On Sunday night, June 11th, Broadway puts on its biggest show of the year...and theatre lovers on the West Coast will be flocking to the Skirball Center in L.A. for the Actors' Fund Tony Awards Party. The evening will be hosted by Sam Harris and will honor his longtime pal, Liza Minnelli, who will receive the Julie Harris Lifetime Achievement Award. I was lucky enough to catch Liza and Sam together in NY to talk about what is sure to be a great night, their history together and lots more...
star performance needs strong support. Even the greatest of leading ladies can't save a production boggled by misguided choices. It is too bad that Village Theatre's wonky new production of Hello, Dolly! is never able to live up to its delightful star (in her return to Seattle) Peggy O'Connell. With a solidly tuneful Jerry Herman score, a tight book by Michael Stewart, and opportunities for multiple star turns, you would expect this local revival to be a triumph. Sadly, director Steve Tomkins' tendency to gravitate towards the superficial requires O'Connell to make a difficult uphill climb. Stars of her caliber should never be subjected to this chore.
Kate Baldwin, Walter Charles and Jessica Snow-Wilson are among the performers who will join the previously-announced Tovah Feldshuh in the Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production of the classic Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart musical Hello, Dolly!, which will run from June 7th through July 23rd, with an opening night set for June 10th
Broadway: The Golden Age Week starts officially on Monday featuring daily, NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN footage from Rick McKay's Broadway: The Golden Age Vaults. To kick things off, we checked in with the filmmaker about the success of the film, its upcoming airing on PBS, the sequels and lots more...
Café Carlyle (located in The Carlyle Hotel, Madison Avenue at 76th Street), will present legendary concert artist Barbara Cook in a five-week engagement beginning March 1.
yIn light of the recent closing notice, the dancers of CHITA RIVERA: THE
DANCER'S LIFE have announced 'THE BROADWAY GIVES-BACK FUND,' whereby they
will subsidize the purchase of tickets to the final performances of CHITA
RIVERA: THE DANCER'S LIFE for students and up-and-coming performers. The
show play's its last performance this Sunday (2/19).
Chita Rivera will reunite with her legendary Bye, Bye Birdie co-star when Dick Van Dyke makes a special guest appearance in CHITA RIVERA: THE DANCER'S LIFE, it was announced by the show's producers. Mr. Van Dyke will appear in the musical for four performances: Tuesday, January 24 - Thursday, January 26, 2006.
Broadway legend Chita Rivera will play seven performances a week in The Dancer's Life, which begins Broadway previews on November 23rd and opens on December 11th
