Jackie Hoffman Will Star in Concert Version of The Glorious Death of Comrade What’s-His-Name directed by Don Stephenson
A one-night-only concert of The Glorious Death of Comrade What’s-His-Name will be presented January 20, 2020, at 9:30 PM at Feinstein’s/54 Below. Directed by Don Stephenson (The Producers), the concert will feature Jackie Hoffman (Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray), Christine Bokhour (Chicago, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Raymond Bokhour (Chicago), Jim Borstelmann (Bullets Over Broadway), Maia Guest […]
Performances Begin Tuesday For New Musical LAST DAYS OF SUMMER
Performances are set to begin this Tuesday, October 15th, with the official Opening Night on October 25th, for the new musical LAST DAYS OF SUMMER, presented by George StreetPlayhouse and directed by Jeff Calhoun(NEWSIES, GREASE, BIG RIVER). LAST DAYS OF SUMMER features book & lyrics by Steve Kluger(based on his best-selling novel) and music by […]
Staging mayhem in ‘Noises Off’ at Asolo Rep
Michael Frayn’s spoof of British sex farces is described as a love letter to the theater A lot of planning goes into making mayhem and mistakes look natural and spontaneous on stage. When he first read Michael Frayn’s script for the comic farce “Noises Off” several years ago, director Don Stephenson had a moment of […]
Don Stephenson to Direct Asolo Rep’s NOISES OFF
Asolo Rep continues its celebration of 60 years on stage with Tony Award-winner Michael Frayn’s rip-roaringly hilarious play NOISES OFF, one of the most celebrated farces of all time. Directed by comedic Broadway veteran Don Stephenson, NOISES OFF previews March 20 and 21, opens March 22 and runs through April 20 in rotating repertory in […]
VIDEO: Watch John Kander Work with Students on New Version of CABARET
Manhattan School of Music, one of the world’s foremost independent music conservatories and one of just two such institutions in the U.S. offering a Musical Theatre degree, this month presents a mainstage production of the Kander & Ebb classic, Cabaret. But this timeless classic will be served with a twist. “This is a unique version […]
‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ smashes opening weekend records, Take-Two stock skyrockets
The latest blockbuster video game just made entertainment history on its opening weekend, its publisher said Tuesday. Rockstar Games’ “Red Dead Redemption 2” skyrocketed to a $725 million worldwide retail consumer sales during its first three days. The studio’s parent company, Take-Two Interactive, said in a release that the game had achieved “the single-biggest opening […]
THE WAR PARTY To Have New York Premiere At FringeNYC
The new political satire, THE WAR PARTY will have its New York City premiere at The New York International Fringe Festival in October. Written by Vincent Delaney’s and directed by Broadway veteran Don Stephenson (Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Goodspeed, Paper Mill Playhouse), the limited run will play October 14 – 23 in Manhattan. Originally inspired […]
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 […]