I have loved Into the Woods ever since I saw the 1987 production on PBS. The way it mashed up all those fairy tales into one story completely blew my mind — and then when most of the characters died, I couldn’t believe it. It was wild. Honestly, I still think it’s wild, and I’m still obsessed. So, when I heard that my favorite, Bob Bidewell, was directing this Stephen Sondheim classic (Book by James LaPine) at The Royal Theatre in Benton — playing through Sunday, March 16 — I knew I was ready to go back Into the Woods.
After a 1 year delay due to the pandemic, Cypress College Theatre Arts Department proudly presents HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. Featuring hit songs like, 'Good Morning Star Shine' and 'Aquarius', Hair was the first rock musical on Broadway, and tells the story of the 'tribe', a group of politically active, long-haired hippies during the anti-war, sexual revolution of the 1960s.
The talent at the Weekend Theater will blow you away at their production of SIDE SHOW (2014 Broadway Revival). Running through October 27, you do not want to miss this.
Climbing the corporate ladder has always been easy for some and difficult for others. In 1961, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING explained the secrets of success included luck, charm, connections and a willingness to use those things to personal advantage. Fans of the TV show Mad Men will certainly feel right at home in the early 60's world of the advertising business complete with pastel dresses and flip style hairdos for the hard-working office girls designed by Donna Fritsche using styles straight out of a 1961 fashion magazine, as well as the brightly colored desks and set pieces designed by Sean Gray and Naomi Kasahara. Watch in amazement as J. Pierrepont Finch's meteoric rise from lowly window washer to high-powered executive happens just by following the steps presented in a business self-help book. If only it were really that easy…
It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup. Today's SIPs come from the casts of ROCKY, NEWSIES, KINKY BOOTS, MATILDA, NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, Irish Rep's TRANSPORT, CINDERELLA, BOOK OF MORMON, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, MAMMA MIA!, GHOST and more!
BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our March 23rd SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured a first SIP from PIPPIN, plus shots from MATILDA, HANDS ON A HARDBODY, CINDERELLA, MOTOWN, ROCK OF AGES, KINKY BOOTS, WICKED, PASSION, F#%KING UP EVERYTHING, Encores! SUPERMAN, JERSEY BOYS, THE WIZARD OF OZ in Toronto, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, FLASHDANCE, WEST SIDE STORY, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, MARY POPPINS, SHREK and more!
BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our March 16th SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured more from MATILDA on Broadway, a 'gaggle' of ball gowns from CINDERELLA, MOTOWN's interpretation of HANDS ON A HARDBODY, KINKY BOOTS, NEWSIES, a sexy soccer SIP from ROCK OF AGES, Ben Vereen backstage at MISS AMERICA HOMECOMING, and shots from JERSEY BOYS, LES MISERABLES, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, PETER PAN, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, and more!
BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our March 9th SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured NEWSIES' Andrew Keenan-Bolger 'passing the crutch' to Andy Richardson, and first SIPs from MATILDA on Broadway, as well as pictures from WEST SIDE STORY, CINDERELLA, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, FLASHDANCE, HAIR, KINKY BOOTS, NICE WORK, LES MISERABLES and more!
It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature Andrew Keenan-Bolger's last SIP with the cast of NEWSIES before he moves on to TUCK EVERLASTING, a first intermission pic from HANDS ON A HARDBODY, plus photos from SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, KINKY BOOTS, SPIDER-MAN, THE FANTASTICKS, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, TOP HAT in the West End, THE WIZARD OF OZ in Toronto, FLASHDANCE, BUNNICULA, HIT THE WALL, MARY POPPINS, THE BOOK OF MORMON, ANYTHING GOES, ANNIE and much more!
BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our March 2nd SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured a preview of Laura Osnes' 'slippers' for CINDERELLA's opening tonight, a cute video from the cast of NEWSIES, FLASHDANCE meets 'Saved By The Bell', the KINKY BOOTS factory boys at the show's final dress rehearsal, and pics from THE BOOK OF MORMON, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, CHICAGO, THE WIZARD OF OZ in Toronto, ANYTHING GOES, A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER at The Old Globe and more!
BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our February 23rd SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured a first SIP from the cast of HANDS ON A HARDBODY, CINDERELLA, the LES MISERABLES 25th Anniversary Tour prepping for tonight's Oscars, and pictures from THE BOOK OF MORMON, THE FANTASTICKS, JERSEY BOYS, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, West End's TOP HAT, THE WIZARD OF OZ in Toronto, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, FLASHDANCE and more!
