UnsungMusicalsCo. Umc will launch its 2014 developmental reading series at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts with a special presentation of Peggy-Ann, the hit 1926 musical comedy with a book by Tony Award winner Herbert Fields Annie Get Your Gun and a score by the legendary songwriting team of Richard Rodgers amp Lorenz Hart Pal Joey, On Your Toes. The reading, directed by Ben West Unsung Carolyn Leigh, The Fig Leaves Are Falling, At Home Abroad, will be held Thursday, May 22 at 230 Pm in the Bruno Walter Auditorium.
- 5/19/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Christine Andreas brings her much hailed and highly anticipated Cabaret be-Mused to The Annenberg Theatre in Palm Springs on Saturday, January 18 at 800 pm. Ms. Andreas first captured New York City theatre-goer's hearts and became a bonifide star in the 20th anniversary production of My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle Theatre World Award followed by the revival of Oklahoma, as Laurey, working with Billy Hammerstein amp Agnes deMillle Tony Nomination and On Your Toes, as Frankie Frayne, directed by the legendary director George Abbott, Tony Nomination. The La Times called her a mesmerizing musical presence.I had the opportunity to chat with Ms. Andreas about her upcoming Cabaret Performance at The Annenberg Theatre in Palm Springs, and all things Christine. Here are a few excerpts from that interview.
- 1/15/2014
- by David Green
- BroadwayWorld.com
Christine Baranski, Kelli Barrett, Walter Bobbie, Jeremy Cohen, Dalton Harrod, Randy Skinner,Shonn Wiley, Karen Ziemba, New York City Ballet Principal dancer Joaquin De Luz andAmerican Ballet Theatre principal dancer Irina Dvorovenko starred in Rodgers and Hart's On Your Toes, the final Encores presentation of the 2012-13 New York City Center season.BroadwayWorld brings you photo coverage from the show's closing night reception below...
- 5/13/2013
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Christine Baranski, Kelli Barrett, Walter Bobbie, Jeremy Cohen, Dalton Harrod, Randy Skinner, Shonn Wiley, Karen Ziemba, New York City Ballet Principal dancer Joaquin De Luz and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Irina Dvorovenko starred in Rodgers and Hart's On Your Toes, the final Encores presentation of the 2012-13 New York City Center season.BroadwayWorld brings you photo coverage from the show's closing night curtain call below...
- 5/13/2013
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
It’s 1920 and the Dolan family vaudeville act is at a crossroads. Now that the teenaged son is old enough to date the chorines, Ma is worried: “I’ve seen nothing developing in Junior except his lower nature.” She banishes him to school to forget about hoofing and become, as Pa envisions it, “a lousy music teacher.” Indeed, jump-cut to fifteen years later, and Junior is drilling the three Bs into students who’d rather hear jazz. Thus begins (and all but ends) the sensible part of the book of On Your Toes, the 1936 musical that implicitly asks what happens when vaudeville isn’t good enough for vaudevillians anymore. What do you — yes, you, American Musical Theater — do next?On Your Toes, the final production of this year’s Encores! season, is terribly important as theater history and a terrible mess as theater. The two facts are related. Rodgers and Hart,...
- 5/10/2013
- by Jesse Green
- Vulture
Though the cast includes Tony-winning Broadway pros such as Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) and Karen Ziemba (Contact), it’s the dancers who seize the spotlight in a new revival of the 1936 Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart musical On Your Toes, which runs through this Sunday at New York City Center as part of the Encores! series. Given that two prominent roles are held by American Ballet Theatre veterans Irina Dvorovenko and Joaquin De Luz, the show’s title can be taken literally. Dvorovenko and several ensemble members perform en pointe during several routines, which have been artfully staged by...
- 5/9/2013
- by Thom Geier
- EW.com - PopWatch
Christine Baranski, Kelli Barrett, Walter Bobbie, Jeremy Cohen, Dalton Harrod, Randy Skinner, Shonn Wiley, Karen Ziemba, New York City Ballet Principal dancer Joaquin De Luz and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Irina Dvorovenko will star in Rodgers and Hart's On Your Toes, the final Encores presentation of the 2012-13 New York City Center season. BroadwayWorld brings you highlights from the show below...
