The reviews for My Fair Lady are in, and the critics approve of this My Fair Lady for a #MeToo America. Director Bartlett Sher is smart and precise in reimagining the classic, introducing thoughtful text tweaks and employing (what some might call) inventive casting to craft a musical that feels familiar and brand new at once.…
The reviews are in for Big Fish, and the critics have mixed feelings about the large-scale production. By all accounts, the musical -- based on the Tim Burton movie and the Daniel Wallace novel -- features spectacular stage magic from the mind of director Susan Stroman and a lovable leading man in Norbert Leo Butz…
NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW "As befits a lad of the 1960s with a talent for smooth come-ons, Frank Abagnale Jr. prefaces the story of his life with the promise that it will have “more curves than a Playboy bunny.” But as presented in the new musical “Catch Me if You Can,” which opened Sunday night…
Continue reading ➞ The Reviews for Catch Me If You Can are In…
Bye Bye "Birdie" [picapp align="none" wrap="false" link="term=bye+bye+birdie&iid=6822616" src="3/a/5/4/Opening_Night_Of_d5b1.jpg?adImageId=9478895&imageId=6822616" width="234" height="200" /] The universally panned production of Bye Bye Birdie, starring John Stamos and Gina Gershon, closed on Broadway on Jan 24 after playing 117 performances. Though selling at 90% capacity, producers decided the show's success would dwindle upon the departure of its stars and so…
Continue reading ➞ Bye Bye “Birdie,” Hello New Work and New Horizons
Norbert Leo Butz' sister, Teresa Butz, was killed and her partner severely wounded early Sunday by a man who attacked them as they slept in their home. A detective has confirmed that Teresa sacrificed herself to save her fiancée's life during the attack. The murder is being investigated as a possible hate crime and the…
Continue reading ➞ Norbert Leo Butz’ Sister Murdered in Possible Hate Crime
Found some footage of the new Catch Me if You Can musical on youtube and just had to share! Aaron Tveit as Frank Abagnale, Jr Norbert Leo Butz as Carl Hanrady Aaron Tveit and Tom Wopat What do you think?
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