The musical legacy of Frank Loesser, often called the most versatile of all Broadway composers, will be celebrated at Center Theatre Group's Salon XVI at the Taper, 'Happy to Make Your Acquaintance,' hosted by Michael Feinstein, Monday, November 17 at 8 p.m., at the Mark Taper Forum of the Los Angeles Music Center.
42nd Street Moon offers a glorious musical salute to lyrical whiz, E. Y. Yip Harburg, with the world premiere of Peddling Rainbows, a revue celebrating Harburg's poetry and songs. It previews May 15 and 16, opens May 17 and runs through May 25.
Cabaret and concert star Andrea Marcovicci brings her own captivating high style to the role of the magnificent and mercurial fashion doyenne, Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel in 42nd Street Moon's upcoming production of Coco. Alan J. Lerner and Andre Previn's musical memory play - unseen anywhere since the early 1970s -- will preview April 24 and 25, open on April 26, and run through May 11.
Legendary Broadway writers Joseph Stein and Sheldon Harnick are featured in WLIW's new production The Jews of New York - a new documentary premiering this Sunday, January 20 at 8 pm on WLIW21. In the film, they speak about their work on the legendary musical 'Fiddler on the Roof,' and the impact of the Jewish community on the mainstream New York institution of Broadway. During the heyday of the Broadway musical, Stein and Harnick's colleagues were primarily Jewish - Rogers and Hammerstein, Kander and Ebb, Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg - but no musical had specifically addressed Jewish culture in its content.
Saturday, May 26th has been designated LES Kids' Day 2007 as part of The 12th Annual Lower East Side (LES) Festival of the Arts. LES Kids' Day 2007 will feature free performances and special events for kids and by kids, beginning at 2pm at Theater for the New City
The 12th Annual Lower East Side (LES) Festival of the Arts will bring over 100 performing arts organizations, local and international celebrities, independent artists, poets, puppeteers, film makers and others together under one roof for New York City's free Memorial Day Weekend festival.
Stairway to Paradise, an original Encores! production celebrating the great Broadway revue, will star Kristin Chenoweth, Kevin Chamberlin, Christopher Fitzgerald and Ruthie Henshall, from May 10 - 14 at New York City Center
On February 12th, Theater for the New City presented 'Love 'N Courage,' the 4th annual benefit for Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program, at the National Arts Club
Theater for the New City will present 'Love 'N Courage,' the 4th annual benefit for Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program.
Kristin Chenoweth and Roger Bart will headline 'Stairway to Paradise: An Original Encores! Production: 50 Years of Revues in Review.'
John Meyer and Judy Blazer, Ken Page and Baby Jane Dexter are among the performers who will appear at the Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street) in January and February.
Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, one of NYC's longest-running experimental theatres, will present The Happiest Girl in the World, the 1961 Broadway musical comedy adapted from Lysistratra
Arlene Shuler, President and CEO of New York City Center, announced today that the 14th season of its acclaimed ENCORES! series will celebrate the great Broadway revue, a form that flourished from just before 1900 until the early '50s.
F. Murray Abraham, Penny Arcade, Joe Franklin and others will take part in the 11th Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts from May 26th through 28th
On April 28 the US Postal Service unveiled a postage stamp bearing the image of renowned lyricist Yip Harburg.
Mark N. Grant's new book explores the fall of a once-vital art form.
The Irish Repertory Theatre presents a concert adaptation of the romantic musical satire, Finian's Rainbow. BroadwayWorld was there to capture the stars of the show at the opening night party which took place at Porters in Chelsea.
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