Interview: Hannah Shankman of FUNNY GIRL at Ohio Theatre
by Paul Batterson - Mar 3, 2025
The road to success for Hannah Shankman has had plenty of roundabouts. Many a time she thought she was headed one way, and then she seemed to be veering in another, only to return to her original path.
EMPIRE: THE MUSICAL to Release Original Cast Album
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 18, 2024
EMPIRE: The Musical Original Off-Broadway Cast album will be released this winter. The story is told through the lens of three generations of dreamers and doers spanning New York City in the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and the Bicentennial Year of 1976. Learn more about the show and about the album.
Cast Announced for New York Theatre Barn's Choreography Lab
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 19, 2022
The 9th season of New York Theatre Barn’s Choreography Lab will continue on Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 at 7PM ET. The in-person presentation will also be streamed live from Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City.
Review: PIPPIN: Growing Up Is Hard To Do
by Nancy Grossman - Aug 8, 2022
The second and final production of Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston’s 2022 season is Stephen Schwartz’s PIPPIN, originally produced on the Broadway stage in 1972 with direction and choreography by Bob Fosse, and revived/reimagined in 2013 by Diane Paulus at the American Repertory Theater before going to Broadway. Undaunted by following in those two very large sets of footsteps, RMT Artistic Director Rachel Bertone forges her own path to stage a version that leads with an enlarged heart and a healthy helping of fun and whimsy.
PIPPIN Comes to the Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston in August
by Stephi Wild - Jul 19, 2022
Rachel Bertone, Artistic Director of Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, has announced the cast for Pippin, the 2nd and final production in the company's Summer 2022 season. Running from August 5-13, 2022 at the Robinson Theatre, 617 Lexington St. Waltham, MA, 02452, Pippin tells the tale of a young prince struggling to decide whether to pursue a peaceful life or to “make magic” with the dazzling troupe of performers that help tell his story.