A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, an intimate, chamber musical by longtime collaboratators Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally (RAGTIME), addresses a number of universal issues. Friendship, the transformative power of art, and being honest ...
Since the original Broadway production opened in 1998, RAGTIME has given audiences an epic view of New York at the turn of the 20th century. Characters from three groups - the white upper class, the newly arrived immigrants, and the community of ...
This is the eighth in a series looking at the work of Stephen Sondheim.
"Putting it together," states the James Lapine/Stephen Sondheim musical, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, "that's what counts." And it does, for 19th century neo-impressionist ...
Many of Frank Loesser's male characters experience an inexplicable urge to keep moving from place to place, without any obligations tying them down. From the gamblers and their floating craps game in GUYS & DOLLS to Joe's beautiful ode to wandering ...
Jim Caruso's Cast Party is once again proud to present composer JASON ROBERT BROWN in concert for four nights on Sunday, March 14 at 7pm and Tuesday through Thursday at 7pm. These concerts are part of the long-running Broadway at Birdland concert ...
This is the seventh in a series looking at the work of Stephen Sondheim.
In early April, Encores! will put on a concert version of Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents' musical, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE. Tony Award winners Sutton Foster (THOROUGHLY ...
Broadway's Sutton Foster put down her tap shoes to guest star on last night's episode of LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT. Known for her breakout, Tony winning performance as Millie in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE and more recently for her turn as ...
This is the sixth in a series of articles analyzing the works of Stephen Sondheim, in preparation for his 80th birthday.
Towards the end of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's legendary musical FOLLIES, any trace of a linear narrative falls away, ...
When I was in elementary school, I read everything. ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN; THE BABY-SITTERS' CLUB; THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE; the FEAR STREET series; THE DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN series; Marguerite Henry's books about horses; Brian Jacques' ...
In October of 2003, a show opened that would quickly become one of the biggest phenomena Broadway has ever seen. The musical WICKED, an alternative look at L. Frank Baum's THE WIZARD OF OZ, struck a chord in theatregoers across the country. ...
