Regional Reviews: The Will Rogers Follies
Huge praise to director Don Stephenson and compliments to choreographer Kelli Barclay as they present a resplendent production of The Will Rogers Follies (subtitled A Life in Revue) at Goodspeed Opera House. Starring gracious, humble, nifty David M. Lutken as Will, the bright and breezy show continues in East Haddam, Connecticut, through June 21st. Working […]
‘The Will Rogers Follies’ Review: Return of the Singing Cowboy
Will Rogers is mostly forgotten now, but he used to be famous in a way that has a peculiarly modern feel to it. A self-styled Cherokee cowboy turned lariat-twirling vaudevillian, he told jokes, most of them political, in between rope tricks, blandly assuring his listeners that “all I know is what I read in the […]
ME AND MY GIRL: Christian Borle Will Have You Doin’ The Lambeth Walk, Oi!
Damn, there’s that bloody song again! It’ll worm its way into your earwaves during the overture, long before they proceed to stop the show and the act and the traffic outside City Center, and from past experience I can diagnose that it’ll take about three weeks to set it out to pasture. We speak, of […]
Peter Bartlett, Reed Birney, Lisa O’Hare, Tony Roach, Don Stephenson, Lenny Wolpe And More Will Star In Project Shaw’s THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA
Gingold Theatrical Group (David Staller, Artistic Director) is proud to announce the next presentation of the 13th Season of Project Shaw, a special series of evenings offering some of Shaw’s greatest works and those of his contemporaries, presented monthly at Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre (2537 Broadway at 95th Street). The season continues on […]
Christian Borle and Laura Michelle Kelly Will Star in Encores! Production of ME AND MY GIRL
Encores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel today announced casting for Me and My Girl, the final production of the Encores! at 25 season at New York City Center. Me and My Girl, the first Encores! production originally written and produced in London’s West End, will star Christian Borle, Suzzanne Douglas, Mark Evans, Harriet Harris, Edward Hibbert, […]
Catherine Walker to Lead Goodspeed’s THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES
Goodspeed Musicals kicks off its 2018 season with the Broadway hit The Will Rogers Follies, A Life In Revue. The exuberant dance-filled musical will be running April 13 – June 21 at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn. Shake hands with the heartwarming humorist who spun a rope, poked fun at headlines and never met […]
Goodspeed Announces Creative Teams for 2018; Don Stephenson, Hunter Foster, Sarna Lapine, and More
Two-time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals has assembled six exciting teams to helm the eclectic group of productions planned this season: an exuberant musical extravaganza, a glorious classic, a hilarious musical within a musical, an intimate musical tour-de-force, a timeless and unconventional new musical and the return of our popular holiday show with new surprises for […]
Lea Salonga, Norm Lewis, Laura Osnes and More to Lead MCP’s Broadway Classics in Concert
Manhattan Concert Productions (MCP) has announced casting for Broadway Classics in Concert, on Tuesday, February 20, 8:00 PM, in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The concert will feature Michael Arden (Ragtime, Hunchback of Notre Dame), Sierra Boggess (The Secret Garden), Carolee Carmello (Broadway Classics 2013), Allan Corduner (Titanic), Quentin Earl Darrington (The Secret Garden), […]
A Christmas Carol gets a new retelling
by Ted Otten Hot on the heels of the world premiere musical “A New World,” an unconventional retelling of the first American Thanksgiving story, New Hope’s Bucks County Playhouse unveils that theater’s third brand new show of the year, yet another variation on the Charles Dickens’ holiday story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s redemptive encounter with three ghosts, […]
Bucks County Playhouse marks the season with a laugh-filled and touching take on ‘A Christmas Carol’
By Anthony Stoeckert There are so many Scrooges to choose from — Alastair Sim, George C. Scott, Patrick Stewart, Jim Carrey, Mr. Magoo, Fred Flintstone, the list goes on and on. No way we need yet another version of “A Christmas Carol,” right? Wrong! A genuine Christmas miracle is taking place at the Bucks County […]