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First Nighter: Nathan Lane First-Rate, as Usual, in Douglas Carter Beane's New Play, The Nance

David Finkle | Posted 06.15.2013 | Arts
Read More: John Lee Beatty, Andrea Burns, Douglas Carter Beane, George Chauncey, Cady Huffman, Burlesque, Irving Place Theatre, Joey Pizzi, Jonny Orsini, Milton Berle, John Kander, Lincoln Center, Nathan Lane, Lewis J. Stadlen, Jenni Barber, Edward Hopper, Ann Roth, Horn & Hardart, Zero Mostel, Jackie Gleason, Texaco Star Theater, Lyceum Theatre, Fred Ebb, Jack O'Brien, La Cage Aux Folles, The Nance, Gay New York, Arts News
David Finkle

Plays conjuring Manhattan in the 1930s often take on the look of a live-action Edward Hopper painting. Not a bad thing. Actually, the effect is stunning when the curtain rises on The Nance.

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Ricky Martin Joins Broadway Legend Onstage For AIDS Charity

Posted 12.07.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Ricky Martin, Aids Research, Bcefa, Fred Ebb, Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids, Broadway, Ricky Martin Evita, Broadway Musicals, Broadway Theater, Chita Rivera, Broadway Cares, Video, Gay Voices News

Multiple generations of Broadway talent came together for a cause Dec. 4 with the annual "Gypsy of the Year" event in New York City. The star-stud...

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ACT's Exuberant 'Scottsboro Boys' Flaunts Vitality, Humor in a Grim Tale

Leo Stutzin | Posted 09.01.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Susan Stroman, Scottsboro Boys, Fred Ebb, Musical Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Scottsboro, San Francisco, Act, Musicals, John Kander, San Francisco News
Leo Stutzin

2012-07-02-pullquote1.jpgWith The Scottsboro Boys, John Kander and Fred Ebb turned their eyes closer to home, at a horrendous travesty of American justice.

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The Music and Its Message: Songs of Protest and Cultural Identity

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune, Phil Ochs, One Voice, King Kamehameha III, Christopher Hitchens, Betty Comden, Pete Seeger, San Francisco Asian America International Film Festival, Kumu Hulas, Sean Penn, Herbert Mahelona, Joan Baez, Stephen Sondheim, Hawaiian Language, Frederick Loewe, Irving Berlin, Jule Styne, Yiddish Book Center, Peter Yarrow, Fred Ebb, John Kander, Bob Dylan, Lisette Marie Flanary, Hallelujah Baby!, Cole Porter, Punana Leo, Glee Club, Tom Hayden, Ka Hinano O Puna, Aaron Lansky, Richard Rodgers, Victor Jara, Arts News
George Heymont

2011-03-22-ochs.jpg Two thrilling new musical documentaries place great emphasis on the importance of a song's lyrics while paying homage to their creators.

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First Nighter: Brooke Shields Reviews Her Life at Feinstein's at Loews Regency

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Michael Jackson, Marcy Heisler, Fred Ebb, Chicago, Carole King, Brooke SHields, Paul McCartney, John Kander, Wonderful Town, Calvin Klein, Mark Waldrop, On Your Own, Zina Goldrich, George Michael, John Lennon, Grease, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, Andre Agassi, Charlie Alterman, Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression, Isaac Calpito, Chris Henchy, Cabaret, James Taylor, Entertainment News
David Finkle

What she wants the world to understand is that she did have a happy childhood. She isn't the hard-bitten survivor her publicized past might suggest.

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The Scottsboro Boys: Making Friends With the Truth

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Susan Stroman, Joshua Henry, Arts News, Fred Ebb, Beowulf Boritt. John Kander, The Interlocutor, Patterson v. Alabama, David Thompson, Samuel Leibowitz, International Labor Defene, The Scottsboro Boys, Mr. Bones, Minstrel Show, Haywood Patterson, Mr. Tambo, John Cullum, Political Theater, Cakewalk Motif, Roy Wright, Arts News
Marcia G. Yerman

The play takes on a series of challenges in presenting the Depression Era story of the nine African-American teens who were falsely accused of raping two white women in the state of Alabama. Not an easy task.

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First Nighter: Our Sinatra Revue Is Truly Chairman-of-the-Board-Worthy

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Tony Bennett, Hilary Kole, Fred Ebb, Mgm, Liza Minnelli, John Kander, The Oak Room at the Algonquin, Christopher Gines, Dick Haymes, Till the Clouds Roll By, Jerome Kern, Boots Maleson, Kurt Stamm, Hoboken New Jersey, Frank Sinatra, Our Sinatra, Oscar Hammerstein II, Bing Crosby, Eric Comstock, Arts News
David Finkle

Our Sinatra is a case of songs treated with utterly convincing maturity, depth and, where appropriate, genuine humor.

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First-Nighter: Alan Cumming Acts Up, Acts Waaaaaay Up

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Fred Ebb, The Good Wife, John Kander, Stephen Sondheim, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, Botox, Alan Cumming, Cabaret, Elvis Costello, Masterpiece Mystery!, Michael Feinstein, Burt Bacharach, Entertainment News
David Finkle

Alan Cumming lets it be known through a puckish yet no-uncertain-terms manner that he's not the type to modulate his behavior for anyone.

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The Scottsboro Boys: New Kander-Ebb Musical, Old Kander-Ebb Formula

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: The Skin of Our Teeth, Samuel Liebowitz, Brandon Victor Dixon, Jason Robert Brown, Chicago, Kurt Weill, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Sharon Washington, The Visit, Manuel Puig, Friedrich Durrenmatt, Leo Frank, Jerome Kern, Hal Prince, Parade, Musical Comedy, John Cullum, Cabaret, Oscar Hammerstein II, Stephen Foster, Thornton Wilder, Susan Stroman, Fred Ebb, Berlin Stories, Edna Ferber, David Thompson, Show Boat, John Kander, The Scottsboro Boys, Bertolt Brecht, Vineyard Theatre, Christopher Isherwood, Colman Domingo, Forrest McClendon, New York News
David Finkle

Time was, audiences went to musicals--more often called musical comedies then--to see famous entertainers sing great songs written by first-rate lyric...

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Liza Minnelli: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Fred Ebb, Liza Minnelli, "Liza's at the Palace, Gene Hackman, John Kander, Las Vegas, Judy Garland, Kay Thompson, " MGM Grand, Vincente Minnelli, Raquel Welch, " Ron Lewis, Youtube, Frank Sinatra, " "New York-New York, "Cabaret, Entertainment News
Ellen Sterling

Liza Minelli wants everyone to know that they her new DVD, Liza's At the Palace, is in stores. The show played on Broadway and won a Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event.

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