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Broadway Scene Stealers: Coming Back A Star!

Broadway Scene Stealers: Coming Back A Star!

by Michael Dale — April 12, 2007

Two new CDs from Masterworks Broadway and PLAYBILL Editors' Choice feature two dozen star turns from performers who were little known on opening night.

Marcovicci's Weill in America CD Features Maggart, Etc.

by BWW News Desk — April 5, 2007

Andreasong and the 92nd Street Y, home of the long-running 'Lyrics & Lyricists' series, have announced the release of Kurt Weill In America, the new CD of the original concert conceived, written and directed by Andrea Marcovicci

In The Heights: Interesting People On 181st Street

by Michael Dale — March 13, 2007

Lin-Manual Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes's musical celebration of Washington Heights is easily one of the best musicals to open in New York this season, if not the best.

Masterworks & Playbill Debut 2 Editors' Choice Compilations

by BWW News Desk — March 11, 2007

Masterworks Broadway, a label born out of the SONY/BMG merger, has gathered together collection of these 'sleeper' hits sung by some of the theater's most talented performers in its new release, 'Broadway Scene Stealers,' featuring songs sung by supporting characters in musicals.

Davis, Malloy, and Palmer Join ENO's On the Town

by BWW News Desk — March 5, 2007

Joshua Dallas, Ryan Molloy and Sean Palmer will star as Gabey, Ozzie, and Chip in ENO's production of the original 'New York, New York' musical On the Town.

Nanette Fabray to Headline Damsels Dialogues in L.A.

by BWW News Desk — February 9, 2007

Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Nanette Fabray will headline the cast of The Damsel Dialogues, a new musical revue by Dick De Benedictis in which five women (and one guy) bare their souls in song and dance.

Her Song: Noteworthy Women

by Michael Dale — January 28, 2007

A new musical revue at Birdland salutes women songwriters from Katherine Lee Bates and Nora Bayes to Donna Summer and Stevie Nicks

Caroline O'Connor Returns as Star of ENO's On the Town

by BWW News Desk — January 24, 2007

Caroline O'Connor will return to ENO from April 20-May 25, 2007 to recreate her acclaimed performance as 'Hildy Esterhazy' in the record-breaking staging of Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical On the Town.

Kristin Chenoweth, Live At The Met: Silly And Sublime

by Michael Dale — January 22, 2007

A sense of flippant musical comedy silliness, combined with a legit soprano of crystalline clarity, provided a keen balance of artistry and entertainment in Kristin Chenoweth's Metropolitan Opera concert debut

High Fidelity: The Shop Around The Corner

by Michael Dale — December 22, 2006

The 13th performance of High Fidelity, also being the press performance I attended, wound up being the show's final night on Broadway.

That Time Of The Year: Getting Through The Holidays

by Michael Dale — December 8, 2006

This new musical revue spoofs all the dreaded stress that comes every December, like trying not to embarrass yourself at multiple holiday parties, keeping family gatherings civil, buying the right present for your better half and trying not to gain weight while everyone's throwing food in your direc

Photo Tribute: Betty Comden

by Walter McBride — November 24, 2006

BroadwayWorld presents a photo tribute to Betty Comden, whose work with the late Adolph Green epitomized Broadway's Golden Age

Broadway Legend Betty Comden Dies at 89

by BWW News Desk — November 24, 2006

Betty Comden, whose work with the late Adolph Green epitomized Broadway's Golden Age, has died at the age of 89, according to the New York Times


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