We met up with George Salazar of the new show “Be More Chill” (and from the “Lightning Thief”!) where he talks about the show, social media, winning awards without knowing it, and a full behind the scenes performance of “Michael in the Bathroom”! htt …Read more
The New York Musical Festival continues through August 5, offering 12 productions as well as lectures, readings, and more! We spoke with Justin Moran, Adam Podd, David Rossetti, and Jonathan Roufeael about their musical Peter, Who? Tell us about your …Read more
The New York Musical Festival continues through August 5, offering 12 productions as well as lectures, readings, and more! We spoke with Rebecca Aparicio and Stephen Anthony Elkins about their musical Pedro Pan. Tell us about your show! Based on the …Read more
Long before there was the jukebox musical, there was the musical revue, and few songwriters have as many fabulous songs worthy of a musical revue than Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller. The show Smokey Joe’s Cafe, featuring 39 of their songs, opened in 1 …Read more
My Life on a Diet, starring Renée Taylor (now at the Theatre at St. Clement’s), is also the name of a book by Taylor, published in 1986. The stage version has been around for a while too. Her husband and writing partner Joseph Bologna, who passed awa …Read more
The New York Musical Festival continues through August 5, offering 12 productions as well as lectures, readings, and more! We spoke with Luke Bryan about his musical Between the Sea and Sky. Tell us about your show! My musical is titled Between the S …Read more
The New York Musical Festival continues through August 5, offering 12 productions as well as lectures, readings, and more! We spoke with Kenneth Stilson and Cody Cole about their musical An American Hero. Tell us about your show! Kenneth Stilson: I h …Read more
The New York Musical Festival continues through August 5, offering 12 productions as well as lectures, readings, and more! We spoke with Kyle Acheson, Sam De Roest, and Corley Pillsbury about their musical What’s Your Wish? Tell us about your show! …Read more
The New York Musical Festival continues through August 5, offering 12 productions as well as lectures, readings, and more! We spoke with writer Abby Payne about her musical The Gunfighter Meets His Match. Tell us about your show! The Gunfighter Meets …Read more
In the opening scene of the revival of John Wulp’s The Saintliness of Margery Kempe at The Duke on 42nd Street, Andrus Nichols comes barreling on stage in a red dress as the title character declaring, “Morality! Damn all Morality! Damn! Damn! Damn!” …Read more