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Broadway Star Makes 'Frankenstein Monsters'

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 05.13.2013 | Arts
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NEW YORK — Years ago, when her roommate came home one day sobbing, Laura Benanti comforted her the only way she knew how – with a song. B...

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Curtis M. Wong

Tony-Winning Star Of Broadway's 'Once' Keeps It Real With Alt-Country Gig

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.12.2013 | Arts
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Tony-winning actor Steve Kazee found musical solace through the unlikeliest of experiences: a forced early departure from a hit Broadway show. Desp...

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Classy Kids

David Browning | Posted 05.06.2013 | Arts
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On Saturday, I ventured out to Manhattan's 54 Below, site of several memorable performances in recent months, for the inaugural performance of Classical Concerts for Classy Kids.

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Curtis M. Wong

Patricia Racette On Being An Openly Gay Opera Diva

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 03.26.2013 | Gay Voices
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Patricia Racette may be known as one of the American opera world’s finest sopranos, but she insists she’s felt like a crossover artist for the bul...

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Why Broadway's Original 'Annie' Misses The NYC Of Yesteryear

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 04.10.2013 | Arts
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In 1977, Andrea McArdle cemented her role in Broadway history when she opened her mouth to croon "Tomorrow" to a standing room-only crowd of enrapture...

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From '80s Teen Icon To Jazz Chanteuse: Molly Ringwald Hits New York's 54 Below

Curtis M. Wong | Posted 03.18.2013 | Arts
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Curtis M. Wong

As it turns out, Ringwald's latest role was actually more of a return to her roots than a reinvention: as the 44-year-old star told the crowd, she got her start singing alongside her father, blind jazz pianist Bob Ringwald.

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First Nighter: Maria Stuarda at the Met, Donna McKechnie at 54 Below

David Finkle | Posted 01.03.2013 | Arts
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David Finkle

In setting Maria Stuarda to music, Gaetano Donizetti did some of his most beautiful writing, not just for the title character and her prevailing adversary Elizabeth I. Throughout, Donizetti also imagined any number of ensembles

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Broadway's Cinderella On Becoming A Princess

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 11.27.2012 | Arts
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It’s easy to see why Laura Osnes was plucked to star in Broadway’s forthcoming “Cinderella,” given that her own story seems to parallel that o...

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A Modern Tribute To A Legendary Gay Icon In New York

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 11.01.2012 | Gay Voices
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"I couldn't believe that in the 1950s, here was a woman who was calling attention not only to the fact there were gay people, but that she was one of ...

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Prolific Pop Composer On Why Personal 'Disasters' Produce The Best Tunes

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 10.21.2012 | Gay Voices
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Whether penning radio hits or conducting Broadway showstoppers, David Friedman has truly been a prolific force in the music industry, even if the bulk...

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First Nighter: The Crazy Coqs, London's New Nitery, Opens Hot With Clive Rowe

David Finkle | Posted 12.17.2012 | Entertainment
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David Finkle

What is/are The Crazy Coqs? They is a new cabaret room, and in these parlous times when it's more usually reported that an intimate boite is shuttering, the fact that one has opened is a cause for celebration.

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Why This NYC 'Downtown Darling' Can't Seem To Keep His Clothes On

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 10.06.2012 | Gay Voices
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You never know just what Cole Escola's gonna do, but you want to be there when he does it. Billed as a "white trash girl-boy from the backwoods of...

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Broadway Vets Plan Jerry Herman Tribute As Part Of NYC Cabaret Stint

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 08.22.2012 | Gay Voices
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Faith Prince and Jason Graae may be the collective veterans of a total of 13 Broadway shows, but as they prep for “The Prince and the Showboy,” th...

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Michael Arden Dishes His Upcoming NYC Gig, Charlie Sheen And Barbra Streisand

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 09.25.2012 | Gay Voices
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Michael Arden may be hitting the stage of New York’s 54 Below nightclub for the first time this weekend, but the “Anger Management” star’s per...

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First Nighter: Brian d'Arcy James an Overnight Sensation at 54 Below

David Finkle | Posted 09.01.2012 | Entertainment
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David Finkle

Brian d'Arcy James is doing his effervescent best to prove the opening season of cabaret room 54 Below is as significant a boost to the unfairly marginalizated genre as Manhattan has seen in many an entertainment year.

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Ben Vereen's Remarkable Journey Of Love And Loss

Laura Rowley | Posted 08.19.2012 | Fifty
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Laura Rowley

If "The Ben Vereen Story" were a Hollywood screenplay, no studio would buy it. The triumphs and tragedies are too incredible to be believed, the comeback from professional banishment and near-death too melodramatic to be plausible. But it's based on a true story.

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