Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano

Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Conceived by Ray Roderick & Michael Berkeley
Direction & Choreography by Ray Roderick
Musical Supervision by Stephen Purdy
Presented by Arena Stage in association with Maximum Entertainment, Off Broadway Booking, & Mazel Musicals
Reviewed by Steven McKnight
Arena Stage has such a distinguished history of outstanding theatre that one normally [...]

Broadway stars gather for free Kennedy Center performance

Celebrating 12 years of free performances on Millennium Stage,  the Kennedy Center opens its Opera  House for a free evening of performances titled Broadway Today. on Saturday, January 31st at 6 pm. The match-up of Broadway composers and stars includes Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime), Scott Frankel and Michael Korie (Grey Gardens), and Jeanine [...]

Shrek’s Brian d’Arcy James

Brian d’Arcy James Talks with Richard Seff
Recorded by Joel Markowitz
Sixteen years ago Richard Seff met Brian d’Arcy James when the two performed in Lend Me AaTenor at the Players Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. A bond was formed, and Richard has watched Brian grow from [...]

Next to Normal Cast Album

As announced in BroadwayWorld, Sh-K-Boom Records will be recording the cast album of Next to Normal in mid-February. 

Cody Green from West Side Story

CODY GREEN ON PLAYING RIFF IN WEST SIDE STORY
By Joel Markowitz
Canadian-born dancer/actor/singer Cody Green is used to taking big risks.  He left The Juilliard School to join the ensemble of  the Mama Mia! national tour. Playing Eddie in the tour of Movin’ Out led to joining the Broadway cast in its last few months, [...]

Zomo the Rabbit

Zomo the Rabbit-A Hip-Hop Creation Myth
Written and Directed by Psalmayene 24
Produced by Imagination Stage
Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson
With some artists, you can purchase a ticket on trust, knowing that they will deliver quality goods.  Psalmayene 24 is quickly becoming such an artist.  Renown in the metro area for his uniquely personal and creative flair, poetry [...]

The American Plan and Leaves of Glass

The American Plan and Leaves of Glass
by Richard Seff
Lynne Meadow and her Manhattan Theatre Club have been extremely loyal to playwright Richard Greenberg, mounting play after play of his, regardless of their merit. No question, Greenberg is a fine writer, as witness his Take Me Out and his current adaptation of John O;Hara’s book to [...]

Rooms Set for Off-Broadway Run

The long anticipated announcement came yesterday: Rooms, a rock romance, which made its World Premiere here at MetroStage last season, debuts in New York next month at New World Stages. Doug Kreeger continues the role of recluse 1970’s Glasgow musician Ian Wallace, and Leslie Kritzer replaces Natascia Diaz  in the role of Scottish/Jewish princess Monica [...]

The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro
Written by Beaumarchais, adaptation by Allison Arkell Stockman
Directed by Allison Arkell Stockman
Produced by Constellation Theatre Company
Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson

Constellation Theatre Company has mounted The Marriage of Figaro, a “physical comedy about class,” with all the sophistication, wit, and zeal of a seasoned ensemble.  There just seems to be no end [...]

The Little Dog Laughed

The Little Dog Laughed
By Douglas Carter Beane
Directed by Michael Baron
Produced by Signature Theatre
Reviewed by Gary McMillan
Signature’s The Little Dog Laughed is a sparkling tonic for the winter blahs. Douglas Carter Beane is a sly little dog of a playwright who has tossed together several plot lines which should feel tired, but instead are refreshingly funny. [...]

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