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Using 21st-Century Technology to Tell a 12th-Century Story

By JEN GUSHUE

Wednesday, June 26, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Wed Jun 26, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Grace McLean on her unconventional new musical about the groundbreaking Hildegard von Bingen --- Writer-performer Grace McLean has made a career out of appearing in period pieces. In Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, she played the ingénue's godmother, Marya D., a grand dame of 19th-century Russia. In Alice By Heart, a 1940s London-set...

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How Do You Write a Kung Fu Musical?

By JONATHAN MANDELL

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

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How Hollywood screenwriters worked with an international team to create Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise at The Shed --- The two screenwriters of the Kung Fu Panda movies, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, were confused when they got a call several years ago from Alex Poots, the artistic director of The Shed, an arts center in New York that didn't yet exist....

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Plan Your Next Summer Getaway Around Theatre

By SANDY MACDONALD

Friday, June 14, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Fri Jun 14, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

17 shows to see at lauded out-of-town venues in Hudson Valley, the Berkshires and beyond --- While there are still plenty of productions to see in New York over the summer, this is the season when regional theatre heats up. The Northeast proves to be a mecca for talented artists to revive beloved classics and debut new works. So peg your next weekend...

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Is 'A Strange Loop' the Most Meta Musical Ever?

By ELIZA BENT

Friday, June 07, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Fri Jun 7, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Michael R. Jackson on his unconventional tuner at Playwrights Horizons --- Michael R. Jackson's new musical A Strange Loop, currently at Playwrights Horizons and produced in association with Page 73, focuses on Usher (Larry Owens), a young, black, queer aspiring artist trying to navigate a messy, biased world. As he writes and rewrites a musical about...

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Celebrate Pride at These LGBTQ-Themed Shows

By BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON

Friday, June 07, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Fri Jun 7, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

13 productions to get you in the spirit of Pride Month --- Sure, parades and parties are fun. But as avid theatregoers, my husband and I spend a lot of our Pride Month seeing shows with LGBTQ appeal. This year, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, there's a veritable rainbow of options, including plays about the pioneers who came...

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He's a Big Reason Why Audiences Exit Laughing

By BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON

Monday, May 20, 2019 • Musicals • 2 comments Share This

Mon May 20, 2019 • Musicals • 2 comments Share This

Veteran character actor David Schramm talks about his showstopping role in Enter Laughing: The Musical --- When The York Theatre Company decided to revive one of its most popular productions, Enter Laughing: The Musical, for its 50th anniversary, the first call made was to director Stuart Ross. After all, he was the one who reworked Joseph Stein and...

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Meet the Puppet Master of 'Beetlejuice'

By RAVEN SNOOK

Thursday, May 09, 2019 • Musicals • 1 comment Share This

Thu May 9, 2019 • Musicals • 1 comment Share This

Michael Curry on reinventing some of the movie's most iconic nonhuman characters for the stage --- Compliment Michael Curry on his eye-popping puppets for Beetlejuice on Broadway, and he'll politely correct you. "They're characters really," he insists. "While they're not played by human beings, they're designed in a way where they have a sentient...

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