Tanner's final chapter describes in detail the specific careers of a number of black women who entered professional theatre as singers and/or dancers in the musical shows described in her previous chapters, and who also went on to perform in dramatic roles on
Broadway and elsewhere.
Dusky Maidens: The Odyssey of the Early Black Dramatic Actress
Mark Tergesen, ABS Partners managing director, said his team looked at properties on
Broadway for the better part of two years before settling on 440.
Footlocker steps into Sitt space
Unmoored from the ebb and flow of the script, jostling one another side by side, the dances that were pure genius on
Broadway lose their context and the emotional punch that they carry in the theater.
Riffing on Broadway: shows find new life as choreographers' inspiration
Nonetheless, the deeply affectionate relationship between Frodo and Sam was first a revelation at age 11 for
Broadway, who plans to continue making gay-centered films through Stormcrow.
Tolkienism
"There's going to be a certain market (on the road) that comes see a show because it's a
Broadway show," says Wolf.
Chips off the block: Off Broadway hits the road in search of lively B.O. among the big blockbusters
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Broadway, (212) 245-0710, or at insidebroadway@jaffemanagement.com.
Children's theater organization sings praises of William Tung
The stage version of the Disney movie is a London hit, arriving on
Broadway with Gavin Lee repeating his star-making turn as Bert the sooty chimneysweep.
On Broadway: A Season to Celebrate? Chorus Line, a new Twyla, and Bourne's Mary Poppins--this could be the year of the dance musical
"I hope it doesn't happen," says the Dodgers' Michael David, who hasn't changed his opinion even though his org's Off
Broadway complex, Dodger Stages, opens this fall.
Tony talk turns again to including Off B'way
"The tenant was searching for space in or near
Broadway's theater district, which is the most convenient location for many of its students, and it needed to secure a lease by the end of the year," said Rayner.
Dance group beats the odds and finds perfect Broadway space
Now a big-budget film musical--due out nationwide November 23--Rent still matters, even if the "Rentheads" who were teens when the show began are now pushing 30, and the
Broadway cast members who re-create their roles in the film--Rapp, Menzel, and Heredia along with Pascal, Martin, and Diggs--needed a little movie magic to once again embody their 20-something alter egos.
Rent gets real: as the pansexual, AIDS-inflected Broadway sensation becomes a gritty, hyperreal movie, three returning cast members talk about how the show's messages of love, life, and liberty for all have only become more urgent
For the past year, Schuster and a consortium of producers have been at work on a $20 million complex of Off
Broadway theaters at 37th Street and 10th Avenue, due to open next fall.
Off B'way seeks a surge: new venues hope to spark upturn in fortunes of commercial shows
As part of its new commitment to 120
Broadway, Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo plans to enhance and freshen its already impressively designed and furnished installation.
Law firm renews 47,000 s/f lease at Silverstein's 120 Broadway
When it finally sank in that at 30 she was going to be choreographing a high-visibility, high-stakes
Broadway musical with theater stars (Alan Cumming, Jim Dale), music stars (Cyndi Lauper, Nellie McKay) and even a TV star (Ana Gasteyer), she still managed to stay cool.
On Broadway: Penny Wise: Aszure Barton's Broadway debut brings a post-modern edge to Brecht and Weill's dark classic
Broadway: The American Musical * Produced and directed by Michael Kantor * Written by Kantor and Laurence Maslon * PBS * October 19-21, 9 P.M.-11 P.M.
Broadway bares all: PBS's six-hour documentary on the Great White Way is more than just another op'nin', another show
The difference between a
Broadway play and an Off
Broadway play used to be the size of the theater and the cost of the ticket.
OFF B'WAY PUMPS UP PRICES