What kind of write-up would the drama and literary critic Richard Gilman have given to his own memorial service at Symphony Space in Manhattan yesterday?
Hollywood might want to take note of just how director-choreographer Kenny Ortega and writer Peter Barsocchini eluded the sophomore slump with this winning sequel to the Disney Channel megah…
Here is the annual list of high school musicals in Western Pennsylvania. Although some shows have begun, most are scheduled from the beginning of March through the first week in May.
Musical based on hit Witherspoon film isn't as charming
People have told Hunter Foster that he's crazy: After more than 130 performances since March on Broadway, he's taking a break -- to star for two weeks in a completely different show at Cape …
Michael Billington: "If box-office revenues increase while attendances show a marginal dip, it can only be for one reason: higher ticket prices. All the same I worry that we shall soo…
Let's get one thing straight from the start: any show that can get kids into a theatre and have them on their feet cheering by the end is just fine with me. And if it had nothing else going for it, High School Musical, which opened last night at the Princess of Wales Theatre, would deserve your attention on those grounds. But it also happens to a bright, buoyant musical comedy that will leave you clapping your hands and grinning as happily as the kids you've brought with you.
The new year has been gloriously keeping its promise: In the first two months of 2008, we've been treated to full-bodied storytelling.
By its closing number, celebrating both individualism and togetherness, "HSM" has managed to become sheer ebullience.
It's a testament to Jackman's solid bankability that Fox was willing to greenlight Carousel, essentially a no-brainer whose built-in audience of 14 avid PBS watchers will ensure an opening weekend in the low to mid three-figures.
Now in its 77th year, this vintage musical gets a fresh, frothy production that proves it can be as effervescent as ever.