By Brian Scott Lipton Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World has clearly amassed quite a following since its 1995 Off-Broadway premiere, or so it seemed given the hooting, hollering and visceral anticipation that preceded many of its numbers at Thursday night’s Encores! Off...

  by Alix Cohen   On the one year Valentine’s Day Anniversary of The Green Room 42, Lillias White, who opened the club, comes back to roost-or, rather perch, with a selection of unbound, often scrappy love songs. Exuding energy and joie de vivre, White spreads her arms as if to take...

    By MR Anderson   The room is full of good cheer with friends, family, and longtime fans; many who know and adore her from starring roles in Rent, Cold Case, and her freshly finished Broadway revival of Falsettos. In the simplest way possible, Tracie Thoms sets the record...

      by Marilyn Lester   An occupational hazard for many reviewers is the possibility of becoming jaded. Fortunately, there is an antidote – those rare times when a remarkable talent comes along to deliver a psychological shot in the arm. Such a one is Rob McClure, who in his...

  by Sandi Durell   Give a busy guy something more to do and, well, he just does it!  Currently appearing in Something Rotten! on Broadway, instead of resting on his nights off, Rob McClure will bring his concert debut show ‘Smile’ to Feinstein’s/54 Below on July 1...

    Bold faced names turned out at the Minetta Lane Theater in Greenwich Village on Monday night, June 6 for the opening night production and festivities of the new musical, Himself and Nora, produced by R. Erin Craig and Cherie King and Merrie Davis; music, book and lyrics by...