Seeing The Music Man at the Bergen County Players last week reminded me of the previous time that I’d seen The Music Man.That happened in September as well. And although I’ve since witnessed about 3,500 stage productions, that Music Man of 11 ...
What’s the most famous story concerning The Music Man? That it beat West Side Story for the Best Musical Tony? That it made an A-grade star of B-level movie performer Robert Preston? Or is it the one that tells what happened midway through Act ...
Several years ago, you had a little redheaded girl in your theater company who had the spunk and talent to play Annie. Now she's all grown up – with even more spunk and talent. You'd love to find the right part for her.Here it is: The Unsinkable ...
Twenty-five years ago, when Into The Woods played its first preview in New York, many audience members walked out after the first act. They weren’t necessarily dissatisfied; they’d simply assumed that they’d seen the entire show.The ...
One doesn’t get that many opportunities to see Teddy & Alice, the 1987 Broadway musical. So when Shadow Lawn Stage in West Long Branch, New Jersey announced it was doing the little-known show, I was there.essay about yourselfIt starts the same type ...
Many schools and after-school programs that have been “going green” environmentally are about to go green theatrically, too.For that lovable green ogre known as Shrek, the subject of a 2008 Broadway musical, has now given birth to the ...
There’s a lot of life in the New Girl yet.New Girl in Town, that is, the 1957 musical of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie. It was a hit in its day and ran over a year, and yet, we don’t see many productions of it.So we must take our hats ...
Attend the tale of Benjamin Barker.Well, that’s Sweeney Todd’s real name, isn’t it? Or so Mrs. Lovett tells us three songs into the 1978-1979 Tony-winning musical.But if you’re considering presenting the Stephen Sondheim - Hugh Wheeler ...
literary essay definitionNobody’s dressed in a tux or a gown, but it’s a world premiere nevertheless.We’re not quite on Broadway, either, but on Tenth Avenue at The 52nd Street Project Theater. But you can feel from the chatter among ...
