Black Ensemble Theater Celebrates 35 years With 2011 Benefit 10/14by BWW News Desk - Sep 28, 2011Chicago's acclaimed Black Ensemble Theater, led by Founder and Executive Director Jackie Taylor, will host Thirty-Five Fabulous Years - A Legendary Celebration, to honor the historical thirty-five year legacy of the theater and the upcoming Grand Opening of the new Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center. (more...)
BWW Reviews: THE PAJAMA GAME at Seattle Musical Theatreby Jay Irwin - Sep 10, 2011Seattle Musical Theatre is starting off their new season of musicals through the decades with the 50’s tuner, “The Pajama Game” by George Abbott, Richard Bissell, Richard Adler and Jerry Ross and direction from local theater veteran David Edward Hughes. With an evening full of fun and frothy numbers the watchword for the evening could really only be described as “hot” but in both good and bad ways.
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BWW Reviews: THE PAJAMA GAME at Seattle Musical Theatreby BWW
News Desk - Oct 2, 2011Seattle Musical Theatre is starting off their new season of musicals through the decades with the 50’s tuner, “The Pajama Game” by George Abbott, Richard Bissell, Richard Adler and Jerry Ross and direction from local theater veteran David Edward Hughes. With an evening full of fun and frothy numbers the watchword for the evening could really only be described as “hot” but in both good and bad ways.
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Black Ensemble Theater Celebrates 35 years With 2011 Benefit 10/14by BWW
News Desk - Oct 14, 2011Chicago's acclaimed Black Ensemble Theater, led by Founder and Executive Director Jackie Taylor, will host Thirty-Five Fabulous Years - A Legendary Celebration, to honor the historical thirty-five year legacy of the theater and the upcoming Grand Opening of the new Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center. (more...)
Jim Parsons, Jesisca Hecht & Charles Kimbrough Lead HARVEY for Roundabout this Springby BWW News Desk - Nov 29, 2011Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Don Gregory, announced that Jim Parsons (Elwood P. Dowd), Jessica Hecht (Veta Louise Simmons) and Charles Kimbrough (William R. Chumley, M.D.) starring in a new Broadway production of the Pulitzer Prize winning comedy Harvey by Mary Chase and directed by Scott Ellis. (more...)
Black Ensemble Theater Announces an Open Run for ALL IN LOVE IS FAIRby BWW News Desk - May 7, 2011The Black Ensemble Theater World Premiere of "All in Love Is Fair" opened this past March to rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. This unique take on traditional love stories, is produced and directed by Black Ensemble Theater Founder and Executive Director Jackie Taylor and choreographed by Rueben Echoles. "All in Love Is Fair" features an incredible ensemble cast as well as music from renowned artists such as Luther Vandross, Brook Benton, James Ingram, Gladys Knight and Roberta Flack. The show kicked off the 2011 Season at the Black Ensemble Theater, 4520 N. Beacon Street, and is now on an open run. (more...)
Yale's Whiffenpoofs To Perform at Marines' Memorial Theatre 5/27by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2011The Whiffenpoofs - Yale University's famed a cappella group - will make a rare Bay Area appearance at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St.) for one night only on Friday, May 27th at 7 p.m. (more...)
IDOL WATCH: The Top 13 Perform!by Kelsey Denette - Mar 7, 2012Tonight on AMERICAN IDOL, it was the show's 400th episode and the the top 6 girls tackled the songs of Whitney Houston while the top 7 guys took on the songs of Stevie Wonder. It's been a long road getting here, and with a helping hand from guest coach Mary J. Blige twelve will continue on. Find out how it went now! (more...)
IDOL WATCH: Top 11 Perform; A Motown Throw Down!by Nicole Rosky - Mar 23, 2011Season ten of American Idol has introduced many welcomed changes that have revamped the show for the better. As previously announced this year, this time around we won't see the contestants tackle artist specific challenges as much as we will genre centric themes. Only five times in the show's history have Idol finalists gone retro with the sounds of Motown (not since season eight), and tonight they got to tackle the classic music yet again. (more...)
CRT Presents THE PAJAMA GAME 7/7-24by BWW News Desk - Jun 29, 2010Cortland Repertory Theatre's stage will spark with "steam heat" in the third show of their 39th season as they present the all-singing, all-dancing musical "The Pajama Game", with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, and a book written by George Abbott and Richard Bissell based on Bissell's novel "7 1/2 Cents". (more...)
