Monday, September 25, 2023

The Broadway Flea Market Will Honor the 40th Anniversary of La Cage Aux Folles With Special Auction by Meg Masseron, Andrew Gans

A Tony Award, a quilt handmade by Harvey Fierstein, and more will be sold at the annual event October 1.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PM
Sunday, September 24, 2023

Beautiful Thing review – 90s teens navigating tough times in a tender-hearted triumph by David Jays

Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonJonathan Harvey’s breakthrough play still blazes with a stubborn utopian impulse thanks to finely pitched performances and delicately balanced banter Ev…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:13PM
Friday, September 22, 2023

Harvey Fierstein, Tituss Burgess, Bonnie Milligan, David Byrne, More Will Sign Autographs at Broadway Flea Market by Meg Masseron, Andrew Gans

The annual event benefiting Broadway Cares brings theatrical memorabilia, unions, ticket agencies, concessionaires, fan clubs, and more to the heart of the Theatre District.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AM
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

"Don't Rain On My Parade" - Katerina McCrimmon | Funny Girl North American Tour by Broadwaysf

FUNNY GIRL is coming to the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from April 30–May 26, 2024. WELCOME TO MUSICAL THEATER COMEDY HEAVEN! Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by …

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:30PM

New Works Provincetown Commissions Slate of Projects Including Musical of ‘Love Is Strange’ (EXCLUSIVE) by Brent Lang

New Works Provincetown, a developmental theatre lab founded by producer Mark Cortale with Jonathan Murray and Harvey Reese to create and develop new theatrical works, has commissioned its ne…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:52AM

Anupama Chandrasekhar’s “The Father And The Assassin” At The National Theatre: Vastly Compelling And Darkly Comic History Play About Indian Inde by Aleks Sierz

Nobodies who kill somebodies: let’s make a list. Okay, there’s Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK), James Earl Ray (MLK) and Mark Chapman (John Lennon). But what about the man who shot Mahatma Gandh…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:52AM
Monday, September 11, 2023

Laurie Anderson and Harvey Fierstein Will Be Celebrated at La MaMa ETC's 62nd Season Gala

Laurie Anderson and Harvey Fierstein will be celebrated at La MaMa ETC’s 62nd season Gala on October 26, 2023 at the Ellen Stewart Theatre. Learn more about the Gala and how to get ticket…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:19AM
Friday, September 8, 2023
Thursday, September 7, 2023

FUNNY GIRL on Tour: Don't Rain On My Parade - Katerina McCrimmon by Funny Girl On Broadway

WELCOME TO MUSICAL THEATER COMEDY HEAVEN! Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, a revised book from Harvey Fierstein based on the original classi…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:42AM

Casting Announced for ‘Come From Away’ 2023-2024 Tour by Matthew Herzog

Full casting has been announced for the 2023-2024 North American touring production of Come From Away. The tour, which will begin performances in Columbia, SC at Koger Center for the Perfor…

SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 09:00AM
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

MARRIAGE A LA JONES By Peter Filichia

Only once, in the entire history of the Tonys, has a Best Play been adapted into a successful Broadway musical. Now that both bookwriter-lyricist Tom Jones and composer Harvey Schmidt have b…

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 06:00AM
Monday, September 4, 2023

‘I had a panic the night my mum came to see it’: Jonathan Harvey on writing Beautiful Thing by Interviews By Ryan Gilbey

‘I wanted to write a play about two boys falling in love and give it a happy ending. During the Aids crisis, it was unusual for a gay character to be alive at the end of a drama’ I wrote…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:55AM
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

REMEMBERING TOM JONES By Peter Filichia 

And to think there was a time when musical theater enthusiasts assumed they’d get a new show from Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt every three years. Do the math. THE FANTASTICKS in 1960. 110 …

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 06:00AM
Thursday, August 24, 2023

40 Years of Broadway: The Things I've Picked Up Along the Way by JK

40 Years of Broadway: 5 Things I've Learned Slave Play and Be More Chill Learn some history. Sorry, young readers out there, but musical theater did not start with Be More Chill, an…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:37AM
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for 30th Anniversary Production of Gay Coming-of-Age Play, Beautiful Thing by Andrew Gans

