Photo Coverage: 'The Music Man' Opening Night PartyApril 23, 2008The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, CT, celebrated its much anticipated opening night of 'The Music Man' on Tuesday, April 22 at Vito's by the Park. Performed as a semi-staged concert, the 50th Anniversary Tribute stars the legendary Shirley Jones and son Patrick Cassidy, along with Broadway veterans Lisa Vroman and Jason Graae.
The Music Man – and Woman – Come to HartfordApril 19, 2008Mother and son Shirley Jones and Patrick Cassidy reunite to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Meredith Willson's musical classic in a staged concert version of 'The Music Man' April 22-27 at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, Connecticut
Tommy Tune: Steps in TimeApril 14, 2008Broadway's most celebrated showman debuts his new act 'Steps in Time: A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance' April 19-20 at the Reagle Players in Waltham, Mass.
Good Grief: 'Vigil' Laughs in the Face of DeathMarch 11, 2008Emmy Award winner Timothy Busfield takes the stage in a tour de force performance as a comically deranged nephew anxiously awaiting his aunt's death in the Westport Country Playhouse production of 'Vigil' by Morris Panych.
'The Little Dog Laughed' Also SnarlsFebruary 9, 2008This is not your mother's nursery rhyme. SpeakEasy Stage in Boston gives Douglas Carter Beane's twisted inside-Hollywood comedy its New England premiere.
What Ever Happened to My Plot?January 20, 2008Storylines as thin as the paper they are written on leave the casts of Boston's Adrift in Macao, Antoine Feval and Spamalot working hard to stay afloat.
Pops Prep for New Year with Gershwin and FriendsDecember 31, 2007For New Englanders, one of the best ways to ring in the New Year is to spend it at Symphony Hall with the world renowned Boston Pops. This year's program, which has been warming up for the big night in four sold-out weekend performances, will usher in 2008 with a swinging program called 'Gershwin and Friends.'
A Dickens of a Season, Scrooged or NotDecember 10, 2007Whether you like your theatrical holiday fare to wax nostalgic or break with traditional sentiment, you're bound to find something in the Boston area to brighten your days now that the Winter Solstice is upon us.
All-Teen 'West Side Story' Delivers Message with MusicNovember 17, 2007Boston Children's Theatre combined its recent 50th anniversary presentation of the classic musical West Side Story with a potent message: gang violence has tragic consequences. Multi-racial and multi-ethnic kids from Boston's inner city and its more affluent suburbs shared the stage - and drove their points home in dramatic fashion.
Barry Ivan: NSMT's New Master of the HouseNovember 2, 2007Award-winning musical director and choreographer Barry Ivan will be filling some pretty big shoes when he takes over the reins as artistic director and executive producer of the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts this coming February.
Photo Coverage: Rachel York in Feinstein's DebutOctober 17, 2007Broadway, television, film and recording star Rachel York made her Feinstein's at Loews Regency debut on Sunday, October 14, and Monday, October 15, performing her new cabaret, 'For the Love of It.' Feinstein's in the Loews Regency Hotel is located at 540 Park Avenue at 61st Street.
'39 Steps' Delivers 100s of LaughsSeptember 30, 2007Tongue-in-cheek homage to Alfred Hitchcock is also a madcap celebration of theater as Broadway-bound British comedy turns suspense movie send-up into outrageous vaudeville
Boston Touring Company Is 'Wicked' GoodSeptember 28, 2007Excellent cast makes the national touring production of the blockbuster Broadway hit 'Wicked' a powerful and intense recreation with its own personality and charms
Mazzie and Mitchell Swing Gershwin at TanglewoodAugust 28, 2007The Boston Pops closed out its 2007 Tanglewood season on Sunday, August 26, with a swinging tribute to George Gershwin that featured Jean-Yves Thibaudet on piano and the vocals of Broadway's Marin Mazzie and Brian Stokes Mitchell.
