As You Like It - 1973 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 13

Broadway historian and self-proclaimed theatre nerd Jennifer Ashley Tepper is here to help with her new series, Broadway Deep Dive. This month, the reader question was: Have Any Broadway Musicals Ever Closed Before They Opened?

Following a milestone anniversary year, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival will celebrate its 91st season this summer.

Florida Studio Theatre has announced the extension of its Regional Premiere production of Network, a fast-paced play based on the Academy Award-winning screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky. Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, Network follows the downward spiral of Howard Beale, a longtime news anchor who is being let go due to poor ratings.

Seattle Rep has announced the complete cast and creative team for the “uproariously funny” Seattle premiere of sketch comedy troupe The 1491s, Between Two Knees. 

Florencia Iriondo's SOUTH will be presented at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 E 3rd St, NYC, Thursday, March 30, 7 pm.

ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD honors the musical legacy of Frank Sinatra and his tremendous contribution to the Great American Songbook. Direct from Carnegie Hall, this captivating production will appear at The Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, Wednesday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Reviewer Peter Nason ranks his choices for Burt Bacharach's top 50 tunes.

Vinyl Me, Please and Dolly Parton will launch a monthly record club devoted to the legendary career and peerless catalog of Dolly Parton. Starting in April 2023, Vinyl Me, Parton will give Dolly Parton fans a monthly connection with Dolly’s catalog on vinyl, with twelve Records of the Month spanning the entirety of Dolly’s recording career.

A celebration of fun and high camp with an underlying message of acceptance and family, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES allows audiences to see Paul Capsis take on one of the most iconic musical theatre drag roles.

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Jud Gauthier about his career and his role as Larry in 'Between Two Knees.'

After spending 90 minutes with the O’Shea family, we can thank whatever gods we pray to that we A. did not grow up in the early 1970s, B. that we do have the Internet and C. that this loving but dysfunctional family is not our own.

JOHN LODGE, legendary bass player, songwriter and vocalist of The Moody Blues and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, has added a special symphony show to serve as the finale of his previously announced winter 2023 US tour, “Performs Days of Future Passed.”  LODGE will perform with the Coachella Valley Symphony on March 26.

Jimonn Cole will join the cast of black odyssey at Classic Stage Company, written by Marcus Gardley and directed by Stevie Walker-Webb. See who is starring in the production, how to purchase tickets and more!

All In Good Time is, to quote the show’s site, “a show about ADHD and time travel, complete with dodos, disco balls and ducks and whatever else we have time for” created by the Not-God Complex. The show itself aims to tell a story of time from a neurodivergent perspective, particularly focusing on ADHD through the trope of time travel.

Read BroadwayWorld's review of Donna McKechnie in Take Me To The World: The Songs of Stephen Sondheim at Catalina Jazz Club.

Classic Stage Company has announced its full programming for Classic Perspectives, a series of post-show conversations inspired by black odyssey written by Marcus Gardley.

The brand new feature-length concert documentary Carole King: Home Again, Live In Central Park, which presents musical icon Carole King’s triumphant May 26, 1973 homecoming concert on The Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park will debut nationally and at The Park Theatre on Friday, January 20 at 6:30pm.

The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia will present KISS, a daring play by Guillermo Calderón, on stage Jan. 31-Feb. 19, 2023.

2023 marks the 50th Anniversary of the legendary smash hit musical The Rocky Horror Show, as it continues to play a newly extended tour through 2023 to sell-out crowds. Richard O’Brien’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll musical celebrates 50 years of non-stop partying with this special anniversary production.

Pasadena Playhouse has announced the cast for Sunday in the Park with George, the first production of the theater’s six-month-long celebration of Stephen Sondheim. See performances dates and how to purchase tickets!

Highlights in Jazz returns to BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center for a festive 50th anniversary concert on Feb. 23, 2023. Jack Kleinsinger, the founder and producer of the highly regarded landmark jazz series, has put together an exciting, generation-crossing all-star concert lineup to mark the occasion. 

​​​​​​​The 50th Anniversary production of iconic Rock 'N' Roll musical The Rocky Horror Show has confirmed the final cast members for its Australian Tour which kicks off global celebrations at Theatre Royal Sydney on February 14 before seasons at Adelaide Festival Theatre from April 13 and Melbourne's Atheneum Theatre from May 18.  Full casting for the Adelaide season will be confirmed soon.

Both the movie and the musical stand out because, while the rock legend ascends from rags to riches by the end, the story is less interested in Turner's journey to stardom than in her liberation from years of violent physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband and musical partner, Ike Turner...

The Watermill have announced the full cast of the brand-new stage adaption of Bill Bryson's award-winning memoir NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND, affectionately celebrating the quirks and eccentricities of British life, adapted by BAFTA and Olivier Award winning playwright Tim Whitnall.

​​​​​​​McCarter invites audiences to start the New Year laughing with the outrageously funny and wickedly subversive tale of familial love, loss and connection: Between Two Knees, by acclaimed intertribal sketch comedy troupe The 1941's and directed by Eric Ting.