Review: Chita Rivera Astounds in Kander, Ebb’s Tuneful ‘Visit’
by John Simon
May 30 (Bloomberg) – The Signature Theater of Arlington, Virginia, is presenting a Kander and Ebb Celebration … In “The Visit,” that ageless wonder, Chita Rivera, is giving the performance of her outstanding career. Again.
“The Visit,” based on Friedrich Durrenmatt’s great play … gains something [...]
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May 30, 2008
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Bruno Walter Auditorium, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza
Presents
Making Theater and New Communities: A Talk by Michael Boyd
The Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, fresh from his epic London staging of Shakespeare’s History cycle with a single company of 34 actors playing [...]
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CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR
VANITIES
A New Musical
Starring Lauren Kennedy, Sarah Stiles, Anneliese van der Pol
By Jack Heifner, with music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum
Directed by Judith Ivey
Opens on Broadway Fall 2008
Casting has been announced for VANITIES, A New Musical by Jack Heifner, with music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum, directed by two-time Tony Award®-winner Judith Ivey. [...]
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DISNEY’S
THE LION KING
TO OPEN 2008 TONY® AWARDS
PERFORMING “CIRCLE OF LIFE”
SUNDAY, JUNE 15 ON CBS-TV
The cast of Disney’s THE LION KING will open the 2008 Tony® Awards telecast with a performance of “Circle of Life” to commemorate the Tony® Award-winning landmark musical’s 10th Anniversary. The telecast will be broadcast live on Sunday, June 15 [...]
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