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In a quiet suburb of Pennsylvania, David Rapoport is a happily married man. But behind closed doors, he's engaging in a torrid affair with his mistress, Jennifer Snyder. Everything is perfect for David, until Jennifer reveals a secret that could ruin him.



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David Engel Joins TWIST OF FATE A Musical In Concert At 54 Below Photo David Engel Joins TWIST OF FATE A Musical In Concert At 54 Below
by Julie Musbach - March 11, 2019

David Engel (La Cage Aux Folles, Seussical, Forever Plaid) joins the cast when FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Ron Abel and Lissa Levin's Twist of Fate, a musical comedy in concert, on Wednesday, March 20th, at 9:30 pm. With Abel's electrifying flamenco/pop score and Levin's K...


Nicolas Dromard, Jesse Manocherian, and More Lead Cast of THE DAY BEFORE SPRING Photo Nicolas Dromard, Jesse Manocherian, and More Lead Cast of THE DAY BEFORE SPRING
by Julie Musbach - January 31, 2019

Celebrating the centennial of Alan Jay Lerner. The York Theatre Company continues the 25th Anniversary of its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series celebrating the work of the legendary librettist and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, whose hundredth birthday was August 31, 2018....


John Tartaglia To Direct MAMMA MIA! At Bucks County Playhouse Photo John Tartaglia To Direct MAMMA MIA! At Bucks County Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - June 05, 2019

Bucks County Playhouse continues its 80th Anniversary Season with an all-new production of the high-energy, international musical sensation, "Mamma Mia!"...


Original LOST IN YONKERS Star Graham Alexander Sack Joins Tim Realbuto's Benefit Read Photo Original LOST IN YONKERS Star Graham Alexander Sack Joins Tim Realbuto's Benefit Reading
by Stephi Wild - November 13, 2018

Graham Alexander Sack, who starred as Arty Kurnitz in the original Broadway production of Neil Simon's LOST IN YONKERS, has joined the cast of Tim Realbuto's revival, taking place on Sunday, December 9th at The Engleman Concert Hall in NYC....


Beth Leavel, Jenn Gambatese And More Honor Nancy LaMott At 5th Annual BROADWAY'S GOT Photo Beth Leavel, Jenn Gambatese And More Honor Nancy LaMott At 5th Annual BROADWAY'S GOT GUTS
by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2019

The fifth annual Broadway's Got Guts will feature Broadway's brightest singing wonderful standards recorded by the late, great Nancy LaMott plus other exciting numbers on the 24th anniversary of her death, to benefit the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation on Monday, October 21 at 6 PM at the Bohemian Na...


TV: Travel Back to the 60's with a Sneak Peek of MY VERY OWN BRITISH INVASION at Pape Photo TV: Travel Back to the 60's with a Sneak Peek of MY VERY OWN BRITISH INVASION at Paper Mill Playhouse!
by Nicole Rosky - January 21, 2019

Paper Mill Playhouse will soon present the world premiere of My Very Own British Invasion with book by Tony award-winner Rick Elice (Peter and the Starcatcher). My Very Own British Invasion is produced in association with Hal Luftig, Craig Haffner and Rodney Rigby....


Emily Koch, Riza Takanashi And More Join BROADWAY'S BEST GROUP NUMBERS At Feinstein's Photo Emily Koch, Riza Takanashi And More Join BROADWAY'S BEST GROUP NUMBERS At Feinstein's/54 Below
by A.A. Cristi - July 12, 2019

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents All Together Now:Celebrating Broadway's Best Group Numbers on July 15, 2019, at 9:30pm...


One Day Delay For Off Broadway Premiere of I SPY A SPY Photo One Day Delay For Off Broadway Premiere of I SPY A SPY
by Marianka Swain - July 03, 2019

Due to technical issues (or spy interference) the Off Broadway premiere of I Spy A Spy, a new (declassified) musical comedy, with book and lyrics by Jamie Jackson and book & music by SoHee Youn, directed and choreographed by Bill Castellino (Cagney, Desperate Measures) with musical direction by Dan ...


