Fred Barton News

On the night when baseball's all-stars were blasting dingers into the bleachers of Yankee Stadium, the cast of Scott Siegel's A Night At The Operetta, was having their own home run derby on the stage of Town Hall, knocking melodies by Victor Herbert, Sigmund Romberg and Rudolf Friml out of the park.  And in both cases, the crowd frequently went nuts.

Please forgive my delay, dear readers, in jotting down a few thoughts on the latest Scott Siegel enterprise, the second annual All Singin', All Dancin', which scorched the Town Hall stage last Monday night. What with a bundle of new shows to take in since then (and a biggie opening up tonight) sometimes the task of summarizing a one-night-only revue has to be set aside briefly to write about new, longer-running productions.

The Town Hall continues to present acclaimed Broadway concerts this July with its 3rd Annual Summer Broadway Festival. Presented on three consecutive Monday nights at 8PM, The Town Hall's 3rd Annual Summer Broadway Festival begins with Broadway Winners: The Award-Winning Music of Broadway! on Monday, July 13th at 8PM.

9 to 5's Megan Hilty joins the cast of Broadway Winners: The Award-Winning Music of Broadway! on Monday, July 13th at 8PM, which is presented by The Town Hall. Created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, with musical direction by Fred Barton and direction by Scott Thompson, Broadway Winners features the music created on the Great White Way that won Tonys, Grammys and Academy Awards.

The Town Hall continues to present acclaimed Broadway concerts this July with its 3rd Annual Summer Broadway Festival. Presented on three consecutive Monday nights at 8PM, The Town Hall's 3rd Annual Summer Broadway Festival begins with Broadway Winners: The Award-Winning Music of Broadway! on Monday, July 13th at 8PM.

Amas Musical Theatre presents two free performances of BURLY-Q! A Gay Burlesque, a show created by Phillip George (co-director of Forbidden Broadway) on Tuesday, October 22 at 7:30pm and Wednesday, October 23 at 6pm at the newly-restored Actors Playhouse, 100 Seventh Avenue South in New York.

Just in time for the Halloween season Hell in a Handbag kicks off it's 2008-2009 season with a spine-tingling, horror comedy parody under the big top. HAYWIRE!

Amas Musical Theatre presents two free performances of BURLY-Q! A Gay Burlesque, a show created by Phillip George (co-director of Forbidden Broadway) on Tuesday, October 22 at 7:30pm and Wednesday, October 23 at 6pm at the newly-restored Actors Playhouse, 100 Seventh Avenue South in New York.

Miranda Towers had it all- a promising singing career, a dashing husband, a loving a daughter, and her very own circus! Then, one day that world came tumbling down and Miranda went from wearing a top hat to a strait-jacket. Fast forward 15 years to 1966- Miranda returns to her circus a broken woman, when a mysterious and gruesome string of 'accidental' deaths occur. Is Miranda making up for lost time? See for yourself in this deliriously over-the-top homage to 60's horror b-movies.

Just in time for the Halloween season Hell in a Handbag kicks off it's 2008-2009 season with a spine-tingling, horror comedy parody under the big top. HAYWIRE!

Hell in a Handbag Productions is proud to announce the Chicago premiere of HAYWIRE!, a deliciously comic horror parody set under the grit and the glamour of the big top.

Hell in a Handbag Productions is proud to announce the Chicago premiere of HAYWIRE!, a deliciously comic horror parody set under the grit and the glamour of the big top.

Hell in a Handbag Productions, Chicago's only theater company dedicated to the exploration and preservation of popular culture is proud to announce that they have been awarded a grant of $4000.00 from The Pauls Foundation towards the production of their upcoming Fall show, HAYWIRE!, a circus horror parody by Kevin Remington and Tim Wilkins with songs and special musical material by Fred Barton, opening at the Bailiwick Arts Center- Studio Theater, Oct. 13.

Hell in a Handbag Productions, Chicago's only theater company dedicated to the exploration and preservation of popular culture, parody and camp, now celebrating our sixth year of camptastic theater, is as giddy as a school girl to announce their official 2008-2009 season.

The final concert in Town Hall's Summer Broadway Festival, ALL SINGIN'! ALL DANCIN!' took place on July 28th at 8PM. The production of ALL SINGIN'! ALL DANCIN'! featured well known Broadway showtunes sporting brand new choreography exclusively created by Joshua Rhodes and danced by the talented Broadway hoofers of today, including Kendrick Jones, Megan Sikora, Melinda Sullivan, Lisa Gadja and Lorin Latarro.

The Town Hall continues to present acclaimed Broadway concerts this July with its 2nd ANNUAL SUMMER BROADWAY FESTIVAL created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for the Town Hall. Presented on Monday nights at 8PM is BROADWAY'S RISING STARS on Monday, July 21st and ALL SINGIN' ALL DANCIN' on July 28th .

A NIGHT AT THE OPERETTA on July 14th featured the sounds of Broadway music one rarely gets to hear anymore - Operetta - including music by Sigmund Romberg, Rudolph Friml and Victor Herbert. A NIGHT AT THE OPERETTA featured Alexander Gemignani, Lisa Howard, William Michals, Jennifer Hope Wills, Christine Andreas, Bill Daugherty, Brian Charles Rooney, Karen Murphy, John Easterlin, Jason Graae and Milla Ilieva. The show featured the dance talents of Eric Sean Fogel, J. Austin Eyer, Billy Harrigan Tighe, and Ben Franklin. The show is under the direction of Dan Foster with musical direction by Fred Barton

The Town Hall continues to present acclaimed Broadway concerts this July with its 2nd ANNUAL SUMMER BROADWAY FESTIVAL created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for the Town Hall. Presented on Monday nights at 8PM is BROADWAY'S RISING STARS on Monday, July 21st and ALL SINGIN' ALL DANCIN' on July 28th .

The Town Hall continues to present acclaimed Broadway concerts this July with its 2nd ANNUAL SUMMER BROADWAY FESTIVAL created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for the Town Hall.

he Town Hall continues to present acclaimed Broadway concerts this July with its 2nd ANNUAL SUMMER BROADWAY FESTIVAL created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for the Town Hall.