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Barbara Cook's Master Class

adrober — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:54:54 -0800

You can keep your Simon, Randy and Paula, I'll take Barbara Cook any day. Here is the Broadway legend's two hour master class (it's a REALTIME video from The New York Public Library) and it'll teach you more about singing, phrasing and music than every moment of American Idol combined. At least watch the first 20 minutes, you'll be amazed.

I'm Movin' Out.... to a courtroom

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:29:05 -0800

Dancer Sues Movin' Out for breach of contract and sexual harassment she claims to have suffered during her run in the National Touring company of the Broadway hit. In an interesting move, the dancer, Alice Alyse, has created a lawsuit website to explain her side of the story. Perhaps she'll win, but will she ever work again?

Acts of Exclusion

hairyeyeball — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 12:39:59 -0800

Axing Foreign Acts — Now that immigration control falls under the rubric of Homeland Security [+ | +], ticket sales should pick up for Broadway shows: foreign culture exchange is ~~on the wane~~ down the drain, says the Voice's Don Mattingly this week. Students, too. Bureacratic transition pains or police-state policy? More info? Paranoid surmises?

adrober — Mon, 04 Mar 2002 17:31:08 -0800

Madonna to make West End debut. (from Broadway.com)

bjennings — Thu, 01 Mar 2001 10:31:09 -0800

John Cullum to star in off-Broadway musical URINETOWN! No comment, other than I like the fact that none of Cullum's tv credits (Northern Exposure, ER) are mentioned in the article.