's there with rhymes for "Astaire," and with grace he tries to rhyme "Racey."
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia objects to the idea that a review he wrote years ago could be read as supportive of Bobbi Boland.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAtlanta Review By: Brian Suber
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMConnecticut Review By: Marc Miller
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe one and only Carol Channing stars in this look at recent New York openings and special events.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMa.m. Sunday in Baltimore, Trolls in Denver, and But Can He Dance? in San Diego
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott in praise of Wicked, in despair over Six Dance Lessons, and in harmony with Connie Pachl and Bill Daugherty.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe stars shine brightly at opening night parties, charity events, and awards ceremonies galore.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott interview Betty Buckley, review Steve Ross' My Manhattan, and catch up with Rona Munro's plays at the 29th Street Rep and MTC.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMRenowned voice teacher Patsy Rodenburg has a passionate conversation with David Finkle.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia runs through a wicked list of the wicked traits of Wicked, Broadway's wicked new musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJust how useful for show tune lovers is the new Zagat Music Guide?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright leafs through Robert Nott's biography of John Garfield, belatedly released by Limelight Editions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott wrap up their comprehensive coverage of the 14th Annual Cabaret Convention at The Town Hall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMPresented by The Actors' Fund of America In Association with Sh-K-Boom Records. Monday, December 15th, 2003 - 7pm @ The New Amsterdam Theatre
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMNew Jersey Review By: Matthew Murray
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLos Angeles Review By: Jonas Schwartz
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBen Gazzara talks about his role in Nobody Don't Like Yogi and other career highlights.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWho puts his hand in and coaxes the blues right out of the horn? Hello, Jerry Herman!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia reports on the kind of family reunion that can only happen in the theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHouston Review By: Holly Hildebrand
With Todd Waite and Josie de Guzman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReports on Touch, the first night of the Cabaret Convention, a memorable Cast Party, and a celebration of the life of Darrell Henline.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Boy From Oz opens, the Biltmore Theatre reopens, Jerry Herman celebrates the publication of his lyrics in book form...and much more!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia takes in eight Tennessee Williams plays at Hartford Stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn celebration of Arthur Miller's 88th birthday today, we offer a review of Martin Gottfried's new book on America's greatest living playwright.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
More stars than there are in the heavens will be there! No, not on an M-G-M soundstage for the making of a megamusical, but City Center�s stage and Career Transition For Dancers 9th annual gala benefit, Gotta Dance! A Dance Tribute to Hollywood, Monday, October 27th, at 7 P.M. Director, choreographer Randy Skinner of 42nd Street� fame guarantees �a very special evening.� He says, �Not only are we going to have these movie musical greats together onstage � Cyd Charisse, Esther Williams, Jane Powell, Marge Champion, Fayard Nicholas, George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn, Arlene Dahl � as well as such stars as Mary Tyler Moore, Lynn Redgrave, Cythia Gregory, Marni Nixon [the singing voice of so many stellar stars in film musicals], Rosie Perez and Leslie Browne - but also musical numbers saluting the films.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMRising star Ra�l Esparza returns to Broadway in Taboo.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia checks his e-mail to see what readers have had to say about his recent columns.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott have nice things to say about Zilah Mendoza, Michael Feinsten and Jimmy Webb, Martha Lorin, and others.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia shares his thoughts on some of the many shows and books that have been occupying his time.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAnne Runolfsson sings her heart out in a new revue of songs by David Friedman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWicked star Kristin Chenoweth on her role of Glinda the Good.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia ruminates on musicals that are, or were, just a little too dependent on their stars.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia doesn't keep us in the dark about his recent encounter with Julia Pastrana.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA second opinion on The Boy From Oz, a review of Crystal Gayle, and a report on the continuing Cabaret Convention.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMStritch redux: Brooke Pierce has a terrific time with Image Entertainment's new DVD of Elaine Stritch at Liberty.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
Recent Tragic Events is a play of ideas that's sometimes smart, sometimes funny, and sometimes annoying. No -- make that frequently annoying.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMChicago Review By: Jonathan Abarbanel
In Chicago, any new show by adapter/director Mary Zimmerman is highly anticipated, whether at the Goodman Theatre (where she is the Manilow Resident Director) or at Lookingglass Theatre Company (where she is an ensemble member).
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
You can bet that the Wodehouse Society, which held its 13th annual international convention in Toronto only a month and a half ago, has now planned a field trip to Manhattan's Lower East Side.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia is keen on the Keen Company's good-at-heart new production of Good Morning, Bill.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDorothy Fields's lyrics for Up in Central Park and Arms and the Girl remain sharp and surprising -- and the music for these shows, by Sigmund Romberg and Morton Gould, is also pretty great.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNilo Cruz talks about the multiple productions of his Pulitzer Prize-winning play Anna in the Tropics.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReports on Off-Broadway's Omnium Gatherum, Dutch Heart of Man, and Rounding Third, plus cabaret's Gashole.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
He�s back, and Marian�s got him � again! The "he" would be Brian Murray, blessed by almost always being theatrically employed as actor or director; and the "Marian" is � honestly, folks, isn�t there only one Marian? : Marian Seldes [the almost royal Marian, a.k.a. St. Marian of the Proscenium]. The dynamic duo, who long ago became intimate friends, are onstage together again �having the time of their lives� [says Murray] for the first time since Albee's The Play About the Baby. The production this time around is Beckett/Albee, reviving four rarely performed one-acts by the playwrights.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMLongtime actor and agent Richard Seff discusses his career and his new award for character actors.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Portantiere wonders: Is there no accounting for taste?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Woman in Black in Los Angeles, The Werewolf of London in Dallas, and Witch Lady in Minneapolis
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReady for a round of Show Music Roulette? Choose your weapons carefully!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDavid Finkle contemplates the trend toward "dressing down" on the part of theater audiences.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBoston Review By: Sandy MacDonald
TV actors get no respect -- and after suffering through He She Them, an insipid romantic dramedy at the Shubert Theatre, it's easy to understand why.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCosta Mesa Review By: Jonas Schwartz
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTed Chapin's Everything Was Possible chronicles the gestation of the legendary Broadway musical Follies.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia sings the praises of Maureen Moore, the worthy understudy for Gypsy's Bernadette Peters.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia describes what's propelled him to The Third Stage of Cast Album Nirvana.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDavid Finkle offers a first-hand report on this year's NAMT Festival of New Musicals.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviews of the cast albums of Avenue Q, Zanna, Don't!, and My Life With Albertine, all released on the same day.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMartin Sherman talks about rewriting The Boy From Oz for Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn remembrance of the show's demise 38 years ago, Filichia details the Sondheim-Rodgers collaboration Do I Hear a Waltz?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA look at Beckett/Albee, Golda's move to Broadway, and two cabaret acts for the ages: Jamie Cullum & Fran Landesman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFrom England to Ireland: The Siegels take in Maria Friedman at the Caf� Carlyle and Ronan Tynan at Feinstein's.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCombing through Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide for mentions of stage musical versions of films.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarbara & Scott visit Little Shop of Horrors, review a Broadway vocal coach's cabaret act, and interview Olympia Dukakis.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReports on Lisa D'Amour's new play, Clint Eastwood's new movie, Tony Danza's recycled cabaret act, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
How many Broadway musicals have the audience going wild as soon as the curtain rises? And it doesn't stop there. At the revival of Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman's Little Shop of Horrors, there are standing ovations before the actors even take their bows and screaming fans at the stage door. Since it was a preview performance, one is suspect that, as often is the case, the producers filled a good portion of the theatre with theatergoers on the "Friends and Family Plan." But, according to co-star Hunter Foster, that was not the case at all. It definitely appears Broadway has a cult hit: A fun, horror musical � and just in time for Halloween.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia talks about My Fair Lady with Crandall Diehl, the show's original dance captain and "keeper of the flame."
