A director and performer with extensive previous experience at the theatre at St. Edward's University in Austin, she will take the reins from interim AD Robert Tolaro.
The composer ("Once Upon a Mattress"), young adult author ("Freaky Friday") and philanthropist Mary Rodgers wanted to write a memoir that was candid, cutting, dishy and vanity-free " the exa…
And how will you be celebrating Mary Shelley's birthday (1797-1851)? Having already written quite an extensive post on the influential author a couple of years ago, I thought this year I wou…
Manny's Cafeteria and Delicatessen (1141 S. Jefferson) is celebrating a staggering 80 years in business today, with special offerings and a cake cutting ceremony at lunchtime. The food is st…
Parade is coming back to the stage this fall at New York City Center, starring ben Platt and Miceala Diamond, and director Michael Arden and the show's production team are looking for one of…
In her candid memoirs, self-aware Mary Rodgers (1931-2014) states this about the princess protagonist of the show she worked on as composer in the late 1950s, Once Upon a Mattress: "Despite …
When Mary Poppins was on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre, it was a...
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FILM+TV The 13th annual BronzeLens Film Festival begins its six-day run on August 23,...
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Sondheim enthusiasts might know Mary Rodgers primarily as the married friend he consulted to learn about marriage so that he could write the musical "Company." Knowledgeable fans of Rodgers …
By Andrew Poretz . . . Mary Stallings, a world-renowned jazz vocalist who has sung professionally since her teens in the late 1950s, returned to Smoke for a four-night stand to continue the …
Rodgers, the daughter of theatrical legend Richard Rogers, was a songwriter, children's book author and philanthropist. Her memoir, Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers, is …
Outdoor productions of Shakespeare's plays during the summer have always been a welcome addition to the season. Allegedly, the origin of this practice occurred in 1884 at the Surry, England …
Composer Mary Rodgers's unsparing new memoir, equal parts hilarious and harrowing, tells of an eventful life in which musical theatre wasn't the only source of drama.