Beth Leavel, Jenn Gambatese And More Honor Nancy LaMott At 5th Annual BROADWAY'S GOT Photo Beth Leavel, Jenn Gambatese And More Honor Nancy LaMott At 5th Annual BROADWAY'S GOT GUTS
by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2019

The fifth annual Broadway's Got Guts will feature Broadway's brightest singing wonderful standards recorded by the late, great Nancy LaMott plus other exciting numbers on the 24th anniversary of her death, to benefit the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation on Monday, October 21 at 6 PM at the Bohemian Na...


Isaac Powell, Hailey Kilgore, Kathryn Gallagher Now Streaming In LOVEVILLE HIGH Podca Photo Isaac Powell, Hailey Kilgore, Kathryn Gallagher Now Streaming In LOVEVILLE HIGH Podcast
by A.A. Cristi - April 29, 2019

Today LOVEVILLE HIGH: A PROM IN NINE MUSICAL PODCASTS has released its final two episodes. The entire musical is available for streaming on iTunes, Stitcher, and all music sharing sites. An MP3 of all episodes is available for review purposes, please email a request....


R.R.E.D. – A SECRET MUSICAL The New Revolutionary Musical Comedy  Now Available For L Photo R.R.E.D. – A SECRET MUSICAL The New Revolutionary Musical Comedy  Now Available For Licensing
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2019

Redheads unite! At a clandestine meeting of auburn-haired rebels, a secret organization is taking matters into their own hands, fighting back against their imminent extinction and standing up for the rights of redheads everywhere. The members of the Real Redheaded Revolutionary Evolutionary Defiance...


TV: Watch Highlight's from ROCK OF AGES' Off-Broadway Return Photo TV: Watch Highlight's from ROCK OF AGES' Off-Broadway Return
by Nicole Rosky - July 22, 2019

The 10th Anniversary Production of ROCK OF AGES is now playing a limited return engagement in New York City at New World Stages (340 W 50th St) through Sunday, October 6, 2019. Check out highlights of the cast in action below!...


John Tartaglia To Direct MAMMA MIA! At Bucks County Playhouse Photo John Tartaglia To Direct MAMMA MIA! At Bucks County Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - June 05, 2019

Bucks County Playhouse continues its 80th Anniversary Season with an all-new production of the high-energy, international musical sensation, "Mamma Mia!"...


Jodie Stubbs Brings WOMAN To Adelaide Fringe Photo Jodie Stubbs Brings WOMAN To Adelaide Fringe
by A.A. Cristi - February 13, 2019

Sydney cabaret performer, Jodie Stubbs, will make her Adelaide Fringe debut with her hilarious cabaret, WOMAN at Gluttony this month. Having received rave reviews in Sydney and Melbourne, WOMAN takes you on a humorous journey of what it is to be a mother, career woman, wife and cabaret chanteuse as ...


Broadway's Liz McCartney Will Get LOST IN YONKERS Next Month Photo Broadway's Liz McCartney Will Get LOST IN YONKERS Next Month
by Stephi Wild - November 23, 2018

Well-known character actor Liz McCartney, who has thrilled Broadway audiences for decades with her performances in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, LES MISERABLES, ANNIE, MAMMA MIA!, and the recent revivals of MY FAIR LADY, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE an...


Christy Altomare, Kate Baldwin and More to Honor Andrew Lippa at Abingdon Theatre Gal Photo Christy Altomare, Kate Baldwin and More to Honor Andrew Lippa at Abingdon Theatre Gala
by Julie Musbach - August 05, 2019

Abingdon Theatre Company today announced initial casting for its upcoming Benefit Gala where they will honor Tony Award-nominated composer & lyricist Andrew Lippa...


