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In the dance world, as in the for-profit sector, it may be wise to follow the...-- Delivered by Feed43 service
"I'm not a ballet fan yet, but I love dance, the movement, the liveliness...-- Delivered by Feed43 service
Andrea Martin, whose performance as Berthe in the 2013 revival of...-- Delivered by Feed43 service
A veteran New York drag performer and playwright, Busch was doing a nightclub...-- Delivered by Feed43 service
Musicals spring to life through the efforts of a creative team comprising a...-- Delivered by Feed43 service
The devilishly funny and demonically dark comedy about management consultants...-- Delivered by Feed43 service
Ana (Rinabeth Apostol) and her father, Caleb (Brian Herndon), work with and...-- Delivered by Feed43 service
For a company that prides itself on reviving seldom-seen musicals, 42nd Street Moon has picked a real doozy. The only collaboration between three musical theater giants " composer Richard Ro…
When John Travolta shocked theater fans by mangling the pronunciation of Idina Menzel's name at the Oscars, one person saw a gift in the slip " Damian Bazadona.
The 34-year-old San Jose Repertory Theater Company announced Wednesday that it has filed for bankruptcy and will cease operations Monday.
Cathy Rigby, seemingly forever young, is flying again as Peter Pan.
The onetime Olympic gymnast who became famous for hawking feminine hygiene products on TV reinvented herself as an actor …
"A lot can happen in a New York blackout. Stars are seen. Time stops. Dreams are realized, smashed or revived. Marriages, too. And lives. Songs are sung, tales intertwine and - in the case o…
When Robert Lopez graduated from Yale College in 1997 with a degree in English, he moved back in with his parents in Greenwich Village and stayed for four years. To finance his musical-theat…
San Francisco audiences are about to enter a theatrical time machine with the dial spun back 35 years. Where they land, in a warmly awaited musical "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City" tha…
Hugh Jackman remembers his earliest encounter with musical theater. He was 5 years old, playing King Arthur in "Camelot," and the crown kept slipping down his head and over his nose.
Broadway star's set a letdown by Octavio Roca
Broadway star's set a letdown by Octavio Roca
With 'By Jupiter,' Bay Area kicks off centennial of composer's birth
With 'By Jupiter,' Bay Area kicks off centennial of composer's birth
Susan Werner finds 'Misery & Happiness' in her new album
by Derk Richardson
Werner is already planning her next project -- an album of what she calls "original jazz standards" inspired by the mature, sophisticated and somewhat more formalized style of the great Broadway songwriters, such as Cole Porter, Cy Coleman and George & Ira Gershwin. She already dedicates a segment of her live concerts to such material.
Former sitcom star takes on meatier role in Broadway's 'Stones'
