'Damn Yankees' Reprise! to Star Derricks, Taylor, White
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 3, 2007
Jason Alexander, new artistic director of Reprise! Broadway's Best, announced that Cleavant Derricks, Meg Gillentine, Amelia McQueen, Ken Page, Ty Taylor, Lillias White and Jackee Harry would head up the cast of Damn Yankees. Damn Yankees will perform Tuesday, November 6 through Sunday, November 25 (opening November 7) at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.
Upright Cabaret Presents One Night Stands
by James Sims
- Sep 6, 2007
This September, Upright Cabaret returns to the place it all began for a festival of new generation cabaret. From a Broadway Diva to a Goddess...from a future Fashion Mogul to a Farm Girl. Shane Scheel, Chris Isaascson and Trapper Felides are thrilled to present an eclectic mix of some of the hottest talent in the country...
R&B Legends Ashford and Simpson to Play Feinstein's
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 26, 2007
Feinstein's at the Regency will open their Fall 2007 season with the return of Ashford and Simpson from September 12 - 29. Following their 2006 debut at the club, which opened to packed houses, the celebrated songwriters and performers will perform many of their greatest hits including 'I'm Every Woman,' 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough,' 'Solid' and 'Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand.' All shows are at the Regency Hotel
Glen Roven Describes 'Playing for the Stars'
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 12, 2007
'Not to brag, but I've stood upon some pretty rarified podiums,' writes Glen Roven. 'But to be honest, nothing competes in the thrill department with playing a piano for a Broadway legend who is recreating an original performance. Talk about musical comedy heaven.'
"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" Romps in the Regions
by Jan Nargi
- Jun 1, 2007
Once left at Broadway's sacrificial altar, the stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning MGM musical - and number three favorite musical of all time according to a BBC poll - is now living happily ever after in the theater world's less urbane communities
Krieger & Shanley, Townsend, Etc. Part of NYSF Season
by BWW News Desk
- May 11, 2007
According to NYTimes.com, the lineup for New York Stage and Film and Vassar College's 23rd Powerhouse summer theater season will include productions of John Patrick Shanley's Romantic Poetry: A Musical Play, featuring a score by Henry Krieger (Dreamgirls) and starring Mark Linn-Baker and Idina Menzel, Stephen Belber's (Match) new play, Geometry of Fire, and concert readings of Pete Towshend's new rock opera, The Boy Who Heard Music, and R-E-S-P-E-C-T, a musical featuring hit songs originally by Aretha
Franklin, Otis Redding, the Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett and more.
Review: WE WILL ROCK YOU
by Mark Andrew Lawrence
- Apr 29, 2007
When the show rocks, it really rocks. When it talks, it becomes embarrassingly amateurish.
* * 1/2 (out of five)
Open Calls Set for Bway-Bound Aretha Franklin Musical
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 16, 2007
Aretha Franklin, known internationally as the Queen of Soul, is presently searching for performing talent for a musical stage production of her autobiographical book, From These Roots
'Happy Fella' with Hearn Among '07 Ravinia Offerings
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 27, 2006
The Ravinia Festival's 2007 summer season will include performances by such Broadway stars as Tony-winners Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lillias White and Heather Headley, as well as a staged concert production of The Most Happy Fella
Marcic's Respect Not Just For the Girls
by Olena Ripnick
- Oct 25, 2006
This one is for the girls-and the boys, and the adults, and the kids...once you accept this show for what it is, you'll be in for one heck of a fun ride, complete with some of your favorite songs from the twentieth century.
'Beehive' rates an A+
by Michael A. Lever
- Sep 29, 2006
'Beehive' swarms the El Portal for a toe-tapping trip back to the 1960's
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