Anthony Simpson-Pike directs Jonathan Harvey's play, which will launch a limited U.K. tour in September.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07PM

Martin Urbano: Apology Comeback Tour review – queasy comedy brings aghast laughter by Brian Logan

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe conceit in the comic’s fringe debut is that his sleazebag persona has been #MeTooed and returns with a barrage of bad-taste jokes “Too dark and weird f…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AM
Monday, August 21, 2023

Alasdair Harvey performs Miles and Miles from The Little Big Things by Official London Theatre

Alasdair Harvey (Andrew Fraser) performs Miles and Miles from The Little Big Things, playing at @sohoplace from September 2023. Based on the Sunday Times best-selling autobiography by Henry…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:34AM
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of Regent's Park's La Cage aux Folles? by Margaret Hall

Tim Sheader directs the recently extended engagement of the Tony-winning Harvey Fierstein-Jerry Herman musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AM
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Regent's Park's La Cage aux Folles Extends Run by Andrew Gans

Tim Sheader directs the Tony-winning Harvey Fierstein-Jerry Herman musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AM
Monday, August 14, 2023

Review: The Play That Goes Wrong (Kennedy Center) by JK

Review of the Sunday, August 13, 2023 matinee performance at the Eisenhower Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Starring Bartley Booz, Joseph A…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:37PM
Sunday, August 13, 2023

‘Fantasticks’ Lyricist Tom Jones Was Sanguine About the Musical’s Tangled History With Hollywood, Including a Near-Miss With Barbra Streisand by Chris Willman

“Try to Remember,” the most famous song to have come out of the stage musical “The Fantasticks,” was noted for its autumnal feel, sung by someone reflecting back on youthful days. Th…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:27PM
Saturday, August 12, 2023

Tom Jones, Lyricist and Librettist of Long-Running ‘The Fantasticks,’ Dies at 95 by Michaela Zee

Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for the longest-running musical “The Fantasticks,” died Friday at his home in Sharon, Conn. He was 95. Jones’ son Michael told The New York Tim…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:49PM

Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt by Barry Gordin

Part 2 - Remembering the Legacy of Composers Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt By: Ellis Nassour August 15, 2023 – The theatrical legacy of composers Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt is a color…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:11PM

Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt by Barry Gordin

Part 1 - Remembering the Legacy of Composers Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt By: Ellis Nassour August 14, 2023 -- The theatrical legacy of composers Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt is a colorful…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:01PM
Friday, August 11, 2023

Broadway Jeopardy! - Game 7 by JK

 Broadway Jeopardy! Game 7 OK, Broadway trivia fans! Time for another round of America's favorite game show a la JK's TheatreScene, and as you'll see we are going for the gold this week.…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:37AM
Thursday, August 10, 2023

La Cage aux Folles review – dazzling revival is hilarious and heartfelt by Miriam Gillinson

Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, LondonThis adaptation of the classic musical is a joy, from the faded nightclub set to Carl Mullaney’s showstopping I Am What I Am Tim Sheader’s revival…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AM
Tuesday, August 8, 2023

'We Are What We Are': Regent's Park's La Cage aux Folles Opens August 8 by Andrew Gans

Tim Sheader directs the Tony-winning Harvey Fierstein-Jerry Herman musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34AM
Monday, August 7, 2023

'A Little More Mascara': Get a 1st Look at Regent's Park's La Cage aux Folles in New Photos by Andrew Gans

Tim Sheader directs the Tony-winning Harvey Fierstein-Jerry Herman musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AM
Friday, August 4, 2023

Cast Set for 30th Anniversary Production of Gay Coming-of-Age Play, Beautiful Thing by Andrew Gans

Anthony Simpson-Pike will direct Jonathan Harvey's play, which will launch a limited U.K. tour in September.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AM

Beautiful Thing Tour – Stratford East, Leeds, Manchester by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo A new production of Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing is to have a limited tour to celebrate the play's 30th anniversary. This post Beautiful Thing Tour – Stratford East, L…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:36AM
Thursday, August 3, 2023

The Australian Ballet: Jewels review – lots of glitter but no gold by Lyndsey Winship

George Balanchine’s choreography is gorgeous to look at, and there are standout individual performances, but it really needs more lush grandeur It’s 35 years since the Australian Ballet …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AM

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