I watched Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret this weekend. I'm still a little stunned. It's one of those New York City movies full of beautiful, hurting people and in which, the ci…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 07:41PMMy daily pleasure includes reading tweets from @queen_UK, the anonymous twitter alter ego tweeting and posing as Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. She absolutely kills me! …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 06:28PMI was thrilled to receive an email from my friend Zachary Lacks letting me me know that The Amoralists have revived their brilliant production of The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side.…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 11:37AMEvery evening of every August, I hold my breath while I check my mailbox. I know that it will be there soon. It is The Invitation from the Richard Tucker Music Foundation announci…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 11:27AMSome thoughtful soul has uploaded Renée Fleming's entire 2002 Théâtre du Châtelet concert on u-tube. This was the concert that got me hooked on Renée and opera. It played on Ovation …
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SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 11:54AMAll I need is these two: Joanna Gleason and Chip Zien. They were the original Baker and His Wife in Into the Woods. She won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.&nbs…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 10:48AMNow for iPad or dvd, brilliant actors, poets and scholars perform Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets. I am in love. Here, Dame Harriet Walter performs number 40: Subscribe to my adventures!
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SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 08:32AMBig news: Betty Buckley has just shaared via facebook that she is slated to return to the London theatre as Countess Aurelia in the upcoming production of Dear World at Charing Cross Th…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 01:19PMI got the news today via text from Kevin: George Hearn is returning to Broadway in the new musical Scandalous at the Neil Simon Theatre this fall! I am thrilled that George is co…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 02:13PM"Oh, what times we're going to have, my little love," says Auntie Mame to her nephew Patrick. Those words have resonated with me for years. My own auntly style is informed b…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 04:52PMAs usual, it's the mezzos leading the fun. Mark Delavan sings "Ring of Fire" while mezzo sopranos Susan Graham and Joyce DiDonato start the dancing. If this doesn't put a s…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 12:31PMBernadette Peters' best selling book Broadway Barks is now an app! Via iTunes, the adorable story is an animated version narrated by Bernadette and includes Kramer's Song wri…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 02:35PMI finally saw Evita on Broadway on Tuesday night. I initially couldn't wait to see this revival: come on, Michael Cerveris is one of the stars! But then I heard…
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SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 10:38AMI'm treating myself to a birthday day trip to see Kate Baldwin as "Marian the Librarian" in The Music Man at Arena Stage! The Music Man is the first "Broadway" musical I saw liv…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 07:17AMHere are two delicious trios of divas: Mary Testa, Audra McDonald and Rebecca Luker for Broadway vs. Renée Fleming, Frederica von Stade, Marilyn Horne for opera, performing "Sing for …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 01:08PMSusan Graham helped me get through my afternoon of work. She was broadcast live from Wigmore Hall in London via BBC3 radio. She presented the same divine recital …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 06:46PMNora Ephron's When Harry Met Sally and You've Got Mail are among the biggest reasons I wanted so badly to live in New York City. For me, New York City in these movies is the…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 11:04AMOh boy! Or rather "ah, men!" Betty Buckley has a new album coming out! You can pre-order it via Amazon for its August 28th release date. …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 05:42PMMe at Storm King, by karigee I just celebrated my tenth anniversary of moving to New York. It's been an unbelievably busy and remarkable decade. Sometimes I pinch myself j…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 02:51PMI caught David Auburn's new play The Columnist at Manhattan Theatre Club on Friday night. It was just in the nick of time - this great new drama is playing only until July 8…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 11:12AMphoto by Kevin Daly In case you couldn't already tell, I enjoyed the revival of The Best Man so much that I went three times. In fact, the third time I attended was a …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 04:52PMIt won't be long until we're basking in the afterglow of a hot, New York City summer day at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Subway signs and a layout in the July issue of Van…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 03:15PMPhoto by Monica Simoes On Saturday night, Karigee and I caught Patti LuPone's late show at the new 54 Below. I have to tell you, I am in love with this new space! 54 Below is the ne…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 02:38PM"Right now, we've got a wonderful soprano who's got a voice that would melt marble." Rolf Harris in his introduction of La Diva Renée Fleming at the Queen's Jubilee Concert, Buckingha…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 11:31AMLast night I attended the presidential re-election campaign fundraiser for President Barack Obama, billed as Barack on Broadway. The headliner of course was President Obama, but …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 12:27PMThe Independent Theater Bloggers Association (the “ITBA”) is proud to announce the 2012 recipients of the Fourth Annual Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Awards, (the “the Patricks”). …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 12:15PM"One night, when they were in Las Vegas to attend a performance by their mutual friend Joel Grey, [Larry] Hagman and his mother [Mary Martin] and her traveling companion left their hotel to …
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 05:23PMLast fall, I was lucky enough to catch Susan Graham and David Daniels in the brilliant and beautiful production of Handel's Xerxes at San Francisco Opera. This Sunday night, June…
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