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMEncores! chooses an old favorite for this season's line-up, prompting Filichia to wax nostalgic.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Portantiere reviews new CD issues of the soundtrack albums of Bye Bye Birdie and Sweet Charity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMChess masters, Dance enthusiasts, and other stars smile for our cameras.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia gets to see three different shows at one theater when he spends the day at the John Houseman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTheater people give their all to make smashing successes of The Actors' Fund's Chess concert and BC/EFA's Flea Market and Grand Auction.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBoston Review By: Caroline Burlingham Ellis
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMChicago Review By Jonathan Abarbanel
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMKaren Ziemba, Brian d'Arcy James, and many more paid tribute to Chicago producer Martin Richards on Monday.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels catch Mark Nadler and KT Sullivan's Irving Berlin revue at New York's newest cabaret venue, Mama Rose.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHunter Foster plays the musical theater's ultimate nebbish in Little Shop of Horrors.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSometimes it's the viewers, not the actors, who should get panned. Filichia tells tales of audience insensitivity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFrom "It's a Hit!" to "Steal With Style," musical theater boasts a number of songs fit to accompany a ball game.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLos Angeles Review By: Jonas Schwartz
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright reviews Helen Sheehy's new book on the life of the legendary actress Eleanora Duse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia recounts 15 musical theater miracles in which sure-fire flops turned into big-time hits.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAn intrepid band of theater artists rides the rails to create a series of 24-hour plays.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia talks to rising star Todd Buonopane, who will soon be on stage again in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFrom a fabulous Aussie to an Israeli Prime Minister to a carnivorous plant, the New York theater will play host to lots of colorful characters over the next few months.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAs the curtain rises on a new production of Peter Pan, Filichia wonders if the play can be enjoyed by today's youth.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMelanie Griffith, Brent Barrett, Rosie O'Donnell, Nathan Lane, Jane Krakowski, and a host of others are captured by TM's still and video cameras at the annual celebratory event.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn 1967, when �starving� writer Mart Crowley finished his play The Boys in the Band, he says he intended it to be controversial. When the play opened Off Broadway in 1968, accolades and ange…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia wonders whether or not Broadway is finally ready for Sondheim and Weidman's controversial Assassins.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMychelle Colleary breaks out in a new show at The Duplex; the Siegels are there to take note, and to take notes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFrom Rosie O'Donnell and Boy George hawking Taboo to young hopefuls in search of Fame, we've got the shots -- and the footage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow does the movie version of Hello, Dolly! hold up on DVD? An assessment of Barbra Streisand's most unlikely film.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSifting through 60 years' worth of musical theater, Filichia selects a few dozen of his all-time favorite show titles.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Dan Bacalzo and Brooke Pierce
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJoan Diener and Albert Marre recall Kismet and John Raitt remembers The Pajama Game in a TheaterMania retrospective.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
The Seventh Annual New York International Fringe Festival has come to a close and descriptions of it as "fun," "saucy," "wild," "kinky," "funky," "weird" and "awful" were apt. Over 20 days and with more than 200 presentations from across the country and 10 nations, the '03 Fringe was the biggest ever. And the hottest. There were several firsts: larger venues and spreading its borders into the West Village. One thing remained the same: the horrendously uncomfortable heat factor in most venues. Does discomfort have to be synonymous with the Fringe?
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia travels to St. Louis to meet Scott Miller and to attend the Party at his New Line Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels are present as a couple of Johns -- Wallowitch and Bucchino -- sing and play their own songs.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA long out-of-print studio recording of Carmen Jones starring Grace Bumbry gets a CD release courtesy of DRG.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia reports on Big River, a Sammy Davis, Jr. bio, and other things he's seen and read over the past few weeks and months.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTheaterMania's Adam Klasfeld offers a first-hand report on this year's event.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMPart 2 - More probing questions and detailed responses from the man whose goal it is to create a national theatre in lower Manhattan at the site of the World Trade Center.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia compares and contrasts three different versions of the Maltby-Shire musical Big.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia finds that, for better or for worse, Mandy Patinkin always does things his own special way.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBarriers in San Francisco, Patriot Acts in Florida, and The Commedia Cinderella in Charlotte
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn The Thing About Men, writer Joe DiPietro once again proves that you don't have to be heterosexual to know how those people tick.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDavid Finkle expounds on a time-honored mode of expression that's no longer in vogue.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia discovers that everyone from "the Merm" to "the Fonz" has appeared in summer stock in Dayton.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMPart 1 - Some probing questions and some detailed responses from the man whose goal it is to create a national theatre in lower Manhattan at the site of the World Trade Center.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia relates Part II of the Kelly debacle, from star Ella Logan's firing to the show's opening (and closing) night.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCape Cod Review By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDirector David Warren talks with Brian Scott Lipton about his past successes and his latest project: Matt & Ben at P.S. 122.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFrom Elaine Stritch's "ass" to Aldonza's "whore," Filichia lists some words that were censored from cast albums.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHave you been wondering whatever happened to Baby Jane? Well, the Siegels have found her at The Duplex.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia tells the sad story of the creation of Kelly, the 1965 Broadway flop that was in distress from the get-go.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Sandy MacDonald
Better book that Broadway theater now! The salient question is not how long it will take The Game -- the Barrington Stage Company's world-premiere musical version of Choderlos de Laclos's Les Liaisons Dangereuses -- to cross over, but why it took two whole centuries for someone to realize the property's potential. Writers Amy Powers and David Topchik, composer Megan Cavallari, and director Julianne Boyd have pretty much nailed it, with minimal need for further tweaking.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAmanda Green, Peter Palmer, Bernadette Peters, the stars of Avenue Q, and others are caught by TheaterMania's cameras by Michael Portantiere, Matthew Murray, and Joseph Marzullo
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright "listens in" on Margaret Croyden's Conversations with Peter Brook.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNow you see, now you don't: An aerial view of the Big Blackout of '03The blackout that hit the northeast last week reminded me of the two others I've endured in my life. All three, of course…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDan Bacalzo takes a look at some of the trends and shows at FringeNYC 2003.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWe re-analyze the results of the Chart of the Major Awards of the 2002-2003 Season, attempting to draw conclusions. Are you more likely to be successful with one group of award voters than a…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMHappy Days dad Tom Bosley talks to Filichia about his stage career, including his current stint in Cabaret.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMatthew Murray reviews the home video version of Broadway's Lost Treasures, which has bonus clips -- and no pledge breaks!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels enjoy two outstanding young talents, David Colbert and Reagan Stone, in their new shows at Don't Tell Mama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA look at the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival and its "extreme" interpretation of The Taming of the Shrew.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMove over, New York! Watch out, Chicago! There�s more afoot in LaLaLand than movies, movies, movies. The hills, the valley, downtown, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Pasadena, Santa Monica and espec…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia talks about what is -- and what should have been -- included in the PBS special Broadway's Lost Treasures.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMActress, singer, and cabaret stalwart Karen Mason knocks the Siegels' socks off with her new act, coming soon to the King Kong Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia weighs in on New York City's new Clear Indoor Air Act, which prohibits onstage smoking.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThose Seven Little Words in Cleveland, Julia Pastrana in Fort Worth, and Fifty/Fifty in Baltimore
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTheaterMania is there with still and video cameras as Adam Pascal, Michael Cerveris, and other stars rock the Sh-K-Boom Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMInspired by the new musical Slut, Filichia lists 20 of the musical theater's most unsavory show titles.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Portantiere reviews a terrific new album by musical theater and cabaret star Christine Andreas.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFresh from its smash-hit run at the Vineyard Theatre, Avenue Q comes to Broadway!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia's readers respond to his column on musical theater's most powerful people by offering their own ideas.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMercedes Ruehl, Rob Marshall, Kathleen Turner, Hugh Jackman, Melanie Griffith, and Toni Braxton star in our latest photo feature.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia goes back to the FutureFest in Dayton, Ohio to once again act as a judge in this play contest.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMelba Moore, Lea DeLaria, and Elena Bennett light up the Siegels' week.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels catch a great double act, a couple of classy ladies, and the long-awaited reunion of Barbra & Judy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWe analyze the results of the Chart of the Major Awards of the 2002-2003 Season, attempting to draw conclusions. Are revivals more celebrated than new works? Does your choice of title affect…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMReviewed By: Brooke Pierce
One of the best performances of the year is being given by two actors.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Barbara & Scott Siegel
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAfter perusing several books on Shakespeare, Filichia finds connections between the Bard and many Broadway shows.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBroadway.com has updated its La Mancha story again, this time confirming the August 31 closing date.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia sees six plays in less than three days at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAna Gasteyer is Fanny Brice in the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera production of Funny Girl.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMContains links to the news items and features Salinas contributed to TheaterMania.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLate-blooming playwright Linda Byrd Kilian talks about debuting her first effort at the Alabama Shakespeare Fest.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNice guy Tom Hewitt stars as Officer Lockstock in the national tour of Urinetown.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAttention, high school drama teachers! Filichia makes his (surprising) suggestions for next year's school musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCraig Wroe has created a reference book that gives struggling actors the skinny on how to survive in NYC.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTV favorite Brett Somers brings her "musical memoir" to Danny's Skylight Room.
Good gravy Marie, she's back!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA lifelong fan offers an appreciation of the legend and tells of his brushes with her greatness.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn a forthcoming book, Ted Chapin gives a detailed and anecdote-filled account of the original production of Follies.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMYears after Brownstone made its New York debut, composer Peter Larson finally gets his musical recorded.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBrooke Pierce is captivated by Fynsworth Alley's new CD of William Finn's Elegies: A Song Cycle.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels thrill to a performance by Bill Charlap and Sandy Stewart in the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia has a Q&A session with stage and screen star Olympia Dukakis, who has just published a memoir.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA New Jersey production of The Glass Menagerie causes Filichia to reflect on his first experience of the play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDirector Deborah Warner talks with Gerard Raymond about her latest endeavor, The Angel Project.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMatthew Murray reviews the cast recording of Amour, the best thing France has done for America in ages.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMUp-and-comer Matt Keeslar co-stars in Earth to Bucky at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Obie Award-winning festival celebrates its 10th anniversary!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia lists the 30 most powerful people (and other beings) in the world of musical theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThis week we'll manipulate the data from the Great-Big Summary Chart to achieve some pointless results (like proving Hollywood Arms was a bigger success than Hairspray).
