Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Photos by: Jennifer Taylor by Deirdre Donovan Your playbill might read “Mostly Mozart,” but Beethoven and Haydn had the last word in this August 2nd program. Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival is one of those New York traditions that no New Yorker should do without. Not only does it pay homage…
Debbi Whiting and KT Sullivan photos by Maryann Lopinto by Linda Amiel Burns On Monday evening, June 23, 2014, a full house of fans of the legendary singer Margaret Whiting gathered together at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall to celebrate her life in song. Hosting was Margaret’s daughter Debbi Whiting and KT Sullivan,…
Sheldon Harnick accepting Award from Chita Rivera photos by Maryann Lopinto Town Hall raises the roof to honor Fiddler on the Roof’s 50th birthday, composer Sheldon Harnick’s 90th, Folksbein Theater celebrates 100th The National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene is in its 100th season and celebrated that milestone along with 50 years of Fiddler on the…
by Edward Rubin BenDelaCreme photos by Ed Rubin The wonderfully intimate, 80-seat, Laurie Beecham Theatre, situated across from Theatre Row, and a few blocks west of Broadway is one of my favorite theatrical venues. Located on the lower level at the West Bank Café, itself one of my favorite Pre and Post…
Steven Lutvak, Jefferson Mays, Lauren Worsham, Lisa O’Hare, Bryce Pinkham, David Cote, Robert L. Freedman + Darko Tresnjak (rear) MURDER MOST FUN: A Conversation with the Team Behind “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” at the 92nd Street Y. By Linda Amiel Burns On Sunday, May 11th the 92nd Street Y presented a…
By R. Pikser This tribute to the music of the late Iannis Xenakis offers insight to the current approach to music and movement A director, a dancer, and a percussionist have collaborated in Project IX – Pleiades, a tribute to the late composer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), which had its world premiere in Yokohama, Japan…
Drama Desk and Tonys to come……………… By Jeanne Lieberman THE DRAMA LEAGUE ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 80th ANNUAL AWARDS “A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER” NAMED DISTINGUISHED MUSICAL “ALL THE WAY” NAMED DISTINGUISHED PLAY “HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH” NAMED DISTINGUISHED REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL “THE GLASS MENAGERIE” NAMED DISTINGUISHED…
(CLOCKWISE) LINDSAY NICOLE CHAMBERS, SCOTT RICHARD FOSTER, MARCUS STEVENS AND NATALIE CHARLÉ ELLIS (KNEELING) IN A SCENE FROM THE ORIGINAL CAST OF FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: ALIVE AND KICKING. PHOTO BY CAROL ROSEGG. Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging By Michall Jeffers It’s considered an honor for a show or performer to be skewered by Forbidden Broadway which has…
Bass: Pete Donovan; Piano: Jeffrey Klitz; Clarke Thorell; Leslie Kritzer; Ted Sperling; Sax, Todd Groves; Violin, Antoine Silverman Photos by Richard Termine Lyrics & Lyricists at 92nd Street Y – Ziegfeld Girl: The Many Faces of Fanny Brice by Linda Amiel Burns This is the first time that the 92nd Street Y’s Lyrics and…
nominees Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pinkham A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. (© Joan Marcus AND THE NOMINEES ARE………… Time to get serious as the pre-Tony theater organizations summon their voters to decide the winners of this very varied and wonderful theater season With no obvious frontrunners the race is wide open The 2013-2014 Tony…