[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] This Just In: Signature Announces Sondheim Award

Posted by Rick Sincere in October 7th 2008 under: Signature Theatre, Sondheim, aggregated, musical theatre

This news release from Signature Theatre in Arlington just became available about 35 minutes ago:Signature Theatre to Honor Stephen Sondheim at Gala Benefit in April Theatre to pay tribute to composer by establishing annual ‘Sondheim Award’ …

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] Sad News: George Furth Dead at 75

Posted by Rick Sincere in August 12th 2008 under: Broadway, Sondheim, Writing, aggregated, musical theatre, obituary

Earlier today, I received an email from a correspondent who told me he had heard that George Furth had died yesterday. I was unable to confirm the news through regular media sources, so I chose to forestall blogging about it until now, when I could, i…

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] Revisiting ‘The Fix’

Posted by Rick Sincere in August 10th 2008 under: Metro Herald, Politics, Satire, Signature Theatre, aggregated, musical theatre

Leslie Carbone brings our attention to this quotation-cum-apologia from failed Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who explains how he fell from the hair-perfect heights to the hair-shirt depths:”I went from being a senator, a young senator…

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] Community Theatre - Part Three

Posted by Rick Sincere in August 3rd 2008 under: 1970s, Broadway, History, Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, YouTube, aggregated, musical theatre, nostalgia, video, youth

About fourteen months ago, I posted video and photographs from my first experience in community theatre, a production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man at St. Bernard’s Studio Theatre in my hometown of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.After going off to Georgeto…

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] So You Want to Be a Star?

Posted by Rick Sincere in July 29th 2008 under: Broadway, Kennedy Center, Washington, aggregated, musical theatre, theater

If you have dreams of singing and dancing on the Broadway stage (or manipulating a puppet on the same stage), you may have a chance to make your dream come true.Disney has announced that it will be holding auditions in the Washington area for the hit m…

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] Keegan’s ‘Man of La Mancha’ Worth a Revisit

Posted by Rick Sincere in July 15th 2008 under: Broadway, Keegan Theatre, Metro Herald, aggregated, musical theatre

Richard Morrison and I saw Keegan Theatre’s new production of Man of La Mancha last Saturday night. It turned out there was a former UVA student in the cast, whom we knew peripherally. (We didn’t stick around to give the cast accolades after the show…

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] Knight of the Woeful Countenance

Posted by Rick Sincere in July 12th 2008 under: Keegan Theatre, aggregated, musical theatre

After the Revolution March and Rally tomorrow, I’ll be heading up to Dupont Circle to see one of my favorite musical plays, Man of La Mancha (based on the picaresque novel, Don Quixote), which is being reprised by Keegan Theatre. Here’s an excerpt fro…

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] Happy Birthday, Jerry Herman!

Posted by Rick Sincere in July 10th 2008 under: Broadway, Carol Channing, Fresh Air, Music, aggregated, musical theatre

Today is the 77th birthday of Broadway composer-lyricist Jerry Herman, whose first big hits were almost fifty years ago (Milk and Honey opened October 10, 1961, and Hello, Dolly! — which was once the longest-running show on Broadway — opened January …

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] ‘Chris and Don: A Love Story’

Posted by Rick Sincere in July 10th 2008 under: Fresh Air, History, NPR, aggregated, gay, gay issues, gay marriage, literature, movies, musical theatre, radio

Those of you who are literarily or theatrically inclined may be most interested in this information, but there is plenty to chew on if politics and society are your topics.Thanks to a segment on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, I have learned of a new…

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] Mamma Mia! Comes to Washington

Posted by Rick Sincere in June 24th 2008 under: Metro Herald, aggregated, musical theatre

The national tour of Mamma Mia! (best known as “the ABBA musical”) arrives tonight in Washington, D.C. The show opens at the National Theatre on Pennsylvania Avenue for a two-week run.I interviewed one of the members of the cast, Rebecca Covington, fo…

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] Hymn for a Sunday Evening

Posted by Rick Sincere in June 20th 2008 under: Broadway, History, aggregated, musical theatre, television

Sixty years ago tonight, television history was made. Or, perhaps, it would be better to say, television history began.Philo Farnsworth and Lee DeForest aside, the raw cultural power of television as an entertainment medium arguably sprang forth from …

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] Liveblogging the Tony Awards

Posted by Rick Sincere in June 15th 2008 under: Broadway, Tony Awards, aggregated, musical theatre, theatre

Tonight’s the night. After a season of ups and downs, the rivals are meeting tonight in a single arena to decide who will be the ultimate winner. Competition is fierce, of course; it is every year.I’m prepared, too. I just returned from Kroger with …

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] ‘The Visit’ - The Serrated Edge of Morals

Posted by Rick Sincere in May 30th 2008 under: Metro Herald, Signature Theatre, aggregated, musical theatre

I saw Kander & Ebb’s new musical, The Visit, at Signature Theatre in Arlington on Wednesday night. This is my review, prepared for The Metro Herald in Alexandria:Serrated Edge of Morals:Kander & Ebb Provoke with ‘The Visit’ at SignatureRic…

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] A Look Back at ‘Over & Over’

Posted by Rick Sincere in April 10th 2008 under: Broadway, Kander and Ebb, Metro Herald, Signature Theatre, aggregated, musical theatre

In my previous post, which was primarily a review of the new production of The Happy Time at Signature Theatre in Arlington, I mentioned in passing — as did a cheeky Fred Ebb — Over & Over, the musical version of Thornton Wilder’s 1940s play, The…

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] A Worthy Revival at Signature Theatre

Posted by Rick Sincere in April 10th 2008 under: Kander and Ebb, Metro Herald, Signature Theatre, aggregated, musical theatre, photoblog

A few years before his death, lyricist Fred Ebb — who would have been 75 years old this past Tuesday, April 8 — wrote to artistic director Eric Schaeffer of Signature Theatre in Arlington. In what proved to be a prescient note, Ebb’s letter of May 6…

[Rick Sincere News and Thoughts] ‘Glory Days’ Heads to Big Stem

Posted by Rick Sincere in March 28th 2008 under: Broadway, Signature Theatre, aggregated, musical theatre

Glory Days, the new musical that was reviewed here a few weeks ago, is on its way to Broadway.According to Jane Horwitz in Wednesday’s Washington Post:Signature Theatre’s “Glory Days,” the coming-of-age musical set on a football field, is moving to Bro…

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