Anneliese Van Der Pol and Jeanna De Waal Lead COOKIES, Starting Tonight at NYMF
by BWW News Desk - Jul 14, 2016
Anneliese Van Der Pol* ('That's So Raven'), Jeanna De Waal* (Kinky Boots, American Idiot), Brynn Williams* (13, Bye Bye Birdie), and Trent Armand Kendall* (Into The Woods, Bat Boy) will star in The New York Musical Festival's (NYMF) upcoming reading of COOKIES, a new musical with book, music, and lyrics by Michael Shapiro and David Christensen.
Anneliese Van Der Pol and Jeanna De Waal to Lead COOKIES at NYMF
by BWW News Desk - Jun 30, 2016
Anneliese Van Der Pol* ('That's So Raven'), Jeanna De Waal* (Kinky Boots, American Idiot), Brynn Williams* (13, Bye Bye Birdie), and Trent Armand Kendall* (Into The Woods, Bat Boy) will star in The New York Musical Festival's (NYMF) upcoming reading of COOKIES, a new musical with book, music, and lyrics by Michael Shapiro and David Christensen.
JAY AND RUBY GET RELIGION Begins 4/28 at The Davenport Theatre
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 20, 2016
In an age when religious beliefs and fundamentalism seem to control world affairs, a very funny and very timely new comedy skewers the topic. Jay and Ruby Get Religion is written by Joe Hoover and directed by Broadway vet Jim Shankman. Hoover has a unique background as playwright, he is a Jesuit brother, the Roman Catholic order to which Pope Francis belongs. Shankman appeared in the Broadway shows Grease and Once in a Lifetime. He is an accomplished playwright in his own right, winning the 2015 Fringe Best Playwriting Award for The Screenwriter Dies of his Own Free Will.
WHO'LL SAVE THE PLOWBOY? Gets Off-Broadway Revival, Beginning Tonight
by BWW News Desk - Nov 4, 2015
Winner of the Obie Award in 1962, Pulitzer Prize Winning playwright Frank D. Gilroy gave his blessings on the upcoming revival of his play WHO'LL SAVE THE PLOWBOY? before his recent passing, saying, 'Your persistence is flattering and wins my approval.'
WHO'LL SAVE THE PLOWBOY? Gets Off-Broadway Revival This November
by BWW News Desk - Oct 26, 2015
Winner of the Obie Award in 1962, Pulitzer Prize Winning playwright Frank D. Gilroy gave his blessings on the upcoming revival of his play WHO'LL SAVE THE PLOWBOY? before his recent passing, saying, 'Your persistence is flattering and wins my approval.'
RISE OF THE USHER Begins Tonight at Davenport Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Jul 14, 2015
Rise of the Usher has elements of All About Eve as well as parallels to Shakespeare's Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. The ambitious protagonist rises to the top of the usher anthill to achieve chief usher status. When she later transitions from her focus from career to romantic life, she learns about boldness from the heart versus ambition and realizes that different rules apply.
RISE OF THE USHER to Play Davenport Theatre, Begin. 7/14
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 24, 2015
Rise of the Usher has elements of All About Eve as well as parallels to Shakespeare's Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. The ambitious protagonist rises to the top of the usher anthill to achieve chief usher status. When she later transitions from her focus from career to romantic life, she learns about boldness from the heart versus ambition and realizes that different rules apply.
