view article on BroadwayWorld.com Producer Lawrence Rosner will present the New York premiere of the new musical that will unleash your inner hound dog,Attack of the Elvis Impersonators, with book, music and lyrics by Lory Lazarus. Directed by Broadway veteran Don Stephenson and with choreography by Melissa Zaremba, performances are set to begin Thursday, June […]
view article on Playbill.com Lory Lazarus’ new musical, Attack of the Elvis Impersonators, in which the soul of Elvis returns to Earth to convince the human race to be his—you guessed it—impersonators, is set to have its New York premiere at the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row beginning June 1. The Off-Broadway engagement will officially […]
A by-invitation-only industry reading of the new musical comedy One Night will be held on March 2, 3 and 6 at Nola Studios. One Night has book and lyrics by Kleban Award winners Laurence Holzman & Felicia Needleman and a pop jazz score by David Shenton. Directed by Don Stephenson, the reading will be feature […]
by Philip Dorian view review on secneonstage.com Great art it’s not, but if you’re looking for a recipe for farce, all the ingredients can be found in “A Comedy of Tenors,” Ken Ludwig’s sequel to his enormously successful “Lend Me a Tenor.” Slamming doors to resounding laughter this month at Paper Mill Playhouse, this second coming […]
by Allen Neuner view review on outinjersey.net Farce is like a soufflé: Difficult to create, but sheer delight when all the ingredients come together perfectly. Ken Ludwig, a Tony Award and Olivier Award winning playwright, is the master chef behind A Comedy of Tenors, a tasty confection set in the world of classical music, currently playing at […]
by Bob Rendell read review on TalkinBroadway.com Ken Ludwig’s most successful and widely produced play, Lend Me a Tenor, opened in the West End in 1986, arrived on Broadway in 1989, and has since been ubiquitous on American stages. Last season, thirty years after Tenor’s London debut, Ken Ludwig delivered a sequel called A Comedy of […]
by Hayley Levitt view review on TheaterMania.com One of the beautiful things about theater is its ability to open minds to new ideas, experiences, and world views. One of the other fine qualities of the stage is its ability to close up shop on all of that tiresome business for a minimum of two hours. The […]
by Jim Beckerman view article on Playbill.com Encore, encore. Which is operaese, as you know, for “more, again.” That – no more, no less – is what Paper Mill Playhouse is offering through Feb. 26. With the applause of four years ago still clearly ringing in their ears, they’ve brought back most of their 2013 […]
view article on Playbill.com The New Jersey theatre has announced casting for A Comedy of Tenors. Millburn’s Paper Mill Playhouse has announced casting for Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors, the sequel to his award-winning comedy Lend Me a Tenor. The New Jersey theatre will reunite the original cast from its production of Lend Me […]
by Hayley Levitt view feature on TheaterMania.com Paper Mill Playhouse has announced casting for its upcoming production of Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors. The production reunites members of Paper Mill’s 2013 cast of Lend Me a Tenor (also directed by Don Stephenson), featuring Judy Blazer (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder) as Maria, […]