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia tells of two young composer-lyricists whom he thinks might become the next great musical theater songwriting team.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: Brooke Pierce
If Liev Schreiber were running for King, I'd vote for him.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels enjoy a roast, a Barry Manilow birthday party, and an evening with Mary Stout.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLiev Schreiber and pals party in the park; Brett Somers makes her cabaret debut; Melissa Errico and Malcom Gets sing of Amour at the King Kong Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThere's more than one new 42nd Street. Of course, there's the post-Disney, neon-lit galore 42nd Street. And then there's the other new 42nd Street, the smash 2001 revival of the 1980 dance s…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMDespite conflicting reports from Chicago, Filichia is optimistic that Sondheim and Prince will make Bounce fly.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Good German journeys to Westport, The Seventh Monarch reigns in L.A., and Wild Blue flies into Dayton
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe season's over and the awards have all been handed out. So here are the total numbers of awards given to each show nominated in all of the five larger award ceremonies.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMThe Tony Award winner talks with Michael Portantiere about her theater career and her breathtaking Anti-Gravity stunt in Nine.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLas Vegas Review By: Christine Westley
There are performers whose mere presence can fill an entire room. There are performers who can easily command any stage, be it an intimate club or a giant coliseum. Celine Dion is not one of these performers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTovah Feldshuh, Marc Kudisch, Julianna Margulies, Benjamin Bratt, Jon Secada, and other stars are captured by our shutterbugs.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby Ellis Nassour
Queen Elizabeth II in her 2003 birthday list honors Roger Moore and Helen Mirren with knighthood; Jim Dale, Sting, Simon Russell Beale, Kristin Scott Thomas and Billy Connolly are among others honored with titles.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFind out if you graduated from Broadway University, as Filichia provides the answers to his Final Exam.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia imagines what kind of season he would program if he ran his very own theater company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWilliam Duell returns to The Threepenny Opera in a starry production at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMatthew Murray pores through The Best Plays of 2001-2002, edited by Jeffrey Eric Jenkins.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn alphabetical order, Filichia lists the shows and artists that made this theater season memorable.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe popular playwright has two world premieres in June -- one in New York and one in Seattle.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAs summer finally hits NYC, the stars are getting out and about.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDanny's Skylight Room plays host to musician, performer, and hit songwriter David Pomeranz.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright cracks open Si�n Phillips's new memoir of her life with and without Peter O'Toole.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMby ELLIS NASSOUR
We�re taught nothing can be �most unique�? It�s impossible, say English teachers, because if something is unique, it�s unique. Well, there�s an exception to every rule and that exception will soon be at Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre [beginning Tuesday, July 1] in the form of the return of the award-winning family musical Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Why, you ask, is a revival of a Tony-winning musical �most unique�? The answer is easy.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia talks about the 1973 musical revival that, for two baffling performances, had an elephant live onstage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAs the TKTS booth celebrates its 30th anniversary, Filichia discusses the evolution of this Times Square fixture.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJim Caruso talks with his old pal Julie Halston about her early career and her two roles in Gypsy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn the press room for the 2003 Tonys, the talk was about everything but the awards at hand.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels catch new acts by Pam Tate, Maureen Kelley Stewart, and Ruben Flores, and enjoy a musical experiment at Don't Tell Mama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA recent listen to the Bye Bye Birdie film soundtrack prompts Filichia to muse on prophetic musicals.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia talks about Music Theatre of Wichita's current production of the 1927 musical Good News!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Wizard of Oz gets the "sing-along" treatment in a Broadway theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels take in Carol Channing impersonator Richard Skipper, hear tunes by songwriter Ervin Drake, and report on new cabaret rooms.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMOne show that's currently playing in London is unlike anything you've ever seen -- and then there are the others.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMEthan Mordden takes on a tumultuous musical decade and finds glory, heartbreak, and the seeds of a popular art's destruction.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIn a chat with the co-author of I Had a Ball, Filichia gets an earful about the abhorrent behavior of star Buddy Hackett.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA panel discussion of original cast recordings prompts Filichia to muse on how OCRs fell from the Top 40.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWaxing rhapsodic over Seth Rudetsky's bio-play, Filichia recalls his own experiences as a musical-loving youth.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels report on an overamplified musical comedy act, a nice Breath of Spring, and a new cabaret venue.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMGoldDerby.com's Experts Give "Hairspray's" Harvey Fierstein Even Odds to Best the Star of "Nine" (6 to 5 Odds). "Hairspray" and "Take Me Out" Are Waaaaaaay Out Front in the Races for Best Musical and Play
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMThe Siegels enjoy the Pizzarelli clan, Barbara Carroll, Mary Cleere Haran, and other talents in a week packed with entertainment.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMPhotos from the Collection of Ellis Nassour
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMAmerican Theatre Wing chair Isabelle Stevenson and president Roy Somlyo's Tony Awards memories.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFrom the first national Tony Awards telecast in 1967 right through last year's presentation, there've been many memorable moments - certainly too many to list. But not these with Dorothy Lou…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMMatthew Murray gives a close listen to PS Classics' cast album of the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Nine.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThere's good news and not-so-good news to report as RCA raids its cast album cupboard once again.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia relives the 2001-2002 theater season with the help of Steven Suskin's latest Broadway Yearbook.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMPhil Hopkins talks with the movers and shapers of the fourth annual New York City Hip-Hop Theater Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSaying Hello Again in Chicago, finding a Nerd in L.A., and discovering a Cheat in Detroit
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBroadway newcomers John Selya, Tammy Blanchard, and many more were honored at the Theatre World Awards.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAs schools let their students out for summer break, Professor Filichia gives his readers a final exam.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTHE PRESS AGENT FOR 1982�S NINE ON �A CALL FROM THE VATICAN� AND CBS
Veteran press agent Judy Jacksina has hilarious memories of an incident involving the original production of Nine and the 1982 Tony Awards telecast.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMTHE ANNUAL TONY AWARDS ARE NAMED FOR ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? by ELLIS NASSOUR
The Tony Award is theater's most prestigious and coveted prize. The 2003 Tonys, the 57th annual presentations, are Sunday, June 8, live from Radio City Music Hall in a three-hour telecast on CBS. �Tony is a strange name for a theater honor,� is a statement you�ve probably heard many times. So who was this Tony? And why is this Tony important in the annals of theater?
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMIn a chat with the co-author of I Had a Ball, Filichia gets an earful about the abhorrent behavior of star Buddy Hackett.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJessica Molaskey returns to Feinstein's at the Regency with hubby John Pizzarelli and family.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJazz artist Mary Foster Conklin sings for the Siegels' supper on a noisy Saturday night at Chez Suzette.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThere's one huge problem with Thoroughly Modern Millie, the 2002 Tony and Drama Desk Award-winner for Best Musical: You have to wait an hour for Leslie Uggams' spectacular entrance. But what an entrance! The set parts and there she is in a jaw-dropping white fox coat. When Uggams, in the unlikely role of 20s flapper socialite/chanteuse Muzzy Van Hossmere, opens that coat, it's almost as if time stopped. In that sequin-studded, tight-fitting black, white and silver dress she looks like she did 25 years ago.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia recalls the plot of a Bob Merrill tuner starring Robert Preston that was lost in Boston back in '78.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSpecial New York University/GoldDerby.com Event on June 2 Includes Experts from Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Associated Press, New York Post, Backstage, Show People and In Touch Weekly
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia concludes his two-parter on Bob Merrill's Prince of Grand Street, soon to be revived at the Jewish Rep.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHarold Bloom devotes his latest book on Shakespeare's art exclusively to the melancholy Prince of Denmark.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels spend some quality time at Brandy's, then drop in at Danny's to hear Barbara Brussell sing a slew of Bob Merrill tunes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Man Who Came to Dinner comes to DVD -- along with Kiss Me, Kate, Copenhagen, and The Car Man -- courtesy of Image Entertainment.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAs expected, Hairspray proved major competition, capturing 10 awards out of its 14 nominations, including the award for Outstanding Musical. While Marissa Jaret Winokur won for her leading p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhen Newsday drama critic Linda Winer reviewed Talking Heads, Alan Bennett�s �six� solo plays Off Broadway at the Minetta Lane, she concluded, �I kept wanting more!� Now, thanks to Frances Sternhagen, she has it. A seventh play, Waiting for the Telegram in its U.S. premiere, has been added. This Thursday [May 29th], she�s also appearing with 2003 Tony nominee Marian Seldes in Food for Thought�s Lunch Hour Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMCharles Wright critiques fellow critic Jonathan Kalb's Play by Play, a new collection of essays and theater reviews.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFrom Merrily to Master Harold, director (and sometime actor) Lonny Price has had one busy season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe musical theater star branches out in a wild and wacky new comedy by Keith Reddin.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMLewis J. Stadlen and Don Stephenson are Broadway's new Bialystock & Bloom in The Producers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFor $500 a ticket, he better be playing his banjo...
