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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Susan Egan on her dirt-catching days as a Disney Princess and humble motherhood by Jesse North

When actors are accepted into the Disney club, the membership lasts a lifetime. The Disney Princess division is the most elite membership, and Susan Egan holds two of those spots. Having ori…

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Friday, October 21, 2011

Stage Rush TV: Episode 81 by Jesse North

Talking points: Moonface Martin-Reno Sweeney romance rumors from Anything Goes‘ Robert Creighton The top reasons to see Relatively Speaking and Sons of the Prophet Broadway grosses Wha…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:18AM

The No. 1 Reason To See: Relatively Speaking by Jesse North

Families are complicated, and there’s a deep ocean of theatrical works that illustrate this point. We can add another hefty addition to that list with Relatively Speaking, a collection of …

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:15AM

The No. 1 Reason To See: Sons of the Prophet by Jesse North

Some people are saddled with the responsibility of being the glue that keeps everyone together. Yet when that person is unsettled in his life, it inevitably affects everyone else as well. Th…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:12AM

Ticket giveaway: Silence! The Musical by Jesse North

Remember how scary Hannibal Lector seemed when you first saw him in that prison cell? Well, imagine how scary he’d be if he was singing a showtune. OK, not that scary. But it’d b…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:25AM
Thursday, October 20, 2011

The agony and the ecstasy of Anything Goes’ Robert Creighton by Jesse North

Robert Creighton made the decision that he would not understudy anymore. After covering roles in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Little Mermaid on Broadway, he felt that he was losing his sp…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 02:32AM
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The No. 1 Reason To See: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs by Jesse North

One of the most important questions to ask in our modern-day world is: Where does it come from? This question could refer to the food we’re eating, the clothes we’re wearing, and in the …

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:06AM
Saturday, October 15, 2011

Stage Rush TV: Episode 80 by Jesse North

Talking points: Adam Jacobs of The Lion King and Aladdin—the guy who’s played both Simba and Aladdin Simba’s workout tips Marathon week of theater, including The Mountaintop an…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 04:42PM
Friday, October 14, 2011

The No. 1 Reason To See: The Lyons by Jesse North

Although it’s been written so many times, the new play The Lyons makes the statement ring truer than ever: You cannot choose your family. The titular clan is gathered at the hospital bedsi…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:56AM

Ticket giveaway: The Judy Show by Jesse North

Stage Rush things you could use a good night of laughing at the theater, so we’re giving away three free pairs of tickets to see the off-Broadway comedy The Judy Show. Emmy-winning com…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:38AM

The No. 1 Reason To See: The Mountaintop by Jesse North

There are three larger-than-life personalities on stage in Katori Hall’s two-person play, The Mountaintop: Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Of course, Jack…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:07AM
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Adam Jacobs: A Disney prince, twice over by Jesse North

If you were a young boy in the early 90s, chances are you wanted to be Aladdin and Simba. Heck, if you were a girl, you may have wanted to be them too, or at least marry them. Only one perso…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 08:07AM
Sunday, October 9, 2011

The No. 1 Reason To See: Man and Boy by Jesse North

Sometimes, all the power and money in the world cannot protect you from the consequences of your decisions. It’s a moral presented in Terence Rattigan’s Man and Boy that comes off kind o…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 10:24PM
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Stage Rush TV: Episode 79 by Jesse North

Talking points: Celine Dion, Bernadette Peters, and Kristin Chenoweth introduce this week’s episode! (Just watch.) NEWSical‘s Christina Bianco’s incredible celebrity impers…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:46AM
Thursday, October 6, 2011

Christina Bianco: The Princess of Off-Broadway Comedy by Jesse North

Christina Bianco impersonates Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, and Lady Gaga. She has to, because she’s already mastered most of Broadway’s biggest stars. Yet if you’re thinking that B…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:18AM
Friday, September 23, 2011

Stage Rush TV: Episode 78 by Jesse North

Talking points: Steve Cohen, the Millionaires’ Magician, performs an exclusive magic trick for SRTV The no. 1 reason to see Follies Win a pair of tickets to see Relatively Speaking Bro…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 08:08AM
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Ticket giveaway: Relatively Speaking by Jesse North

Seeing a Broadway show is always an exciting experience. Seeing three in one night is what we call Broadway magic. The new comedy Relatively Speaking has all that and more, comprised of thre…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:12AM
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The No. 1 Reason To See: Follies by Jesse North

If there’s a lesson to learn from Follies, it’s “Don’t look back.” Because if you do, there’s only a mess there. Featuring a fearsome foursome of Bernadet…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:27AM
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The suite magic of Steve Cohen by Jesse North

Most people want to separate their work environment from their home, but most people are not Steve Cohen. Cohen, his wife, and two children live in the Waldorf Towers in the same suite where…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:06AM
Friday, September 2, 2011

Stage Rush TV: Episode 77 by Jesse North

Talking points: I spend all of Hurricane Irene contemplating the magic tricks of Steve Cohen, the Millionaire’s Magician Casting the Les Miserables movie: Can Hugh, Russell, and Anne c…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 01:23AM
Thursday, September 1, 2011

Ticket giveaway: Play It Cool by Jesse North

Stage Rush wants you to get your new musical theater on, so we’re giving away three free pairs of tickets to the new off-Broadway musical Play It Cool. This new play at Theatre Row tak…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:27AM
Friday, August 26, 2011

Stage Rush TV: Episode 76 by Jesse North

Talking points: A week of change on Broadway and at Stage Rush Broadway on Broadway concert cancelled in lieu of 9/11 10th anniversary Broadway Flea Market moves out of Shubert Alley I join …

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 02:11PM
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

FringeNYC report: Day 10, Mothers of Invention by Jesse North

If you had to choose, would you say your life most resembled a cartoon or a carnival? Drawn by the hand of fate or propelled by the chaotic momentum of the midway? Rendered in meticulous Ind…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 11:01AM
Friday, August 19, 2011

Michael Riedel’s first 24 hours on Twitter by Jesse North

The New York Post‘s Michael Riedel made every member of the Broadway community collectively wet themselves Thursday with the surprising revelation that he had joined Twitter. A forum t…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 11:37PM

FringeNYC report: Day 8 by Jesse North

It’s double trouble with Killing Nellie and Victor and Victoria’s Terrifying Tale of Terrifying Things. Each show stars a duo—in Killing Nellie, it’s Mark Storen and Oda Aunan as unh…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 11:34AM

Stage Rush TV: Episode 75 by Jesse North

Talking points: Our Fringe Festival correspondent, Nicole Gluckstern, co-hosts! FringeNYC vs other cities’ Fringe Rent off Broadway. How it stacks up and who is best in the cast Broadw…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:49AM
Sunday, August 14, 2011

FringeNYC report: Day 3 by Jesse North

A theme rapidly made itself known during my second day of the Fringe Festival, and that theme was boobies. Yep, boobies; as in hooters, knockers, melons—a thousand names abound for these t…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 09:58AM
Saturday, August 13, 2011

FringeNYC report: Day 2 by Jesse North

My Fringe Friday started off with a bang, or at any rate, a birthday. Mark Sam Rosenthal, writer and star of the solo show I Light Up My Life: The Mark Sam Celebrity Autobiography at Dixon P…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 07:47AM
Friday, August 12, 2011

FringeNYC report: Day 1 by Jesse North

It’s the first day of the 15th annual New York International Fringe Festival, and already the air around 45 Bleecker Street (FringeCENTRAL) is thick with buzz. With over 200 shows from aro…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 11:37AM

Stage Rush TV: Episode 74 by Jesse North

Talking points: We welcome our first correspondent for the New York Fringe Festival—Nicole Gluckstern Catch Me If You Can announces closing date. No more “Fly Fly Away” from Ke…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:03AM
Friday, August 5, 2011

Stage Rush TV: Episode 73 by Jesse North

Talking points: Linda Buchwald from Pataphysical Science co-hosts! Simba and Rafiki get it on at Broadway in Bryant Park Seeing War Horse front row for $30 Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin an…

SOURCE: Stage Rush at 07:02AM

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