220 stories by "Sarah B. Roberts"
On November 2nd, the TIPA Project will present a free pre-Election Day event celebrating the Glory of America. Emmy and Golden Globe award winner Ed Asner, currently starri…
On November 8th, a new revival of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy begins previews at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway.
The Lincoln Center Theater production is directed by Bartlett Sher and assis…
Last night we gathered at Carnegie Hall to hear Barbara Cook sing and swing songs from her latest album, Loverman. Although the official day isn't until October 25th, this was a huge 8…
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Last Friday I saw Renée Fleming in the dress rehearsal of Otello at the Met. Unfortunately, I had to leave before the finale. That's okay, because I've seen it before and I'll …
I saw the first preview of Keen Company's revival of Marry Me a Little at the Clurman in Theatre Row. I loved it so much that I went back again last week and frankly I'd lo…
It's today: the first rehearsal for the Broadway revival of Clifford Odet's play Golden Boy. The production is directed by Bart Sher with costumes by Catherine Zuber and sets by …
My great Aussie friend Glenda sent me this photo of the giant advert for Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones in the upcoming Driving Miss Daisy at the QPAC in Brisbane. Glenda and her…
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Any day is a good day for a Deborah Kerr film festival, but today would have been her 91st birthday. It won't be particularly hard on my eyes - she made two movies with Yul Brenner, three wi…
Thanks to the producer's invitation to blogger night, I attended the first preview of the new revival of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" I have to say I'm feelin…
Between the publishing of the Autumn/Winter edition The Gentlewoman and the news of the next Wes Anderson film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, my Angela Lansbury Google Alert has p…
I saw the first preview of the Keen Company's revival of Marry Me a Little at the Clurman in Theatre Row. Lauren Molina and Jason Tam star. It's an veritable mash up of Stephen Sondhei…
I knew I would love this new album from Betty Buckley the minute she announced that she was recording it and naturally, I was right.
I had the opportunity to hear this repertoi…
Yesterday, I woke up to an email from my friend Kyle inviting me to see Madonna with him. He already had a purchased ticket, but won an upgrade and a guest invite via Twitter.&nbs…
I watched Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret this weekend. I'm still a little stunned. It's one of those New York City movies full of beautiful, hurting people and in which, the ci…
My daily pleasure includes reading tweets from @queen_UK, the anonymous twitter alter ego tweeting and posing as Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. She absolutely kills me! …
I was thrilled to receive an email from my friend Zachary Lacks letting me me know that The Amoralists have revived their brilliant production of The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side.…
Every evening of every August, I hold my breath while I check my mailbox. I know that it will be there soon. It is The Invitation from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation announci…
Some thoughtful soul has uploaded Renée Fleming's entire 2002 Théâtre du Châtelet concert on u-tube.
This was the concert that got me hooked on Renée and opera. It played on Ovat…
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All I need is these two: Joanna Gleason and Chip Zien. They were the original Baker and His Wife in Into the Woods. She won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.&nbs…
Now for iPad or dvd, brilliant actors, poets and scholars perform Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets. I am in love. Here, Dame Harriet Walter performs number 40:
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Thank you for this, PBS station WGBH.
Watch Julia Child's 100th birthday on PBS. See more from WGBH Specials.Subscribe to my adventures!
Big news: Betty Buckley has just shaared via facebook that she is slated to return to the London theatre as Countess Aurelia in the upcoming production of Dear World at Charing Cross Th…
