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'The Sound of Music' Turns 50

Courtesy of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, center, with members of the cast of the original Broadway production of “The Sound of Music.” Fifty years ago this week, a nun-in-training, seven frisky kids and their ...

From ERIK PIEPENBURG, The New York Times,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mary Martin,  Theodore Bikel,  Malcolm Gladwell,  Julie Andrews,  Brooks Atkinson

Five Questions for Justin Kirk

Justin Kirk would rather play an understudy than be one. “I try not to miss shows,” says the actor. Mr. Kirk, 40, is playing the title character in Theresa Rebeck’s new play “The Understudy,” which takes place at an emotionally fraught rehearsal for a ...

From ERIK PIEPENBURG, The New York Times,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Justin Kirk,  Mark-Paul Gosselaar,  Julie White,  Charles Isherwood,  New York Times Company

ArtsBeat: Cheap Seats: Scares for a Song

Chang W. Lee/The New York Times A scene from “Nightmare: Vampires,” at the NoHo Event Center. But there are less expensive and more theatrical Halloween-themed options, many for $20 and under, that will help you get your heebee-jeebies in the flesh. ...

From ERIK PIEPENBURG, The New York Times,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Timothy Haskell,  Mary Shelley,  Barnes & Noble, Inc.,  Playboy Magazine

ArtsBeat: Five Questions About ‘Street Lights’

For Joe Drymala, politics, race and musical theater make strange yet powerful bedfellows. “The show is about the importance of music in the community and the power of organizing to make social change,” says Mr. Drymala, 32. “Street Lights,” with its ...

From ERIK PIEPENBURG, The New York Times,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jon Bon Jovi,  Thomson Reuters,  Viacom, Inc.,  Kurt Vonnegut,  Susan Graham

ArtsBeat: NYMF: Five Questions About 'Academy'

Steven Rosen A scene from the musical “Academy.” “Academy,” one of the productions generating buzz at this year’s New York Musical Theater Festival, could be described as Faust meets “Lord of the Flies” in the suburbs: two seniors in an all-boys prep ...

From ERIK PIEPENBURG, The New York Times,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Anita Gates,  Suzanne Vega,  U2 (musician),  Paul Anka,  Michael Jackson

ArtsBeat: NYMF: Five Questions About 'The Last Smoker in America'

Picture this: It’s the not-too-distant future. Smoking has been outlawed in America. Busybody neighbors are turning in transgressors who light up. Everybody’s singing. Yes, disgruntled smokers, there is a new musical for you. The show’s book and lyrics ...

From ERIK PIEPENBURG, The New York Times,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Richard Rodgers,  Carly Simon,  Lou Dobbs,  Wall Street Journal,  Jay Leno

ArtsBeat: Cheap Seats: Free — Yes, Free — Theater Tickets

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times A scene from the Atlantic Theater Company’s “Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet,” with, from left, Michael Cassidy, Brian Murray and John Pankow. The show is participating in the Free Night of Theater. There are plenty ...

From ERIK PIEPENBURG, The New York Times,  8 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Michael Cassidy,  New York Times Company,  David Mamet,  Brian Murray,  Google Inc.

ArtsBeat: Q&A: Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles on 'Oleanna'

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Julia Stiles and Bill Pullman in the Broadway production of “Oleanna.” A new production of David Mamet’s caustic play stars Bill Pullman as a male college professor who is accused of sexual harassment by a female ...

From ERIK PIEPENBURG, The New York Times,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Bill Pullman,  Julia Stiles,  David Mamet,  New York Times Company,  Doug Hughes

ArtsBeat: NYMF Preview: The Spawning Ground for Musicals

Members of the cast of “Fat Camp,” one of the shows in the New York Musical Theater Festival. A deadly hurricane, fantasy football and fat camp don’t exactly scream “Let’s put on a show!” But that’s the treatment these and other odd topics are getting ...

From ERIK PIEPENBURG, The New York Times,  28 Sep 2009

Making His Way Back to Broadway, by Way of Chicago

WHEN Michael McKean first sat down to read Tracy Letts’s "Superior Donuts," he had the script in one hand and a menu the size of a novella in the other. “I took the play, and I went to the Westway Diner,” he said of the Midtown Manhattan restaurant ...

From ERIK PIEPENBURG, The New York Times,  20 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Michael McKean,  Steppenwolf (musician),  Harold Pinter,  Christopher Guest,  Harry Shearer

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