A brilliant, intimate look at a giant of modern pop songwriting. By Joel Benjamin Anyone attending Scott Siegel’s thorough-going tribute to Billy Joel—even those who formerly either took him for granted or disliked the songs—had to leave 54 Sings Billy Joel with an...
Scott Siegel Presents…15th...
By Elizabeth Ahlfors Those of us who remember going to a Broadway musical back in the good old days know that singers like John Raitt and Patricia Morison performed without amplification. Their pure voices reached the back of the house. Scott Siegel’s annual...
Cirque Goes Broadway in Paramour
By: Sandi Durell Cirque du Soleil has gone Broadway – big and bold, even the playbill! The circus aspect isn’t in-your-face but peppered throughout a Hollywood theme flashback “The Golden Age of Hollywood,” featuring Broadway’s Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose,...
Shear Madness
By Jordan Cohen The NYC premiere of a decades old hit. The whodunit comedy Shear Madness has enjoyed unprecedented runs in several cities across the world – most notably, 36 years in Boston, 28 years in Washington, D.C., and 18 years in Chicago. For creators Bruce Jordan...
Broadway Unplugged 2015
By Elizabeth Ahlfors Outside Town Hall there was a heat wave and inside the...