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TomKat Burnout

OK, there’s a reason I do a performing arts blog and not a celebrity blog. I read things like this. No, don’t click it, I’ll save you the trouble: it’s an article about how...

Started in Fame or Famine • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: broadway, casting, celebrity spotting
Sondheim’s “Company” to the Big Screen? Not Yet…

In a recent web interview, Stephen Sondheim was asked which of his musicals he’d like to see next put on the silver screen. His response was almost comical in its...

Started in Fame or Famine • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: broadway, broadway hits, interviews, stage to screen, screen to stage
Memories of 50 Chairs, and Other Intimate Spaces

“Why not up close and personal? Why not a special show, every now and then, when we could get to watch one or two Ailey marvels dancing something small and intimate in a setting where we might...

Started in Fame or Famine • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: dance, dance styles, modern, performing arts
Lovin’ the Bad Guys: Les Liaisons Dangereuse Strikes Again

Laura Linney, shown here at curtain call, is part of an all-star cast in the revival of Les Liasons Dangereuse. She plays La Marquise de Merteuil, a scheming and conniving woman who plays with...

Started in Fame or Famine • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: casting, celebrity spotting, performing artist profiles, screen to stage
Ms. Rita, a Deaf Dance Student

For the past month I’ve been working as a ballroom dance instructor for the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Madison, WI. One of the pleasures of working there was the opportunity to work with Ms....

Started in Fame or Famine • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: dance, dancing with the stars, interviews, life in the performing arts
Annie Leibovitz Makes a Young Girl’s Dream Come True

People are missing the point.photo used with permission: FinalPixxx/Newscom There’s a lot of buzz out there about a recent photo shoot that Julianne Moore  did with Annie Liebovitz. The...

Started in Fame or Famine • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: broadway, celebrity spotting, film, performing arts news, screen to stage
Chorus - 10, “Cry Baby” - 3

As you’ll see from this collection of reviews, the stage adaptation of the John Waters‘ film Cry Baby is less than stellar. Perhaps too many were hoping that Johnny Depp would reprise his...

Started in Fame or Famine • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: screen to stage
Multi-Cultural “High School Musical”

We’re rarely surprised when a musical goes overseas to the U.K. or Australia, or vice versa. Even shows like “Dancing With the Stars” have versions down under that are even more...

Started in Fame or Famine • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: general: peforming arts, life in the performing arts
Win a Trip To the So You Think You Can Dance-Off!

Image details: So You Think You Can Dance Australia - Top 20 Photo Call served by picapp.com I’m kind of shooting myself in the foot here, because by telling you I’m decreasing my own...

Started in Fame or Famine • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: sytycd, so you think you can dance
“Gone With the Wind” Comes to the Stage

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Started in Fame or Famine • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: opening night, performing arts news, theater, theatre