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• First Look: The Addams Family

  
  Chu-BOO-rama — Authority: 134
  This is your first look at the cast of the hotly anticipated Broadway musical The Addams Family, starring theater legends Nathan Lane as Gomez Adams, Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia Addams, and Kevin Chamberlin as Uncle Fester.  The picture can be found in the December issue of Vanity Fair. The musicals official site ...
  3 days ago

• The Most Underrated Musical - Fall 2009

  
  Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals — Authority: 116
  I just finished grading this semesters crop of "underrated musical" papers. I know how much my readers enjoy hearing about which shows my students have chosen to defend, so I always like to pass the list along. This semesters top choices comprise a decidedly eclectic mix of shows. Here are the works that more than one ...
  5 days ago

• Zach Galifianakis is Humpty Dumpty in ‘Shrek’ Spin-Off?

  
  Backseat Cuddler — Authority: 596
  Zach Galifianakis is certainly not having a shortage of work since his role in the hit movie The Hangover. He’s likely to play Humpty Dumpty in the new Shrek spin-off, Puss in Boots.Following his big splash with summer’s $461 million grosser “The Hangover,” Galifianakis has scooped up a batch of film roles. ...
  5 days ago

• Finians Rainbow at the St. James Theater

  
  Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals — Authority: 116
  I love the new logo/poster for the current Broadway revival of Finians Rainbow , which opened last night at the St. James Theater . Not only is it vibrant and colorful, but it also conveys a clear sense that this is an old-fashioned musical that nonetheless provides a contemporary resonance. And thats exactly ...
  1 week ago

• Song from an Unfinished Zombie Musical

  
  Overthinking It — Authority: 426
  Waaaay back in the day, Fenzel and I decided that it would be a good idea to write an elaborate Broadway musical.  About zombies.  There have actually been zombie musicals before, mind you , but what sets ours apart is that it would be played completely straight .  Or rather, as I think one of us said at the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber diagnosed with cancer

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 158
  AP LONDON – Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokeswoman said Sunday. The 61-year-old Lloyd Webber’s condition is in its early stages, a statement from his publicists said. “Andrew is now undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back at work before the end of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Shrek the Musical to Close Jan. 3

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 796
  The show, which represented the DreamWorks film studios first attempt to compete with Disney on Broadway, will close Jan. 3 after 441 performances.
  2 weeks ago

• ‘Rock Of Ages’: The Movie

  
  Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business — Authority: 683
  Great news for fans of the rock musical Rock of Ages which has proven to be huge hit on Broadway … Variety is reporting that the show is being made into a movie scheduled for release in 2011 and get this — it’ll be helmed (directed and choreographed) by famed choreographer Adam Shankman ! ...
  3 weeks ago

• Robert Townsend Presents Musical Theater of Hope on Gospel Music Channel

  
  1800Gospel.com — Authority: 136
  Robert Townsend Comes to Gospel Music Channel for Unique New TV SpecialRobert Townsend, multi-talented producer, director, writer and star of motion pictures, television and online series, returns to television in the world premiere of a unique new special– Robert Townsend’s Musical Theater of Hope. The special, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rehearsing RSO

  
  Ranting Details — Authority: 118
  A few shots from a note session for Ryan Scott Olivers Rated RSO at NYMF.  (Cait Doyle and members of the cast)   (Ali Stroker)   (Geoffrey Kidwell and members of the cast) (Morgan Karr)   (Mat Burrow and Natalie Weiss)   (Ryan Scott Oliver)
  3 weeks ago

• Philanthropy in Washington: Gifts for Musical Theater and the African American Museum

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 796
  The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has received a $5 million gift to support musical theater productions; the Museum of African American History and Culture has received $10 million.
  3 weeks ago

• NYMF: Five Questions About Open the Dark Door

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 796
  A Q&A with the dark comedy "Open the Dark Door."
  3 weeks ago

• NYMF: Five Questions About Lighter

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 796
  A Q.&A. with the author of a musical about love and the diet industry.
  3 weeks ago

• Sutton Foster Piped Into Anyone Can Whistle for Encores!

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 796
  Sutton Foster will trade her tiara for a nurses cap in the coming Encores! revival of "Anyone Can Whistle."
  3 weeks ago

• Rave Review For Letters To Daddy

  
  Mark Shepard Songs — Authority: 106
  Just got word that another awesome review of “Letters To Daddy, Jr” has been published! Here are some highlights: T he concept of an all-kid musical, of course, has been tried before. But the genre is ripe for an update, and Letters To Daddy, Jr. offers a straightforwardness and sincerity rarely seen in ...
  3 weeks ago

• ArtsBeat: Five Questions About ‘Street Lights’

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  From left, Joy Lynn Matthews, Chad Carstarphen and Claudeen Benoit in "Street Lights."
  3 weeks ago

• Not A Bitch...

  
  Ranting Details — Authority: 118
  I recently had the pleasure of shooting Carly Jibson, perhaps most known for her performance as Tracy Turnblad in Broadways Hairspray .  Well, Carly has left the John Waters musicals behind (she also appeared in Cry-Baby ) in favor of a solo turn at Joes Pub.  The evening, titled Not A Bitch...Not Yet A Woman ...
  3 weeks ago

• NYMF: Five Questions About Street Lights

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 796
  A Q.&A. with the creator of a new musical with a hip-hop score.
  3 weeks ago

• ArtsBeat: NYMF: Five Questions About Academy

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  A scene from the musical "Academy."
  4 weeks ago

• Where is Young Son?

  
  Cocking A Snook! — Authority: 125
  We’d been to the branch library and then out to scout up a vest for his scenes as a Village Boy in the upcoming Irish dance version of The Snow Queen. I looked up and he wasn’t around. Guess where I found him?He’s out in the far back yard under the big pear tree. [...]
  4 weeks ago

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