Tuesday, December 14, 2010
When I find myself really taken with a particular show, I make it a point to try to return to see it at its closing performance. The closing is filled similar fans (as well as family and…
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When the original Broadway cast of Company went into the Columbia recording studios to lay down the revolutionary Sondheim score, theatre fans were afforded an incredible opportunity as doc…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:16PMSince seeing The Sound of Music onscreen a couple of months ago, I have decided that I want to see as many of my favorite classic films in a movie house whenever the opportunity arises. I r…
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Pop singer Jane Morgan is no Angela Lansbury (who is?) but she sang the hell out of lead role in the original production of Mame. If anything, this December 15, 1968 performance of &#…
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While I didn’t expect The Scottsboro Boys to run for years, I was still quite taken aback and shocked to read that the new musical was closing. The Kander and Ebb show – their…
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Ever since seeing Marilyn Maye sing a knock-out “I’m Still Here” at the NY Pops Sondheim Bash, I’ve been unable to get the performer out of my mind. I’d heard o…
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While the stage show was having its first preview tonight at the Foxwoods Theatre, 60 Minutes profiled the progress of the new Bono-The Edge musical Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, based on t…
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Following the success of her Tony-winning turn in Annie and her Tony-nominated performance in Ballroom, Dorothy Loudon struck while the iron was hot and signed on for her own sitcom vehicle.…
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Since Some Like It Hot is one of the funniest films of all time, you’d think that a musical comedy adaptation would follow suit. Well, it didn’t but that didn’t keep Sugar…
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That there are people willing to risk their shirts on original ideas such as Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson or The Scottsboro Boys. Regardless of how one feels about shows like these (I’…
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It seems to me that there is a dearth of Thanksgiving related shows and musicals. I guess there isn’t that much to use the holiday for, except maybe the backdrop of a scene. But since …
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The 1959 film version of Li’l Abner was one of the closest screen recreations of a Broadway musical I’ve ever seen. Using much of the Broadway cast, the film starred Peter Palmer…
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Sometimes the show behind the show is as fascinating as the one onstage. Many people don’t really know how much work goes into one single Broadway performance - or the amount of peop…
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The hit musical Wonderful Town had a pre-production period that was anything but. Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov were in the process of adapting their play My Sister Eileen (itself bas…
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A week ago, I wasn’t even sure I was going to be attending the New York Pops‘ celebration of Stephen Sondheim‘s 80th birthday. There was a possibility that I might be atten…
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As a special thank you to its fans, Masterworks Broadway will be giving away free downloadable Christmas samplers this holiday season. A Masterworks Broadway Christmas includes 4 holiday-the…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:42AMGwen Verdon appeared in seven Broadway musicals in her illustrious career, winning four Tony Awards in the process (in four consecutive Broadway outings, no less). Her stardom came with a …
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The Tony-winning revival of The Norman Conquests remains one of the greatest theatrical experiences of my life. Matthew Warchus’ production was so brilliantly realized at the Circle in…
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“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That’s what I’d like to say to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Warner Bros, who are respectively planning new stage and screen …
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Up until the time Elaine Stritch won her 2004 Emmy Award for the D.A. Pennebaker HBO special Elaine Stritch: At Liberty (a documentary taping of her landmark Tony Award winning solo show), t…
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Readers, I need your help. When it comes to technology, I feel that I’m half idiot, half savant. Once I feel I’ve mastered something in computer science or home entertainment, it…
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The first time I watched the Kennedy Center Honors was in December 2001. I’d heard of the prestigious honor but had never actually tuned into the telecast. When it was announced that J…
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My musical theatre professor Stephen Kitsakos teaches his classes about various song types heard in musicals. He would start at the very beginning with the overture and progress in sequence …
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The first time saw Audra McDonald perform live was in 2002 when she played Julie Jordan in a staggering one night only concert of Carousel at Carnegie Hall (opposite Hugh Jackman). I’v…
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The Beacon Theatre on 74th Street and Broadway has been selected for this season’s Tony Awards ceremony. Originally it was said the Apollo Theatre was being considered, but it turned o…
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When I was young, I was an avid watcher of The Muppet Show. I loved the Muppets in general, but this variety show was my favorite of them all and I enjoyed watching reruns . I was even ad av…
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The team behind the upcoming 50th anniversary revival of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying has just unveiled the show’s first TV commercial. The production will star Dan…
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When people find out that I’m an avid theatergoer or that I know a lot about musicals, I get asked “So, what’s your favorite?” It’s not the easiest question to …
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