Hey, Chicago. Remember Jessie Mueller? Perhaps you saw her in Writers’ Theatre’s She Loves Me? Or as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at Marriott? Or, if you were really lucky, her steller work as Mary Flynn in Merrily We Roll Along at The Music Theatre Company? (My friend Jamie and I argued if we saw… Read More So long, Chicago! Jessie Mueller is a Broadway STAR
OMG are you sick of me writing about this stupid show yet? Well, there’s the door, kiddo. No, that’s the closet. Nope, that’s the way to the robot collection. Oh gosh. Nevermind. Just stick around and deal with it for one or two more posts. So! The Great Follies Smack-Down of 2011, where I judge… Read More The Great ‘Follies’ Smack-Down of 2011
Terri White (center) leads the cast of “Follies” in “Who’s That Woman?” (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) From the moment you enter the cavernous Marquis Theatre, the stage is set. Grey drop cloths envelope the interior. Ghostly wind and nail hammering echo through the auditorium, and if you listen closely, you can make out the soft… Read More NYC diary: ‘Follies’ on Broadway
Hello lovlies! I’m in NYC for a few days, and have a full theatre schedule lined up, featuring some of Broadway brightest divas: Sutton Foster, Betty Buckley and Bernadette Peters. Last night: Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Anything Goes. Overall, lots of fun and Sutton is swell — but, for me, the true star of… Read More A New York state of mind: Anything Goes, Betty Buckley, Follies and more
Top: Ron Raines and Bernadette Peters (and their ghostly counterparts) in the Broadway production of “Follies.” (Photo © Joan Marcus) Bottom: Susan Moniz and Robert Petkoff in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s “Follies.” (Photo: Peter Bosy) The challenge: To see two productions of Follies within four days of each other and determine which production is the winner.… Read More Announcing The Great ‘Follies’ Smack-down of 2011
And now for something completely unrelated to Chicago theatre. After much speculation, gossip and conjecture, they’ve announced the star of the new Bartlett Sher-helmed production of Funny Girl, set to open on Broadway in spring 2012. And it’s some TV actress I don’t know. Oh, well. (Hey, anyone but Lea Michele, right?) Obviously they didn’t… Read More Bway’s Funny Girl announced (sorry, LuPone)
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting fellow theatre blogger Steve On Broadway, and during drinks he asked me about my first big show. I was nine eight, and it was our annual family trip. This time: off to Manhattan to see the sights and a show! I remember when we were planning the trip,… Read More Lost Playbills and found memories: Cats @ The Winter Garden; Spring 1988
Playbill.com reports that Million Dollar Quartet will arrive on Broadway in a yet-to-be-named theatre in Spring 2010. When I caught the show in July, I really enjoyed it (my review is here). It was simply good entertainment. No fancy sets or costumes or expensive production numbers here. Instead, it offered old-school flash, derived from excellent… Read More Million Dollar Quartet set for Broadway
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