Listen: J. Harrison Ghee, Joe Dipietro, Brad Oscar, and More Featured In 'The Spotlight Series' Podcast
“The Spotlight Series” on the Broadway Podcast Network (BPN) concludes today, shining the spotlight on the world of Only Make Believe (OMB), a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing interactive theater to children's hospitals, special education schools, and care facilities. In the six-episode series, host Patrick Oliver Jones takes listeners on a behind-the-scenes journey with OMB's dedicated team and artists, who share stories of the profound impact that OMB makes in the lives of children.
THE UNDERSTUDY by Ellen Tovatt Leary Released Today
The Understudy by Ellen Tovatt Leary is marking its release today. The charming, evocative, and authentic novel portrays the life of a Broadway actress in the 1970s, evoking the familiar rooms, smells, situations and romance of the industry in a way that only a true veteran of the Great White Way can do.
Ellen Tovatt Leary to Release New Novel THE UNDERSTUDY
On July 1st, Hansen Publishing Group will release The Understudy by Ellen Tovatt Leary, a charming, evocative, and authentic novel about the life of a Broadway actress in the 1970s, evoking the familiar rooms, smells, situations and romance of the industry in a way that only a true veteran of the Great White Way can do.
TheatreWorks Unveils New Works Fest Line-Up
Lovers of new theatre will gather this August for an advance look at tomorrow's hits at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 2018 New Works Festival at Palo Alto's Lucie Stern Theatre. This unique festival offers audiences an extraordinary opportunity to experience new plays and musicals in their early stages of development, and hear about the creative process in a "Meet the Artists" panel discussion. With multiple performances of each work, playwrights and composers are able to rewrite scenes, add or delete songs, revise and refine, allowing audiences to return and watch the exciting evolution of brand new pieces of American theatre.
BWW Review: STATE FAIR at Alex Theatre
The corn was high as an elephant's eye at the Alex Theatre in Glendale last Sunday as Musical Theater Guild presented a staged reading of Rodgers and Hammerstein's bucolic musical State Fair, the only musical R&H wrote specifically for the screen. State Fair wasn't adapted for the stage until 1996, the final show produced by David Merrick, Broadway's notorious 'abominable showman.'
BWW Reviews: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Opens 2015 Season at Porthouse
What do 'West Side Story,' 'Gypsy,' 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,' 'Company,' 'Follies,' 'Sweeney Todd' 'Sunday in the Park with George,' and 'Into the Woods,' all have in common? Yes, they are shows which have music written by Steven Sondheim.