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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 ...
Yes, a new version of The Rothschilds is about to be produced at the York Theatre Company in Manhattan. Its title has been expanded to Rothschild & Sons while its length has been shortened to 90 minutes.Bookwriter Sherman Yellen and lyricist ...
Although few students look forward to the end of summer vacation, three young men and five young women from The Beacon School had to be assuaged by one fact.Kenneth An, Leslie Gaines, Atticus Koizumi, Leo Miranda and Eva Wertimer knew they’d soon ...
So did my column last Friday convince you that you should do DISNEY'S MY SON PINOCCHIO?If you read what I wrote, you saw that I certainly admire this tender and moving story from David I. Stern - and that I also took great pleasure from the ...
Every actor loves when a call comes in out of the blue offering him a job.When the invitation is the leading role in a world-famous musical, that's all the sweeter."Not necessarily," says Michael Bernardi."The call came from Ron Fassler," he ...
At a recent dinner with like-minded Broadway enthusiasts, one told of a director whose vision hadn't worked for what could have otherwise been a really good musical. Soon after, another spoke of a different director who had taken a musical that many ...
