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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 [...]
ANYA AND PASHA
JOIN THE NATIONAL TOUR OF
BURN THE FLOOR
The producers of BURN THE FLOOR, Broadway’s Latin and Ballroom dance spectacular, announced today that ANYA GARNIS and PASHA KOVALEV of TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance” will join the touring company of BURN THE FLOOR, from September 7, 2010 [...]
Dear Fellow Theatre Lovers:
When I first had the honor of seeing selections from IN THE HEIGHTS just prior to its opening off-Broadway – I was taken with the upbeat rapping and hip-hop music, and absolutely charmed by the multi-cultural cast. It was not until a year later, as I was watching the show ON Broadway [...]
Full given name: Joseph Morales
Hometown: Wahiawa, Hawaii
Zodiac sign: Aries
Audition song: I’ll never tell….
Special skills: The claw games in arcades where you win the stuffed animals. I’m a beast.
First Broadway show ever saw: RENT
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? Pippin
Current show you have been recommending to [...]
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 – [...]
At the end of the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, a sign with a Latino name is removed from a storefront, revealing the Irish name of a previous owner. That one moment defines the constantly changing neighborhood of Washington Heights, and offers a window into the history of immigration in the United [...]
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 [...]
The Addams Family
I haven’t read any of the reviews of this show but I’d heard that the show was panned. At the end of Act one I was baffled as to why. Here we are in a world that we are all vaguely familiar with (from the TV show if NOT from the Movie or [...]
sdnn SanDiegoNewsNetwork Eight great reasons to watch the Tonys
By Pat Launer, SDNN Wednesday, June 9, 2010
“Memphis” star Montego Glover (left) is vying for a Tony in the Lead Actress category. (Photo courtesy of La Jolla Playhouse)
The American Theatre Wing’s 64th annual Antoinette Perry (aka Tony) Awards will be broadcast on CBS on June 13.
Here [...]