On Monday June 1, 2015, some of New York’s greatest entertainers got together at the Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Center for the fifth edition of “Night of a Thousand Judys”, Justin Sayre’s annual Judy tribute meant to benefit The Ali Forney Ce …Read more
With credits in shows like The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Little Mermaid and Anything Goes, Robert Creighton is certainly one of the industry’s most beloved character actors, but what he does in the title role of Cagney is something else altogether. …Read more
What makes for a good musical comedy score? I feel like too often musical comedies work on a funny book and lyrics, and miss the possibility of using musical arrangement to augment humour. Something Rotten! (with exclamation point), the new musical t …Read more
On Saturday May 30th, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presented a show called “Broadway Spectacular” in which conductor Todd Ellison (currently seen on Broadway as the music supervisor for An American in Paris) led a program of some of his favorite …Read more
On June 12th, Xanadu star Cheyenne Jackson will present a brand new show at The Town Hall where he will be joined by special guest star, Tony winner, Laura Benanti. Last seen on Broadway in The Performers, Jackson has been busy off-stage doing work i …Read more
Leigh Silverman’s directorial trademark can be summed up in one word: bold. Her theatre credits include plays and musicals as varied as Lisa Kron’s Well, Tanya Barfield’s Blue Door and David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish, all of which have in common the st …Read more
With a cast of six and a small orchestra, Tokio Confidential probably never intends to be more than a simple chamber musical; albeit, a chamber musical with a dense plot. The musical premiered in 2012 Off-Broadway directed by Johanna McKeon, with mus …Read more
When Lauren Worsham sings, you simply have to listen. Whether she’s doing The Turn of the Screw at the Met, or singing with her band Sky-Pony, she has one of those voices that demand your attention; her delivery is pristine without being fussy, and t …Read more
B is for Broadway and Betty Buckley, and that may be no coincidence. One of the grande dames of the Great White Way, Miss Buckley has played Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, Margaret White in Carrie (she also appeared in the Brian de Palma film ver …Read more
Ever since making her debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, Liz Callaway has made a name for herself as one of Broadway’s very best. From Evita to Cats, she has starred in some of the most iconic musical theatre productions and has also …Read more
