Al Jarreau Comes To The Jorgensen 11/11-12
by Gabrielle Sierra - Nov 8, 2011
Seven-time Grammy winner Al Jarreau brings his smooth croon to Jorgensen's 'Best of Connecticut' Cabaret on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11 and 12.
IT’S ALL THE RAGE Plays United Solo Festival, 11/18
by Kelsey Denette - Oct 21, 2011
How does a well-known San Francisco comic ('openly gay since 1987') tell the story of her parents' murder-suicide? In the only way she knows how: hilariously. 'I grew up in a funny family. And then my dad shot my mom. And then himself. He was a WWII vet, an Elk. She was a passive-aggressive poet. The 'greatest generation?' Nah. Love is deadly. You ever thought of killing your spouse? It could happen to you. I survived it. Mostly. And I'm a comic.'
InDepth InterView: Ann Hampton Callaway & BOOM!
by Pat Cerasaro - Oct 13, 2011
Today we are talking to one of the world's foremost cabaret artists and jazz vocalists - also known for her famous rapport with sibling and fellow Broadway baby Liz Callaway - who has written and recorded hundreds of songs over her thirty-year career - including 'I've Dreamed Of You' for Barbra Streisand's A LOVE LIKE OURS, among many others - but, perhaps she is most famous for the unforgettable theme from the highly syndicated hit 90s sitcom THE NANNY starring Fran Drescher - the one and only Ann Hampton Callaway! Discussing all aspects of her brand new album and duets show with sister Liz - titled after the music of their youth; so, being baby boomers growing up with the music of the 1960s and 1970, the oh-so-apropos title is BOOM! Covering Cole Porter to Rosemary Clooney to Ella Fitzgerald, Carly Simon, Stephen Sondheim and Laura Nyro, Callaway and I dissect many facets of songwriting, singing, performing and the nature of live versus studio recording, memories of starring in the musical revue SWING! on Broadway, and, she also reveals her own fondest recollections of working with her sister and many of her most fascinating collaborators over the years. Plus, we have first news of her new Streisand-based symphony show coming up in 2012, as well as the new Christmas show she is starring in with Liz later this year, YULETIDE, as well as her thoughts on filming THE GOOD SHEPARD and soundtrack scoring, as well as her opinions on GLEE, AMERICAN IDOL and much, much more!
IU Theatre 2011-2012 Season Opens With HAIR
by BWW News Desk - Oct 7, 2011
The Indiana University Department of Theatre and Drama in the College of Arts and Sciences 2011-2012 season begins at the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center.
Opera Omnia Presents Cavalli's Giasone 9/1-7
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jul 26, 2011
On September 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 at 7:00 PM, Opera Omnia returns to Le Poisson Rouge to present Francesco Cavalli's Giasone, fully staged, in an English edition by Paul C. Echols (originally prepared for the Mannes Camerata in 1987).
Callaway Sisters Bring BOOM! to Birdland in May
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 1, 2011
Sisters Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway, are set to bring their cabaret BOOM! back to New York City this May. Performances will take place at Birdland May 3-7 at 8:30PM and 11PM. For additional information, visit: www.Birdlandjazz.com.
Broadway Stage Manager Beverley Randolph Dies at 59
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 15, 2011
Veteran Production Stage Manager Beverley Randolph died Tuesday, March 15 at her home in Bloomingdale, NJ, surrounded by family and friends. The cause was cancer. The highly-respected Randolph, 59, stage managed more than 20 Broadway productions over the course of a 30-plus year career. At the time of her death and since 2009, she was Production Supervisor for the musical The Addams Family. Her credits include the Kander & Ebb musical Curtains, the musical Little Women, the 2002 revival of Into the Woods, the 1998 revival of The Sound of Music, Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning best musical Passion, Kander & Ebb's The Kiss of the Spider Woman, William Finn's Falsettos, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Follies in Concert at Avery Fisher Hall, the 1987 revival of Kander & Ebb's Cabaret and Neil Simon's Chapter Two. In the 1980's, she stage managed eight Broadway productions for legendary producer/director Hal Prince.
Yale Rep Announces A Cast Change For THE PIANO LESSON 1/28-2/19
by BWW
News Desk - Jan 28, 2011
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents August Wilson's THE PIANO LESSON, directed by Liesl Tommy, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) January 28-February 19, 2011.
Pratt, Davis And More Lead Yale Rep's THE PIANO LESSON
by BWW
News Desk - Jan 28, 2011
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents August Wilson's THE PIANO LESSON, directed by Liesl Tommy, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) January 28-February 19, 2011.
ACT Features DR. HORRIBLE, SOIL, et al. This February
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 19, 2011
ACT - A Contemporary Theatre celebrates new work in the month of February. This month, ACT's Mainstage play series kicks off with ACT and The 5th Avenue Theatre's production of Vanities: A New Musical, the life-affirming journey of three women, three decades, and one friendship; The Hansberry Project returns to the stage with its overwhelmingly popular You Really Got a Hold on Me, along with a new partner, Danceable Planet with Poetry + Motion; Balagan Theatre's smash hit guest production Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog continues its quest for world domination; and The Central Heating Lab at ACT cooks up art installations, dance theatre, confidential confessions, and culture clashes. SOIL Artist-Run Gallery unveils all-new performance-inspired installation art along 7th Avenue. Cornish Dance Theater presents The Merce Cunningham minEvent Project with a special site-specific performance in ACT's Bullitt Cabaret. In Seattle Confidential, local actors give voice to Seattle's secrets in a tell-all evening of anonymous divulgence hosted by Ian Bell. ACT also welcomes cutting edge new films by RAWSTOCK, plus two new theatre partners: ReAct Theatre and Pratidhwani's new play, Mother in Another Language by Taniya Hossain, and eSe Teatro's staged reading of the poignant play Passport by Gustavo Ott.Balagan Theatre:
Yale Rep Announces A Cast Change For THE PIANO LESSON 1/28-2/19
by Gabrielle Sierra - Jan 4, 2011
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents August Wilson's THE PIANO LESSON, directed by Liesl Tommy, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) January 28-February 19, 2011.
Pratt, Davis And More Lead Yale Rep's THE PIANO LESSON
by Gabrielle Sierra - Dec 21, 2010
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents August Wilson's THE PIANO LESSON, directed by Liesl Tommy, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) January 28-February 19, 2011.
Osnes, Stone et al. Join Foster & Grey in ANYTHING GOES; Full Cast Announced
by Jessica Lewis - Dec 7, 2010
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full company of the new Broadway production of Anything Goes, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as 'Reno Sweeney' and Tony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey as 'Moonface Martin.'