Urban Stages’ Winter Rhythms presented a very special evening highlighting the life of this brilliant and successful musical book writer to benefit The Michael Stewart Foundation and Urban Stages Outreach Program By Sandi Durell All too often most theatergoers concentrate on the music...
Annie – Papermill Playhouse
by Adam Cohen The classic Harold Gray comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” was turned into a musical which opened on Broadway 40 years ago, with a Dickensian book by Thomas Meehan, and memorable music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin who also directed. Annie would...
BroadwayCon – 2d Annual
The second BroadwayCon took place last weekend for three days at Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center. Last years BroadwayCon took place during New York’s blizzard and most transportation was suspended. The weather this year was perfect. There was so much happening that there was no way...
Pets Win Big at Best in Shows for...
By Sandi Durell Feinsteins/54 Below was the place to be for animal lovers on Sunday evening October 24, as Dorothy & Bill Berloni presented “Best in Shows” where many Broadway legends honored The Humane Society of New York and especially Tom Viola (Executive...
Saluting Sheldon Harnick and...
by Alix Cohen On the last night of its 27th annual celebration, the New York Cabaret Convention pays homage to theater icons Sheldon Harnick and Charles Strouse, both in...
Charles and Steven Help Charlie...
By Myra Chanin Charles Strouse (88) and Steven Carl McCasland (30) may view life from opposite ends of the age spectrum but boy, oh, boy, do they see eye to eye on the matters of art. Just check their bios: By the time Steven McCasland was 30 he was a...
Encompass Salutes Barbara Cook,...
by: Sandi Durell The National Arts Club was filled with supporters, fans and friends of Encompass New Opera Theatre on October 25th as they honored Tony nominated Barbara Cook, legendary soprano and leading Broadway star, on her 88th Birthday, and Lee Adams, a wordsmith...
Sing and Tell: Benefit Concert for...
Samuel French presented Sing and Tell: A Benefit Concert for the Dramatists Guild Fund, an evening of intimate chats with composers and lyricists, and songs from the Samuel French catalog at Feinstein’s/54 Below. The event was the culmination of #MusicalsWeek:...
