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Need a holiday pick-me-up? Looking for something fun to do with family in town? Look no further than these 7 cabaret shows in NYC - all with tickets still available. From Melissa Errico to jazz and original holiday songs, this list has it all!
In 2015, Vanity Fair published an article about the first super agent in Hollywood, Sue Mengers. Mengers career started where all women agents started in 1961, as a secretary. It was the same year she met the not-yet legendary Barbra Streisand, “before she lost the ‘a’,” quips Cathy Moriarty as Mengers in The Bents staging of John Logan’s play, I’LL EAT YOU LAST: A Chat With Sue Mengers, which premiered on Friday, December 6.
Cynthia Erivo is looking to follow in the footsteps of an industry legend. With the Wicked movie achieving massive success, Erivo has named actress, singer, and director Barbra Streisand as one of her greatest inspirations in her career. She also revealed that she is 'learning towards' directing herself. Learn more here.
FUNNY GIRL is one of the crown gems of the American Musical Theater. Kansas City audiences will be treated to a first-class production of a show that many theater buffs know about but have never seen. Tuesday night’s performance starred Leah Platt in the lead role of Fanny Brice. Leah has a gangbuster voice fully displayed as she plows through an excellent score with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Merrill.
Marvin Laird the award-winning Broadway and film composer, conductor and musical director for world famous artists passed away on December 2, 2024 at age 85 from natural causes. Read more about Laird's life and career.
The Jewish Plays Project has announced the seven finalists for the 14th National Jewish Playwriting Contest, chosen from over 350 submissions from 28 states and 4 countries.
One of the fun parts of reviewing shows in Kansas City is the occasional opportunity to meet and interview some of the talented touring performers who come through with road productions of Broadway shows.
The Fred Ebb Foundation in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company will present the twentieth annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters to the team of Cheeyang Ng & Eric Sorrels. Learn more!
Mark your calendars, music lovers! Pompano Beach Arts' Jazz Fest Pompano Beach will return to the City's beautiful shore in January. See the lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.
Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Lorna Luft and Andrea McCardle and more.
New York's Urban Stages has announced the 16th annual awarding-winning cabaret series, Winter Rhythms, with performances from Wednesday, December 4th through Sunday, December 15th. This celebrated series will benefit Urban Stages' Outreach, Arts in Education programs.
Bob Anderson will be making his return to Carnegie Hall this December. In Our Kind of Town, Anderson will bring Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett together again.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center will present an intimate evening with David Foster and Katharine Mcphee performing their hits and holiday favorites.
What did our critic think of FUNNY GIRL at Aronoff Center?
Five Senior Citizen Las Vegas Drag Queens go to group therapy in the new play DIVA THERAPY, currently running at Theater for the New City.until Sunday, November 24. See photos from the show.
Watch a video clip from Criterion's new audio interview with FUNNY GIRL (1968) star Barbra Streisand. Now available on 4K UHD & Blu-ray—Barbra Streisand makes a screen debut for the ages in William Wyler’s Oscar-winning musical spectacular.
Broadway leading man Hugh Panaro celebrates the release of his new CD Man Without a Mask with a one-nighter December 5, 2024, at the Catalina Bar & Grill. Songs from the CD recorded over two nights at 54 Below will be featured amongst some other favorites of Hugh.
The Golden Globes® has announced that actress, producer and Golden Globe winner Viola Davis has been named the Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree for 2025.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is November 20, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
The Society of Composers & Lyricists announced Giorgio Moroder will receive the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Jeff Beal to receive SCL Ambassador Awards.
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