By Barbara & Scott Siegel Last year we wrote a column about the significant increase in the number of new shows on Broadway that featured Latin and Afro-American casts. This year, aside from Once On This Island, something different but no less positive has been...
Drama Desk 2018 Nominee Interviews...
Filming/Interviews by Sandi Durell The 2018 Drama Desk Nominees met with the press at Friedman’s at the Edison Hotel on West 47th Street, on May 9 to talk about their roles and creative participation in the various productions for which they are now being nominated....
Carousel
by Brian Scott Lipton Jump on or stay off – that’s the question for theatergoers considering attending the latest revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 1945 musical warhorse “Carousel,” which currently beckons at the Imperial Theatre. So, here’s the quickish answer: Those...
Shuffle Along – Moving and...
by Carol Rocamora According to its subtitle, opening night of the legendary Shuffle Along on May 23, 1921 at the 63rd Street Music Hall (Broadway & Central Park West) caused a sensation. But I can’t imagine it being as sensational as its re-imagined...
New York Pops Season is AMAZING!
Take a peek at the New York Pop’s 34th season at Carnegie Hall celebrating the diversity of some of popular music’s greatest icons. Music Director Steven Reineke, who has been described by The New York Times as a “polished, welcoming host” who is “young and vigorous, with...
The Songs of Harold Arlen –...
by Linda Amiel Burns The Broadway Close Up Series at Merkin Concert Hall honored the music of legendary composer Harold Arlen with a first rate cast. On December 7, 2015, The Broadway Close Up Series at Merkin Hall paid tribute to one of the towering composers of...
Sutton Foster Wows with NY Pops
By: Sandi Durell Looking 20-something, the vivacious Sutton Foster (soon turning 40) kicked up her heels and more at Carnegie Hall on Friday evening March 13th in her debut with Steven Reineke and the New York Pops. She’s a folksy kinda gal and began the evening with “I’m Beginning to...
Sutton Foster Marches Towards New...
By Brian Scott Lipton March is a month of milestones for two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster (“Thoroughly Modern Millie,” “Anything Goes.”). On March 18, the eternally gamine singer-dancer turns 40. On March 31, her new TV series “Younger,”...
Joshua Henry Sings of Love
by: Paulanne Simmons Valentine’s Day came a little early to 54 Below when Joshua Henry (on February 10th) took the stage to perform his newest cabaret show, This Is The Love. Henry, who has been featured in Porgy and Bess, The Scottsboro Boys and In the Heights, is...
