Peters, Espinosa, Gordon, Jackson, Mann, Rashad, Shields and More Added to September 25 Katrina Benefit
by BWW News Desk - Sep 19, 2005
Eden Espinosa,Bernadette Peters, Ricky Ian Gordon, Adam Guettel, Cheyenne Jackson, Judy Kuhn, Terrence Mann, Phyllis Newman, Elizabeth Parkinson, Phylicia Rashad, Keith Roberts, Jai Rodriguez, Brooke Shields, Daniel Sunjata and the casts of Avenue Q and Rent have joined the line-up.
Vereen, Minnelli, and Slew of Broadway Celebs Perform for Katrina Relief at Gershwin Theatre September 25
by BWW News Desk - Sep 13, 2005
The event will star Ben Vereen & Liza Minnelli and feature Bryan Batt, Shoshana Bean, Victoria Clark, Charlotte D'Amboise, Jill Eikenberry, Raul Esparza, Shuler Hensley, Megan Hilty, Bill Irwin, Brian d'Arcy James, Isabelle Keating, Adriane Lenox, Terrence Mann, Rue McClanahan, Michael McElroy, Julia Murney, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O'Hara, Denis O'Hare, David Hyde Pierce, Carole Shelley, Christopher Sieber, Michael Tucker, Frederick Weller and The Broadway Inspirational Voices, plus the casts of The Light in the Piazza, Hairspray, Mamma Mia!, All Shook Up, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Wicked.
Good Golly Miss Polly: Q&A with Jessica Grové
by Adrienne Onofri - Aug 21, 2005
The former child star of 'The Wizard of Oz' is now playing Polly Browne in 'The Boy Friend,' directed by Broadway's original Polly, Julie Andrews.
Broadway: The American Musical - An Interview with Laurence Maslon
by Robert Diamond - Nov 5, 2004
Laurence Maslon authored the companion coffee table book to the recent hit PBS series, BROADWAY: The American Musical. For that special, he also wrote two of the episodes, and the accompanying booklet for the CD set. It seemed a perfect time to check in with this theater historian on the book, the TV special, and of course - about Broadway.
Stephanie J. Block Sings at BIRDLAND August 2, 2004
by BWW - Jul 2, 2004
Stephanie J. Block, currently co-starring as Liza Minnelli opposite Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz, will make her nightclub debut at Birdland on Monday, August 2 at 8pm. The show's musical director is Billy Stritch, with direction by Jim Caruso.