CRT Presents THE PAJAMA GAME 7/7-24by BWW
News Desk - Jul 7, 2010Cortland Repertory Theatre's stage will spark with "steam heat" in the third show of their 39th season as they present the all-singing, all-dancing musical "The Pajama Game", with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, and a book written by George Abbott and Richard Bissell based on Bissell's novel "7 1/2 Cents". (more...)
CRT Closes THE PAJAMA GAME 7/24by BWW News Desk - Jul 24, 2010Cortland Repertory Theatre's stage will spark with "steam heat" in the third show of their 39th season as they present the all-singing, all-dancing musical "The Pajama Game", with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, and a book written by George Abbott and Richard Bissell based on Bissell's novel "7 1/2 Cents". (more...)
Cortland Repertory Theatre Presents THE PAJAMA GAME Through 7/24by BWW
News Desk - Jul 24, 2010The Cortland Repertory Theatre in Little York, New York is currently presenting THE PAJAMA GAME. The production will run through July 24. (more...)
BroadwayGirlNYC: #BwaySongMashup Contestby BroadwayGirlNYC - Jul 21, 2011Do you ever hear a line in a Broadway show or song that reminds you of ANOTHER Broadway show or song? With thousands upon thousands of Broadway cast albums, there are many themes, lyrics and song titles that are reminiscent of each other. More and more, I'm finding myself drawn to them. I find myself amazed and amused by the similarities, and that is how the twitter hashtag #BwaySongMashup came to be. (more...)
Cortland Repertory Theatre Presents THE PAJAMA GAME Through 7/24by BWW News Desk - Jul 13, 2010The Cortland Repertory Theatre in Little York, New York is currently presenting THE PAJAMA GAME. The production will run through July 24. (more...)
Nominees Announced for the 1st Annual Beat Awardsby BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2012The Chicago Theater Beat (formerly the Chicago Theater Blog) today announced the nominees for the 1st Annual Chicago Theater Critics' Beat Awards. The Beat Awards provide an opportunity for Chicago's critics to give recognition to outstanding achievements in Chicago's theatre community and the artists involved. (more...)
Carol Kane & More Join Jessica Hecht, Jim Parsons & Charles Kimbrough in Roundabout's HARVEY This Springby BWW News Desk - Feb 15, 2012Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Don Gregory, has announced the full company for the new Broadway production of Mary Chase’s Harvey starring Jim Parsons (Elwood P. Dowd), Jessica Hecht (Veta Louise Simmons), Charles Kimbrough (William R. Chumley, M.D.), Larry Bryggman (Judge Omar Gaffney), Carol Kane (Betty Chumley), Peter Benson (E.J. Lofgren), Tracee Chimo (Myrtle Mae Simmons), Holley Fain (Ruth Kelly, R.N.), Angela Paton (Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet), Rich Sommer (Duane Wilson), Morgan Spector (Lyman Sanderson, M.D.) and directed by Scott Ellis.
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BWW Interviews: Spotlight on David Edward Hughes & Harry Turpin from SMT's PAJAMA GAMEby Jay Irwin - Aug 29, 2011Seattle Musical Theatre is not only bringing back a “humdinger” of an old classic but also has two local theater veterans at the helm. Theater Critic/Actor/Producer/Director David Edward Hughes and Actor/Choreographer Harry Turpin take on this fun and frothy charmer. Add to that two up and coming local powerhouses, Derek Hansen and Kirsten deLohr Helland in the leads of Sid, the pajama factory’s new foreman and Babe, the union leader who’s just looking for another seven and a half cents an hour and there’s bound to be some “Steam Heat” with this show.
I recently sat down with director Hughes and choreographer Turpin to take a look as their careers, lives and of course how it is playing "The Pajama Game". (more...)
'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for April 20th, 2011by Paul W. Thompson - Apr 20, 2011The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. "42nd Street," "All in Love Is Fair," "Passing Strange," Rodgers and Hammerstein shows, the Blues Brothers, the "Memphis" movie, more.... (more...)
Yale's Whiffenpoofs To Perform at Marines' Memorial Theatre 5/27by BWW News Desk - Apr 12, 2011The Whiffenpoofs - Yale University's famed a cappella group - will make a rare Bay Area appearance at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St.) for one night only on Friday, May 27th at 7 p.m. (more...)
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