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Competition for plays is making some interesting bedfellows on the Boston theater scene.
How do you spell "outstanding"?
Easy. It's "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," the new musical comedy now having its world premiere at the Barrington Stage Company's Stage II.
With more than 230 animal puppets in the company of Disney's "The Lion King," puppet supervisor Willie Wilson's job is a bit like a zookeeper's.
How do you play a lion, a hyena or one of the other jungle beasts seen in "The Lion King?"
That's the biggest challenge for cast members of the musical, which arrives at the renovated Opera House tonight for a five-month run.
Julie Taymor interview.
When North Shore Music Theatre chose "Beauty and the Beast" for its summer schedule, it took on a challenge almost as daunting as turning the Beast back into a handsome prince: making the pr…
David Hasselhoff, star of TV's "Baywatch," is to appear as a lawyer in the London stage production of the hit musical "Chicago," promoters announced yesterday.
I'm reminded of Jimmy Kimmel's remark a few months ago, after Hasselhoff announced he would be recording a rap album:
"First TV, then theater, now rap -- is there anything this guy CAN do?"
Didn't Truman Capote advise us to be wary of answered prayers?
That's what came to mind while watching Charles Busch struggle through the opening-night performance of "Auntie Mame" at the Ogunquit Playhouse.
Plus Julianne Boyd and Barrington Stage.
Kristin Chenoweth took the night off from "Wicked" last night, and Broadway's loss was the Boston Pops' gain.
From the moment you take your seat at "Tom Jones: The Musical," it's clear this show belongs to director Gabriel Barre.
Uh, it's spelled KRISTIN...
