The Encores! transfer of Into the Woods opened at the St. James Theater to absolute rave reviews. The simplicity of the staging allows for the hilarious and heartbreaking performances from this star-studded cast to shine and Sondheim's wonderful score to soar. The critics are in full agreement on this one; you'd be a fool to miss this mounting of Woods.
Some award years are more hard to predict than others, but this year, all of the awards seem to be going to the same set of shows and people...with Come From Away, Hello, Dolly!, Andy Karl, Bette Midler, Gavin Creel and Jenn Colella taking home the big prizes at last night's Drama Desk Awards. For the plays, Hollywood actors cleaned up again,…
Continue reading ➞ AWARDS SEASON 2017: Drama Desk Award Winners
She Loves Me opened and the critics couldn't love it more. This unassuming 1963 musical comedy about the most epic of pursuits for ordinary folks - the search for true love - is musical theatre at its finest. First of all, the Roundabout production has a masterpiece to work from, with a book by Joe…
Every week we round up the biggest news items and gossip into one big post so you can be sure you’re fully in the know. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for more to-the-minute updates or subscribe to the blog to ensure you get the weekly buzz! Amazing Grace opened on Broadway yesterday to terrible…
Gavin Creel and his organization, Broadway Impact, brought together a large group of Broadway actors, directors, stage managers, fans, and producers to march on Washington for gay equality this past Sunday. It was amazing event marked by performances/speeches by the cast of Broadway's Hair, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, David Hyde Pierce, Douglas Carter Beane, Cheyenne…
A Little Vacation for Hair star Gavin Creel Tony Award nominee Gavin Creel just announced on his blog that he "will be off with the Creel Clan chilling by a lake in Michigan" from Aug 10-17 this summer, so if you head to Hair that week, you'll be seeing understudies Jay Armstrong Johnson or Paris…
Continue reading ➞ A Vacation, A Rumor, A Cast Album and A Web Site Story
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