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An accomplished musical theatre supporting player takes on the title role in CSC's production of Brecht's classic drama.
Digging deep into Broadway's trove of behind-the-scenes accounts, we discovered some gems. With these crazy stories, Jackie Hoffman's not the only thing from Mattres…
The theater rebuilt its audience with a canny mix of art-house fare sprinkled with general-interest favorites. *
By: David Sheward Two heretofore supporting players take the center spotlight in musical revivals with varying results. Danny Burstein, a five-time Tony nominee in featur…
Over the past few years acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has organized the Christmas Busk on Grafton Street in Dublin, as a simple way to gather friends and play music.
The Transport Group revival of the Tony-nominated Once Upon a Mattress has been delighting audiences at The Abrons Arts Center. The musical comedy stars Jackie Hoffman …
With her outsized features, brassy voice and campy sensibility, Jackie Hoffman is an inveterate scene stealer. And that's a problem for the revival of Once Upon a Mattress that is playing in…
The stars of Transport Group's wacky new production talk about the origins of the classic musical and on bringing their own styles to the show.
Jackie Hoffman is famous for her combination of sarcasm and wit in a small, rubber-faced package and John "Lypsinka" Epperson, for his uncanny way of taking lip-synching to the heights of gr…
Here's a look at the trailer for "The von Trapp Family – A Life of Music," a new film from Dutch filmmaker Ben Verbong based on Agathe von Trapp's autobiography t…
Complete casting has been announced for the NETworks Presentations, LLC national touring company of Once — winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical — which wil…
Two Off-Broadway musicals aim for big laughs - and miss
"A princess is a delicate thing," sweetly sings the chorus of Once Upon a Mattress, the deliciously kooky musical in performances at the Abron Arts Center on the Lower East Side. But in this…
Today in 1996, the first Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress opened at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it ran for188 performances. Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by M…
With its first national tour wrapped, beloved folkindie blend Broadway musical ONCE will, once more, hit the road. Anew national tour of the eight-time Tony winning musical will launch in Ja…
The proposed £278m concert hall (Report, 17 December) is a prima facie case of the metropolitan cultural mafia at work. The problem with the arts in England is there is no concrete pol…
The Broadway musical Once may have closed last January, but the show's powerhouse bowling team lives on. The Broadway Bowling League completed its fall 2015 season with the Hoover Fixer …
Once Upon a Mattress, Photos by Carol Rosegg Once  Upon A Mattress is a very special show with a very talented cast. I was blown away by John  Lypsinka Epperson. I have seen him do lip…
The Tony-winning musical heads back out on the road.
Once Upon A Mattress Off Broadway, Transport Group at Abrons Arts Center Reviewed by Regina Robbins BOTTOM LINE: It's not the greatest musical ever written, but its stars, supporting cast, …
By Stephen Sorokoff and Jamie deRoy There were lots of beds at the opening night party for the Transport Group’s production of Once Upon A Mattress on Sunday, held at Hastens Lux…