Photos: The Encore Musical Theatre Company Presents OKLAHOMA!
by A.A. Cristi
- Jun 10, 2024
The Encore Musical Theatre Company's production of the timeless musical classic, Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein opened last week. With the 14-piece orchestra, conducted by R. MacKenzie Lewis, taking center stage, the audience is immersed in the rich and vibrant score of one of Broadway's most beloved musicals. See photos from the production.
Exclusive: On SUFFS and Motherhood
by Team BWW
- Jun 10, 2024
In this edition, we hear from producer Rachel Sussman, who contributed the below essay about her four-time Tony-nominated Best Musical, Suffs.
Review: SOUTH PACIFIC at 75: Prescient, Powerful, and Entirely Enchanting
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold
- Jun 7, 2024
Respectful of the show’s legacy and sensitive to contemporary context, Maine State Music Theatre has mounted a stunning revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, SOUTH PACIFIC. Marshalling the company’s considerable artistic resources, this 75th anniversary production is musically glorious, visually lush, and packed with emotion and talent.
Audra McDonald Brings Broadway to PBS
by Team BWW
- Jun 10, 2024
Broadway fans in New York and across the country are in luck this spring: They can see six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald featured in Great Performances’ “Broadway’s Best” lineup on New York City's own PBS station, THIRTEEN.
Interview: Theatre Life with Stephen Cole
by Elliot Lanes
- Jun 2, 2024
Today’s subject Stephen Cole is an accomplished lyricist, performer, and book writer. You can now add novelist to that already impressive list of accomplishments. Stephen Cole’s latest literary endeavor takes us back to the Golden Age of Broadway with his first novel entitled Mary & Ethel…and Mikey Who?. The book is now available everywhere for purchase in both hardcover and digital versions.
JUDY GARLAND: A CELEBRATION 3 CD/2 LP Set To Be Released in July
by Blair Ingenthron
- Jun 2, 2024
Trapeze Music & Entertainment Limited/Acrobat Music has announced the release on July 5, 2024 of the 3-CD 73 track album Judy Garland: A Celebration, selections of which are included on the first volume of an LP of the same name. C
Review: FINDING WORDS FOR SPRING Finds Steve Ross in Fine Form at Birdland
by Rob Lester
- May 25, 2024
Finding words for FINDING WORDS FOR SPRING with veteran singer-pianist Steve Ross could result in adjectives such as 'lovely' and 'savvy' and 'charming.' Ross, the ultimate class act and champion of classic songs, makes us appreciate them anew, blossoming one more time, like the annual spring flowers. He's a perennial, too.
Video: Watch Patrick Wilson Sing 'Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' from Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert
by Josh Sharpe
- May 23, 2024
In December of 2023, Broadway luminaries gathered together to celebrate the historic partnership and songs of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, 80 years after the premiere of their first musical, Oklahoma! Ahead of the PBS premiere on May 31, check out a clip from the concert of Patrick Wilson performing the classic Oklahoma! opening number Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin.'
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