Ron died early last Friday morning, losing a long battle with throat/tongue cancer. The plays he authored or co-authored though will continue to be performed around the world. The last one �…
SOURCE: News From ME at 09:24AMI won't tell you Book of Mormon is the greatest thing ever put on stage because, well, it's not. But it's real, real good. My problem with it, and this is sure not a reason to not go, is tha…
SOURCE: News From ME at 05:55AMAs I've written here before, the best night I've ever spent in a theater was down at the Ahmanson in L.A. and it was October 14, 1971. It was the second night of a revival of A Funny Thing H…
SOURCE: News From ME at 12:05PMThe recent New York production of Follies is now playing down at the Ahmanson Theater here in Los Angeles and I'm seeing it in a week or two. If I didn't already have the cast album, I could…
SOURCE: News From ME at 09:56AMThe recent New York production of Follies is now playing down at the Ahmanson Theater here in Los Angeles and I'm seeing it in a week or two. If I didn't already have the cast album, I could…
SOURCE: News From ME at 09:56AMMy friend Dave Schwartz (one of thousands of Dave Schwartzes I know) informs me that he went to see What About Dick? last night and the evening did not close with "The Dick Anthem," the song…
SOURCE: News From ME at 02:51PMMy friend Dave Schwartz (one of thousands of Dave Schwartzes I know) informs me that he went to see What About Dick? last night and the evening did not close with "The Dick Anthem," the song…
SOURCE: News From ME at 02:51PMAnd this is not Dick Clark we're talking about here. It's Dick, an Oxford undergraduate and Aunt Maggie's nephew...the lead character in a new play by Eric Idle with songs by Mr. Idle and hi…
SOURCE: News From ME at 06:01AMAnd this is not Dick Clark we're talking about here. It's Dick, an Oxford undergraduate and Aunt Maggie's nephew…the lead character in a new play by Eric Idle with songs by Mr. Idle an…
SOURCE: News From ME at 06:01AMHe's been saying it was about to open for years now but he never had a theater and actual dates before! Jerry Lewis's oft-announced stage musical of The Nutty Professor opens July 24 at the …
SOURCE: News From ME at 11:48AMHe's been saying it was about to open for years now but he never had a theater and actual dates before! Jerry Lewis's oft-announced stage musical of The Nutty Professor opens July 24 at the …
SOURCE: News From ME at 11:48AMThis year's Tony Awards telecast will be June 10. And Neil Patrick Harris will be back as host.
SOURCE: News From ME at 02:44AMThis year's Tony Awards telecast will be June 10. And Neil Patrick Harris will be back as host. The post Quick News Flash appeared first on News From ME.
SOURCE: News From ME at 02:44AMA Broadway musical based on National Lampoon's Animal House? Hey, why not? And I can already imagine the promotions: Half-price tix on Toga Night if you come dressed in a bedsheet. Or they'l…
SOURCE: News From ME at 04:11PMA Broadway musical based on National Lampoon's Animal House? Hey, why not? And I can already imagine the promotions: Half-price tix on Toga Night if you come dressed in a bedsheet. Or they'l…
SOURCE: News From ME at 04:11PMI typoed in the previous message and have now fixed the error. Broadway legend David Burns died around eight years after he won the Tony Award for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fo…
SOURCE: News From ME at 06:57PMI typoed in the previous message and have now fixed the error. Broadway legend David Burns died around eight years after he won the Tony Award for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fo…
SOURCE: News From ME at 06:57PMSorry to hear that the Reprise Theater Company here in L.A. is cancelling another show and suspending its major operations. If you read back on this site, you'll see me praising one producti…
SOURCE: News From ME at 09:59PMSorry to hear that the Reprise Theater Company here in L.A. is cancelling another show and suspending its major operations. If you read back on this site, you'll see me praising one producti…
SOURCE: News From ME at 09:59PM10 Amazing Theaters Across America. The post Another List Worth a Look appeared first on News From ME.
SOURCE: News From ME at 01:36PMI am informed by many that the Sammy Davis clip I just posted is from The Julie Andrews Hour which aired on ABC on March 3, 1973. Ms. Andrews and Mr. Davis performed scenes from many Broadwa…
SOURCE: News From ME at 06:20AMI am informed by many that the Sammy Davis clip I just posted is from The Julie Andrews Hour which aired on ABC on March 3, 1973. Ms. Andrews and Mr. Davis performed scenes from many Broadwa…
SOURCE: News From ME at 06:20AMOkay, where is this from? The fine chanteuse Shelly Goldstein sent me this link to Sammy Davis singing "If I Were a Rich Man" on some variety show, supposedly around 1969. Point of interest:…
SOURCE: News From ME at 05:43AMOkay, where is this from? The fine chanteuse Shelly Goldstein sent me this link to Sammy Davis singing "If I Were a Rich Man" on some variety show, supposedly around 1969. Point of interest:…
SOURCE: News From ME at 05:43AMA Year With The Producers is a new softcover book by Jeffry Denman, who played various small roles in the biggest smash Broadway has seen in years. He also understudied Matthew Broderick, …
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