Review: Lyric Stage Company's THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is an Irresistible Delight
by R. Scott Reedy
- Apr 22, 2024
Under Larry Sousa’s wonderfully imaginative direction and with his choreography, a 16-person company of some of Boston’s brightest, most versatile performers is bringing the Canadian musical, with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Gregg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, to dazzling life with delightfully silly production numbers aplenty and a well-served soupçon of heart-tugging emotion.
Geoffrey Cantor Steps In For Karen Carpenter as Director of OCTOBER 7
by Blair Ingenthron
- Apr 20, 2024
OCTOBER 7, a verbatim play about the terrorist attacks on Israel as told by those who survived them, has announced its full cast and a new director, as Geoffrey Cantor (Marvel's Daredevil & The Punisher on Netflix) steps in for Karen Carpenter as the production's director
Video: Sean Hayes Celebrates Tony Win for 'Best Leading Actor in
a Play'
by Richard Ridge
- Jun 12, 2023
Just last night at the 76th Annual Tony Awards, Sean Hayes took home a Tony Award for 'Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play' for his outstanding work on Good Night, Oscar (currently running at the Belasco Theatre). After leaving the stage at the United Palace, Sean checked it with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction!
Photos: GOODNIGHT, OSCAR Star Sean Hayes Honored With Sardi's Portrait
by Bruce Glikas
- May 12, 2023
Good Night, Oscar starring Emmy Award-winning actor Sean Hayes, is running now at Broadway's Belasco Theatre. In celebration of the actor's acclaimed turn as Oscar Levant in the new play from Doug Wright, Sean has been honored with his very own Sardi's portrait! See photos from his unveiling celebration!
Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Goes Right At Desert Theatreworks
by Audrey Liebross
- Apr 19, 2023
Desert Theatreworks' (DTW's) hilarious production of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG generates uproarious laughs at least once or twice a minute; I actually wanted the laughs to slow down because laughing so much made me cough. This show is a must-see.
Review: SISTER ACT at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
by Rich Mehrenberg
- Feb 26, 2023
This production really had some great character roles including Shannon Connolly's eternally optimistic, Sister Mary Patrick, Jim Johnson’s enthusiastic Monsignor, and Joshua James Crawford’s TJ who was one part JJ Evans, one part George Jefferson, one part Rerun, and 100% hilarious.
Mike Judge's BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD Season One Coming to DVD
by Michael Major
- Jan 17, 2023
MIKE JUDGE’S BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD stars the voices of creator Mike Judge (“King of the Hill”), Piotr Michael (Lightyear), as well as Chris Diamantopoulos (The Three Stooges), Kosha Patel (“The Newsroom”), Jayden Libran (“The Happytime Murders”), Mary Birdsong (“Succession”), Brian Huskey (“Veep”), Tru Valentino (“The Rookie”), and more.
Review: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is Anything but Drowsy at MAD Theatre of Tampa
by Drew Eberhard
- Oct 29, 2022
The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical comedy, about a musical within a comedy, featuring music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. With a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, this musical tells the story of a fictional 1928 musical. The story itself centers around a character, 'Man in Chair,' as he describes to the audience his trepidations in life and this overwhelming feeling of sadness and foreboding which he calls 'Blue.' So over the course of two hours the 'Man in Chair,' takes the audience on a journey using the only thing he knows that will cheer him up, his love of Musical Theatre tunes, specifically classics such as The Drowsy Chaperone.
Missoula Community Theatre Presents THE ADDAMS FAMILY
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 30, 2022
The Missoula Community Theatre will kick off the 2022-2023 season with The Addams Family, October 20-30 at the MCT Center for the Performing Arts. This ghoulish musical comedy is reminiscent of the 1960’s television series, featuring characters you know, love and may even find to be creepy!
Kate Gosselin, Mel B & More Join Fox's SPECIAL FORCES: THE ULTIMATE TEST
by Michael Major
- Sep 7, 2022
SPECIAL FORCES: THE ULTIMATE TEST (wt), a series in which household names endure some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the Special Forces selection process. There are no votes, and no eliminations – just survival. These celebrities are so used to being in the spotlight quickly learn the meaning of “no guts, no glory.”
Review: The Festival d'Avignon Presents MA JEUNESSE EXALTEE By Olivier Py
by Wesley Doucette
- Jul 18, 2022
If this Avignon season's other marathon project, the 13-hour Nid de Cendres, calls to mind a jewel box, Ma Jeunesse Exaltée calls to mind bathroom stall graffiti. The ten-hour long burlesque serves as the capstone to Olivier Py's tenure as artistic director of the Festival d'Avignon. In it he passes the baton, not to Avignon's next artistic director Tiago Rodrigues, but to a new generation of vibrant performers. Amongst this new generation is the indefatigable Bertrand de Roffignac, who performs a staggering harlequin marathon. Through the run time of the performance he never falters in precision or intensity. Indeed, on a scale of one to ten, the entire ensemble never lets the their work calm itself down past and eleven.
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