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The following is from the New York Times.
Cabaret: Precarious but Resilient
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Stability is a word not often used to describe New York City’s fragile cabaret world, where only a few can make a full-time living, and the clubs themselves ride an economic seesaw from week to week. But because Manhattan’s three major supper clubs — [...]
The following is from THE NEW YORK TIMES
INNOCENCE AND NERVE WRAPPED INTO ONE
By Stephen Holden
The radiance of Julia Roberts and the zany spunk of Holly Golightly: that only begins to describe the seductive charms of Sutton Foster in her irresistible cabaret show, “An Evening With Sutton Foster,” at the Café Carlyle. Directed by Mark Waldrop, it might be [...]
The following is a piece from BroadwayGirlNYC. As a Theatre Professional, it is so uplifting to see the audience truly engaged in what you are working on. When it is not simply a check on the To Do List, but when the audience becomes as emotionally engaged in the work as the actors…that’s when we [...]
HISTORY
The ballroom dancing the world recognizes today is competitive ballroom dance, sometimes known as Dancesport. It is comprised of ten dances, which can all be danced in “closed ballroom” hold. The style danced in BURN THE FLOOR is called “international style” and has been danced in competition since 1920. International style ballroom dance consists of [...]
The following is from Harley Medcalf’s blog “I Just Can’t Dance”
I just can’t ballroom dance. No matter what I try, my two left feet stay firmly planted on the ground. Yet, in just ten years ballroom dancing has changed my life.
Well into the prime of my career as a concert promoter, at a chance meeting [...]
Lin-Manuel Miranda, who conceived the Tony Award-winning In the Heights and wrote the music and lyrics, is a new voice with an old soul. The show, which celebrates life in a Washington Heights barrio, is propelled by the rhythms of hip hop and Latin music – uncommon sounds, to be sure, in musical theater – [...]
What is Avenue Q about?
Avenue Q tells the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who moves to NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. The only apartment he can afford is way out on Avenue Q, where everyone’s looking for the same things he is: a decent job, a stable relationship, and [...]
Puppets for the post-puberty set
BY KELI DAILEY, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010 AT 1:18 P.M.
Jeff Dunham and Peanut.
Ordinary 30-somethings were recently lured on stage for puppet karaoke — “puppet-e-oke,” as the Adult Puppet Cabaret organizers dubbed it. They waved paper dolls and foam-sandwich figures in time to 1970s pop tunes like “S.O.S.” They also proved [...]
Lin-Manuel Miranda swaps coasts to be part of the cast of his ‘In the Heights’ at the Pantages. He’s also working on a film version of the musical, among other projects.
Lin-Manuel Miranda wants to know if anyone in L.A. rides the subway: “Driving is kind of lost time, you know?”
Hands-free travel works for the [...]
NATIONAL TOUR CREATIVE TEAM
ROBERT LOPEZ (Music and Lyrics, Original Concept, Animation Design) won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Score for Avenue Q. 2008 Daytime Emmy Award for his music for Nick Jr.’s “The Wonder Pets.” 2007 Primetime Emmy nomination for his musical episode of NBC’s “Scrubs.” His musical version of Finding Nemo, co-written [...]