- 5/8/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Christine Baranski, Kelli Barrett, Walter Bobbie, Jeremy Cohen, Dalton Harrod, Randy Skinner, Shonn Wiley, Karen Ziemba, New York City Ballet Principal dancer Joaquin De Luz and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Irina Dvorovenko will star in Rodgers and Hart's On Your Toes, the final Encores presentation of the 2012-13 New York City Center season. Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle. On Your Toes will have guest music direction by Encores founding music director Rob Fisher and will play seven performances, from May 8 - 12 at New York City Center, W. 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. The Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ballet, originally choreographed by George Balanchine, will be staged by Susan Pilarre, who served as a Ballet Mistress of the show's 1983 Broadway Revival.
- 5/1/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York City Center Encores presents Rodgers amp Hart's On Your Toes, May 8-12, 2013. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge visited the cast in rehearsals and stopped to chat with Artistic Director Jack Vertel, music director Rob Fisher, director and choreographer Warren Carlyle and cast members Karen Ziemba, Randy Skinner, Walter Bobbie, Joaquin De Luz, Irina Dvorovenko, Christine Baranski, Kelli Barrett and Shonn Wiley. Click below to watch the interviews, plus a sneak peek of the show...
- 5/1/2013
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Rodgers amp Hart's On Your Toes, an improbable mix of gangsters, vaudeville and classical ballet, was the first musical to successfully integrate classical dance into the Broadway musical format. The original production was choreographed by George Balanchine and starred Ray Bolger, Tamara Geva and Monty Woolley. It opened on April 11, 1936, at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 315 performances. Songs include Glad to be Unhappy, There's A Small Hotel and the legendary ballet Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.
- 4/17/2013
- by Contests
- BroadwayWorld.com
Christine Baranski, Kelli Barrett, Walter Bobbie, Jeremy Cohen, Dalton Harrod, Randy Skinner, Shonn Wiley, Karen Ziemba,New York City Ballet Principaldancer Joaquin De Luz and American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Irina Dvorovenkowill star in Rodgers and Hart's On Your Toes, the final Encores presentation of the 2012-13 New York City Center season. Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, On Your Toes will have guest music direction by Encores founding music director Rob Fisher and will play seven performances, from May 8 - 12 at New York City Center, W. 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. The Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ballet, originally choreographed by George Balanchine, will be staged by Susan Pilarre, who served as a Ballet Mistress of the show's 1983 Broadway Revival.
- 4/15/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
CALIFORNIALa Jolla PlayhouseP.O. Box 12039La Jolla, CA 92039(858) 550-1070, fax (858) 550-1075information@ljp.orgwww.lajollaplayhouse.orgChristopher Ashley, artistic directorEquity Lort B contractNon-EquityCasting: Casts productions in-house and through independent casting directors by invitation only. Send pix and resumes to above address, attn: Casting. See website for more information. Internships availableSeason: June - September. Shows: "Surf Report" (June); "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" (September); "Ruined" (November); "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (July); "Notes From the Underground" (September)Marin Shakespeare CompanyP.O. Box 4053San Rafael, CA 94913(415) 499-4485, fax (415) 499-1492management@marinshakespeare.orgwww.marinshakespeare.orgRobert S. Currier, artistic director; Lesley Currier, managing directorEquity Loa referenced to Lort contractNon-EquityCasting: Casts productions in-house. Send pix and resumes to Robert Currier. Please see website for specific audition dates and information.Internships and/or apprenticeships available.Season: July - September. Shows: "Travesties" (July 2-Aug. 15); "The Taming of the Shrew" (July 16-Sep. 26); "Antony and Cleopatra" (Aug. 20-Sep. 25)Pcpa Theaterfest800 S.
- 2/25/2010
- backstage.com
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