James Sims
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Peter Pan Crows Again With Disney Magic, Off-Broadway
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Red hair. Green tights. Cap and feather. It’s a getup every child could recognize and quickly pick out as belonging to Peter Pan, that mischievous youth that never seems to grow up. He might be an English character, penned by a Scottish writer, but Peter Pan embodies a timeless personality, one that has remained the…
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Ben Vereen Reflects on His Career Before Playing the Town Hall
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“I can vividly remember Sammy single-handedly going around to gangs in Chicago asking them to keep the peace,” Vereen recalled of a time when the two were performing together. “He was a key mover, and I admired that about him.”
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The Future of Playbills Rests in the iPad
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Should Playbill, or any Broadway publication, be able to move beyond the mantra of “If you build it they will come,” and focus its energy on creating an interactive, visually appealing, and interesting to manipulate iPad publication, future theatergoers will have something to look forward to while attending a show. Not everything Broadway-related has to…
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Ask Me a Question, VYou.com Style
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After hearing about the new online venture VYou.com from a co-worker, I decided to give it a try.
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Stand-up Comedy is the Reality Television of Broadway
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Broadway has a long history of staging one-person shows, from the storied Mark Twain Tonight created by Hal Holbrook, 700 Sundays starring Billy Crystal, and Lily Tomlin’s The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.
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Broadway Gets One ‘Elf’ of a Christmas Present
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Over the past few seasons Broadway patrons have been indulged with the likes of the musical “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” — it made multiple returns to the New York theatre scene — and last winter a touring production of “White Christmas.”
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Broadway’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ Re-Ignites My Jewish Identity Crisis
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This play always stirs feelings of hatred in me. As a Jew it’s often hard to sit through.
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Warren Spector Animates Disney’s Creations in ‘Epic Mickey’
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After years of work, including time digging through Disney’s coveted archives, Spector is nearly ready to release his new spin on Mickey to the world. It’s called “Epic Mickey,” and through the Nintendo Wii, it will re-introduce Walt Disney’s beloved creation as a leading hero, a role Mickey hasn’t tackled on screen in some time.
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Christina Ricci Gets Nervous About Broadway Debut
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Hollywood stunt casting remains a hot topic around the Broadway community, but with ticket sales typically proving healthy for A-listers, there is little monetary incentive for a producer to avoid the stars. But the creator of Time Stands Still wants audiences to know that Christina Ricci, the latest movie star to join Broadway, did so…