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• Wrapping Up the Season
• Macbeth, Boeing Boeing, Top Girls, Cry-Baby, Hot ‘n Cole
• and the Awards: Richard Seff, Theatre World, and the Tonys
• By Richard Seff

The 2007-08 season in New York is now history and considering the deplorable condition in which the world outside finds itself, it was a remarkably healthy one. The numbers were good, the number of new plays was outstanding, the quality of musical revivals was remarkable, the quality of new musicals not so hot. But all of the entries offered roles to the multi-talented folk who perform and do other creative things to make audiences happy. (more…)

• The Happy Time and The Visit
• By NY Theatre Buzz columnist Richard Seff

I pop out from New York  every so often. This time I came to Washington, and, though I’m certain you’ve already read a lot about the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA here is my take on it.

I start with what I call an Event. Over the last weekend in May, I toured the Signature complex, recorded a podcast with Chita Rivera, (more…)

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• Love and Love Alone: A Conversation with Chita Rivera and her long-time friend Richard Seff
• Recorded by Joel Markowitz

As wistful and winning as the best Kander and Ebb songs themselves, this two part look at Chita Rivera and her latest show, Kander and Ebb’s The Visit, is all about the love she and Richard Seff hold for the theatre world, for each other and especially for Kander and Ebb. (more…)

 

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  A well loved family affair
• By NY Theatre Buzz columnist Richard Seff

The social event of the season in theatre is the Drama League Luncheon, which celebrates the best of the ending season’s performances on and Off-Broadway, and presents the Drama League Awards. For those working onstage during the season, this luncheon is the event they truly most enjoy attending, for it’s all about them. And they get a chance to meet and greet their colleagues, all of whom are employed in their season. You can feel the camaraderie in the air, and for a time, all is harmonious and lovely in the world of the fabulous invalid, where 100% employment is rare indeed, but all on this dais are currently nightly plying their trade. (more…)

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• on Adding Machine, No No Nanette!, and a Master Class with Harold Prince
• By NY Theatre Buzz columnist Richard Seff

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• Politics, Sexual Intrigue and Lost Souls
• November, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Port Authority

By Richard Seff

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• LONDON CALLING :
• The Vortex, Speed the Plow, God of Carnage, Billy Elliot, Brief Encounter, Gone with the Wind, some not to be missed London spots, and a visit with Emma Thompson    

by NY Theatre Buzz columnist, Richard Seff

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Kelli O’Hara in South Pacific,  Victoria Clark in Juno, Faith Prince in A Catered Affair, Linda Lavin in Pride and Joy (The New Century) and Jane Houdyshell in Crafty  (The New Century)

by NY Theatre Buzz columnist Richard Seff

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Our two-part series on John Kander and Fred Ebb

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 John Kander: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2065)

The 39 Steps, The Fifth Column, The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, Ghosts

by Richard Seff, NY Theatre Buzz columnist

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