The hearty applause started the moment after the first-act blackout. When the lights came up for intermission, however, a quick silence pervaded the NEXT TO NORMAL audience at the 4th Wall Theatre in Bloomfield, New Jersey.It’s the type of ...

It was one of the quickest journeys from page to screen. Only 305 days after Erich Segal’s Love Story was published on Valentine’s Day, 1970, its film version debuted on Dec. 16, 1970. In between and beyond, the story of doomed Jennifer Cavilleri ...

As has been the case with thousands of musicals before it, Marry Me A Little starts with an overture.Or does it?Our program tells us that this new Keen Company production with recycled Stephen Sondheim songs is a two-character musical. ...

You’ve produced every one of the musicals that Stephen Sondheim has written. As a result, you’ve educated your audiences to know what to expect from the 20th century’s greatest musical theater composer-lyricist: the unexpected.You're Gonna ...

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 ...

Broadway will soon have a new Cyrano de Bergerac. But perhaps you can give the world a new Cyrano – meaning the excellent 1973 musical version.

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 ...