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Her new show contains much of the familiar material that has made her every Broadway diva's worst nightmare, but what makes it work so beautifully is the range of artistry she shows as a song interpreter when the masks are lowered and it's just Christine Pedi up there.
Jerry Herman, Barbara Cook and Angela Lansbury watch the made-for-PBS doc 'Words and Music by Jerry Herman' with museum members in NYC.
On Thursday, June 28th at 6:00 pm, there will be a special free event at The Drama Book Shop (250 W. 40th St.) by Richard Seff.
Westchester Broadway Theatre is presenting Gypsy, with nine-time Mac Award winner Karen Mason as Mama Rose, May 31st-August 4th, with press night June 8th.
National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) will hold its Annual Chairman's Awards Gala and benefit on Monday, May 21 at New York's Tavern On The Green
Curtains may not be the kind of show that flies you into musical comedy heaven, but for two hours and forty minutes it cruises securely in the air stream of sock-o.
The Town Hall will present 'Broadway By the Year: The Broadway Musicals of 1959' on Monday April 30 at 8 PM.
Legendary Tony Award-winner Elaine Stritch will join the cast of the NBC hit '30 Rock.'
We got the chance to talk with Jim Brochu and Steve Schlachlin the creators, songwriter, book writer, and stars of the, relatively, new Off-Broadway show 'The Big Voice: God or Merman'. The discuss whether they are characters or not, and what happens when they are replaced... We also hear them perform two songs from the show in an exclusive, in-studio performance!
Betty Hutton, the dynamic blonde who starred in the film version of Annie Get Your Gun and appeared as Miss Hannigan during the original Broadway run as Annie, has died at the age of 86.
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.
We interview theater veteran Christine Pedi who is now in Talk Radio with Liev Schreiber. She also discusses her long-standing relationship with Forbidden Broadway and the perils of NOT being typecast.
The UNLV Performing Arts Center presents Forbidden Broadway's 25th Anniversary Celebration as part of the New York Stage & Beyond Series at 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 24
In celebration of Black History Month 2007, Actors' Equity Association's (Equity) Equal Opportunity Employment Committee (EEO) and the Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) will present 'The Gypsy Robe - In 'Our' Time,' a salute to the contributions of the African-American Chorus Actor and the Gypsy Robe tradition, on Monday February 12
Marge Champion and Donald Saddler, as well as a bevy of Ethel Merman impersonators, helped celebrate the Gypsy star's 99th birthday on Tuesday, January 16th at the Actors Temple Theater
Marge Champion (Hello, Dolly!, Follies) and Donald Saddler (Mary Martin and Ethel Merman: Together on Broadway, My Fair Lady, Follies), as well as an array of Ethel Merman impersonators, will help celebrate the Gypsy star's 99th birthday on Tuesday, January 16th
In honor of Ethel Merman's 99th birthday on January 16th, the Off-Broadway hit musical The Big Voice: God or Merman? will make the evening special by celebrating the legendary Broadway belter
Theatre legend Elaine Stritch has joined the star-studded cast of 'Follies in Concert,' which will be presented at the London Palladium on February 4th, 2007 at 7:15 PM
The Prince Music Theater welcomes back a Philly favorite. From 'Annie' to 'Annie', McArdle not only gets her man but wins the home crowd.
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