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James Sims James Sims is the Senior Editor at BroadwayWorld.com. Beyond his duties on this website, James also contributes as a featured blogger for the Huffington Post.

Having grown up in Los Angeles, California, James spent time working as an entertainment reporter on the west coast before heading to New York City to attend Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.sofasnark.com">SofaSnark.com</a> and follow James on Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/simsjames">@SimsJames</a>.





Jimmi Simpson Tackles Sorkin's Farnsworth
January 25, 2007

Simpson took time out of rehearsals to talk about his working with McAnuff again, having been in the La Jolla Playhouse production of Tartuffe in 2002, along with his experiences with Sorkin and his upcoming films set for release later this year...

Marissa Chibas is Revolutionary at REDCAT
January 18, 2007

There is a revolution afoot at the REDCAT and Marissa Chibas is to thank, as her one-woman masterwork, Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary, makes its world premiere in the downtown Los Angeles theatre presented by CalArts...

Mormon Boy Comes Clean with Confession
January 15, 2007

Confessing one's sins certainly takes an act of bravery, but imagine doing so in front of a packed theatre night after night, let alone revealing your dark past and divulging family tidbits to absolute strangers...

Photo Coverage: Andrew Lippa in the O.C.
December 30, 2006

Broadway stars and admirers of composer-lyricist Andrew Lippa gathered to sing him praise along with support for the California Conservatory of the Arts at the Orange County Performing Arts Center December 19...

Sugar, Spice and Everything Marvelous
December 23, 2006

Move over Rydell High, there is a new group of singing teenage starlets on stage hailing from Springfield High, and they are making audiences flip at the El Portal Theatre as they relive their 1958 Senior Prom to some doo-wop classics...

Oscar Poster Looks to Broadway
December 19, 2006

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed Tuesday the 79th Academy Awards poster design, which features dozens of the most memorable and quotable lines from motion pictures, including a handful of films adapted from Broadway hits...

Slava's Snowshow Explodes at UCLA
December 18, 2006

As ambient sounds of faraway whistling trains and occasional waves of stage smoke filled the expansive Royce Hall, a childlike sense of anticipation overcame the audience as they awaited an evening of whimsy and spectacle...

Matthew Bourne's Sharp With Scissorhands
December 15, 2006

Bourne cuts to the heart of Edward Scissorhands with his approachable dance interpretation, picking up on the despair of the title character's struggle for acceptance in a superficial anywhere American neighborhood...

Photo Coverage: UPRIGHT's Holiday Concert in L.A.
December 14, 2006

UPRIGHT, an L.A. Cabaret, along with AIDS Project Los Angeles presented 'Life is a Holiday Cabaret' at La Boheme Restaurant December 10...

Photo Coverage: Edward Scissorhands Opens in L.A.
December 14, 2006

Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands opened at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles December 13...

Ilene Graff Sings at Sterling's Upstairs
December 14, 2006

Mr. Belvedere star Ilene Graff goes cabaret at Sterling's Upstairs...

John Denver Comes Home at Rubicon
December 8, 2006

Pull out the fiddle and rosin up the bow, because we all might just be able to go home and discover we are a country boy, or girl, at heart after seeing Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert...

Sister Act Sets Pasadena Playhouse Record
December 8, 2006

The Pasadena Playhouse has announced that Sister Act the Musical's tickets sales have set a theatre record, surpassing their last record set by August Wilson's Fences, which starred Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett...

Valarie Pettiford on Fosse, McAnuff and More
December 8, 2006

Valarie Pettiford, who was last seen on stage at the La Jolla Playhouse performing in Des McNauff's The Wiz, recently spent the evening in the historic lobby of the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, singing a handful of showtunes and standards...

Kids Steal Show in Civic Lights' Oliver!
December 6, 2006

With an impressive cast of 28 children, it is the younger talent that proves to be the heartbeat of this Lionel Bart adaptation of Charles Dicken's novel...

Photo Coverage: Valarie Pettiford in Actors' Fund Evening
December 5, 2006

Hollywood was alive with the sounds of a bygone era, as Tony nominated actress, dancer and film star Valarie Pettiford dazzled with a cabaret performance in the Pantages Theatre lobby December 4...

John Waters' Merry-Scarry Holiday Cheer
December 4, 2006

Good tidings be damned this holiday season. From the man who created such camp-classic films as 'Hairspray' and 'Cry Baby,' comes a shocking outlook on the most sacred of all Hallmark holidays...

Texmas Makes World Premiere in Burbank
November 28, 2006

The Third Stage Company will present the world premiere of TEXMAS, a holiday comedy play, opening Friday, December 1, 2006 at the Third Stage...

Struthers Saves Christmas in Nuncrackers
November 26, 2006

Sally Struthers and Adrian Zmed save Christmas with their jovial interpretation of convent leaders in Nuncrackers, The Nunsense Christmas Musical now at the El Portal Theatre...

Photo Coverage: Wishful Drinking Opening
November 18, 2006

Hollywood's brightest stars descended on the Geffen Playhouse to celebrate Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking...



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