Friday, September 30, 2011
What a nice and pleasant young man Duncan Sheik is! We had a lovely time talking and drinking at Sardi’s. I enjoyed hearing how, in the third grade in Hilton Head, South Carolina, he w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:08PMWell, now that the Tonys are over, I can let you know what’s been on some readers’ minds.
“Here’s to the authors who stretch,” wrote Doug Braverman, in respons…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:08PMAudra McDonald will perform songs by old and new composers in Princeton
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:20AMIt was the month that the New York Musical Theatre Festival began. Although Ghostlight turned out to be abysmal, we’re all glad the festival is here – partly because it offers ma…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AMWednesday, September 28, 2011
I envy St. Martin de Porres. The 16th century Peruvian was said to have the ability to be in two places at one time. I, alas, cannot, and as a result, I’m missing two events between Fr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:36PMWho’d expect that Elf would contain one of the most significant pieces of dialogue in the history of the Broadway musical? But there it is midway through the first act. North Pole resi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:36PMAfter Faith Prince had her landmark success with Adelaide in Guys and Dolls in 1992, many musical theater enthusiasts were heard to say, “Wouldn’t she make an ideal Ella Peterson…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:36PMIt was a month that saw August: Osage County decide not only to offer student rush, but also senior rush. Well, why not? What’s good for the gosling is good for the goose and gander. S…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:57AMI swear – this will be the last column on The Most Clever Broadway Musical Moments. We’ve had five in the last two weeks, but I do believe I’ve saved the best for last: The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:57AMAs I mentioned on Monday, I’m the critic-in-residence at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, more chummily known as CCM, where recently I saw Aubrey Berg’s excellent production…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:57AMGuess who’s singing an album of Broadway songs. Sandi Patty. Some (especially pagans) may not know the name, but much of the country is quite aware that Sandi Patty is the doyenne of g…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AMTuesday, September 27, 2011
Protest and the proletariat — but no punch
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:53AMMonday, September 26, 2011
By Peter Filichia –
We have two important anniversaries this week, both as the result of West Side Story. It’s celebrating its 54th year of never being out of the public consciousness s…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:44PMHe’s made a name for himself by doing “exploratory readings” of musicals from the ‘40s (Barefoot Boy with Cheek) and ‘50s (Arms and the Girl) – not to men…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AMFriday, September 23, 2011
Carol RoseggFrom left, Harvey Fierstein, Jack Feldman and Alan Menken form the creative team behind the new musical "Newsies." Needless to say, relatives who baby-sit don�…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:39AMDown the hall from Steve Spiegel’s office at Theatri©al Rights Worldwide is the warehouse that’s filled with a great many boxes. They’re waiting to ship out scripts to…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02AMWednesday, September 21, 2011
Joan Marcus From left, Aaron Clifton Moten, Steven Skybell and Michael Cumpsty in "Much Ado About Nothing." Of all Shakespeare’s plays, “Much Ado about Nothing” may have the …
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:57AMTom Chapin Growing’s pains Chalk up another setback to Hurricane Irene: It caused a postponement at the Growing Stage in Netcong. A planned Sept. 30 ribbon-cutting would have celebrated th…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:05AMQuick! What musicals have characters named Fortune Teller in Upright Coffin, Female Pirate, Patient, Rock Singer Holding Tray of Bread, Doctor with Most Hair, Little Girl, Shortest Male Doct…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AMTuesday, September 20, 2011
It had to be more than just a homonym for him. In two decades of writing lyrics, Lorenz Hart used the word “heart” an inordinate number of times. That’s readily apparent in “Ten Cent…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:08AMMonday, September 19, 2011
By Peter Filichia --
As we celebrate the 47th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof this week (on Sept. 22, to be precise), let’s take a look at its most famous song -- and one of its least…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:53PMLast week, I detailed 40 assets found in the current production of Follies. Would I be able to do the same with the production of Aspects of Love at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02AMSunday, September 18, 2011
I’m not going to do what every other long-time theatergoer does: tell you about the glories of the original 1971 Follies and detail how every other production has paled in comparison. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36PMFriday, September 16, 2011
I’m not going to do what every other long-time theatergoer does: tell you about the glories of the original 1971 Follies and detail how every other production has paled in comparison. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:22AMThursday, September 15, 2011
Andrea Gallo stars as the title character in Ian Augustâs âDonna Orbits the Moonâ at New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch. Have you ever wondered what Lucy Van Pelt of …
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:04AMWednesday, September 14, 2011
In Paul Rudnick’s wonderfully witty Regrets Only, he creates a scenario where gays are furious about a proposed amendment to the consitution that will deny them the right to marry. The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:08PMI certainly don’t share the musical taste of Rob Gordon, the owner of Championship Vinyl, or his employees Barry and Dick. Yet I was quite moved when they sang the opening number of Hi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:08PMIn Paul Rudnick’s wonderfully witty Regrets Only, he creates a scenario where gays are furious about a proposed amendment to the consitution that will deny them the right to marry. The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:08PMChristine Lakin, left, and Beth Malone star onstage in "ÂThe Breakup Notebook."Â Everyone who’s ever been dumped — and doesn’t that include all of us? — is going to a…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:58AMScout’s honor Remember Scout from “To Kill a Mockingbird”? Of course you do — be it from reading Harper Lee’s classic novel or seeing the famed 1962 film version. In the latter, 10…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:53AMDo we have the Beatles to thank -- or blame-- for John Doyle’s concept of having actors play instruments in musicals? The director actually thought of the convention in the early &lsqu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:02AM 
