The critically acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies played its final performance at the Marquis Theatre Jan. 22, 2012. We look back at the show's op…
Gillian Bevan has spent 25 years on and off the West End, appearing largely in musicals (Follies, The Boys From Syracuse, Road Show), as well as three years in playwright/director Alan Ayckb…
Initially launching in 2010 with a two-parter from Lion King cast members Ben Jeffrey and Fred Berman, Playbill.com's Two-Show Day photo feature series has taken readers backstage and in…
Initially launching in 2010 with a two-parter from Lion King cast members Ben Jeffrey and Fred Berman, Playbill.com's Two-Show Day photo feature series has taken readers backstage and in…
If it is holiday cheer you seek this week, look no further than Signature Theatre's Holiday Follies. The cabaret features four of the Washington area's most talented performers, Eleasha Gamb…
Will Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical Follies, which won the Grammy Award in 1987 for its famed Lincoln Center concert, take home a second trophy, or will Broadway's Once, which received t…
Cast recordings of the Broadway musicals Newsies, Once, Follies, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Nice Work If You Can Get It are among nominees of 55th Annual Grammy Awards, announced …
"Once" is once again in the awards spotlight. The original cast recording for the popular Broadway show is among the Grammy nominees this year in the category of musical theater albums. T…
Nominations for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced tonight by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determin…
Holly Gauthier-FrankelHow to Enter Vaudevilleby Keith Waterfield"Let's fuck and make art." Those words solidified the relationship between Alain Mercieca and me a year ago. We first met at T…
While top-notch shows are onstage at the city's professional houses, there are also ambitious, inventive, dare I say "must-see" productions at area colleges. Cleveland State Univer…
Ron Raines is currently playing literary fat cat Joseph Pulitzer in Disney’s hit Broadway musical Newsies, fresh off his Tony-nominated performance as Benjamin Stone in last seaso…
Executive Producer and actor/comedienne Jaime Pressly has joined forces with Creative Director Lisa Eaton to bring to the stage The RouGe FoLLiEs " an electrifying vaudevillian entertainment…
A few years back I wrote about those puckish political provocateurs the Billionaires for Bush here and here. Now they are back just in time to lampoon Mitt Romney before (I hope) he disappea…
Renowned, powerhouse vocalist and entertainer Lorna Luft will headline the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies newest incarnation, DANCE TO THE MUSIC, when it opens today, November 1 in the histor…
Helene Leonard, Paul Hartman, Ashley NillStages presented Frankenstein Follies, a Halloween musical review @ Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor. The show was Directed and Choreographed by …
Ron Raines has been a musical theater stalwart for more than 30 years, playing such iconic roles as Gaylord Ravenal in Show Boat, Frederik Egerman in A Little Night Music, and Ben Stone in F…
Newsies, the Tony Award winning new American musical, has just welcomed 2012 Tony Award nominee Ron Raines as Joseph Pulitzer. In this edition, Richard chats with Ron about playing the villa…
Celebrating excellence in Chicago-area Equity theater, the 44th annual Joseph Jefferson Award winners were announced Oct. 15 at a gala event. The evening’s top winners included the Goo…
The winners of the 44th Annual Jeff Equity Awards, which honor the best of Chicago’s theater offerings, were announced in a ceremony at Drury Lane Oakbrook on October 15. Among the big…
The Goodman Theatre's production of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh and Chicago Shakespeare Theater's revival of Follies each took six Joseph Jefferson Awards at the Oct. …
The gala 44th Annual Jeff Equity Awards ceremony honoring excellence in professional theatre produced within the immediate Chicago area was held on Monday, October 15, at Drury Lane Oakbrook.
The Goodman Theatre's production of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh and Chicago Shakespeare Theater's staging of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's musical Follies took the top honors a…
Two of the most accomplished productions in the history of Chicago theater — "Follies" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and "The Iceman Cometh" at the Goodman Theatre — shared top …
The Jeff Awards, celebrating excellence in Chicago-area Equity theatre, will be given out Oct. 15. A dozen new plays or adaptations are in the mix, pointing to Chicago as a continuing breedi…