Note: This album review is a guest post by Nicole McCray. Reinventing musical theater in a new and exciting genre: Eleri Ward released her second album, Keep a Tender Distance, of folk versions of the late Stephen Sondheim’s songs on September 16. It …Read more
Note: This album review is a guest post by Nicole McCray. Musicals may not always last long on Broadway, but many sometimes become popular with the community and high school theaters. This is also the case for 13: The Musical: a comedy that celebrate …Read more
Ahead of her starring role in the West End production of Frozen The Musical, Dublin-born actress Stephanie McKeon is releasing her debut EP: Here I Go. The EP features songs that she feels a “deeply personal connection to.” And making the album even …Read more
Broadway’s Ben Fankhauser (Newsies, Spring Awakening, Beautiful) returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below this February for an evening of Broadway and pop hits – all Fanked up! Ben and the Fank 5, with the musical direction of Charlie Rosen, will mix up the c …Read more
Lillias White is a theatrical treasure. The The Life Tony winner and OG Once on This Island standout, whose array of stage and screen credits range from Chicago to How to Succeed… to an Emmy-winning turn on Sesame Street, has established herself as …Read more
Four extraordinary women are the visionary producers behind the Prototype Festival: Beth Morrison (President, Beth Morrison Projects), Jecca Barry (Executive Director, Beth Morrison Projects), Kristin Martig (Artistic Director, HERE) and Kim Whitener …Read more
Great American Songbook expert Michael Feinstein returns to his prestigious concert venue with a series of shows where he will celebrate Christmas Crooners. We spoke to Mr. Feinstein about selecting the songs for a holiday show, his favorite Christma …Read more
While many holiday albums are populated by fanciful snowmen, flying reindeer, and jolly old men, Loose Cattle’s Seasonal Affective Disorder features stories about people living different kinds of Christmases. In songs like the affecting “Please Daddy …Read more
Even though French actor Lambert Wilson is known for his indelible performances in films by Alain Resnais, Raul Ruiz and The Wachowskis among others, his career as an accomplished stage performer and singer is less known outside of France. Not only h …Read more
TESLA, a multidisciplinary opera about inventor Nikola Tesla, who lived around the turn of the 19th century, premieres this week at SoBe Arts in Miami Beach, Florida. Written by Carson Kievman and Thomas Babe, the opera features a cast of internation …Read more
