Few directors and choreographers can get the sort of performance Kathleen Marshall drew out of Sutton Foster in the 2011 revival of ANYTHING GOES; few can get them to keep going, to push through an eight-minute act closer, with hefty tapping and belting. Fewer still can stitch it all up into one of the most rousing, palpitation-inducing musical moments in decades.
54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Kenita Miller in "Kenita Miller at 54 Below' on March 7th at 9.30 pm. Broadway's small but mighty Kenita Miller, of Xanadu, Dessa Rose, The Color Purple and more, makes her 54 Below solo debut with Lindsay Mendez, Margo Seibert, and Steven Flaherty joining her as special guests. This one night only event will feature a powerful collection contemporary and standard musical theatre songs, blues, and jazz.
"The Mother," a stage tale of class warfare, and "Passion," a musical of love and obsession, took home top honors for Oracle Productions and Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre respectively Monday, June 2, at Park West during the 41st Annual Non-Equity Jeff Awards ceremony recognizing excellence in non-union Chicago theatre. Oracle, with five awards, and Theo Ubique, with four awards, garnered the most honors at Monday night's ceremony.
SEUSSICAL JR. by Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, directed by Andy Baldwin with musical direction by Lynn Ambrose and choreographed by Stephanie Butler, will be presented by KD Studio and Imagination Players, April 25-28, 2013.
SEUSSICAL JR. by Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, directed by Andy Baldwin with musical direction by Lynn Ambrose and choreographed by Stephanie Butler, will be presented by KD Studio and Imagination Players, April 25-28, 2013.