Who was the original Petra in A Little Night Music before she left the show in Boston? In what atypical city did Love Match – a Maltby-Shire musical about Queen Victoria – have its world premiere? What label would have recorded Prettybelle had it ...

So was it true?So many people who’d been in Boston to see the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of A Little Night Music had warned me.“You won’t believe it!” they cried. “Madame Armfeldt actually comes on to Frid!”Well, that ...

That production I mentioned last week of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum made me return to its roots – meaning the demo.Do you know the term “demo”? It’s short for “demonstration record.” For musical theater purposes, ...

As soon as the lights came up for intermission, my buddy Jay Clark immediately snapped, “Listen, I know you have to stay – but I don’t. I’ll wait in the car.”Actually, the recent production of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The ...