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Stephen Sondheim: Seven Decades Of Broadway Musicals And Still Working
by Michael Dale - Nov 13, 2015


While working on a new musical with David Ives, the composer/lyricist reflects on what makes good musical theatre.

VIDEO: Chicago Announces Shakespeare 400, A Year-Long International Festival for 2016
by Michael Dale - Nov 13, 2015


Arts organizations from around the world will visit Chicago in 2016 to celebrate the work of William Shakespeare at the 400th anniversary of his passing.

FLASH FRIDAY: Miracle of Miracles! Austin Pendelton and Ethel Merman Star in 1977 Sitcom, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT HERE. It's Swell!
by Michael Dale - Nov 13, 2015


FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's original Motel teamed with the Broadway legend for a fun sitcom about the theatre biz.

VIDEO: MISERY's Director Will Frears and Playwright William Goldman Discuss Bringing Stephen King's Brilliance To The Stage
by Michael Dale - Nov 13, 2015


MISERY's playwright and director discuss the special details of their production created to bring the novelist's brilliance to the stage.

VIDEO: See How Sierra Boggess Warms Up For a Performance of SCHOOL OF ROCK
by Michael Dale - Nov 13, 2015


She may play the uptight Principal Mullins in SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL, but before performances Sierra Boggess looks cool as a cuke,

STAGE TUBE: Kristine Nielsen in Scenes From Taylor Mac's Subversive Comedy HIR
by Michael Dale - Nov 12, 2015


One again Taylor Mac deals with issues surrounding gender conformity.

Review Roundup: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
by Review Roundups - Nov 12, 2015


The Young Vic's critically-acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, directed by Ivo van Hove, opens tonight, November 12, at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say...

KING CHARLES III's Costume Designer Tom Scutt: Dressing The Future With An Eye On The Past
by Michael Dale - Nov 12, 2015


The play is styled as classically Shakespearean, but the characters are real life contemporaries with the action set in the future.

VIDEO: Peter Parnell's DADA WOOF PAPA HOT Explores Parenthood From Both Gay and Straight Perspectives
by Michael Dale - Nov 12, 2015


Peter Parnell's new play sees if there really is a difference between gay and straight parenting.

HAMILTON's Javier Muñoz, Broadway's Newest Once-A-Week Star
by Michael Dale - Nov 12, 2015


As Lin-Manuel Miranda's alternate in HAMILTON's title role, for one day a week,Javier Muñoz stars in the season's biggest Broadway hit.

VIDEO: Remembering Composer Michael Leonard's THE YEARLING With Three Barbra Streisand Recordings
by Michael Dale - Nov 12, 2015


While THE YEARLING was short-lived on Broadway, Barbra Streisand turned in classic performances of three of the score's songs.

Playwrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Dominique Morisseau, Annie Baker and David Henry Hwang Discuss Steinberg Award
by Michael Dale - Nov 12, 2015


Playwrights Talk about the importance of grants and awards for young writers.

BWW Review: Director Ivo van Hove Up To His Old Tricks With Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
by Michael Dale - Nov 12, 2015


A View From Abridged may be a better name for this cold and stripped down production.

VIDEO: Steve Martin, Edie Brickell's BRIGHT STAR Begins Rehearsals For Pre-Broadway Kennedy Center Premiere
by Michael Dale - Nov 11, 2015


The two authors and director Walter Bobbie talk about the excitement of creating a fully original musical.

TWITTER WATCH: Hillary Clinton Quotes HAMILTON Re: GOP Debate
by Michael Dale - Nov 11, 2015


HAMILTON Fever has apparently spread from our current president to a presidential hopeful.

Support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS: Bid On Christian Borle Message, Dinner With Mduduzi Madela, JERSEY BOYS Walk-On
by Michael Dale - Nov 11, 2015


An outgoing phone message from the SOMETHING ROTTEN! star, dinner with THE LION KING's Dialect Consultant, an on-stage appearance in JERSEY BOYS.

VIDEO FLASHBACK: Sgt. Irving Berlin With A Song For Veterans Day
by Michael Dale - Nov 11, 2015


Accustomed to New York's nightlife, the newly-drafted Broadway composer wrote this whimsical protest march.

Pictures Painting Words: Designers Discuss Their Artwork to Promote Arthur Miller Plays
by Michael Dale - Nov 11, 2015


A fascinating display of artistic interpretations of Arthur Miller productions.

Playwright/Novelist Gore Vidal's Final Drama; A Will That Pits Family Members Against Each Other
by Michael Dale - Nov 11, 2015


The celebrated author's entire estate was left to Harvard University, a school he never attended.

BWW Review: Piper Perabo Solid In John Pollono's Tense And Funny Lost Girls
by Michael Dale - Nov 11, 2015


Jo Bonney directs Pollono's latest about troubled working class New Englanders.

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