The New York Times – Music:
The show’s creative team talks about revamping the immersive Off Broadway hit so that it moves “around the audience” at Circle in the Square Theater.
Category: Theater (Broadway)
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Review: In ‘Almost Famous,’ the Heart of Rock ’n’ Roll Flatlines
The New York Times – Music:
Cameron Crowe’s 2000 film, set in the world of bands and groupies, does not survive its Broadway musical transplant.
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Seymour Press, a Behind-the-Scenes Fixture on Broadway, Dies at 98
The New York Times – Music:
He started playing in Broadway orchestras in 1957, and eventually he began recruiting those orchestras as well.
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‘New York, New York,’ a Film-Inspired Homage, Plans Broadway Bow
The New York Times – Film:
The new musical, based on the 1977 Martin Scorsese film, features songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb and is directed by Susan Stroman.
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Lucy Simon, Singer and Broadway Composer, Dies at 82
The New York Times – Music:
She and her sister Carly Simon were a folk duo in the 1960s. Years later, she wrote the Tony-nominated music for “The Secret Garden.”
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‘Almost Famous’ Heads to Broadway, Purple Aura Intact
The New York Times – Music:
Cameron Crowe adapted his Oscar-winning screenplay, about writing for Rolling Stone in the ’70s, preserving parts of the movie’s soundtrack and zingers (Don’t take drugs!) for the stage.
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Wendell Pierce Steps Into ‘Death of a Salesman’
The New York Times – Film:
A Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” has a Black lead for the first time, giving Pierce a chance to step into a role he was “born to play.”