Review: PETE 'N' KEELY at Carnegie Hall Is Laugh-Out-Loud Fun
by Rob Lester - Feb 25, 2025
Jennifer Simard & Christopher Sieber play the titular characters in the spoofy, goofy, satirical miracle of mirth. The DEATH BECOMES HER co-stars have great chemistry. PETE 'N' KEELY is full of side-splitting comedy with a musical punch.
Review: Linda Eder Has Star (and Lung!) Power at 54 Below
by Rob Lester - Jan 19, 2025
With a quartet led by Billy Stritch, dynamic Linda Eder is in her comfort zone at 54 Below. She returns to the venue on 2/24 and 3/15. If skill, musical chops, and charm were measured in fluid ounces, this star has it in gallons.
Review: FUNNY GIRL at Kansas City Music Hall
by Alan Portner - Dec 5, 2024
FUNNY GIRL is one of the crown gems of the American Musical Theater. Kansas City audiences will be treated to a first-class production of a show that many theater buffs know about but have never seen.
Tuesday night’s performance starred Leah Platt in the lead role of Fanny Brice. Leah has a gangbuster voice fully displayed as she plows through an excellent score with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Merrill.
Feature: Monthly Musical 'Birthday' Salute: TAKE THE QUIZ!
by Rob Lester - Aug 1, 2024
Have a little fun, take a little bit of a lucky guess, and learn a little more about famous music folks all born in August. Our Broadway World cabaret birthday hunter couldn't decide on just one person to salute in the usual 'born this month' feature, so instead there's a trivia quiz that name-drops a whole bunch of them. Drop by BWW and give it a try.
STEVE & EYDIE's Legacy Is Celebrated at Carnegie Hall
by Rob Lester - Feb 23, 2024
Steve & Eydie were once dubbed 'Mr. and Mrs. Music' by a journalist of yore. Today's journalists --including BWW's reps -- got the 411 on the 3/18 concert that's a tribute to them with David Lawrence (their son) and Debbie Gravitte.
Hello, Gorgeous: FUNNY GIRL is Produced for the First Time in Brazil
by Claudio Erlichman - Sep 13, 2023
Funny Girl gets a Brazilian production directed by Barchilon, starring Giulia Nadruz and Eriberto Leao as protagonists. With score by J. Styne, and lyrics by B. Merrill, the semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of comedian and Broadway star Fanny Brice, featuring her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein.