Archive for the 'Theatre' Category

The Paris Cabaret re-debuts popular Starline Room dinner theatre

Friday, May 6th, 2005

The Starliners at The Paris Cabaret are back, bringing with them selections from Broadway and beyond-even comedy-right at your dinner table. A once very popular dinner theatre in the 80’s with a waitlist of close to two years- the Starline Room has been revived with a brand new talented and dynamic cast, delicious menu and […]

Gloria Steinem Hosts Special NY Reading of New Musical Woman of Will

Friday, May 6th, 2005

Women’s movement pioneer — and the co-founder of the Ms. Foundation — Gloria Steinem will host a special sneak preview of the new musical A Woman of Will May 5 in Manhattan.
The musical, written by Amanda McBroom and Joel Silberman, is scheduled to open at an Off-Broadway theatre-to-be-announced some time in fall 2005. Originally titled […]

CTG Gets New Artistic Director

Friday, May 6th, 2005

As Michael Ritchie shared his thoughts on what lies ahead for downtown’s 38-year-old Center Theatre Group, he appeared to be driven by a sense of childlike wonderment, tempered by mature wisdom gained in more than two decades of acclaimed professional accomplishments. He accepted the new post Jan. 1, following nine years as producer at the […]

I HEART NY Theater

Friday, May 6th, 2005

New Broadway theatre web site: I love NY Theater.com.

New York Public Library to Celebrate Public Theater’s 50th Anniversary with New Exhibit

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

Fifty years of theatrical innovation will be celebrated during the New York Public Library’s upcoming exhibit A Community of Artists: 50 Years of The Public Theater.
The exhibition, which will be on view June 21 through Oct. 15, traces the history of the Public Theater, which is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary. A Community of Artists […]

Getting in tune with Garland

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

Certain songs just seem to belong to the people who made them famous. “Over the Rainbow,” for instance, belongs to Judy Garland even though it was written by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen.
Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin wrote “The Trolley Song” and Harburg and Arlen wrote “I Could Go On Singing” - but these too […]

The Gate Lets Its Hair Down for First-Ever Musical

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

Having taken a heavily European-influenced stance on recent programming, London’s Gate Theatre turns its attention across the Atlantic for its autumn season with two American pieces, including the first-ever musical to be produced at the venue.
Gate associate director Daniel Kramer (Woyzeck at the Gate, Through the Leaves at Southwark Playhouse and in the West End) […]

Comedy teases the truth out of theater experience

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

A reviewer would surely seem churlish to dislike a play in which a theater critic is: hit in the head with pasta; attacked by a producer’s dog; punched in the mouth by a playwright; and barred from a group hug because he isn’t really “in the theater.”
And he would have to actually be churlish to […]

Review: Fantastic Acting Saved Trainspotting

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

WHEN Irvine Welsh’s Edinburgh-set novel, Trainspotting was published in 1993, it shocked the literary world, writes Emma Durdle.
His blunt warts-and-all tale about a group of young people whose lives were dominated by their addiction to heroin was a gritty subject presented with wry humour which became an unlikely bestseller.
The film adaptation came in 1996 and […]

Oliver Runs at Westchester Broadway Theatre

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

Oliver!, the musical, is based on the classic novel Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens. The novel was published in 1838 and has been a great favorite ever since. There have been a number of films based on this timeless story, most notably: the 1922 silent film starring Lon Chaney and Jackie Coogan; the 1948 film […]

Little Women Show Blog

Monday, April 25th, 2005

The cast of the broadway musical, Little Women (based on Louisa May Alcott’s novel by the same name) has a Little Women Show Blog. As Blogway Baby points out this may be the first ever broadway cast blog. Little Women the Musical is now playing at Broadway’s Virginia Theatre.