This is part of a twice-monthly series on musical theatre in television and movies.
Currently in its 21st season, THE SIMPSONS established itself early on as a show able to smartly incorporate popular culture references into character-specific ...
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. ...
Before MRS. DOUBTFIRE, TOOTSIE, and SOME LIKE IT HOT, there was WHERE'S CHARLEY?, Frank Loesser and George Abbot's musical cross-dressing farce. Oxford University students Charley and Jack invite the young and winsome Kitty and Amy to lunch under ...
AFTER THE STORM, by Peabody Award and Emmy Nominee Hilla Medalia is now available on DVD. The feature-length documentary chronicles the journey of a group of teens in post-Katrina New Orleans as they rehearse for and perform in a production of the ...
This is the fifth in a series of articles analyzing the works of Stephen Sondheim, in preparation for his 80th birthday.
Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical, PACIFIC OVERTURES, traces the opening of Japan to the West - from the Japanese ...
Next Monday, March 1, MTI Authors Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty will present a benefit concert for the children of Haiti at Joe's Pub in New York City.
Starring Farah Alvin (Chess, The Look Of Love, Nine, I Love You Because), Betty Buckley ...
Audiences and critics alike are raving about the current production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC playing in Paris. Performed in English, this is the first French production of the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler show, which is also being revived on ...
Sydney Theatre Company brings SPRING AWAKENING to Australia! The edgy rock musical, winner of 8 Tony Awards, took Broadway by storm. This production, which plans to tour Australia and New Zealand, promises to do similarly. Click here to see ...
