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While there often tends to be a sense of skepticism when speaking of Broadway’s future, TEDxBroadway was more about thinking positive, and brainstorming for the sake of live theater. Bazadona rattled off a list of needs for the viability of Broadway: incredible original productions, full theaters with diverse audiences, a wider platform to share our greater purpose, and less risk from external factors. “Broadway needs to become an idea factory,” he proclaimed, equating this industry to another—Silicon Valley.
Chris Mann had been a guest teaching artist at Rosie's Broadway Kids, an organization in New York City geared towards helping kids receive an arts education.
My wife and I ended up making a guest appearance on the Rachael Ray Show on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 for an episode focusing on newlyweds.
A lot of quality films hit the big screen this past year, and many of them are captured in my Globe picks. We’ll see how these compare to the actual results on Sunday, January 15, 2012. How do your picks compare?
The next time a charity or cause wants throw out originality and recycle a campaign, look to "Glee." It will have a much greater chance of topping an iTunes download list, a milestone all the cool kids should aspire to.
Not a Broadway season goes by without a soap star dipping their toe in the Chicago pool at the Ambassador Theatre—so well oiled is that bare-bones revival that it was able to survive the placement of Ashlee Simpson. It’s become …
Then there is the current Broadway duo of Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone. Let’s just say, these Broadway stalwarts are making an effort to stay socially relevant.
One major aspect of this production that helps give it a "classic" sound is the lavish 28-piece orchestra. More recently, many Broadway shows have been orchestrated to be played by a smaller number of musicians. "It's thrilling to have a full-sized orchestra," Follies' musical director boasted.
Frank Sinatra. Twyla Tharp. Two legendary names in their respective fields of artistry. The first is heralded as one of the music industry’s greatest singers. The other, a leader amongst modern choreographers, wowing audiences with her work across many genres.
Love or hate Broadway’s ‘Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark,’ the mega-musical has a lot of buzz, thanks in part to the rather diabolical preview run, but also due to its musical creators, Bono and the Edge, of U2 fame. The …
