Review - Juno: Encores! Showcases The Beautiful Score Of A Troubled Musical
by Michael Dale
- Mar 30, 2008
With three different directors placing their marks on the material during its pre-Broadway tryouts and two actors who were not quite up to the vocal demands of the dramatic score playing the leads (Shirley Booth and Melvyn Douglas), Marc Blitzstein (music and lyrics) and Joseph Stein's (book) Juno, based on Sean O'Casey's Juno And The Paycock, limped into the Winter Garden in March of 1959 following high expectations (West Side Story had been ousted from the theatre to make room for it) and quickly closed up shop two weeks later.
Photo Flash: 'Juno' At New York City Center
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 20, 2008
Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark will be joined by Conrad John Schuck, Dermot Crowley, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Michael Arden in Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein's Juno, the second Encores! production of New York City Center's 2008 season. Directed by Tony Award- winner Garry Hynes with guest music direction by Eric Stern and choreography by Warren Carlyle, Juno will play for five performances, from March 27 - 30, at New York City Center, West 55th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues). This will be the first production since the original Broadway staging in 1959 to use the original orchestration by Blitzstein, Hershey Kay and Robert Russell Bennett.
Encores! 'Juno' to Star Schuck, Arden & Keenan-Bolger with Clark
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 4, 2008
Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark will be joined by Conrad John Schuck, Dermot Crowley, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Michael Arden in Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein's Juno, the second Encores! production of New York City Center's 2008 season, performances are March 27-30.
Bway Fans Sought for A Chorus Line Video Blog Series
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 20, 2007
One-minute A Chorus Line video blogs of Broadway fans, talking about the biggest risk they ever took or the greatest challenge they ever faced and how it changed them, will be featured on a new series to be seen on a www.chorusline.com.
Donna Vivino Launches On a Break Productions
by BWW News Desk
- May 3, 2007
Donna Vivino has created a brand new company, 'On A Break Productions', which focuses on giving actors, stage managers, and all others involved in theater an opportunity to 'take a break' from their usual routine and try their hand at wearing another hat
Morrison & Other Understudies Set for At This Performance
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 20, 2007
Musicals Tonight! will continue its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its current edition of At This Performance…, this Monday, April 23rd at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, (above the Promenade Theatre- Broadway at 76th Street), 3rd Floor at 8 PM.
'Moving Forward, Looking Back' Adds April 23 Performance
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 16, 2007
La Red Productions' Moving Forward, Looking Back, a new musical revue conceived by Michael Mahler and Jessica Redish with music and lyrics by Michael Mahler, will enjoy one more night at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, Monday, April 23 at 9:30PM.
A Chorus Line Talkback Series to Continue in April
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 23, 2007
The Life on the Line Talkback Series for ticket holders at Wednesday evening performances of the critically acclaimed Broadway return of A Chorus Line will continue this and next month.
A Chorus Line Announces '07 Playing Schedule
by BWW News Desk
- Dec 20, 2006
The Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning smash musical A Chorus Line announced it will begin the New Year with a new playing schedule beginning
Monday, January 1, 2007
'Ellen DeGeneres Show' Welcomes A Chorus Line, 11/21
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 20, 2006
The quintessentially New York cast of A Chorus Line will welcome the nationally-syndicated 'Ellen Degeneres Show' to The Big Apple with an on-air performance on Tuesday, November 21
Line-Up Announced for 11/12 & 11/14 'At This Performance'
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 9, 2006
Musicals Tonight! continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its current editions of At This Performance…™ to be held on Sunday, November 12th and Monday, November 13th at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre
Photo Coverage: A Chorus Line Opening Night Party
by Linda Lenzi
- Oct 6, 2006
The revival of A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic musical, opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 W. 45th St.) on Thursday, October 5, and a star-studded afterparty was held at the Palace Hotel!
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