musical theater

By Cait [email protected] As the final scene drew to a close and the audience cheered, the actors could finally breathe. They did, the show was over. After rehearsing for at least two hours every day, putting their heart and soul into…

Curtain Call Creative has a fantastic year ahead with 2 shows already in rehearsal and more to follow later in the year. The Ryde-based School of Performing Arts welcomes students aged 7 to 18, offering workshops and classes taught by…

MANISTEE - The Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts is accepting applications for the next Ramsdell Theater Camp until March 18.The camp aims to give young theater makers the opportunity to embrace their interest and skills in theater…

So I was finally able to see the Company......which opened while I was recovering from my injuries, and while director Marianne Elliott's edited edit of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's 1970 musical changes the gender of central…

The 50 Years of Broadway Company at the Kennedy Center.Photo by Scott Suchman.Broadway fervor rekindled as top Broadway musical talent converged at the Kennedy Center for an evening of musical fun and panache in concert 50 years of Broadway…

Let's start this review with a question, not an opinion: Is "Wicked" the most popular musical created in this century? Consider: This weekend, the New York production sees its 7,000th performance. Its single Broadway run defied financial…

From music man, in the Winter Garden. Photo: Joan Marcus…

Amid the winter doldrums and a new wave of the pandemic, Maine's theater scene is experiencing a hiatus. Several companies have been forced to cancel shows or postpone openings, and all are struggling to fulfill their programming plans and…

Today it was announced that the acclaimed Broadway musical Girl from the North Country will perform its final performance at the Belasco Theater on January 23, 2022, after 31 premieres and 117 regular performances. Girl from the North…

The great American musical theater, "West Side Story" is considered a classic and a change agent in the…

Distribution of "The Sound of Music"Photo by Steve GibbonsGrowing up, there were two things I looked forward to being on TV every year, “The Wizard of Oz” and “The Sound of…

Films based on plays are nothing new, with some being as recent as films like Ma Rainey's black background, but only a certain selection really captured the same amount of theatricality in their presentation. While there are a few…

The word "hope" in capital letters greeted spectators on Saturday at the Bangor Opera House, where the first live performance in 20 months took place. Projected in white letters on the opulent new teal curtain, the word…

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CBS News recently reported on the "Long Island Theater Renaissance". One of the theaters / actor companies featured in the report was the Elmont Memorial Library Theater - Home of Plaza Theatricals, the only professional equity theater in…

NEW YORK, October 24 (Reuters) - Meghan Picerno was back to work after 18 months of pandemic limbo, thrilled to sing and dance with her fellow "Phantom of the Opera" classmates again as they rehearse for the return of the Oldest Broadway…

Popular local singer Laurie Roldan is having a treat for fans with her long-awaited one-woman show, “Laurie Sings a Song for You,” November 5-14 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.…