220 stories by "Sarah B. Roberts"
"Congratulations, you're a little crazy."
Stephen Sondheim to Bernadette Peters, after a recent performance of Follies. From "Bernadette Peters' Dark Road Returns to Broadway" …
Although Susan Graham is currently preparing for Iphigenia in Tauris in Toronto, she tweeted (via @mezzograham): Come to Blakemore Planetarium in Midland, at 5:30 on Mon…
Currently on display at the Times Square Visitor Center are various costumes on loan from the Theatre Development Fund Costume Collection.
The Theatre Development Fund (TDF) Th…
Tomorrow night, Wednesday, August 17th, there will be a free screening of the new documentary feature Carol Channing, Larger than Life . Presented by the New York City Parks Depa…
Capriccio Renée Fleming will be on Great Performances at the Met this Thursday, August 14th on PBS. Check your local listings.
Watch the full episode. See more Great Perf…
Photo by Pari Dukovic, New York Magazine
This is required reading - New York Magazine's Jesse Green's feature on Bernadette Peters and Follies:
Follies is about the psychosis of n…
"'I had friend that came to talk to me in Houston and he said, 'Here in Houston, if you dance, are talented, and extremely unusual they call you a sissy or a weirdo, in New York, they …
Hey Book of Mormon Fans! Boneau/Bryan-Brown, press agents for The Book of Mormon sent me the original cast album and souvenir program! But since I haven't seen th…
We are mere days away from the start of the 15th annual New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). One of the best selling plays of the festival is SAMMY GETS MUGGED!, a play …
After talking about it all season, I finally got around to seeing the Jez Butterworth Jerusalem at the Music Box on Broadway last week. My motivation to see it was mai…
I realized last night, as I was re-stocking and organizing my Ticket Vault, that I will be seeing three separate George Frideric Handel operas this season! I am extremely e…
After months of preparation, I proclaim the 2011/2012 Ticket Scramble a success. I, with a little help from my friends, pour over the websites and season brochures of the Metropol…
We heard today that Dr. Agnes Varis passed away on Friday. She was 81. Although I never met Dr. Varis, I felt very fond of her and often wished that I would cross paths wit…
On a whim, I bought a ticket for last night's one night only performance of Selma Jezková. As part of the Lincoln Center Festival, it was staged in the Rose Theatre, which was …
Finally, Renée is where she belongs: sandwiched between Captain America and Harry Potter!
Broadcasted into movie theatres via Fathom Events, Renée Fleming and Joseph Calleja a…
Yesterday I saw these Follies ads on the 1 train downtown platform at the 59th Street station. It slightly elevated my excitement that the Kennedy Center's production of Follies …
I appeared on the 71st episode of Stage Rush TV! Jesse North, the creator and host of Stage Rush, extended the invitation to come talk about Kate Baldwin's recent concert, …
I recently had the opportunity to see Zarkana at Radio City Music Hall. It's the latest production by Cirque du Soleil. They self-bill the show as an "irresistibly odd escape."&n…
Angela Lansbury is a "non-singing character actress." So sayeth Anne Midgette, critic of The Washington Post, in her review of the production of SWEENEY TODD at Wolf Trap. …
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