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFrom Bye Bye Birdie to Camelot to Do Re Mi, 1960 was a landmark year for the Broadway musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe stars smile as photographers snap away at the Drama Desk Awards and its attendant events.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHow Tammy Blanchard and 14 other newcomers were chosen as winners of Theatre World Awards this year.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia bestows his coveted Restie Awards upon the shows and actors who've been overlooked this season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWho says actors don�t say nice things about producers? A case in point would be Sally Mayes, a 2003 Drama Desk Award nominee as Featured Actress in a Musical, singing the praises of lead pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMDoes Man of La Mancha have one of the best overtures ever? Sugar? Sweet Charity? Filichia's readers opine.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThis year's hopefuls schmooze, pose, and nosh at the annual press reception for Tony Award nominees.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Yale grad co-stars in the The Black Monk, a new David Rabe play based on a story by Chekhov, at the Yale Rep.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMGeorge S. Irving, the Tony Award-winning scene-stealer, reflects on his 50 years as an actor.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMFilichia interacts with stars, writers, producers, and other high-powered folks at the press reception for this year's Tony Award nominees.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia catches a reading of the Stephen Cole-Claibe Richardson musical currently in development.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels toast Bobby Short at the Carlyle, swing with Keely Smith at Feinstein's, and set a spell with Michael McAssey at Mama's.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThis year's Drama League Awards luncheon was packed with stars, from Fierstein and Dennehy to Banderas and Winokur.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Man Who Came to Dinner comes to DVD -- along with Kiss Me, Kate, Copenhagen, and The Car Man -- courtesy of Image Entertainment.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia explains why he loathes "composer anthology" revues, from Jacques Brel to that Bacharach/David thing.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFabulous folks are everywhere as shows continue to open in the midst of theater awards mania.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMTheaterMania is there for three Broadway openings and other high profile events.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia tries to decide which Jule Styne show has the superior overture, Gypsy or Funny Girl.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels are very pleased to catch jazz singer Cynthia Crane performing at a restaurant in the West Village.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHere are the winners and runners-up in TM's "Bad Musicals Based on Popular Movies" contest.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAn expanded, two CD version of the original cast album of Nine takes first prize among the latest batch of reissues from Sony.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia swiftly devises a list of very punny theater jokes inspired by a classic series of books.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA concert revival of Roberta in San Francisco, a parody of cabaret in Orlando, and a bilingual Ice Cream Suit in Minneapolis.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia gets an earful of musical rarities at two new shows featuring several fabulous women.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMI'd like to take this opportunity to extend special congratulations to the cast and crew of the house favorite Amour, which scored nine nominations! Regardless, best of luck to everyone when the Drama Desk Awards are presented on May 18.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIs it humanly possible to see 13 shows in just one week? As a matter of fact, it is! Filichia tells you how.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDiane Schuur gets her act together and takes it to the Blue Note.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThirty-five years after William Goldman wrote his classic book, Filichia looks back on the 1967-68 B'way season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMSpring fever grips NYC theater folk at the annual Easter Bonnet Competition and other celebratory events.
Love the redesign, guys!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia toasts Shakespeare on his 439th birthday by recalling recent New York City productions of his work.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe enchanting Molly Ringwald stars in Enchanted April on Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia gets a preview of a new version of The Gin Game starring Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels go absolutely ga-ga over Karen Akers in her new show at the Algonquin Hotel's famous but problematic Oak Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMJAY Records releases the cast album of Ahrens & Flaherty's most recent musical, A Man of No Importance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia attempts to get inside the mind of Michael Riedel, the notorious New York Post theater gossip columnist.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMDo you have a really bad idea for a Broadway musical based on a popular movie? Send it to TheaterMania and win a fabulous prize!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe stars come out for the opening of Nine and other high profile events.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAs Take Me Out's Pulitzer loss causes talk about the show's future, Filichia weighs the import of the prize.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMRave reviews of shows starring James Naughton, Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens, and Lucille Carr-Kaffashan.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMatthew Murray reviews a new PS Classics CD of songs by Maury Yeston, the composer-lyricist of Nine and other shows.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia talks to Kate Reinders, who's currently wowing audiences as Dainty June in Gypsy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMIf TV stars can play characters named after them, why not Broadway stars? Ethel Get Your Gun, anyone?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMStar of stars Julie Andrews on her past triumphs and her future projects, including her upcoming directorial debut.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAt a CCM showcase, 12 graduates sing their hearts out for friends, family, and, most importantly, for agents.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Broadway smash Hairspray hits the shelves this week in the form of a beautiful new companion book to the musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe Siegels give a full report on the 2003 MAC Awards, the annual event in which the stars and soon-to-be-stars of cabaret are honored.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia chats with Frank Vlastnik, the Snail with the Mail in the kiddie favorite, A Year with Frog and Toad.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWith the latest Gypsy revival about to open on Broadway, everything's coming up Bernadette!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMHelen Hunt lives Life x 3, Donna McKechnie taps her troubles away in Mack & Mabel, and Kevin Kline climbs into a dress.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBrent Barrett, Matt Bogart, George S. Irving, and Barrett Foa star in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of a Lerner & Loewe classic.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia laments the early demise of The Miracle Worker and other shows that never made it to Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA talk with the stars and director of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia gossips with Tovah Feldshuh, confers with fellow critics, and says 'Bravo!' to Jerry Herman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA new special edition DVD set of West Side Story, one of the finest film adaptations of a Broadway musical, does the movie proud.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhile wonderful for the cast and crew, who will get to stay employed at least a while longer, does this make smart business sense? Do the producers really think they'll be able to attract audiences now? Of course, with the free publicity they've gotten from all of this, who knows, but it still strikes me as an extraordinarily risky proposition.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMCharles Wright reviews Cy Feuer's new memoir, which is full of anecdotes about such hits as Guys and Dolls and Can-Can.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMA Drawer Boy in Pittsburgh, a Patriot in L.A., and Unspoken Prayers in Chicago
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia drags himself to Boston to sample the Hasty Pudding Show, Harvard's annual musical event.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMNathan Lane, Marian Seldes, Russell Simmons, Bryan Batt, and the Broadway Bears star in our latest photo roundup.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMConcert to benefit The Marcia Shew Fund for Children Affected and Infected by the AIDS Crisis will be held on March 30th.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:35AMThe Jewish Rep resurrects Pins and Needles, and so Filichia explains the history of this political musical revue.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWhich Irish-themed cast album should you listen to on St. Patrick's Day? Filichia recommends Donnybrook!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe West End's musicals outnumber straight plays 23 to 14 -- and most of those 14 aren't really plays.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMReviewed By: David Finkle
This year's Suzan-Lori Parks play, Fucking A, makes last year's Suzan-Lori Parks play, Topdog/Underdog, look like a Pulitzer Prize winner. No, wait a minute; Topdog/Underdog actually did win last year's Pulitzer, thereby earning an honor that has not been a particularly reliable indicator of dramaturgical excellence over the years.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Portantiere reviews the Broadway Theatre Archive's DVD release of the definitive film version of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, starring Katharine Hepburn.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMThe original Mimi in Rent plays Canary Mary in Fucking A.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia visits a New Jersey high school to take in its production of the musical Working.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMWith the closing of Judy's Chelsea, the Siegels issue a health report on cabaret life in New York City and offer some suggestions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFrom "Alfie" to The Odd Couple theme, movie versions of plays have given us some great tunes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMAndr� De Shields plays the legendary Louis Armstrong in Ambassador Satch.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMarilyn McCoo, Billy Davis, Jr., and Jimmy Webb hearken back to their days with The Fifth Dimension in a new show at Feinstein's at the Regency.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFred Hauser and Russell Reich offer some tips for directors in a new book from RCR Creative Press.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMatt Cavenaugh and Jenn Colella set off sparks in Urban Cowboy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMFilichia details the history of the now-forgotten Broadway musical What Makes Sammy Run?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMichael Portantiere examines the root causes of the recent Broadway musicians' strike.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia speculates on what songs Scott Siegel may choose for his Broadway Musicals of 1939 evening.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMarc Kudisch on movie musicals, operettas, and his role of Count Malcolm in A Little Night Music.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMaureen McGovern celebrates her 30-year career in her latest -- and, thus far, greatest -- cabaret show, now playing at Feinstein's.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBrooke Pierce reviews new solo recordings by Lauren Kennedy, Heidi Grant Murphy, Ute Lemper, Amanda Green, and Melissa Errico.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDuring a recent trip to Venice, Filichia scoured the City of Canals in search of an elusive waltz.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTammy Grimes shares her Wit & Wisdom with TheaterMania's Michael Buckley.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMEnchanted April, The Play What I Wrote, Rhapsody in Seth, etc.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDuring the Broadway musicians' strike, Filichia got his theater fix at a Wild Party in Cincinnati.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia recalls his days as a schoolteacher, when he used musical theater as an educational tool.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBack before Disney remade The Music Man, there were lots of original TV musicals -- 222 of them, to be exact.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Siegels take in shows by Rita Coolidge, Eileen Fulton, and Martha Lorin, and drop by the King Kong Room to party with Jim Caruso.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBrit scribe David Edgar expounds on his "great American play," Continental Divide.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia remembers seldom noted performances by Zoe Caldwell, Lewis J. Stadlen, and others.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFabulous dames, a Broadway outfielder, a hot-hot-hot director, a legendary composer, and a really radiant baby.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJerry Herman talks about the new Off-Broadway revue of his songs and discusses future projects.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBy consulting the indices, Filichia finds theatrical tidbits in books about Lucille Ball and public speaking.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFrom Antonio Banderas to Kathleen Turner to Peter Cincotti, stars are twinkling all over Manhattan.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMOscar Hammerstein's lyrics for Carmen Jones are dandy, and Decca Broadway's original cast album CD has sass and style.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia looks at a theater book written in a time when Wilder was risqu�, Rodgers was nice, and Olivier was young.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AM19-year old singer-pianist Peter Cincotti dazzles in his return engagement at the Oak Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMatthew Murray reviews the world premiere recording of Michael John LaChiusa's presidential musical, First Lady Suite.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn response to Filichia's column on collecting theater memorabilia, readers write in about their own treasures.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJulie Andrews and Carol Burnett are honored by the Museum of Television & Radio in a glittering gala at the Waldorf Astoria.
