Today, in conjunction with Part II of the BWW Exclusive InDepth InterView: Donna McKechnie, we are taking a look at some clips from two productions of the masterpiece musical known as FOLLIES written by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman and originally co-directed on Broadway by Hal Prince and Michael Bennett (who also choreographed). 'Who's That Woman' is one of the most legendary - and brilliant, and biting, and unique - dance numbers in Broadway history and in this clip the original choreography is recreated by the star-studded cast of the ‘98 Papermill Playhouse revival starring Donna McKechnie, Dee Hoty, Tony Roberts and Laurence Guittard, as well as Kaye Ballard, Liliane Montevecci, Phyllis Newman and Ann Miller under the supervision of Robert Longbottom and Jerry Mitchell. As a bonus, we also have the number as performed in the original Broadway production. This is something any tried and true Broadway baby surely can't miss!

This week, we are highlighting the unparalleled career of legendary director/choreographer Michael Bennett with a newly unearthed clip of the original Broadway cast of A JOYFUL NOISE performing Bennett's choreography on the Ed Sullivan Show, as well as a near-three-hour interview with his associates that was recorded last week as part of a benefit for Dancers Over 40 also titled A JOYFUL NOISE. There's certainly a lot to love and embrace here in this crash-course in Bennett for the uninitiated among us.

This week, we are taking a look at a particularly licentious and lively clip from a recent Writer's Guild of America award ceremony hosted by FAMILY GUY and AMERICAN DAD creator and star Seth MacFarlane as well as two serious takes on classic songs from movie musicals. CAUTION: CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE & SUGGESTIVE CONTENT, so proceed at your own risk...

This week, we are taking a look and listen to two of Broadway's brightest beacons currently lighting up television sets with their maternally-themed musical numbers on the hit Fox series GLEE. As if their names even need mentioning: Idina Menzel and Lea Michele, and they perform 'I Dreamed A Dream' and 'Poker Face' from the show‘s soundtrack which was released this week...

For this week's FLASHBACK FRIDAY we are bringing together the subjects of my two other columns from this week - SOUND OFF: The Way We Are and InDepth InterView: Maury Yeston - with a perfect performance showcasing the supreme l'actrice/chanteuse Streisand's take on a song from Yeston's 1982 Best Musical and Best Score Tony-winner NINE: the evocative, eerie, sensual "Unusual Way".

This week, we are continuing our month-long look at the career of Stephen Sondheim with these informative and fun clips from a British interview show and a special salute from the cast of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES...

This week, in honor of legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim, we are taking a look at one of his most thoughtful and thought-provoking musicals, the Sondheim/John Weidman collaboration directed by Hal Prince, 1976's PACIFIC OVERTURES...

This week, in honor of the first Broadway revival of the Neil Simon/Hal David/Burt Bacharach musical PROMISES, PROMISES starring Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth, it seems to be a particularly apropos time to go all the way back to an early Spring day of nearly fifty years ago: April 21, 1968, and that year's Tony Award telecast...

This week we are taking a look at some of the biggest flops of the last decade or so in honor of the new feature on the website of the legendary theatre insider haunt, Joe Allen's Restaurant in the Theatre District in NYC.

This week, we are taking a listen to the brand-new release of the first single from the forthcoming soundtrack to the motion picture musical BURLESQUE starring Christina Aguilera, Kristen Bell, Stanley Tucci and Cher. This very catchy and mildly caustic confection is Aguilera's first song in the film and expertly establishes the everything-old-is-new-again nature of the production, with brassy blasts sounding off over a herky-jerky hip-hop-style beat. The anachronisms in the lyrics and musical pastiche styles work very well, indeed. Aguilera's vocals are as excellent as expected and this proves to be a very positive precursory glimpse into the wild, sexy, willpower-building world of BURLESQUE. So, please, do as the song says and 'get your ass up and show me how you burlesque!'

One of my most cherished theatrical memories is seeing DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES in previews starring an unbelievably talented and brand-new talent named Mandy Gonzalez who has since gone to star in IN THE HEIGHTS, and just this week took the lead role of Elphaba in WICKED...

In this week's Flashback Friday we are allaying to Oscar-fever and taking this opportunity to share a splendid turn from one of the most versatile and cherished actresses of our age, whether on film, television, or stage - the latter of which you can catch her eight times a week in the hit revival of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.

This week's Flashback Friday entry comes as an Internet Interest submission from a legendary music producer and stage/television veteran director, with an additional entry provided partly by the magic of YouTube. As we shall soon see, we are in store for quite a tasty, thrilling treat!

Taken from a 1974 television special titled 'Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife' comes this week's entry, a very bizarre and somewhat risqué reworking of 'The Little Things You Do Together' from Stephen Sondheim & George Furth's COMPANY.

This week, we are introducing a new BWW column, an extension of SOUND OFF!, in which we will highlight clips exhibiting particular interest to the theatre-loving ones among us. In addition to a selection made at my own discretion, I will also be accepting submissions for an additional Internet Interest selection each week