The acclaimed Broadway Sings concert series, which features new arrangements of pop stars’ music, will present the first of its spinoff series at 54 Below, Broadway Sings Their Own. The concert will feature Broadway actors who also write their own music, singing the original songs they have written, newly orchestrated for a full band. The…
One week ago I was invited to see Small Mouth Sounds. Small Mouth Sounds, written by Beth Wohl and directed by Rachel Chavkin, is about six strangers who flee from the city to a silent retreat in the woods. It’s awkward. It’s funny. It’s sad. It’s charming. It’s amazing what happens when words and voice…
Over the last couple of months, I have been in rehearsal for a play called Harvey by Mary Chase. The play is set in the 1940s and addresses an imaginary friend in a comedic way. The play and movie starred Jimmy Stewart. The original production that ran at the Forty-Eighth Street Theatre in 1944 was…
It’s become hard to turn on the news lately. It’s become hard to go on Facebook lately. Or twitter. Or Instagram. You reach for a lifeline to the outside world, fearful for what you might find out. Fearful for what tragedy has occurred. Fearful for the next city we’re all praying for, the next names…
LUNT AND FONTANNE: The Celestials Of Broadway will have its New York Premiere at The New York International Fringe Festival in August. The famous duo of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne are played by real life married actor-couple Mark E. Lang and Alison Murphy, who met fifteen years ago performing in Cape May, New Jersey….
FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Jana Robbins “I’M STILL HERE!” on September 7th. Broadway Actor Jana Robbins, Love My Wife, Gypsy, The Tale Of The Allergist’s Wife, and Broadway Producer, Little Women, Ragtime, makes her 54 Below debut! Singing some of her favorite standards “Time After Time” “The Shadow Of Your Smile” “Dream When…
FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents Caroline Bowman in concert on July 8, 2016. Known for making powerhouse roles like Elphaba and Eva Peron seem effortless, and for a voice that carries to the back row of the theatre, Caroline Bowman (Wicked, Evita, Kinky Boots) is looking forward to a more intimate evening of music….
Lately, I have been a sucker for World War One and World War Two historical fiction. If the description of the book promises a story about strong female friendships, I cannot get it off the shelf fast enough. This recent obsession led me to pick up Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (one of our April…
Happy Summer! Once again, it’s July and I have yet to make it to the beach. I hope you find time this month to take one of the following books to the beach with you: I’ve Got Sand in All the Wrong Places by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella (available 07/12/16)* Maggie Dove: A Mystery…
Online theater streaming service BroadwayHD will live stream “She Loves Me,” marking the first time a Broadway show has been broadcast live. Roundabout Theatre Company’s hit revival of “She Loves Me,” starring Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi and Jane Krakowski, will be available to watch live on BroadwayHD.com on Thursday, June 30 at 8 p.m. EDT. …