James Sims - Page 18

Taking the now familiar path of stand up comedy by way of theatrical houses, Billy Connolly Live! has set up shop at the Brentwood Theatre for a short while, which works to Connolly's benefit as the 500 seat intimate venue allows for a unique experience...

Andrew Lloyd Webber, in his quest to become arguably one of the most prolific modern musical theatre composers, produced his fair share of absolute tragedies, including the extremely disjointed Song and Dance, which originally ran in London under the title Tell Me On a Sunday, both to critical brow beatings...

NBC put on its game face Sunday with the latest installment of 'Grease: You're the One That I Want,' their reality casting special for the soon to bow on Broadway revival of the classic musical. This week was missing any female performances, as the remaining four Danny's left in the competition made it guy's week...

Taking in a night of Marilyn: Forever Blonde is a treat, and far more enjoyable than turning on another episode of 'True Hollywood Story' ...

The theatrical industry was abuzz Wednesday morning as a smattering of Broadway's most successful American composers gathered in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion's Founder's Room in downtown Los Angeles, kicking off the Festival of New American Musicals...

A show that started in this city nearly 30 years ago, They're Playing Our Song, makes a rather pleasurable return to the El Portal Theatre spinning some disco-era tunes from the genius of composer Marvin Hamlisch and lyricist Carole Bayer Sager...

The outfits were divine and the amount of talent packing the house was innumerable as self-congratulatory praise was spread around. Oh wait, that was the Academy Awards… wrong show. Once again, NBC faced a formidable opponent in terms of a ratings battle as 'Grease: You're the One That I Want' was pitted against another kudos fest Sunday night...

Let the games begin. That is games of ticket scalpers and daily lottery drawings for those impossible to snag seats, as Broadway's smash hit Wicked has finally landed in Hollywood for a presumably lengthy run...

After last week's taping of NBC's 'Grease: You're the One That I Want,' I had the opportunity to sit down with judges David Ian, Kathleen Marshall and Andrew Lloyd Webber to get the dish on the casting series and what the future holds for this Broadway-bound production...

This week marked a change of pace for NBC's 'Grease: You're the One that I Want,' as producers seemed to have jumbled up the run of things, fixing a few glaring mistakes made last week but dropping the ball overall...

West Hollywood was full of love last Friday as the boys of UPRIGHT Cabaret took over the romantic hot spot La Boheme for their monthly evening of world-class entertainment chalk full of stage and screen stars, creating an only in Los Angeles moment...

Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's restaurant in Studio City celebrated their 8th anniversary with a cool sense of chic cabaret as Maura M. Knowles (Bare) flew through stage classics to a crowded house...

Award winning-playwright David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow recently opened at the Geffen Playhouse under the direction of Geffen Playhouse artistic director Randall Arney...

The LA Opera presented Kurt Weill's and Bertolt Brecht's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Saturday under the direction of Tony Award-winner John Doyle and starring Broadway divas Audra McDonald and Patti LuPone...

After going dark for a week, NBC's 'Grease: You're the One that I Want' made its triumphant return Sunday evening, although a slightly overshadowed one as it battled against the Grammy Awards...

Hollywood is the town where young dreamers flock, hoping to one day be discovered and launch into a career of cheers and stardom. It is a place where everyone walking down the street, be it bum or barista, has within them the next cinematic masterpiece...

There are moments in musical theatre when the sets become cumbersome and staging simply hampers the works on stage, which might explain the popularity of Reprise! Broadway's Best's Marvelous Musical Monday series at UCLA...

Like most things in life, Jamaica, an island known for the occasional holiday getaway by some of the more wealthy, is not the most luxurious of locales when looked at closely...

As the driving creative force behind the now 30-year-old musical that has spawned countless child stars, including Andrea McArdle and Sarah Jessica Parker, Charnin again returns to his beloved classic, currently at the Orange County Performing Arts Center...

Hello twelve, hello fourteen. NBC kicked off the two-hour live episode of the Broadway casting extravaganza, 'Grease: You're the One that I Want,' with the top 12 contestants suddenly discovering two fallen stars were thrown back into the race...