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Fass hosted an influential New York radio show for more than 50 years.

Sondheim Musical, in Development for Years, Looks Unlikely The 91-year-old composer told the Public Theater last year that he was no longer working on a show based on the films of Luis Buñuel. Stephen Sondheim, who had been working on developing “Buñuel” for the last decade or so with the playwright David Ives.Credit...Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times April 27, 2021, 2:47 p.m. ET One big lingering question for theater fans following the news that the prolific producer Scott Rudin will �...

Hair Metal Musical Rock of Ages Streaming One-Night Only Reunion Concert Hair Metal Musical Rock of Ages Streaming One-Night Only Reunion Concert The livestream concert will feature an all-star group of returning cast members and musicians, available to watch on FITE Sage Anderson, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Hit hair metal musical Rock of Ages will play a one-night only global livestreamconcert on Saturday, April 24th, at 8 p.m. ET, available to watch on FITE. The Rock of Ages: All Sta...

Amas Musical Theatre today announced the recipients of the third Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists, a juried cash and production grant given annually to support the early work and career of a deserving musical theatre librettist, commemorating the life and work of playwright/librettist Eric H. Weinberger (1950-2017), who was a Drama Desk Award nominee for Best Book of a Musical (Wandas World), and the playwright/librettist of Class Mothers 68, which earned Pricilla Lopez a Drama...

Bob Fass, Pioneer of Underground Radio, Dies at 87 His provocative “Radio Unnameable,” long a staple of the New York station WBAI, offered a home on the FM dial to everyone from Abbie Hoffman to Tiny Tim. Bob Fass on the air at the New York FM station WBAI in 1972. “I’d put anyone on,” he once said, “because the idea was if you didn’t like what I was doing, three minutes later I’d be doing something else.”Credit...Donal F. Holway/The New York Times April 25, 2021Updated 10:48...

Original Music……………Mike Borgia Dan Purcell (Lou) is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. His past credits include Freddy in the original “Kiss the Fortune Teller”, Darryl in the original “The Statement”, Rick and The Hustler in “Six Degrees of Separation”, multiple roles in “The Death of a Miner”, Charles in “As You Like It”, and the opera “La Traviata”. Dan is immensely thankful for his familys health throughout the pandemic, as wel...

Dark family story makes an unlikely hit musical We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Cassie Tongue Save Normal text size Cartoonist and writer Alison Bechdel has had a relatively pleasant pandemic experience. “I actually don’t mind being trapped at home,” she says. “I’m just naturally an introvert, I work at home, so it’s been pretty okay for me, and I especially love not having to travel.” Plus, she had a...

TUPELO - The stage at Tupelo Community Theatre Off Broadway has been silent since the start of the pandemic. While TCT was able to resume performances at the Lyric Theatre, it decided not to reopen the smaller Franklin Street theater due to state-mandated venue seating limits Now that the seating restrictions have been eased, Off Broadway is coming back. The doors will open April 29-30 for a presentation of "The Seafarer" - TCTs entry this year in the American Association of Community Theatr...

Madison Lyric Stage offers all-outdoor season Staff reports FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Madison Lyric Stages 2021 season will be performed outdoors. The season of shows includes “ The Sun Sits Low: An Evening of Stephen Sondheim” in June; the landmark Mart Crowley play “The Boys in the Band” in July; and a double bill of Puccini’s “Suor Angelica” and Schoenberg’s “Erwartung” in SeptemberMadison Lyric Stage / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Madison Lyric Stages 2021 se...

Published by circulation@mex... on Tue, 04/20/2021 - 10:57am David Andrew Jacobi, 80, of Columbia, left this earthly journey for his next on April 18, 2021. David was born in Martinsburg, on Aug. 21, 1940 to Edward and Lena Jacobi. He was the eighth of 10 children. David graduated from St. Brendan’s High School in Mexico. He joined the Navy following high school. During his time in the Navy, he was a flight crewman and aviation electronics technician that was tasked with...