This week, continuing our show-by-show analysis of the entire canon of Stephen Sondheim's theatre scores, we are taking a listen to the various cast recordings of that other legendary musical Sondheim helped to create early in his career, a show which is currently wowing them every night in its hit revival at the Broadway Theatre, WEST SIDE STORY.
The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs has announced the nominees for the 2010 24th Annual MAC Awards. The ceremony honoring the nominees, will take place on May 4, 2010 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, and will be hosted by Sharon McNight. Leslie Uggams will be honored for Lifetime Achievement, with Board of Directors Awards being presented to Peter Leavy and playbill.com. The event will begin at 7:30pm. Doors open at 6:00pm. Lennie Watts will direct the evening, with Tracy Stark musical directing.
Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company is premiering the new musical Time After Time at Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse Feb. 26 through Feb. 28 and March 11 through March 14.
Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company is premiering the new musical Time After Time at Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse Feb. 26 through Feb. 28 and March 11 through March 14.
The ladies are back again! Brenda Jean Foley and Audrey-Maeve Hager are back by popular demand and proud to present two more performances of their cabaret Then Comes Marriage, a journey into the joys and aggravations of marriage.
The ladies are back again! Brenda Jean Foley and Audrey-Maeve Hager are back by popular demand and proud to present two more performances of their cabaret Then Comes Marriage, a journey into the joys and aggravations of marriage.
At the "theater-in-the-round" Marriott Theatre in Chicago's northern suburb of Lincolnshire, for the next two months or so, theatergoers will find a different sort of "My Fair Lady" than the one they might expect to find. Now, it is hilarious, very truthful and detailed, and its leading performances are gutsy and intelligent,....
The ladies are back again! Brenda Jean Foley and Audrey-Maeve Hager are back by popular demand and proud to present two more performances of their cabaret Then Comes Marriage, a journey into the joys and aggravations of marriage.
The ladies are back. After a debut at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in October, Brenda Jean Foley and Audrey-Maeve Hager are back by popular demand and proud to present two more performances of their cabaret Then Comes Marriage, a journey into the joys and aggravations of marriage. The shows take place on November 18th and 19th at 7PM at Don't Tell Mama and feature musical direction by Tracy Stark and direction by Julie Reyburn.
The ladies are back. After a debut at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in October, Brenda Jean Foley and Audrey-Maeve Hager are back by popular demand and proud to present two more performances of their cabaret Then Comes Marriage, a journey into the joys and aggravations of marriage. The shows take place on November 18th and 19th at 7PM at Don't Tell Mama and feature musical direction by Tracy Stark and direction by Julie Reyburn.
Leanne Masterton's intimate concert, Hollywood Ghosts, at the Jermyn Street theatre was an intriguing, informative and highly enjoyable evening. Firstly, the stories of the sadly almost unknown vocal stars of countless Hollywood musicals - Marni Nixon, Betty Wand, Carole Richards, India Addams, et al - were highly engaging. And, of course, the show was full of songs from some of the greatest of all movie musicals - The King and I, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, The Sound Of Music, Carmen Jones, etc.
The ladies are back. After a debut at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in October, Brenda Jean Foley and Audrey-Maeve Hager are back by popular demand and proud to present two more performances of their cabaret Then Comes Marriage, a journey into the joys and aggravations of marriage. The shows take place on November 18th and 19th at 7PM at Don't Tell Mama and feature musical direction by Tracy Stark and direction by Julie Reyburn.
Although operetta wasn't completely on its way out when Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II brought Music In The Air to Broadway in 1932, the popularity of the genre was indeed waning a bit as jazzy and witty scores by the likes of George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart and Cole Porter dominated the decade's theatre music. But the creators of Show Boat, just five years earlier, weren't done quite yet.
Reprise Theatre Company will present a month-long Richard Rodgers Celebration October 2-November 2 in a variety of venues across Los Angeles. The roster of talent involved continues to grow.
Fall in love all over again with one of the greatest musical films of all-time when My Fair Lady lands on DVD October 6 from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. Winner of eight Academy Awards® in 1964 including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, director George Cukor's My Fair Lady features an all-star cast including Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Gladys Cooper.
Following on from her highly acclaimed one-woman show, Hello Jerry!, a tribute to the iconic songwriter Jerry Herman, Leanne Masterton will bring back her unique combination of elegance, warmth, fun and classic cabaret to the London stage in November with her new show, Hollywood Ghosts.
Fall in love all over again with one of the greatest musical films of all-time when My Fair Lady lands on DVD October 6 from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. Winner of eight Academy Awards® in 1964 including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, director George Cukor's My Fair Lady features an all-star cast including Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Gladys Cooper.
The Tony Award® nominated hit musical IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage reinvention of the beloved classic film, directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Randy Skinner, with music supervision by Rob Berman, is pleased to announce Broadway principal casting.
James Clow, Melissa Errico, Tony Yazbeck and Mara Davi will star in the Broadway return production also starring Ruth Williamson, Peter Reardon, Remy Auberjonois, Cliff Bemis, Madeleine Yen and David Ogden Stiers, who will lead a cast of 33 in the limited holiday engagement at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway).