From BroadwayWorld's Archive: John Turturro stars in the title role of Zorba, joined by Adam Chanler-Berat, Robert Cuccioli, Elizabeth A. Davis,Santino Fontana, Marin Mazzie, Robert Montano, Carlos Vald…

Broadway Games:  One of These Things Is Not Like The Others Was thinking back to my childhood and remembering that as a small tyke, one of my favorite games was "One of These Things Is Not Like the Others." S…

Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 1960s. You've probably at least heard of all the shows included here, but how familiar are you with the song li…

John Kander, born on this date March 18, 1927.March 18, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Today is the 96th birthday of the legendary composer John Kander, who is still doing what he does best…

Yesterday came the announcement that ABBA was coming back with a whole new album, Voyager and a new concert of sorts. To celebrate our favorite Swedish phenomenon, we bring you a new Broadway Game! Good luck! …

This week's game is a challenging one. Do you know the missing lyrics from these Kander and Ebb songs? Broadway Games: The Missing Lyrics of Kander and Ebb To help you out, we've named the show and given you …

The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that Tony-nominated director and choreographer Graciela Daniele will receive the 2020 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. “We are th…

Part two of our conversation with John Kander and Fred Ebb, songwriters for such Broadway shows as WOMAN OF THE YEAR, 70, GIRLS, 70, THE RINK, THE HAPPY TIME, and ZORBA. They talk about their writing process an…

The legendary book writer of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and THE BAKER’S WIFE, Joseph Stein, shares his writing process and his insights into what contributes to a good book of a musical. Together with Elisa Loti and…

Santino Fontana | "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" | R&H Goes Pop! (Official Audio) Don’t miss a song! Subscribe today! http://bit.ly/RHGoesPopSubscribe The R&H GOES POP! series is now a full-lengt…

I was looking through my vinyl collection the other day, and came across my copy of the 1983 "New Broadway Cast recording" of Zorba. I had seen the show during its national tour, which starred the revival's two…

 This Week in Broadway History: January 10 - 16 🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭 January 10, 1947: Finian's Rainbow, the Lane/Harburg classic opened at the 46th Street Theatre, going on to win 3 Tony Awards, in…

March's Musical of the Month, Curtains had a top-notch creative team. Each one has an impressive resume of credits and awards. For some, this show marked another step on their continuing creative journey. For …

In this final installment of January's Musical of the Month series, we take a look back at the creative team behind Applause.  The writing and design teams are chock full of Broadway royalty. On paper, at lea…

I love shows that celebrate the people who help keep us safe from the Army to the Navy to everything in between. One show that has not been revived since it’s Broadway run is Over Here! and on Veteran’s Day…

The composing team of Kander and Ebb were often attracted to properties that allowed them to tell a show-within-a-show story, often using the show or entertainment style within to provide commentary on the sh…

This week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth shares backstage stories from Rita Rudner’s Broadway days, plus memories of the late Hal Prince.

From conversations with Kander and Ebb to a research trip to Crete, Prince shared diary entries from his year-long journey with Zorba for the March 1969 issue of Playbill.

The composing team of Kander and Ebb are typically first remembered as the creators of the edgy, flashy, razzle-dazzle music of such shows as Cabaret  and Chicago. It would be wrong, however, to think that …

The veterans of Zorba and Cabaret will join forces for the February concerts at Feinstein’s/54 Below.

Get those theatrical passports ready, theater fans! Our world tour continues throughout Europe, with stops in 12 countries. This week's adventure covers 15 more musicals - some huge hits, others you may not hav…

The last time an actor appeared in a Broadway musical playing a role he had previously essayed on film, it was 1983, when Anthony Quinn opened in the revival of ZORBA. Sharing that unusual distinction with him …

The musical theatre goddess that is Debbie Gravitte swings by Shetler Studios to tell Rob and Kevin about her amazing career that got started doing Annie Get Your Gun with Gower Champion all the way up to her f…

Broadway history is full of great writing teams - Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Menken and Ashman, Pasek and Paul - all great, all with seminal works. But there is one pair whose work I greatly adm…

Dom and Robert are let off the lead by Nick and are allowed to talk to their heart's content about the more un-known shows of Kander and Ebb including The Rink, The Visit, Zorba and Woman of the Year.