TV: It's Back! Rock Out with a Sneak Peek of the Return of ROCK OF AGES Photo TV: It's Back! Rock Out with a Sneak Peek of the Return of ROCK OF AGES
by Nicole Rosky - June 14, 2019

ROCK OF AGES is returning to the New York stage this summer in a special 10th Anniversary Production at New World Stages! The return production of the musical begins performances on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, for a 16-week limited engagement through Sunday, September 29, 2019....


Prospect Theater Company Hosts Peter Mills' All Tenors Concert Photo Prospect Theater Company Hosts Peter Mills' All Tenors Concert
by Sarah Hookey - May 21, 2019

Prospect Theater Company, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Cara Reichel and Managing Director Melissa Huber, will present TENACITY, a one-night-only concert of founding artist Peter Mills' songs for tenors, spanning 20 years of new musicals. ...


Emily Koch, Riza Takanashi And More Join BROADWAY'S BEST GROUP NUMBERS At Feinstein's Photo Emily Koch, Riza Takanashi And More Join BROADWAY'S BEST GROUP NUMBERS At Feinstein's/54 Below
by A.A. Cristi - July 12, 2019

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents All Together Now:Celebrating Broadway's Best Group Numbers on July 15, 2019, at 9:30pm...


Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Presents I AND YOU Photo Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Presents I AND YOU
by Stephi Wild - June 17, 2019

Weston Playhouse Theatre Company presents an ode to youth, life, love, and the strange beauty of human connectedness, I AND YOU (July 4 - July 21 | Walker Farm), Tues - Sat 7:30pm; Wed & Sat 2:00pm; Sun 3:00pm....


Shadow Theatre Presents MISS TEEN Photo Shadow Theatre Presents MISS TEEN
by Stephi Wild - January 18, 2019

When her awkward daughter inexplicably wins the local Miss Teen Pageant, a struggling single mother seizes the opportunity to improve her family's difficult circumstances. Determined to help her daughter succeed, she resorts to increasingly desperate measures, even as the glare from the spotlight th...


Tim Realbuto Finds His Two Young Leads For LOST IN YONKERS Revival Photo Tim Realbuto Finds His Two Young Leads For LOST IN YONKERS Revival
by Stephi Wild - November 10, 2018

Tim Realbuto, the New York stage actor who recently wrapped principal photography playing the lead role of Patrick Nolan in YES, his first major motion picture, will conceive, co-direct and produce a revival of Neil Simon's Tony and Pulitzer Prize Award winning play LOST IN YONKERS on Sunday, Decemb...


Cleopatra Entertainment To Release ROOM 37 – THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF JOHNNY THUNDERS Photo Cleopatra Entertainment To Release ROOM 37 – THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF JOHNNY THUNDERS Worldwide on VOD 5/21
by Tori Hartshorn - March 22, 2019

Cleopatra Entertainment has set a release date for their production ROOM 37 – THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF JOHNNY THUNDERS, a supernatural horror-thriller written and directed by the Cordero Brothers – Vicente Cordero and Fernando Cordero Caballero. The film features Leo Ramsey, Devin McGregor Ketko, Tim...


THE JOURNEY, Based On True-Life Refugee Experiences Features Actors Who Themselves Ha Photo THE JOURNEY, Based On True-Life Refugee Experiences Features Actors Who Themselves Have An Uncertain Future In The UK
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2018

Badac Theatre's The Journey is a compelling, fearless, intense and immersive slice of drama that is true to the experiences of refugees from across the globe fleeing conflict and, sometimes, certain death. It comes to Edinburgh's Out of the Blue Drill Hall on 10 and 11 November as part of a national...


CC Sabathia to Make Stage Debut in ROCK OF AGES for 'Yankees Night' Photo CC Sabathia to Make Stage Debut in ROCK OF AGES for 'Yankees Night'
by Julie Musbach - July 18, 2019

ROCK OF AGES will host special 'Yankees Night' at New World Stages on Wednesday, July 31 at 8PM, to benefit the Carlos Beltran Foundation. Six-time All-Star CC Sabathia will make his stage debut in a one-night-only cameo in the musical's 10th Anniversary production, followed by a special curtain cal...






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