Curtains, the final collaboration of legendary John Kander and Fred Ebb (Rupert Holmes came in to finish the show after Ebb’s death), is finally taking a Bay Area bow.
Diablo Theatre Company (formerly Diablo Light Opera Company) opens the show tonight (Feb. 12) at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, where it runs [...]
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It’s Curtains for Diablo Theatre Company
Archived in the category: Contra Costa Civic Theatre, David Hyde Pierce, Diablo Light Opera Company, Kander and Ebb, Lamplighters, local theater, musicals
Posted by Chad Jones on 12 Feb 10 - 0 Comments
Tours, tours everywhere
Archived in the category: Broadway, David Hyde Pierce, Disney, Kander and Ebb, Rent, musicals, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 22 May 08 - 2 Comments
We still don’t know what’s in store for the new SHN/Best of Broadway season (announcement to be made soon). But news out of New York is that there are all kinds of tours heading out on the road that may or may not be coming San Francisco way.
One of those tours is Disney’s Mary Poppins. [...]
Clay it isn’t so!
Archived in the category: American Idol, Broadway, Clay Aiken, David Hyde Pierce, Spamalot, backstage, musicals, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 16 Oct 07 - 0 Comments
Claymates rejoice while the rest of us ponder why Clay Aiken ever stuck his fingers in Kelly Ripa’s mouth (OK, he covered her mouth with his hand, but like she said at the time, she didn’t know where that hand had been — right on, sister).
Aiken, the “American Idol” second-place finisher behind Ruben Studdard, will [...]
Show tunes and fireworks
Archived in the category: Audra McDonald, Broadway, CDs, Christine Ebersole, David Hyde Pierce, Duncan Sheik, Jason Danieley, Raul Esparza, Spring Awakening, Steven Sater, backstage, musicals
Posted by Chad Jones on 06 Jul 07 - 1 Comment
Every year around the Fourth of July, I like to celebrate something entirely American: the musical.
I’m a little late this year, but it’s my patriotic duty. So here, better late than never, are some show tune suggestions to get you through the summer.
Of course the original cast album of the moment is Spring Awakening (Decca [...]
Tony’s winning quartet
Archived in the category: Christine Ebersole, David Hyde Pierce, Frank Langella, Julie White, Tony Awards, awards, backstage, musicals, plays
Posted by Chad Jones on 11 Jun 07 - 1 Comment
A salute to the big musical winners from Sunday’s Tony Awards: (from left) Frank Langella, best actor for Frost/Nixon, Christine Ebersole, best actress for Grey Gardens, Julie White, best actress for The Little Dog Laughed and David Hyde Pierce, best actor for Curtains.
The number from Mary Poppins, a little “Chim Chim Cheree,” “Step in Time” [...]
