Photo Coverage: 'WHITE CHRISTMAS' Holds A Festive Broadway Sneak Peek!by Peter James Zielinski - November 9, 2009The Tony Award® nominated hit musical Irving Berlin'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage reinvention of the beloved classic film, directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Randy Skinner, with music supervision by Rob Berman, returns to Broadway! STAGE TUBE: John Tartaglia's IMAGINOCEAN Sneak Peek!by Eddie Varley - November 6, 2009When she makes her debut in December 2009, Royal Caribbean International's newest ship, Oasis of the Seas, will introduce the most unique and varied collection of entertainment and activities ever offered for guests of the global cruise line. Kristin Maloney & Jessica Grove Lead SENSE & SENSIBILITY Staged Reading at Playwrights Horizons, 11/16by Jessica Lewis - November 6, 2009Sense & Sensibility, the new musical originally developed in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop in New York - which has nurtured Broadway shows such as Avenue Q, Ragtime, and A Chorus Line - will get an industry reading at Playwrights Horizons on November 16. The musical most recently had a development reading at the Berkshire Musical Theater Workshop this past May. LGBT Honors Tony-Winning Producer Robyn Goodman, 11/7by Jessica Lewis - November 5, 2009The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center will honor celebrated Tony Award-winning producer Robyn Goodman at its 12th Annual Women's Event on November 7 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers. Photo Flash: The Broadway Cast of IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMASby Eddie Varley - November 5, 2009The Tony Award® nominated hit musical Irving Berlin'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage reinvention of the beloved classic film, directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Randy Skinner, with music supervision by Rob Berman, returns to Broadway! Van Wezel's I LOVE A PIANO Opens 11/30by Gabrielle Sierra - November 5, 2009Irving Berlin's I Love a Piano, at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Monday, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m., looks at America through the perceptive and hopeful eyes of one of America's greatest composers. Tickets are $40-$55 (a limited number of 'Smart Seats' are available for $10). Lauren Ambrose, Colman Domingo, HAIR'S Caissie Levy & More Set for Joe's Pub in Novemberby Jessica Lewis - November 5, 2009Famed performance space Joe's Pub has announced a revised upcoming line up of event in November and early December. Performers include Lauren Abrose, Coleman Domingo, Capathia Jenkins and Louis Rosen, Hair's Caissie Levy, and more. Kelly Joe Phelps who was previously scheduled to perform on 11/14, has pulled out and has been replaced PT Walkley. CAMELOT Kicks Off New Broadway Series At The Van Wezelby Gabrielle Sierra - November 4, 2009Camelot, the definitive musical theater fable that The New York Times calls 'the ultimate fantasy of the musical stage,' ushers in the new Broadway Series at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Sunday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. Review - Avenue Qby Kristin Salaky - October 22, 2009No, that steady rumble you may hear and feel beneath your feet as you walk along 50th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues these evenings is not the A train making its way to Columbus Circle. It's the sound of laughing audiences having a swell time in the underground quintet of auditoriums called New World Stages. The former movie multiplex turned Off-Broadway house seems to be experiencing a happy renaissance, with its long-running anchor production, Altar Boyz, having been joined by laughter-inducing hits like The Toxic Avenger, Naked Boys Singing, My First Time and The Gazillion Bubble Show (which I haven't seen but I'm sure brings out many giggles from the youngsters). The hilarious Love Child, which previously ran at 59E59 will be moving in shortly, but first the welcome mat (and perhaps a red carpet) has been set for the center's new crown jewel as the Tony-winning Avenue Q completes its successful Broadway run and returns to its Off-Broadway roots. Review - A Few Choice Quotes From Stephen Sondheimby Kristin Salaky - January 19, 2009I just got back from Avery Fisher Hall, where Frank Rich was partaking in a fireside chat (sans fireside) with Stephen Sondheim. I scribbled down as much as I could from the 90 minute conversation. Some of the more interesting topics included the inability for most theatre critics to critique the music in a musical and the greater gratification Sondheim gets from composition than lyric writing because of the way language can restrict him from expressing exactly what he wants to say. ('There are very few lyrics that are perfect lyrics.') I wish there was more time to discuss his observation that Jerry Bock's music has the same edginess as Fred Ebb's lyrics and John Kander's outpouring of music matches Sheldon Harnick's elegant lyrics, giving great dramatic tension to the songs of both teams. Review - Live Theatre Is Only For Now?by Kristin Salaky - December 22, 2008I somehow doubt that, despite Broadway's struggles in the current economy, Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez would be so cynical as to use the title of this entry as their new 'For Now' lyric in Avenue Q, but since it's only a matter of weeks before the sharply satirical children's educational musical for adults they penned with Jeff Whitty outlasts the current presidential administration, that infamous lyric, 'George Bush is only for now,' is about to be impeached. Joe Calarco Joins Creative Team Of Playwright Horizons & Vineyard Theatre's THE BURNT PART BOYS by Gabrielle Sierra - November 3, 2009Playwrights Horizons (Artistic Director, Tim Sanford; Managing Director, Leslie Marcus) and the Vineyard Theatre (Artistic Director, Douglas Aibel; Executive Director, Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell) have announced that four-time Helen Hayes Award-winning director Joe Calarco (Shakespeare's R&J) has joined the creative team of the upcoming new musical THE BURNT PART BOYS by Mariana Elder (book), Nathan Tysen (lyrics) and Chris Miller (music). CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK To Star Atherton, Tompsett, Boys And Waddinghamby Carrie Dunn - November 2, 2009West End stars Julie Atherton, Samuel Barnett, Daniel Boys, Ashleigh Gray, Leanne Jones, Paul Spicer, Oliver Tompsett, Hannah Waddingham and Rachael Wooding will headline this year's instalment of the perennially popular festive concert Christmas in New York, which arrives for its fourth triumphant year, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, for one night only on Sunday 6 December 2009. Photo Coverage: AVENUE Q Supports Movemberby Carrie Dunn - November 2, 2009This November the residents of Avenue Q will be climbing into bed with moustache growers across the UK. The puppets and humans of London's funniest adult musical will be supporting Movember, the annual month-long celebration of the moustache that highlights men's health issues, and particularly the dangers of prostate cancer. Vineyard Extends Domingo's A BOY AND HIS SOUL Thru 11/1by BWW News Desk - November 1, 2009The Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre has announced that it will extend its critically acclaimed play A BOY AND HIS SOUL - written and performed by Colman Domingo - by 2 weeks, now until November 1. Maxwell C King Center Announces November-January Lineupby Gabrielle Sierra - October 30, 2009LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL 2009-2010 Harris Broadway Season
November 3-8, 2009 8 Shows
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