From the Hollywood Arms to the Waldorf... wow, that Donna Lynne does get around...
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBuddy Bregman attempts to celebrate the life and work of his old friend Bing Crosby in a show at the Firebird.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMWhich of the 40 shows that opened in 1925 will be showcased in Broadway by the Year on Monday?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe latest edition of the Plays and Playwrights series features some of the best work on the Off-Off Broadway scene.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTheaterMania's Scott Siegel informs us that "The Broadway Musicals of 1925," the latest presentation of the Broadway by the Year series at The Town Hall, will go on as scheduled tonight at 8…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia renders his verdict on the new Music Man, starring Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia sees Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot: The Musical, a show that used to be called Sugar.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMatt Cavenaugh, John McDaniel, Sandy Duncan, Christopher Sieber, and other Broadway folks are caught by the cameras.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFeinstein's at the Regency hosts singer-songwriter-guitarist Kenny Rankin in his new show, A Song For You.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAs Harold Hill in ABC-TV's new "Wonderful World of Disney" movie version of The Music Man, Matthew Broderick gives exactly the performance you'd expect.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTransport Group pays tribute to William Inge, one of the most popular American playwrights of his day.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMConor McPherson discusses the American premiere of his Dublin Carol.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia hears Ethel Merman's disco CD and thinks of other times when musical theater and disco have collided.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFrom a Chicago key chain to a Prettybelle pepper, Filichia has quite a collection of theater memorabilia.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMGetting Wounded in New Haven, Making a Best Friend in Dallas, and Taking a Nuevo Look at San Diego.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTheaterMania is there as Tony n' Tina's Wedding celebrates the beginning of its 16th year Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJohn McDaniel talks about life before Rosie and his current projects, including a show at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Tony Award nominee for Urinetown brings her talents to the new musical Little Fish.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia's readers discuss some of the original cast albums they love and why they love them.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTony Curtis plays Osgood Fielding in a tour of the stage musical based on one of his greatest films, Some Like It Hot.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia details the drama behind the No�l Coward flop that starred a very miscast Mary Martin.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe magic of the 75-minute, one-woman show Julia Sweeney: In The Family Way is in the details. A true story of Sweeney's adoption of a child from another country, the piece is interwoven wit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Siegels recount the hectic day and starry night of January 27, the date of the First Annual Nightlife Awards at Town Hall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJacquelyn Piro is Lizzie in the Signature Theatre production of 110 In The Shade.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMRen�e Fleming and Bryn Terfel bring their gorgeous operatic voices to music by Rodgers, Sondheim, Porter, etc. on the new Decca CD Under the Stars.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMEver since the revival of Chicago made it big in '96, the name on everybody's lips has been Encores!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTennie Leonard teams Cole Porter with Maltby & Shire in her cabaret act at Judy's Chelsea.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia talks to director Patricia Hoag Simon and composer Galt MacDermot about The Human Comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA gag in Elaine May's play Adult Entertainment causes Filichia to muse on the subject of stage directions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDavid Finkle looks at the burgeoning crop of new Off-Broadway venues and wonders what it all means.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe closing is sooner than expected, given that recent ads had indicated that the production would run through the spring. According to a press representative for the show, "The bottom just …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe star and co-creator of Fully Committed returns to the New York stage in Jonathan Tolins's The Last Sunday in June.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMOn The Patty Duke Show in the 1960s, the current star of Oklahoma! had a big Broadway adventure.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMPorn again: The unorthodox musical Debbie Does Dallas, starring Sherie Ren� Scott, gets an equally unorthodox cast recording from Sh-K-Boom Records.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMPlaywright Johnna Adams discusses the origins of her psychodrama Cockfighters.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTheaterMania is there for the Nightlife Awards, the opening of The Plank Project, the closing of Our Town, and other events.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMPhilip Hopkins talks with five theatrical up-and-comers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMusing on the death of Jean Kerr, Filichia reminisces about seeing the national tour of her play Mary, Mary, almost 40 years ago.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMWay back in 1962, Harold Prince, John Kander, and the Goldman brothers were all involved in A Family Affair.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMichael Buckley looks back at the remarkable career of The Line King.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLee Lessack handily juggles two careers, as a singer and a record producer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn Houston, with Judith Ivey.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn remembrance of the late Claibe Richardson, Filichia thinks back to the first time he saw The Grass Harp.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJoseph Marzullo snaps away at Ren�e Zellweger, Edie Falco, Ron Howard and other notables.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDrag legend and Broadway playwright Charles Busch stars in his latest opus, Shanghai Moon, for the Drama Dept.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn celebration of the ingenuity of orchestrators, Filichia fawns over the ''ride-outs'' in Seesaw, Bar Mitzvah Boy, and a bevy of other musicals.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia sings the praises of Providence's Trinity Rep and its current production of Copenhagen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMNow that Movin' Out has been considered a musical for Tony nomination purposes, does that mean that no one will ever complain about Contact's nomination in 2000 again? Also, how will this affect the chances of previous Tony favorite Hairspray? This is an interesting decision which will, without doubt, have impact on Broadway down the road.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMatthew Murray reviews the soundtrack CD of Chicago and comments on the virtues and flaws of previous recordings of the Kander and Ebb score.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMOne of the stage's most talented and versatile actresses spark's the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Tartuffe.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMCurtis Stigers (at the Oak Room) and Jennifer Pace (at Don't Tell Mama) give the Siegels a warm glow during a cold snap in NYC.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMStudents are educated in theater thanks to the cast of Chicago and an organization called Students Live.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA theatergoer who showed up at the complex to attend the New Group's production of Trevor Griffiths' Comedians in the Samuel Beckett Theatre reported that he found the building cordoned off …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia gets ready to ring in the New Year to the tunes of a little-known -- and unlikely -- Jule Styne musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTo mark the end of 2002, the Siegels offer brief catch-up reports on shows starring Judy Kreston and David Lahm, Frank Fontana, Natalie Gamsu, and other cabaret stalwarts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDana Gioia, poised to be the new chairman of the NEA, discusses his work in theater and opera.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia loves the Chicago movie but he has a little bit of good criticism for director Rob Marshall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMPatty Duke comes back to Broadway in Oklahoma! -- and she ain't crawling.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe AFI has nominated 400 characters as the greatest villains and heroes in film history, and 29 of them hail from the stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia lists more than a few of his favorite things about the theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMichael Portantiere reviews the cast albums of the current Broadway productions of Flower Drum Song and Man of La Mancha.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJust in time for the holidays, Mel Brooks's The Producers -- the 1968 film version, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder -- is now available on DVD.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBrian d'Arcy James brings Conor McPherson's The Good Thief to L.A.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe star of Hairspray dishes with TheaterMania's Jim Caruso.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia offers up a holiday feast of fiddleferns, meat pies, Candide yams, and other musical theater treats.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia chats with veteran actress Elizabeth Wilson, who's currently preparing to star in two one-acts at the George Street Playhouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLorinda Lisitza sings a little Weill at Don't Tell Mama and Rick Crom incites hilarity in a new musical revue at Rose's Turn.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMHoliday pics of Joey Fatone, Marian Seldes, Patti LaBelle, Steven Brinberg as Barbra Streisand, and other stars.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia figures out which Broadway composer has had the most musicals adapted for the big screen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMark Nadler opens the new FireBird nightclub in high style with his acclaimed show Tchaikowsky and Other Russians.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia reports that everything he had heard about Dance of the Vampires is true.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMPeter Pan flies to Philadelphia, Santa Claus Is Coming Out across the nation, and Omaha shows how the holidays are celebrated throughou the world.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMOur photogs focus on Patty Duke, Richard Dreyfuss, Anne Heche, Charles Busch, and other stars-about-town.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJamie deRoy and friends gather for a new CD that celebrates the holidays by celebrating family.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMRob Marshall's film version of Kander & Ebb's razzle-dazzle Broadway musical burns up the screen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn response to a recent column wherein Filichia listed 50 things he loves about the theater, readers write in with their own faves.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn observance of tradition, Filichia makes three wishes upon the opening of The Little Shubert.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMRunaway comes to D.C., Joy Luck is in Seattle, and Denver gets two new Inventions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMD.C. Anderson brings his sweet voice and tart comic sensibility to Don't Tell Mama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLooking forward to great things from great performers in the new year, the Siegels list their 2002 cabaret faves.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThey may call him ''Mr. Producer,'' but what PS Classics' Tommy Krasker really gets to do is direct.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMCharles Wright reviews Mel Gussow's collection of interviews with one of America's greatest playwrights, Arthur Miller.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTheaterMania's editorial staff looks back at a year that was full of surprises.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLyricist Craig Carnelia on Imaginary Friends
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMCabaret perennial Steve Ross blooms in a new venue.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIs there life -- and work -- for female cabaret artists over 40? ShaRell Productions says: You betcha!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia suggests some rare cast recordings that would make great stocking stuffers for show tune lovers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMichael Portantiere reviews the cast album of Baz Luhrmann's La Boh�me and offers some recommendations on complete recordings of the opera.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBut, for the most part, it's Halloween at the Minskoff in the sense that the show is full of tricks and treats.
