39 stories by "Joseph F. Panarello"
The musical THE FIG LEAVES ARE FALLING had a notoriously short run on Broadway the first time around. It is now being presented at Off Broadway's Connelly Theater and its star Jonathan Rays…
Anyone who follows the theater scene in New York realizes that hardly a year goes by when actor Darren Pettie isnt appearing on Broadway, Off Broadway or regional theater. Hes also been see…
The New York Music Theater Festival can easily be considered a harbor for the freshest talents in musical theater. Over a period of several weeks, an astonishing number of musical production…
In 1966 the Hallmark Hall of Fame presented a television adaptation of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidts Off Broadway musical THE FANTASTICKS. Ricardo Montalban appeared as El Gallo and Bert Lah…
A careful look through the New Testament indicates that Jesus Christ liked to eat. In addition to the notable Last Supper, he dined at the home of Martha and Mary grilled fish at the seashor…
The Cenacle Retreat Center lies in one of the most serene areas of Long Island. It is run by the Sisters of the Cenacle, a French religious order founded by St. Therese Couderec who died in …
Musical theater is filled with thrilling moments. Not the least of these is in PETER PAN, when Peter is trying to get the three Darling children to fly and young John finally utters the wor…
When a person handles public relations for legitimate productions that are running in New York City or elsewhere, they are accustomed to setting up in-person interviews with various cast mem…
Writers have been personifying the concept of Death for many ages. Geoffrey Chaucer made him a wizened old man who points some riotous characters to three bushels laden with gold in the stor…
One of the nicest aspects of seeing a play in The Roundabout's beautiful American Airlines Theatre is that it has fine acoustics. Little, if any, amplification is used when drama or comedies…
It's obvious that Bobby Steggert is beginning to feel very much at home in the bowels of Lincoln Center. He's in the very dressing room that he had less than a year ago when he appeared in t…
Walking along Ninth Avenue on an early Saturday evening after enjoying a light meal at one of the neighborhood sandwich shops, Maxwell Caulfield looks up at the Minskoff Building in the dist…
Anyone who watches the television shopping networks is familiar with QVC's Rick Domeier. The self-proclaimed Captain Midnight is usually on in the late night hours and has more energy than a…
Theatergoers of a certain age will remember walking past The Little Theatre now the Helen Hayes when Albert Innaurato's comedy GEMINI was running and seeing Kenn Duncan's black and white pho…