Tag Archives: Patti LuPone

Time: Best Theater of 2021

Posted on December 23, 2021 by boz

This week, deputy editor Eben Shapiro of Time magazine published his list of “The 10 Best Theater Performances of 2021,” honoring “the best theater had to offer in this year when audiences returned, sometimes tentatively, to their seats and performers … Continue reading →

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Company Review Roundup

Posted on December 9, 2021 by boz

New York theater critics have given generally positive reviews to the long-awaited Broadway transfer of the 2018 Olivier-winning West End revival of Company. The creative team includes George Furth (book), Stephen Sondheim (music, lyrics), Marianne Elliott (direction), Liam Steel (choreography), … Continue reading →

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Patti Prepares Her Return

Posted on May 12, 2021 by boz

On the heels of the announcements earlier this week from more than a dozen Broadway productions about their planned reopening dates, after remaining dark for more than a year due to the pandemic, Patti LuPone has released her own video … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: Boyd Gaines

Posted on May 11, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to four-time Tony-winning performer Boyd Gaines, born May 11, 1953, in Atlanta. During a “gypsy childhood,” due to his salesman father’s frequent job transfers, Gaines attended some dozen grammar schools, eventually graduating high school in California. He began … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: Priscilla Lopez

Posted on February 26, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to Tony-winning performer Priscilla Lopez, born Feb. 26, 1948, in the Bronx. She began studying dance while in grammar school and, by age 13, landed a spot in the 1961 film West Side Story. She graduated from Manhattan’s … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: Christine Ebersole

Posted on February 21, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to two-time Tony winner Christine Ebersole, born Feb. 21, 1953, in Winnetka, Ill., where she attended New Trier H.S. She studied theater at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., for two years before heading to New York, where she … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving: The Musical

Posted on November 25, 2020 by boz

After seeing TikTok creator Dan Mertzlufft’s Grocery Store: The Musical, TV host James Corden invited the young composer-performer on the November 24 broadcast of The Late Late Show to debut a special Thanksgiving-themed take on the short musical. Corden shared Mertzlufft’s solo … Continue reading →

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