Interview: Barry Pearl's FOOTLOOSE & Always Fancy-Free
by Gil Kaan - Feb 21, 2024
Panic! Productions & BarCinBoo Productions’ Footloose the Musical will open at the Colony Theatre March 2, 2024 (with previews beginning March 1st). Barry Pearl directs with co-director/choreographer Michelle Elkin. Barry managed to free up some time to give me some behind-the-scenes of Footloose.
Interview: Eli Bauman Discusses Return of 44 " THE unOFFICIAL, unSANCTIONED OBAMA MUSICAL
by Gil Kaan - Sep 30, 2023
Eli Bauman’s 44 - THE unOFFICIAL, unSANCTIONED OBAMA MUSICAL re-opens October 13, 2023 at The Bourbon Room (with previews beginning October 11th). Eli himself directs his reimagined satire of the Obama campaign with the cast led by T.J. Wilkins as Barack and Shanice as Michelle , with Kevin Bailey, Larry Cedar, Chad Doreck, Kelley Dorney, Summer Nicole Greer, Jane Papageorge, Dino Shorté , Jeff Sumner and Michael Uribes. Understudies include Marqell Edward Clayton and Herman Cain, Scott Kruse as Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham.
World Premiere of DI LADY DI Announces Extension at the Hollywood Fringe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 11, 2022
The Porters of Hellsgate have announced the extension of the world premiere of DI Lady DI, written and performed by Charlotte Munson. DI Lady DI was named Best Musical at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival and was nominated for Fringe First and Top of the Fringe awards.
DI LADY DI Comes to Hollywood Fringe This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jun 1, 2022
The Porters of Hellsgate have announced the world premiere of DI Lady DI, written and performed by Charlotte Munson, is set to open at the Hollywood Fringe Festival on June 5th. DI Lady DI is a one woman, coming-of-age, powerhouse, new fairytale musical. Comedic and searingly innovative, DI Lady DI eschews the fairytale glamor of the People’s Princess to illuminate her struggles in a paternalistic society and dysfunctional family.
Larry Cedar Will Star in Franz Kafka's THE HUNGER ARTIST at Hollywood Fringe Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jul 23, 2021
THE HUNGER ARTIST by Franz Kafka, starring Larry Cedar, makes its debut at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, marking the fifth in a series of one-man literary stagings adapted by Cedar beginning in 2013 with ORWELLIAN (based on the works of George Orwell), NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND (Fyodor Dostoevsky), LETTER TO MY FATHER (Kafka), and THE BURROW (Kafka).
BWW Review: Re-Imagined 21st Century Version of HAMLET THE ROCK MUSICAL Begins World Tour at the El Portal in NoHo
by Shari Barrett - Feb 17, 2020
HAMLET THE ROCK MUSICAL with book, music and lyrics by Cliff Jones, with additional music and lyrics by Craig Fair, has undergone a few incarnations since its Broadway run in the late 70s. The launch of a re-imagined 21st Century version, produced by David Carver Music, magnificently directed by Bill Castellino, with conductor Doug Oberhamer's music direction and choreography by Janet Roston, certainly proves there's something still rockin' in Denmark! And even those not familiar with the Shakespeare's classic tragedy will be able to understand the story, performed as a sung-through musical with enough heartfelt emotions on display to leave no doubt as to how and why the characters interact with one another to mostly bad results.