They (mostly) like it! Wow!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMHot shots of recent Broadway openings and two fabulous events to benefit BC/EFA.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia indulges in more La Mancha madness as he addresses reader responses to last week's column.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFour of the New York theater's brightest talents share their holiday plans and memories.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AM'Tis the season to be jolly as Michael Feinstein returns to the Regency, with guest star Gloria Reuben in tow.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia goes to North Carolina to celebrate A Tuna Christmas with the good people of Charlotte.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMCCM does The Boys from Syracuse with the original George Abbott book -- but, Filichia discovers, Abbott was no Shakespeare.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLa Boh�me comes to Broadway not as a knock-off, but in its glorious original form.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMCharles Wright reviews John Leggett's new biography of William Saroyan.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Tony Award-winner stars in Much Ado About Nothing at The Shakespeare Theatre in D.C.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia tilts against the windmills of public opinion concerning that musical with the song about ''The Impossible Dream.''
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA new book documents the curious and fascinating history of Irving Berlin's most enduring song, ''White Christmas.''
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAndrea Marcovicci warms the Oak Room with her new show, dedicated to the love songs of Cole Porter.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMReaders share the joys (and woes) of communing with their fellow theatergoers during intermission.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMComposer-musical director Jason Robert Brown is back in the saddle with the Broadway-bound Urban Cowboy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBrooke Pierce reviews the cast recording of George C. Wolfe's celebratory Harlem Song.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAmanda Green and Jim Caruso combine their talents to great effect in a terrific show at the Laurie Beechman Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMPlenty of familiar names, including Jodi Long, Carol Kane, David Engel, Jeff Calhoun and John Lee Beatty.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMReaders give their thoughts on Filichia's latest question: To have intermission, or not to have intermission?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia tips his hat to shows that forgo intermission and considers why others require the break.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMusicals Tonight! revives a little-known Rodgers and Hart show about a eunuch, his son, and a woman called Chee-Chee.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDan Bacalzo reviews David Kaufman's new biography of the one-and-only Charles Ludlam.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMWe don't write the headlines, folks.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMCharles Wright looks at C.Y. Lee's 1957 novel The Flower Drum Song, later adapted (and re-adapted) for the musical theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTim Miller revisits his past and looks toward the future in his latest show, Body Blows.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMSome people are bothered by the influx of dance, stand-up comedy, and, now, poetry on Broadway -- but not Filichia.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMargaret Colin plays the disturbed wife of a ranch owner in Temporary Help.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia toasts Patrick Quinn, Tovah Feldshuh, and many more in a tribute to hard-working theater folk.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Zagats are now rating movies; Filichia takes a look to see how adaptations of stage properties fared.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMEddie Bracken once told me, "I've made a good living and I've had a good time doing it. Has it been tough? You bet! I went broke three times, but I'm proud of the way I've recovered. You nev…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMSolid musical research makes for highly entertaining shows by Morgan Sills and Carol Shedlin.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMConsummate actor Corin Redgrave plays The General From America.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe American Songbook Series scores again -- and again -- with programs featuring Rob Kapilow, Brian d'Arcy James, Ana Maria Andricain, and LaChanze.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMHarvey Fierstein, Dick Latessa, Carol Channing, Russell Simmons, and other celebs appear before the cameras.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMGeorge Abbott, Harold Prince, and Bob Fosse were just some of the legends associated with New Girl in Town, which is getting a rare revival this weekend.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMHanukah is celebrated in Chicago, Los Angeles gets more absurd, and students brush up their Shakespeare in Massachusetts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDance of the Vampires librettist Michael Kunze talks to Filichia about writing in the modern musical vernacular.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAndrea Marcovicci returns to the Oak Room, this time with her fabulous Cole Porter show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLike the concerts from which it was drawn, Liza Minnelli's new live album has David Gest written all over it.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMark Nadler and Rob Kapilow find exciting ways to teach the history of the Great American Songbook.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia mourns the loss of Amour, a Broadway tuner that possessed a quality so rare these days: charm.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLiza with a 'Z,' Carol Burnett, and Gavin Creel are among the stars of TheaterMania's first photo feature.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe hip-hop impresario brings urban poets to Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia wonders how well the stock market musical How Now, Dow Jones holds up after 35 years.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTheaterMania Review by Brooke Pierce
Debbie Does Dallas, now playing at the Jane Street Theater, is the new musical based on the "classic" film of the same name. It comes to Off-Broadway after playing the New York International Fringe Festival in 2001 to sold-out houses -- but that earlier version simply took the script from the movie (which is a porno, by the way), removed the sex, and played it out on stage. Astonishingly, this new and improved Debbie has succeeded in finding the heart in the infamous blue movie about a high school beauty who dreams of becoming a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and is willing to do whatever -- or whomever -- it takes to fulfill that dream.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFrom Fort Wayne to Fairbanks, certain American cities and locales provide comic fodder for theater writers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn her new show at Feinstein's at the Regency, Betty Buckley outdoes herself.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMRicky Ian Gordon sets Langston Hughes to beautiful music in Only Heaven.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBeloved veterans and newer stars shine during the latter part of NYC's 13th Annual Cabaret Convention.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia's head is full of all kinds of theater associations with Halloween.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMChekhov-ing in with the LITE Company as it launches its fourth annual Orgy of Anton.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMichele Pawk, who plays a character based on Carol Burnett's real-life mom in Hollywood Arms, chats with Brian Scott Lipton.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA report on the first three evenings of the 13th Annual Cabaret Convention at Town Hall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLouis Botto offers a little gossip and a lot of history in a new edition of At This Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMRupert Holmes will appear at the Dramatists Guild headquarters Tuesday, November 19 to talk about his experiences as a playwright, librettist, and songwriter.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe York Theatre Company's newest set of Musicals in Mufti honors the legendary George Abbott.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Bette Davis-Joan Crawford classic gets the musical treatment in Houston -- but is the adaptation a success?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTim Blake Nelson talks about transferring The Grey Zone from stage to screen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMarin Mazzie & Jason Danieley make beautiful music together at the Kaplan Penthouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTo help fund his large-cast productions, Transport Group artistic director Jack Cummings puts together a large-cast benefit.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe new Flower Drum Song puts Filichia into a fit of pique, but he recalls other musicals that sent his blood pressure soaring even higher.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBebe Neuwirth hosts a benefit that will raise money to help dancers make the transition from the chorus line to a new career.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMWith its true stories of wrongly convicted death row inmates, The Exonerated transcends theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMReviews of a great new album by Christine Andreas, an enjoyable two-in-one Shirley Jones/Jack Cassidy reissue, and the very odd original Broadway cast recording of Movin' Out.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMWith the opening of Mart Crowley's The Men From the Boys in San Francisco nearing, Filichia muses on the relevance of the play's precursor, The Boys in the Band.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMEnjoying solo albums by Karen Mason, Alison Fraser, and Tom Wopat during a road trip to Hackettstown, Filichia finds that some songs are worth hearing over and over again.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMKristin Chenoweth makes the American Songbook her own and Ann Hampton Callaway sends a valentine to Rodgers & Hart.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMalcolm Gets walks through walls in Michel Legrand's Amour.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBrian Tom O'Connor and Debra Vogel walk together along the fine line that separates musical theater and cabaret.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn her new memoir, Carol Channing gives us an earful about a fascinating life in show biz.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTalented lookers Lea Salonga and Jos� Llana on their starring roles in Flower Drum Song.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn a continuing series of Town Hall concerts produced by Scott Siegel, songs from musicals past -- hits and flops alike -- are showcased.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA trio of Off-Off-Broadway theater groups finds that three's company in a new midtown location.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe stage comes to the small screen via regular programming and special presentations.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia checks in to see how the new cast members -- and, more to the point, the old ones -- are faring.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIt's almost enough to make you want to move to Philadelphia.
Watch it, bucko...
I saw this show on Saturday night, and it's excellent, even if it is overpriced for a show that's only 80 minutes long. The songs from the upcoming Zippel/Menken musical "Buzz" are particularly noteworthy. This show has been extended through Sunday, so see it if you can.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMSongwriter Francesca Blumenthal takes us to wonderful Places in a sequel to a great revue.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFrank Gorshin and Rupert Holmes bring George Burns to Broadway in Say Goodnight Gracie.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia is moved and exhilarated by the original cast reunion concert of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMarried couple Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley highlight Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe program that Stephen Sondheim wrought 21 years ago is going stronger than ever.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMarnie Baumer is wonderfully animated in her new show at Don't Tell Mama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMActor Mike Doyle goes from homophobic rapist on TV's OZ to gay military poster boy in Burning Blue at the Beckett Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia wonders who might be included on a list of musical theater's 100 most interesting characters.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFollowing his eighth viewing of Joe Orton's Loot, Filichia considers how theatrical tastes change with age.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn 1962, a ''new-style musical'' from London by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse became a surprise hit on Broadway
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAt Joe's Pub, composer Steven Lutvak turns an accursed night into a chance to shine.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBuffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon takes a bite out of musical theater, with spooktacular results.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDudu Fisher, a former Jean Valjean, returns to NYC in a new one-man show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMSongwriters Goldrich & Heisler celebrate the comedy of love at Don't Tell Mama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAn exciting musical theater festival is about to begin in an unlikely place: Cardiff, Wales.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMStephen Mo Hanan portrays a show biz legend in Jolson & Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia goes on about cast albums, including some notable foreign cast recordings of Broadway shows.
Peter has four new articles today! Check below for two reviews from the Star-Ledger.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFeinstein's opens the season with the lovely (and entirely painless) Love & Payne.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDRG has exhumed some more Columbia original cast recordings, and they range in quality from tepid to terrific.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJames Beaman and Goldie Dver are back, and Briccusier than ever, with more Crazy World.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMCharles Wright reviews A Bolt From the Blue, a collection of Mary McCarthy's stinging and insightful criticism.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia remembers a time when award-winning costumer Susan Hilferty had designs on the acting profession.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMRick McKay prepares his documentary Broadway: The Golden Age for the film festival circuit.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThree's the charm with these three charmers: Martha Lorin, Anna Bergman, and Christine Ebersole.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLyricist David Zippel, never at a loss for words, chats with Jim Caruso about the new revue of his songs.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia has a wish list, short and sweet. Here it is.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMKim Hunter returns to the stage as Mlle. Gabrielle in The Madwoman of Chaillot.
An interview from October 2001.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia catches up with Follies again, this time at the Royal Festival Hall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAnn Morrison, the original Mary Flynn, happily resurfaces for the Merrily We Roll Along reunion concert on September 30.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMichael Vaccaro hasn't yet made it to Broadway -- but he can dream, can't he?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMSuper trouper Dee Hoty is having a ball starring in the tour of Mamma Mia!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIncludes excerpts from Buckley's 1986 interview with her.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAndr� Garner ''hams'' it up in a return engagement of Little Ham.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn a flight of fancy, Filichia imagines that great, big dance musical in the sky
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBombay Dreams is flashy, melodic, and insubstantial; Andrew Lloyd Webber didn't write it, but he may as well have.
Theatermania's second Bombay Dreams-bashing article of the day.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLex Lonehood surveys the theatrical landscape in the City by the Bay.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMStacey Kent skims through the great American songbook at the Oak Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn London, Filichia loves him some Shakespeare but finds Bombay Dreams to be a nightmare.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFoster Hirsch's new book on Kurt Weill is a biography of a tortured genius -- tortured by Bertolt Brecht, anyway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Siegels know when to find Tommy Koenig and his comic cohorts at The Duplex.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAs the tour of The Producers gets ready to launch, Mel Brooks discusses his earlier theatrical ventures.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA chat with Lanford Wilson on Burn This and the rest of the Signature Theater season devoted to his plays.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia wanders the streets of London, looking for his theater fix.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTheatermania's fall season preview.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMKaren Oberlin pays delightful tribute to Doris Day and fills us in on Doris Von Kappelhoff, to boot.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMToday's post-modern musicals pride themselves on their insincerity, and that's not a good omen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia comes up with lots of ideas for musical theater songs to be sung in September, aside from the obvious choice that was written by Kurt Weill.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTony Randall is a nimble musical comedy man on DRG's compact disc edition of Oh Captain!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMCountry singer Xanna Don't wants the writer of the musical Zanna, Don't! to provide compensation for use of her name...but Zanna won't.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe theater world comes together to reflect on the September 11 tragedy and to greet a Brave New World.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Siegels applaud Jerry Christakos in and out of drag, and revisit Rick Skye as Liza Minnelli.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMReaders debate the neccesity of "Momma, Look Sharp," "The Miller's Son," and other beloved (but tangential) show songs.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA summer night smiled on Filichia and others who enjoyed A Little Night Music under the stars at the Ravinia Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMario Cantone, Daisy Eagan, and Colin Quinn will be among the many stars gathering for this reunion of participants in the Tribeca Playhouse Stage-Door Canteen, a USO-style variety show that…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMStephen Adly Guirgis, author of Our Lady of 121st Street, chats with Leslie (Hoban) Blake.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA new anthology brings a glimpse into the inner lives of 11 of America's great playwrights.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe cuts continue, as readers talk about what songs they'd like trimmed from their favorite shows and why.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDavid Finkle reviews some of the film and TV actors who have come to Broadway as replacments in long-running shows.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia reacts to word that Arthur Laurents is rewriting the book of his Tony-winning flop musical Hallelujah, Baby!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia cheers the author of Deathtrap, The Stepford Wives, Rosemary's Baby, etc. on his 73rd birthday.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAfter baring his bod in three shows, actor Vince Gatton keeps it all on in Baptizing Adam.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMRudetsky! Kendall! Stark! Three great nights with three outstanding talents.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLee Wilkof and Chip Zien slave away in The Boys From Syracuse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLawrence Feeney on The A Train Plays, one of the oddest theatrical projects ever devised.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMPat Candaras shows off her dirty mouth, and her sharp comic mind, at Don't Tell Mama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDouglas Sills adds Carl-Magnus Malcolm to his list of colorful characterizations.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMOn the anniversary of The King's death, Filichia finds connections between Elvis and musical theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAt Joe's Pub, Broadway star Alice Ripley takes on the persona of a pop star.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBrooke Pierce on the Hairspray cast album: bouncy, with great shine and a lasting hold.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA great talent. And I loved his score for the radio musical "J. Edgar!"
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMHomegrown plays, American works, and one Bollywood extravaganza highlight the current London line-up.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe longest-running play of all time closed in 1947, but the musicals keep on breaking records. Filichia examines the longevity of Broadway shows.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMScot Wisniewski comes to New York, and to Don't Tell Mama; the Siegels say he's more than welcome.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia thumbs through a 1980 copy of Variety, marveling at how much the theater industry has changed over the past two decades.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBoys will be seamen: Members of the male chorus of the South Pacific tour share some war stories.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDan Bacalzo takes in the scene at the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia takes in Joe DiPietro's revisal of Rodgers and Hart's Babes in Arms at Goodspeed.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMRick Skye does a great Liza impression; now, all he needs is a great Liza show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDecca Broadway's operetta reissues aren't complete or completely authentic, but they're still a ripe earful.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA talk with Joe De Gise II, one of the stars of Chicago City Limits -- and a Hare Krishna, to boot.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMClassy Karen Kohler makes a marvelous Marlene at Judy's Chelsea.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAn appreciation of the ten best Hollywood film versions of Broadway musicals.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia wonders who has written the most Tony-winning roles, and the answer is not terribly surprising.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMichael Emerson, co-starring in Only the End of the World, talks about his choice and pursuit of an acting career.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMPining for an August holiday, Filichia has a suggestion.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMRhonda Ayers performs her death-defying show One Foot in the Grave at Don�t Tell Mama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA firsthand report from the FutureFest of new plays in Dayton, Ohio.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMPutting the pants on The Producers with dresser Ron Fleming.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThis is good: Dee Dee Bridgewater interprets Kurt Weill on her new CD, This is New.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre brings Carlo Goldoni to your neighborhood.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA special Siegels summer smorgasbord! Marcus Simeone, toasting Liza, and The Andrews Sisters' Hollywood Canteen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Stratford Festival celebrates middle age with an historic season�and a new theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe start of something good? Filichia surveys the fine art of the opening line.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe number of Twelfth Night musicals hasn�t made it to twelve�not yet.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Siegels are charmed by a new talent on the scene: baby-faced Brandon Cutrell.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIra Nadel gives us Stoppard with all the details and none of the fun.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAt Danny's on Restaurant Row, the one and only Charles Lindberg flies the Siegels to the moon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMKean was a botched, early-'60s attempt to revive operetta, but Alfred Drake is glorious in the title role.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia rails against the varying dimensions of theater programs, dammit!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJohn Lee Beatty, one of the theater's busiest set designers, takes a few precious moments to chat with David Finkle.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAn e-mail from a reader prompts thoughts of show songs that might be expendable.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTommy Femia�s faux-Judy goes over the rainbow at Don�t Tell Mama, with guest star Jonathan Frank along for the trip.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Glamorous Life, an Internet serial by Scott Logsdon about backstage intrigue, is a hit with readers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBen Vereen - actor, humanitarian, and arts advocate - comes back to Broadway in a revival of I�m Not Rappaport.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMHas each and every Broadway theater at one time resounded with a Richard Rodgers melody?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMReno�the woman, not the place�is a whirlwind of activity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJim Caruso asks a bevy of stars to share their most indelible theatrical memories.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAt which no-longer-extant theaters was the music of Richard Rodgers heard once upon a time?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMReno minces no words in discussing her show, Rebel Without a Pause, and the awful truths that inspired it.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA delighted dispatch from Qu�bec City�s bustling Summer Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA new casting website makes life a whole lot easier for actors, singers, dancers, etc. in search of the next great job.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDustin Chinn talks about the newest creation of the Asian-American performance group Peeling.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBulletin board postings make the news? Sure beats reporting.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Siegels have beaucoup de good things to say in their second report from Qu�bec.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDarius de Haas's new CD includes two rare musical theater songs; Filichia pounces.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia revels in the masterpiece that Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone crafted in 1776.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTony Award winner Chuck Cooper does double duty in a new blues musical Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJulie Johnson at Judy�s Chelsea = a little bit of country western heaven.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMNonesuch releases the cast recording of the Into the Woods revival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia joyfully pores through a 3,000-page-plus history of the art form that is dearest to his heart.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn his new book, producer Stuart Ostrow offers recommendations for musical theater audition songs.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA Marc Blitzstein Songbook shows off the wit and range of one of the 20th century's greatest composer-lyricists.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMNew Mondays showcases new songs by Stephen Schwartz, John Bucchino, and Amanda Green.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA traditional Iranian epic makes its American debut at the Lincoln Center Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDirector Jack O'Brien on the stage musicalization of John Waters' Hairspray.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMGary Cole of StageDirect bravely traffics in videos of obscure plays.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMEvery inch of America (Canada included!) is bursting with summer theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIt's festival season and, for NYC theater, there's no summer vacation in sight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Siegels experience three diverse performers: Goldie Dver, Marcus Kettles, and Veronica Klaus.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia trots off to Philly to see Lysistrata and Barbra�s Wedding.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMby Ellis Nassour
Received a note from Ellis Nassour, of the former BroadwayOnline.com. Ellis is the writer of DOLORES GRAY: SHE'S STILL HERE, which was Dolores' last interview. He has send it on to us to republish it.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:34AMAt Feinstein's at the Regency, Tony Danza is determined to entertain.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Siegels review the annual celebration of Barry Manilow�s birthday at Don�t Tell Mama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBen Winters time-travels as he reads through The Best Plays of 2000-2001.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMby Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star - Theatre Critic
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at The Kennedy Center
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:34AMIt is the second win for both The Downtown Cabaret and Mr. Rocco.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:34AMIt may rank as one of the most disappointing events in Philadelphia theater history.
This critic is absolutely right. I had the misfortune to see this train wreck last night. Normally I never miss a Cherry Jones musical... but I think I'll miss the next one. This production is astonishingly inept -- it makes Thou Shalt Not look like Sweeney Todd.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMKaren Finley deals with the emotional fallout from 9/11/01 in her new performance piece at The Cutting Room
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJohn Flynn does a hilarious club act about Gypsy, Betty Buckley, Deborah Gibson, and the dangers of e-mail.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMSteven Spielberg says he wants to make a movie musical. Here are some suggestions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMSondheim veteran Pamela Myers is happily returned to Broadway in Into the Woods.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMSinger-songwriter Pam Tate holds forth at Danny�s Skylight Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMRecent CD releases showcase the talents of Jessica Molaskey, Darius de Haas, Peter Davenport, and Courtenay Day.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia registers a complaint regarding the new Broadway cast recording of Into the Woods.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia gets passionate about the American Film Institute's latest top 100 list.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia gets to the church on time for a Broadway wedding in Ohio.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFrans Bloem brings a welcome treat to Danny's Skylight Room: a tribute to Charles Aznavour.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia: The Columnist notes the trend of musicals telling us they�re musicals.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMDowntown at the Duplex, the Siegels are serenaded by divas from beyond the grave.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMCharles Wright on two new books about The Actor�s Life.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThough the casting is unconfirmed by the show's press office, TheaterMania has heard that Tom Wopat may soon be taking over the role of Julian Marsh in 42nd Street when Michael Cumpsty leaves the cast.
I think they "heard" it in Mandelbaum's column on May 27...
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Siegels wonder what exactly Billy Bob Thornton was up to at Joe�s Pub.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA star of TV's Third Watch, Jason Wiles swaps his policeman's badge for a clerical collar to co-star in Mass Appeal in Cape Cod.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJohn Thomas Oaks penned an ode to Broadway's newest star when she was still a star-to-be.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMStarring in two Sondheim shows at the Kennedy Center, Ra�l Esparza is where he wants to be.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMary Cleere Haran again displays her affinity for the work of Lorenz Hart (and Richard Rodgers) at the Oak Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLatino playwrights are spotlighted in the latest three-play rep series at INTAR.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe actor stars in The Firebugs and prepares for a one-man show about Teddy Roosevelt.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJosh Fox of the International Wow company on the world before and after The Bomb.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFrom Ballroom to Billy to Buttrio Square, it's obscure showtunes that rock Ed Linderman's jukebox.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMMos Def is among those honored with Theatre World Awards this year.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMNew York theater gets fabulous for Gay Pride Month.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMReviewed By: Michael Portantiere
Sold out to the rafters quicker than you can say "clambake," the star-studded Carnegie Hall concert version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel largely lived up to expectations.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFrom Channing to Lansbury to Streisand, the Broadway musicals of 1964 positively glittered with stars.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMCharacter actor William Ryall steps into the spotlight-and the Siegels sure hope he'll stay.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJohn Pizzarelli and his folks return to Feinstein's at the Regency.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia has a great time at Ragtime at the North Shore Music Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe inimitable Miss Stritch supplies some off-stage drama in the press room at the Tony Awards.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJon Robin Baitz on the Huntington Theatre Company production of Ten Unknowns.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAt long last, someone is taking a moment to recognize Sir Cameron Mackintosh�s contribution to the theater. The mildly successful British producer (Cats, Les Mis�rables, Miss Saigon, everyth…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMTom Stoppard's Indian Ink is far from daunting in a fine production by the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn her new show at Danny's Skylight Room, Claiborne Cary's charm and talent carry the day.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBrad Oscar settles into his new role as full-time star of The Producers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia leads a symposium on the creation of Rent with members of the show's creative team and original cast.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Siegels sample the cabaret smorgasbord on Restaurant Row.
Best show title of the year: �Jirque du Soleil.�
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn a letter dated May 17, 2002 that was sent to Tony Award voters, the producers of the musical Sweet Smell of Success charge journalists at three major publications with undermining the production through continued written attacks.
Oh my.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia's f%$&*-ing fascinating conversation with Mandy Patinkin.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMBrad Oscar settles into his new role as full-time star of The Producers by Michael Portantiere
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMHarbinger Records gives us recorded gems from two Legendary Performers, Mabel Mercer and Susan Johnson.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLinda Lavin, star of the Broadway bound Hollywood Arms, chats with old friend Jim Caruso.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAnita Gillette returns to the New York stage in the MCC Theater production of A Letter from Ethel Kennedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA Lucille Lortel Award winner and a Drama Desk nominee for his work in Four, Keith Nobbs lightens up in the Drama Dept.'s Free to Be�You and Me.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia isn't cowed by having seen two different productions of Into the Woods within two weeks.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAt Don't Tell Mama, Gregg Rodeheffer and David Maiocco chart a young man's journey toward maturity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia wades through readers' responses to his column about show songs that deserve to be all-time faves.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMPolly Bergen's appearance in Cabaret is the latest credit in a long and brilliant career.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMHere's a novel idea: Daytime Tonys for stars of the matinees.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMOnce again this year, the Tony Award Nominees' brunch was held on Wednesday, which is a matinee day. Perhaps the theory is that the actors have to get up anyway, but the scheduling does make…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMLynn Lobban and John Wallowitch, together again at Judy*s Chelsea.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMKurt G�nzl launches the �Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre� series with a bio of Lydia Thompson.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIndustry notables share their wisdom�and some anecdotes�in public conversations at Musical Theatre Works.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMAt Judy*s Chelsea, David Sabella indulges in sin.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMIn his new book, Steven Suskin sums up a Broadway season that included everything from Mel Brooks' The Producers to Kelsey Grammer's Macbeth.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Shuberts give Cadillac top billing at the Winter Garden, and Filichia ponders the implications.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe Siegels fall under the exotic spell of Ute Lemper at Joe's Pub and Keely Smith at Feinstein's at the Regency.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMToo many Tony Awards? Why not combine shows? Enter our contest to win an invitation to TheaterMania's Tony Party.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMOn two new albums, Tom Waits walks the line between dark pop and theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMHope Clarke takes on The Odyssey in a semi-musical stage version by Derek Walcott.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMSharon McNight brings kindred spirit Sopie Tucker back to life at the York Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMA favorite guessing game: What songs will be heard in the latest edition of Broadway by the Year at Town Hall?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMEthan Hawke talks about his career and his role in The New Group production of Hurlyburly.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMThe wildly creative Matthew Bourne discusses his Play Without Words, now on view at BAM.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMFilichia finds the announcement of this year's Tony nominees to be a relatively unexciting affair.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMJana Robbins offers One Hell of a Ride to her audiences at Danny's Skylight Room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:34AMABC has announced the new cast for Dancing with the Stars. Among this season's participants are stage veterans David Arquette, Carson Kressley, and Ricki Lake.
Additional participants …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:24AMAwesomer & Awesomer!!!: The Songs of Phoebe Kreutz will be presented Sept. 26-27 at 7 PM at the Triad in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMWHALE SONG or: Learning to Live with Mobyphobia by Claire Kiechel Directed by Brad RaimondoRETURNS FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY! SUNDAY SEPT 4th at 8pm! The Kraine Theater 85…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:15AMBroadway favorite Will Chase, most recently seen in Billy Elliot The Musical, has joined the cast of the new NBC series "Smash," the scripted drama-with-music series about the maki…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:13AMWill Chase has joined the cast of NBC's upcoming Broadway-themed drama Smash, which chronicles the mounting of a Broadway show.
He will play Steven, a man who has a history with Juli…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:10AMLegendary dancer/ emceee/ bandleader Willie Bryant was born on this day in New Orleans in 1908. He was still a teenager when he was hired for a Whitman Sisters revue, not only dancing with t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AMPorgy and Bess, at the American Repertory Theater
Gratuitous Violins rating: ***1/2 out of ****
I've mentioned that Porgy and Bess was never high on the list of musicals I hoped to see some…
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