Review of the Saturday, February 24, 2018 matinee performance at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City.  Starring Katrina Lenk, Tony Shalhoub, John Cariani,  Ari'el Stachel, George Abud, Adam K…

ACT TWO. Two years later, in 1970, I once again tried to put together a package of my clients – in the show that became 70 Girls 70 – for I’d enjoyed looking after Chita Rivera, Ron Field, Kan…

John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Richard Seff at a dinner honoring Harold Prince. Photo courtesy of Richard Seff. THE CURTAIN RISES One of the properties for which I tried to get this new team hired was the Theatre G…

Though Herschel Bernardi's name was above the title on the opening nights of Broadway's BAJOUR and ZORBA, the musical theatre role he's most known for is one where he came in as a replacement, Teyve in FIDDLER …

Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough The musicals of John Kander and Fred Ebb have brought us showstopping songs and great characters, from bored housewives to ageing shoplifters – all of whom get their moment…

Image: Judith Ivey and Estelle Parsons. Photo: Carol RoseggWhat Happens When Four Women Who Loved the Same Man Get Together? Not What You Might ExpectBy Lauren YargerJust throw out reality for about two hours a…

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES -- a new comedy by Israel Horovitz MY OLD LADY, with a cast starring Oscar winner and 5-time Tony nominee ESTELLE PARSONS, two-time Tony winner JUDITH IVEY, along with ANGELINA FIORDE…

Minerva, ChichesterPatricia Hodge is superb as a madcap aunt, whisking her buttoned-up nephew on a world tour, in a perfectly pleasant show that lacks the novel’s ambiguitiesGraham Greene’s sprightly 1969 n…

A new King of Siam and Broadway queen shall dance in the stunning Lincoln Center revival of The King and I beginning on May 3. Lost alum Daniel Dae Kim will make his Great White Way debut in the role that earne…

Oscar winner and five-time Tony nominee Estelle Parsons, two-time Tony winner Judith Ivey and more will star in the world premiere of Out of the Mouths of Babes. Directed by Barnet Kellman, Israel Horovitz&rsqu…

A Broadway veteran will whistle a happy tune for her return to the stage. Tony nominee Marin Mazzie will step into The King and I on Broadway, replacing Tony winner Kelli O’Hara as Anna Leonowens. She beg…

Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, Sydney festivalArnhem Land troupe formerly known as the Chooky Dancers turn tradition on its head with thrilling interpretations of Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and Barry WhiteIn 2007 …

Cafe Carlyle will welcome Broadway legend Chita Rivera for a two-week engagement, January 12-23. An accomplished and versatile actresssingerdancer, Chita Rivera has won two Tony Awards as Best Leading Actress i…

Three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie has been battling ovarian cancer. Her husband, fellow Broadway star Jason Danieley, revealed the news and shared their journey from her diagnosis through treatment in a blog…

Original Broadway Cast, 1968 (Capitol) Are you sitting down? When I saw Zorba in its original Broadway production (not the horrible Anthony Quinn revival; see below), I thought it a better show than Cabaret, th…

Screen Actors Guild Foundation Invite You and A Guestto a Career Conversations Q&A withCHITA RIVERAFriday, September 11th1 PMCheck-in at 12:15 PMThe New School – Auditorium on&nbs…

After completing my studies in Boston University Communications School in Film in 2003 I came back to Greece.   I started working in theatre in 2005 as an assistant director for Michael Cacoyannis (Zorba the …

In May 1965 the first Kander and Ebb musical premiered on Broadway. Flora the Red Menace, despite a lovely score, was not too long for the Great White Way. It scored a Tony for Liza Minnelli (in her Broadway de…

Fri, June 8 through Sun, July 1 @ John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presented by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -- Come hear the music play in First You Dream: The Music of Kander …

'Zorba!" review: John Turturro can't sing but charms Joe Dziemianowicz 'Zorba!" jumps between tragedy and comedy, but not always smoothly.

This post is by Darryl Reilly “Life Is,” from the 1968 Kander and Ebb musical "Zorba" as grandly performed by it’s original Tony-nominated cast member, Lorraine Serabian, was the show stopping highlight o…

New YorkCity Center's Encores just wrapped up the final production of the 2015 season,Zorba,directed byWalter BobbieChicago and choreographed byJosh RhodesRodgers amp Hammerstein's Cinderella with musical direc…

            Photos:  Magda Katz   TheaterPizzazz’ Magda Katz was on the scene shooting curtain calls and closing night of Zorba! at Encores! New York City... The post C…

James Marino, Michael Portantiere and Matt Tamanini talk with Betty Buckley. Michael reviews Zorba! at City Center, Fiasco Theater’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Red Bull Theater’s Tis Pity She&…

