By Hailie Gold Stephen Sondheim is one of, if not the most, musically adventurous composer in musical theater history. He got his start mentoring under Oscar Hammerstein III, but his career really kicked off when he wrote the spontaneous lyrics for the golden age musical, West Side Story, as well as the lyrics for Gypsy. […]
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s beloved musical GIGI will play a pre-Broadway engagement in the Eisenhower Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (David M. Rubenstein, chairman, Michael M. Kaiser, president) in Washington, D.C. in January 2015. Directed by Eric Schaeffer (Follies, Million Dollar Quartet), in a re-envisioned adaptation by acclaimed British playwright and Emmy-nominated screenwriter Heidi Thomas (“Cranford,” “Upstairs […]
Fra Fee might be more well-known around the West End area than here in the States, but if you saw the Les Miserables movie than you surely remember him as Courfeyrac. He’s had an impressive career thus far in his roles in various roles on stage across the pond and I’ve been a huge fan for […]