THE DRESSMAKER'S SECRET Gets Exposed Tonight at 59E59 Theaters
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 8, 2017
59E59 Theaters welcomes The Simon Studio and Amanagion LLC with THE DRESSMAKER'S SECRET by Sarah Levine Simon and Mihai Grunfeld, directed by Roger Hendricks Simon. THE DRESSMAKER'S SECRET begins performances tonight, February 8, for a limited engagement through Sunday, March 5. Press opening is Tuesday, February 14 at 7:30 PM.
BWW Review: DIRTY DANCING: THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE at Theater League
by Cary Ginell
- Feb 6, 2017
The success of the awkwardly titled Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage depends primarily on whether or not you were a fan of the motion picture it was closely modeled after. It's easy to say this since the stage version is nearly identical to the film, and in many ways works better as a live production. For the uninitiated or those who steered clear of the film, Dirty Dancing was one of the most successful motion pictures of the 1980s. The low-budget film became a surprise hit, earning $214 million at the box office and becoming the first film to sell more than a million copies on home video. The soundtrack LP, featuring a combination of original songs and vintage hits from the early 1960s, sold 32 million copies and spent four months on top of the best-selling album charts. Looking at the film from today's perspective, 30 years later, one wonders why it was so big. Though many remember the film as a charming coming-of-age story, critics called it 'schmaltzy,' citing the formulaic portrayal of its stock characters spouting trite dialog.
Orange Park Welcomes Olivia Newton-John at Thrasher-Horne Center
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 19, 2017
Internationally recognized four-time Grammy Award-winning singer, actress, community activist and breast cancer "thriver" OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN performs live in concert at the Thrasher-Horne Center in Orange Park on Saturday, March 4 at 8 PM. Tickets to the show go on sale Monday, January 23 at 10 AM.
Greasepaint Youtheatre Presents GREASE
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 13, 2017
Rock n Roll never forgets! Greasepaint Youtheatre is proud to present GREASE February 10-19, 2017. Rydell High's senior class of 1959 duck-tailed, hot-rodding 'Burger Palace Boys' and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking 'Pink Ladies' in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical.
BWW Album Review: HAIRSPRAY LIVE!
by Remy Holzer
- Jan 5, 2017
Skeptics of musical theater like to ask, 'But how do they know the song?' when characters join in during a musical number. One of the virtues of HAIRSPRAY is that the audience itself actually does this: the songs are so catchy that we start singing along. This is appropriate, given the show's message of inclusivity and empowerment of the ordinary. Marc Shaiman (music and lyrics) and Scott Wittman (lyrics) are responsible for the irresistible score of this show, set in Baltimore in the 1960s, that follows plucky, overweight teenager Tracy Turnblad's quest to integrate the 'Corny Collins Show,' an AMERICAN BANDSTAND-style teen dance party that she adores. Along the way, she falls in love with one of its stars, locks horns with another, makes new friends who are black and have a different perspective and a different way of dancing, and finds a place for herself on the show and in life. And her mother Edna and best friend Penny also benefit from Tracy's widening world.
BWW Preview: Choreographer Pat Birch is Candid on New CANDIDE at City Opera, Opening January 6 at the Rose Theatre
by Richard Sasanow
- Jan 4, 2017
Leonard Bernstein's CANDIDE has had more lives than that proverbial cat--the latest being New York City Opera's new take on it, opening on January 6 for a ten-performance run at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theatre. It is, once again, helmed by director Hal Prince and choreographer Pat Birch, who were responsible--with librettist Hugh Wheeler and conductor John Mauceri--for the resuscitation and renovation of the once-considered unproducible work, more than 40 years ago.
There'll Be Twice the Fun at Flappers Comedy Club with Two New Year's Eve Shows on Today
by BWW
News Desk
- Dec 31, 2016
Flappers Comedy Club and Restaurant will be ringing in the New Year with two headliner shows loaded with laughs, champagne toasts, and party favors on Today, December 31 at 7:30 PM (to ring in East Coast time) and 10:00 PM (to celebrate New Year's Eve LA style). Show tickets are $39.00, and are available at www.flapperscomedy.com.
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