Thursday, April 19, 2012
So when’s the last time you took a good look at WORKING? The script and score for the musical that opened on Broadway more than a third-of-a-century ago keeps getting facelifts. The newest…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:53PMIt's Bev Sheehan's show, and it's a hit.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:02AMWednesday, April 18, 2012
Also: Surflight Theatre's new battle
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:02AMPeter Filichia gives us the scoop on the new production
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:39AMMonday, April 16, 2012
By Peter Filichia –
Florence Henderson may be known as Carol Brady to millions upon millions, but to those of us who follow Broadway, she’ll always be the leading lady of four musicals …
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:50PMFriday, April 13, 2012
How often do we get the chance to see not one, but two performers who were part of the original 1971 cast of Follies?
SOURCE: kritzerland.com at 09:25AMAs an actor and playwright, Avi Hoffman tries to keep Jewish culture alive.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:30AMWednesday, April 11, 2012
The recent Paper Mill Playhouse production of DAMN YANKEES was so nice that I saw it twice. (Those in Seattle will be able to catch this production from April 21 to May 20, 2012.) That the o…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:14PMAlso: Lorna Luft hosts "Center Stage Celebration."
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AMTuesday, April 10, 2012
In the Red Bank show, the singer freely owns up to three score and two years.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AMBy Peter Filichia --
Julie Andrews played Maria von Trapp on stage two years before she started filming The Sound of Music.
Well, at least in a manner of speaking. Andrews actually portr…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:05AMSaturday, April 7, 2012
Good Friday would seem to be an apt day to discuss Jesus Christ Superstar, wouldn't you say? Only minutes into the new production at the Neil Simon, director Des McAnuff displays an idea tha…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 07:34AMFriday, April 6, 2012
In the musical, a successful writer and struggling actress try to make it work.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AMWednesday, April 4, 2012
Peter Filichia lets us know what's happening on New Jersey stages
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:33AMTuesday, April 3, 2012
By Peter Filichia –-
Liza Minnelli certainly started off 1974 with a bang.
Not that 1973 was so bad. On March 27 of that year, Minnelli became the youngest performer to have won a Best…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:13AMSaturday, March 31, 2012
It was the month that we had The Sixth Annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, with the immensely talented Andrew Chappelle from Mamma Mia! taking the crown. But Andrew's such a nice young man that …
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 08:13AMFriday, March 30, 2012
March is about to turn into April – which will remind many of us the lines that we learned in high school, college or grad school: “When April with his showers sweet with fruit the droug…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:50AMWednesday, March 28, 2012
Emily Mann will direct Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance."
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:30AMTuesday, March 27, 2012
By Peter Filichia –
So it was 50 years ago last week that Barbra Streisand made her first dynamic splash – when she opened on March 22, 1962 in I Can Get It for You Wholesale.
In Jero…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 08:28AMFriday, March 23, 2012
"You know why Oscar shouldn't have written that? He's never been in a whorehouse in his life."
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 11:13AMAll parents eventually get this question from their kids: “If there’s a Mother’s Day and a Father’s Day, when’s Children’s Day?” Almost always, both parents immediately answer,…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:10AMHere, Perry Arthur Kroeger has meticulously made the stage greatly resemble those beloved Seuss picture books.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:12AMWednesday, March 21, 2012
A former government official reminisces about performing in an Oscar Wilde play. That starts him waxing rhapsodic about his encounters with Nikolai Lenin, James Joyce and Tristan Tzara, fath…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:02AMPeter Filichia gives us the scoop on what's happening in the Garden State
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:13AMTuesday, March 20, 2012
The verdict is in, and ‘Twelve Angry Men’ is the revival of the season
SOURCE: NJ.com at 02:08PMBy Peter Filichia --
Broadway overtures certainly let you know early on what The Expected Hit Ballad will be. Usually, after a rousing fanfare that previews The Most Stirring Songs, everyth…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:45AMMonday, March 19, 2012
Susan Stroman says she doesn’t need pennies anymore. Well, of course, you say. Anyone who’s choreographed five Broadway musicals (including the smash hit Crazy for You) as well as direct…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 05:33PMSaturday, March 17, 2012
The show "turns out to be a strange musical tragedy that offers only a smidgen of hope."
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:01AMFriday, March 16, 2012
Former defensive tackle Mike Reid is showing “In This House” to audiences and critics at Two River Theatre Company.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:01AMThursday, March 15, 2012
Captivating ‘Summer in Sanctuary’ shows best efforts don’t yield instant gratification
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:41AM 