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This post is by Darryl Reilly Instrumental to its success is the thrilling direction of Walter Bobbie. Combining sensitive performances with an inspired sense of stagecraft, Mr. Bobbie creates many visually st…

Like so many Americans in the ‘60s, Broadway show makers were swept up in the free-spirit mania of the times and created shows with eccentric characters who thumbed their noses at the establishment, celebrate…

Catch up on the week's biggest stories from Broadway and beyond in BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures,' featuring coverage of press events, rehearsals, opening nights, and more. Highlights this week include…

"Anything I know how to do, I do perfect! Anything I don't know how to do, I do very good!," brags the libidinous old Greek philosopher at the center of "Zorba!"

Today we are celebrating the many recent, current and upcoming productions on Broadway and beyond featuring the music of John Kander.

            Review By Brian Scott Lipton   “Life is what you do when you’re waiting to die” sings “The Leader” (a bewigged Marin Mazzie, in... The post Encores! Does…

Acclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.

You can see Chicago, The Visit, and Zorba! all within two days in the City That Never Sleeps.

Zorba, directed byWalter BobbieChicago and choreographed byJosh RhodesRodgers amp Hammerstein's Cinderella with musical direction byRob Berman,is the final production of New YorkCity Center's 2015 Encores seaso…

John Turturro, Zoe Wanamaker and Santino Fontana head the cast of this rarely staged musical by the deluxe team of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Joseph Stein.read more

It’s probably not the best moment in time for a show that soft-peddles an “honor” killing. And yet here is Zorba! — that manic-depressive musical that proved as incomparable a team as…

The Kander and Ebb musical, part of the Encores! series at New York City Center, also stars Zoë Wanamaker.

See video clips of John Turturro, Santino Fontana and Marin Mazzie in the Encores! production of ZORBA!, playing May 6 through 10 at New York City Center. Adam Chanler-Berat, Robert Cuccioli, Elizabeth A. Davi…

See John Turturro, Santino Fontana and Marin Mazzie in the Encores! production of Zorba!, playing May 6 through 10 at New York City Center.

2015: Marin Mazzie sings 'Life Is' from ZORBA! running May 6-10 at City Center Encores!

Zoe Wannamaker sings 'Happy Birthday' from ZORBA! running May 6-10 at City Center Encores!

John Turturro sings 'I Am Free' from ZORBA! running May 6-10 at City Center Encores!

Santino Fontana, Marin Mazzie and Elizabeth A. Davis sing ' The Butterfly' from ZORBA! running May 6-10 at City Center Encores!

John Turturro, Zoe Wannamaker and Santino Fontana sing 'Goodbye, Cannavaro' from ZORBA! running May 6-10 at City Center Encores!

Zoe Wannamaker sings 'No Boom Boom' from ZORBA! running May 6-10 at City Center Encores!

Santino Fontana and Elizabeth A. Davis sing 'Why Can't I Speak/That's a Beginning' from ZORBA! running May 6-10 at City Center Encores!

Encores! presents a concert of Kander and Ebb's musical landscape of Greek island life.

When Encores! announced that John Turturro would star in its concert version of “Zorba!,” the big question was: “But can he sing?!?” Um, not really. But to his credit, Turturro...

John Turturro, Santino Fontana, Marin Mazzie and the cast of Zorba! at Encores! celebrated their first performance at New York City Center on May 6, 2015. Click for photos of the festivities, then see the produ…

The Kander and Ebb musical returns to the stage courtesy of New York City Center Encores!

The City Center Encores! production of the classic Kander and Ebb musical Zorba! plays the famed Manhattan venue through May 10. Members of the cast pick their favorite Kander and Ebb songs as part of this week…

New York City Center’s 2015 Encores! season comes to a close with John Kander and Fred Ebb's Zorba! The cast includes John Turturro (as the titular Greek) Adam Chanler-Berat, Robert Cuccioli, …

John Turturrostars in the title role of Zorba, joined byAdam Chanler-Berat,Robert Cuccioli,ElizabethA. Davis,Santino Fontana,Marin Mazzie,Robert Montano,Carlos ValdesandZoe Wanamakerin Zorba, running for seven …

Click for photos from the new Encores! production of Zorba!, starring John Turturro, Marin Mazzie, Santino Fontana and more. See the new revival May 6 through 10 at New York City Center.

The rarely-seen tuner also starring Santino Fontana, Zoë Wanamaker, and Marin Mazzie, returns to New York via City Center Encores!