Carole Demas was the original "Sandy" in the 1972 Broadway production of Grease. Other notable roles were as the original "Baker's Wife" in Stephen Schwartz The Baker's Wife and played…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 10:26AMHappy 86th Birthday Angie! Hopefully we'll hear soon that you'll be back on Broadway where we need you! Subscribe to my adventures!
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 07:35AMI'm still thinking about last Monday's concert at the Manhattan School of Music. It brought together two of my favorite singers Kate Baldwin and Alex Gemignani with a legend of Broadwa…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 04:39PMYes! Broadway Cares has finally unveiled it's latest in its collection of Broadway Legends Christmas ornaments. First there was Angela Lansbury as "Mame," then Chita Rivera as "A…
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SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 10:40AMBetty Buckley is taking on the men of Broadway. That is, she's singing the songs performed by men and showing 'em how it's done in her new cabaret "Ah Men! The Boys of Broadway" a…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 10:59AMYesterday, Bernadette Peters visited The View. She's currently starring in Follies and not only does she explain the plot, but delightfully she takes a little liberty with S…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 03:20PMWhen I moved to New York City, one of the first things I did was buy a New York edition of the New York Times. On Sunday mornings, I would dive into the Style and Arts sections.&…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 09:59AMBy simply clicking a like button on the Follies Facebook page, I won one of the twenty tickets awarded to fans of Follies on Broadway. I received an orchestra ticket, a windo…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 11:12AMLast week, I ran into my next door neighbor. We live in a brownstone with only ten apartments, so it's not unusual to see neighbors. However, what makes seeing this particu…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 02:21PMI was recently introduced to Ran, a young student from Shanghai, China, by a mutual friend. She is also a fan of Broadway musicals and theatre. I was completely enthr…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 01:16PMThe New York Shakespeare Exchange (NYSX) has mounted a glossy production of Shakespeare's The Life and Death of King John and it's definitely worth seeing. This rarely pro…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 05:48PMOne of my favorite things about going to the Broadway Flea Market is visiting the Dancers Over 40 table to see Harvey Evans. In fact, this year my favorite treasure of…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 02:27PMI attended a press preview for the new Broadway revival of Godspell yesterday. Godspell begins performances on October 13th at the Circle in the Square Theatre and aims for openin…
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SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 09:12PMHallelujah! The producers of Follies announced that they extending the run for a few weeks until January 22, 2011. Bernadette Peters & Jan Maxwell by Sara…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 02:22PMI was immediately intrigued to see Aaron Kozak's The Birthday Boys when I opened the press invitation. I learned the subject was about three young Marines statione…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 10:59AM"There's not a diva among us in FolliesBroadway!" Tweeted by Terri White who is knocking 'em dead every night with her show stopper "Who's That Woman" in Follies on Broadway. …
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SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 11:42AMTonight, the new documentary Heart of Broadway - The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS premiers on the Here! network. Heart of Broadway goes inside Broadway Cares/Equ…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 06:21PM"Congratulations, you're a little crazy." Stephen Sondheim to Bernadette Peters, after a recent performance of Follies. From "Bernadette Peters' Dark Road Returns to Broadway" …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 12:28PMAlthough Susan Graham is currently preparing for Iphigenia in Tauris in Toronto, she tweeted (via @mezzograham): Come to Blakemore Planetarium in Midland, at 5:30 on Mon…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 09:25AMCurrently on display at the Times Square Visitor Center are various costumes on loan from the Theatre Development Fund Costume Collection. The Theatre Development Fund (TDF) Th…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 10:32AMTomorrow night, Wednesday, August 17th, there will be a free screening of the new documentary feature Carol Channing, Larger than Life . Presented by the New York City Parks Depa…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 08:54AMCapriccio Renée Fleming will be on Great Performances at the Met this Thursday, August 14th on PBS. Check your local listings. Watch the full episode. See more Great Perf…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 01:05PMPhoto by Pari Dukovic, New York Magazine This is required reading - New York Magazine's Jesse Green's feature on Bernadette Peters and Follies: Follies is about the psychosis of n…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 09:48AM"'I had friend that came to talk to me in Houston and he said, 'Here in Houston, if you dance, are talented, and extremely unusual they call you a sissy or a weirdo, in New York, they …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 04:37PMHey Book of Mormon Fans! Boneau/Bryan-Brown, press agents for The Book of Mormon sent me the original cast album and souvenir program! But since I haven't seen th…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 12:50PMWe are mere days away from the start of the 15th annual New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). One of the best selling plays of the festival is SAMMY GETS MUGGED!, a play …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 12:43PMAfter talking about it all season, I finally got around to seeing the Jez Butterworth Jerusalem at the Music Box on Broadway last week. My motivation to see it was mai…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 10:29AMI realized last night, as I was re-stocking and organizing my Ticket Vault, that I will be seeing three separate George Frideric Handel operas this season! I am extremely e…
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