By Brian Scott Lipton I imagine every Encores! subscriber –or musical theatre aficionado – had their own personal choice of show with which to open the beloved City Center series’ 25th anniversary season. Well, artistic director Jack Viertel had an entirely different solution in...
National Yiddish Theatre...
The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Winter Gala Concert “Broadway – “A Jewish American Legacy” honored Award winning director, Jerry Zaks, and Founder of Center for Jewish Living, Bruce E. Slovin. by Linda Amiel Burns On December 18, 2017, the National...
War Paint – Woman Power
By Sandi Durell This is the story that dreams are made of. And so let us give thanks to two extraordinary performers with extraordinary presence and voices that literally blow you away in bringing this ferocious competition between Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth...
War Paint All Set for Broadway
Looks like the casting is complete for the much anticipated Broadway production of War Paint about cosmetic beauty queens Helena Rubinstein (played by Patti LuPone) and Elizabeth Arden (played by Christine Ebersole). Directed by Michael Greif, featuring a score by Scott Frankel and...
Living On Love
By Brian Scott Lipton Can asking one of the world’s greatest female opera singers to play a self-absorbed, tempestuous opera singer who refers to herself as “the Diva” really be considered casting against type? Anyone who has had personal...
Ahrens & Flaherty Back to 54...
by: Sandi Durell The incomparable Tony Award-winning team of Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty and Terrence McNally will be back at 54 Below with their musical “A Man of No Importance” as they introduce the lovely Rose Hemingway (How to Succeed . . .) on March 15th....
Lady, Be Good! – Encores!
By Brian Scott Lipton Unlike many City Center Encores! offerings, “Lady, Be Good!” is so old that it’s almost impossible that anyone in the audience could have seen the original production. And this unusual vintage gives this 1924 confection –...
Sneak Peek: Lady, Be Good –...
by: Brian Scott Lipton Are you ready for some fascinating rhythm? Then go attend “Lady, Be Good,” which will kick off the 2015 Encores season at City Center, February 4-8. The show, featuring music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin, with...
