Monday, August 1, 2011
We have a chance to see another vintage musical starting on Tuesday, as Three Wishes for Jamie gets an airing at Musicals Tonight! It originally opened on March 21, 1952 at the Hellinger, an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMHad a nice time at Shine! the tuneful, emotional and very well directed musical. The man in front of me started a chat at intermission, and when I asked him what his first Broadway musical w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMA production of Abie's Irish Rose? I wouldn't miss it for all the tea in British drawing room comedies.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMLa Bête, which in 1991 became one of my all-time favorite theater experiences, is now a severe let-down because it's low-down and dumbed-down.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMHave you noticed the big bus sitting between the Marquis and Lunt-Fontanne Theaters - the one that says The Ride on its side? It's a "motor coach" that offers a tour around Bryant Park, the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMWe may not be living in a Renaissance, more's the pity, but we do have a Renaissance man in our midst.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMMama Morton and Velma Kelly have been wondering "Whatever happened to class?" for some time now. If they saw The Drunkard at the Metropolitan Playhouse, they'd really be scandalized by the g…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMIf you've seen the 1942 movie of Panama Hattie, you haven't really seen Panama Hattie. And if you've seen the 1954 TV adaptation of Panama Hattie, you haven't really seen Panama Hattie, eith…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMNext week, The Philhallmonic will do Bewitched: The Songs of Rodgers and Hart and before you write to accuse me of typing a typo, let me assure you I got it right.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMHad a good time reading Mark Griffin's very well-written and researched A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli. How nice to know more about such films as Ca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMThe third-most acclaimed musical of 1965-66 keeps popping up. When it opened on January 29, 1966, the much-anticipated Sweet Charity had already been upstaged by Man of La Mancha, which had …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMTwentieth Century Fox presents Timothy Hutton in SHINE! The Horatio Alger Musical. Also starring George Lee Andrews. Book by Richard Seff. Music by Roger Dean Anderson. Lyrics by Lee Goldsmi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMWhile there’s a famous song that urges us to “Take the A Train,” that conveyance isn’t the best way to get to In Transit at Primary Stages at 59 East 59th Street.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMAll right, so my plane left three hours and forty-five minutes late, but once I’m on the streets of London, all is forgiven. Well, almost all. I wish that so many West End marquees did…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMSo it’ll be Scott Davies, Sofia Escobar and Will Barratt by day and Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess and Joseph Millson by night. Yes, I’m at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMA Monday matinee? On Labor Day, sure, and other Monday holidays, too. But during the summer months, visitors to the Winnipesaukee Playhouse in Laconia, New Hampshire can see a show at 2 p.m.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMGot up to Deertrees Theatre & Cultural Center in Harrison, Maine. There I caught a dress rehearsal of William Gibson’s Two for the Seesaw, which originally ran for 750 performances…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMIt's the right time for Bob Sloan's Just in Time: The Judy Holliday Story. The bio-semi-musical did so well in the FringeNYC festival that it's going to be part of the Encore series starting…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMSo I see that this December the Human Race Theatre Company in Dayton will be presenting 8-Track: The Sounds of the '70's. Wonder if there are any musical theater songs in the mix?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMCombine the schedule that Eva Peron had to follow on her Rainbow Tour as well as all the plans that Billy Liar had in his head, and you’ll get an idea of what Elaine Paige’s life…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMNo sooner had FringeNYC come to its August 29th closing than people were already asking me "So what are you looking forward to at NYMF?" The first show I want to see is Alex Wyse's Nighttime…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMPeter looks at some shows that are ending their runs soon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMLots of people can't go more than 48 hours without seeing a Wizard of Oz reference.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMFor this year's Broadway University Entrance Exam, we're concentrating on lines and lyrics that mention body parts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMTell the truth: If you were to glance at the inside of your Snapple bottle cap, wouldn't you be tickled to find any of these real facts?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMEver hear of Platinum? It was a 1978 musical with book by Will Holt and Bruce Vilanch, lyrics by Holt and music by Gary William Friedman. New Yorkers had 45 chances to see it, thanks to 12 p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMWhen director Sarah Crawford approached George Harter and said that she wanted to do 1776 with an all-female cast in a concert staging, Harter was inclined to say yes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMPeter's been busy seeing Fringe Festival shows. What has he seen? What has he liked?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AMIt was the month that Rebecca Luker and Michael Siberry had much more trouble with one child (Grazia in Death Takes a Holiday) than they did with seven Trapps 13 years ago. But they weren&rs…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01AMSunday, July 31, 2011
March came in like a lion thanks to Shelly Burch's dynamic act at the Metropolitan Room. How nice to welcome back to town this lady whom we haven't seen since "Nine," a quarter-cen…
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