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Theater Stories: AIN'T TOO PROUD, The Premiere of PIPPIN, The Debut of Mary Martin & More About The Imperial Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 12, 2020

This week's Theater Stories features the Imperial Theatre. Learn about the stars and shows to have graced the theatre's stage, including Ethel Merman in Annie Get Your Gun and Gypsy; the Broadway premiere of Mary Martin; the theatre's current show, Ain't Too Proud, and much more!

BWW Review: Bryce Pinkham Overthrows The Government as MasterVoices Presents Gershwin Satire LET 'EM EAT CAKE
by Michael Dale - Nov 23, 2019

'I've got a little favor to ask of you,' an American president asks the members of the Supreme Court on the night he's lost his re-election bid.

BWW Review: The York Serves Up Vintage Cole Porter With FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN
by Michael Dale - Oct 5, 2019

Say what you will about ANYTHING GOES and KISS, ME KATE, but for this musical theatre lover, there's no finer Cole Porter score than the one he whipped up for the 1929 hit, Fifty Million Frenchmen.

BWW Review: Bryce Pinkham and Denee Benton Mix Love and Politics in MasterVoices' OF THEE I SING
by Michael Dale - Nov 7, 2017

Back in 1931, when the firm Kaufman, Ryskind, Gershwin & Gershwin had the novel idea to infuse that stodgy old music/theatre entertainment, the Broadway operetta, with the jauntiness of showtune and a chaotic mixture of comedic highbrow and lowbrow to tell the tale of an unqualified, but charismatic American politician who rides a wave of popular support for his questionable platform to the United States presidency, musical comedies typically employed a bit more on-stage and front-of-stage talent than audiences are accustomed to seeing nowadays.

All Aboard! STAGES St. Louis' ANYTHING GOES Sets Sail Today
by BWW News Desk - Jul 17, 2015

STAGES St. Louis continues the voyage through its 29th season with the tap-happy Broadway classic, Anything Goes. The de-lovely Cole Porter musical comedy from Broadway's Golden Age kicks off performances today, July 17th, where it will run through August 16th at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood.

All Aboard! STAGES St. Louis' ANYTHING GOES to Set Sail on July 17
by BWW News Desk - Jul 1, 2015

STAGES St. Louis continues the voyage through its 29th season with the tap-happy Broadway classic, Anything Goes. The de-lovely Cole Porter musical comedy from Broadway's Golden Age will run July 17th - August 16th at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood.

Review - Anything Goes, The Motherf**ker With The Hat & High
by Ben Peltz - Apr 25, 2011

If there's one thing this town can't resist it's a gal who can reinvent herself, and in director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall's smashing new revival of the Cole Porter classic, Anything Goes, Sutton Foster foregoes the spunky wholesomeness that made her a Broadway star for a sleek, sophisticated and sexy turn as nightclub singer turned evangelist, Reno Sweeney.

Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater Hosts ANYTHING GOES Casting Auction, 11/14
by BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2009

The Victory Gardens Theater will host their 28th Annual Casting Auction, one of Chicago's most unique benefit fundraisers on Saturday, November 14 at 6 pm at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater.

Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater Hosts ANYTHING GOES Casting Auction, 11/14
by Jessica Lewis - Oct 23, 2009

The Victory Gardens Theater will host their 28th Annual Casting Auction, one of Chicago's most unique benefit fundraisers on Saturday, November 14 at 6 pm at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater.

Martini Talk: Attend The Tale Of Songs That Were Cut
by BWW - Dec 31, 2007

Do you have a favorite theatre song that didn't make it into its show's movie version? I have several.

Fifty Million Frenchmen: They Can't Be Wrong
by Michael Dale - Sep 22, 2006

Lost Musicals revives Cole Porter and Herbert Fields' witty escapist fluff about Americans in Paris

Lee, Pedi, Etc. Set to Find 'Frenchmen' for Lost Musicals
by BWW News Desk - Aug 29, 2006

Sondra Lee, Christine Pedi and KT Sullivan will star in Lost Musicals' upcoming staged concert presentation of Cole Porter's '20s musical Fifty Million Frenchmen

Lost Musicals to Dust Off Porter's Fifty Million Frenchmen
by BWW News Desk - Aug 24, 2006

Following last year's presentation of Silk Stockings, Lost Musicals will again dip into the Cole Porter repertoire for its next show, Fifty Million Frenchmen

Jenny Powers Rounds Out Cast of Encores! Of Thee I Sing
by BWW News Desk - Apr 24, 2006

Jenny Powers has been cast as Diana Devereaux in the Encores! production of Of Thee I Sing, running from May 11th through 15th

Barefoot In The Park: Make Them Hear You
by Michael Dale - Mar 6, 2006

A leading lady who yells her lines and a director going for too much realism saps much of the humor from this Neil Simon classic

Victor Garber Cast as Wintergreen in Encores! Of Thee I Sing
by BWW News Desk - Oct 7, 2005

Victor Garber will play John P. Wintergreen in the Encores! production of the Gershwins' Of Thee I Sing, which will run from May 11th through 14th, 2006

Of Thee I Sing Added to Encores! Season, May 11-15
by BWW News Desk - Sep 17, 2005

The Gershwins' satiric musical Of Thee I Sing will be the third entry in City Center's Encores!' 2006 season