BWW Reviews: Jim Brochu's CHARACTER MAN is a Triumphant, Tour de Force Tribute To Iconic Musical Theater Stars
by Stephen Hanks
- Jul 12, 2013
About halfway through Jim Brochu's Saturday, June 29 performance at the Metropolitan Room of his new show Character Man, I realized I was witnessing what was probably the best cabaret show I'd seen this year, and perhaps was one of the best in my almost three years of reviewing cabaret. By the time the show ended, I had changed my mind. Not because the show fell apart in the second half, but because what Jim Brochu had created (and is opening tonight at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs, Florida, where it will be performed until August 11) was more than a cabaret show. Character Man is a delightful, extremely well-crafted Off-Broadway theater piece that is destined for a run that might rival his critically-acclaimed one-man Zero Mostel tribute show, Zero Hour, which played throughout the country between 2006-2012 and earned Brochu 2010 Drama Desk and Helen Hayes Awards.
Musicals Tonight! Presents SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR at Theatre Row, Now thru 4/14
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 2, 2013
Musicals Tonight! will present Same Time, Next Year, the Musical, based on Bernard Slade's 1975 play Same Time, Next Year with music and lyrics by Stan Daniels. This is a new work, never before seen in New York. It will run tonight, April 2-14, 2013 at The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row.
Musicals Tonight! to Present SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR at Theatre Row, 4/2-14
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 17, 2013
Musicals Tonight! will present Same Time, Next Year, the Musical, based on Bernard Slade's 1975 play Same Time, Next Year with music and lyrics by Stan Daniels. This is a new work, never before seen in New York. It will run April 2-14, 2013 at The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row.
Photo Flash: CTG's ENTER LAUGHING Benefit Honors Carl Reiner
by Kelsey Denette
- Jan 29, 2013
In honor of comedy legend Carl Reiner's 75 years in the business, Center Theatre Group presented a staged reading of 'Enter Laughing, The Musical,' which is inspired by Reiner's experiences as a young man struggling to break into theatre in New York. The one night only event directed by Stuart Ross ('Forever Plaid'), was performed at the Mark Taper Forum on Monday, January 28, 2013.
Center Theatre Group Announces ENTER LAUGHING, THE MUSICAL Reading to Honor Carl Reiner, 1/28
by Kelsey Denette
- Jan 9, 2013
In honor of comedy legend Carl Reiner's 75 years in the business, Center Theatre Group is presenting a staged reading of "Enter Laughing, The Musical," which is inspired by Reiner's experiences as a young man struggling to break into theatre in New York. The one night only event directed by Stuart Ross ("Forever Plaid"), Mark Taper Forum on Monday, January 28, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. is already sold out.
Review - Loni Ackerman's Next To Ab-Normal
by Ben Peltz
- Oct 21, 2012
I suppose there's nothing unusual about a little kid waking up one morning to see a group of her parents' friends socializing around the family piano. It's just that when you're young Loni Ackerman, those friends include Mayor John Lindsay, Ted Kennedy, Ralph Nader, several members of the Black Panthers and, playing the piano, football star Rosie Greer.
RED, HOT AND BLUE and More Set for Musicals Tonight's 2012-13 Season
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 3, 2012
Musicals Tonight has announced its 2012-2013 Season-it's 15th-which begins October 2 with Red, Hot and Blue at The Lion Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street. The season continues with Fade Out - Fade In, Strike Up the Band, Same Time, Next Year and Leave It to Jane. More details below!
TV: Around the Broadway World 9/15 - Not Quite on Broadway - YET!
by Craig Brockman
- Sep 15, 2011
Check out BroadwayWorld TV's Around the BroadwayWorld for 9/15 featuring Songs from shows not quite on broadway including 'Now' - Dr. Zhivago, 'Second Hand Lions' - Megan Hilty, Time After Time, Turn of the Century: Behind the Scenes, Enter Laughing, the musical.
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