670 stories by "Andrea Simakis"
Karamu fans have clamored to see "The Color Purple," but the show had eluded artistic director Terrence Spivey for two years.
"For Lombardi, it wasn't enough to win -- he had to humiliate. He was obsessed with winning. Second place was not an option. He not only had to beat his opponents, he had to drive them …
"For my money, Vicky Bussert is running the finest musical theater program in the country," said Broadway talent agent Chris Nichols. "And I'll tell anybody who'll listen"
Adler in her own words straight, no chaser as she is in this essential collection of classroom lectures on the works of Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and others, will lea…
Lakewood performer brings the house down singing Joplin classics like "Cry, Baby" and "Me and Bobby McGee."
"Mark O'Donnell was very kind and unassuming when he came to visit the theater where he got his start," said Beck Center for the Arts artistic director Scott Spence, who directed O…
Cleveland Public Theatre artistic director Raymond Bobgan believes in risk-taking and encourages agents to send him new, edgy scripts. Cleveland Public Theatre executive artistic director Ra…
Joplin was famous for her ruined rasp, a growl that started like a whisper then built to a wail, her sound the embodiment of a generation unleashed. Davies can match the superstar's power an…
Donning Joplin's beads and bangles will be Stephani's understudy, Lakewood native Mary Bridget Davies, who is no stranger to the vocal stylings of the legendary Pearl.
"I saw Cat's photo, and I got the chills," said Randy Johnson, writer-director of the new musical "One Night with Janis Joplin," of his star, Cat Stephani. "Hadn't h…
One of Matt Polk's first assignments at Boneau/Bryan-Brown, a publicity firm in the heart of New York's Times Square, was to make sure "The Lion King's" Julie Taymor arrived at Radio City Mu…
In 2007, Elizabeth A. Davis, a struggling actress working at Starbucks and other name-tag jobs, sat in New York's Sunshine Cinema on her "first movie date" with a guy named Jordan Richard. "…
For Orin Wolf, one of the producers of "Once," arguably the hottest ticket on Broadway since winning eight Tonys, it all started with four borrowed fans.
As you survey some of the top shows on Broadway, from the multiple-Tony-winning "Once" to the long-running "Phantom of the Opera," you will see some names that might seem…
Kevin David Thomas was cast in the revival of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" in 2009 as an understudy for one of the leads, a character named Henrick Egerman. On day, he…
Moldovan has landed one of the most enduring roles of the world stage: Christine Daae, the woman behind the man behind the freaky white half-mask in "The Phantom of the Opera."
Paice has been cast in the hotly anticipated new Broadway musical "Rebecca" -- in the lead. Paice will play "I," also known as the unfortunate second Mrs. Maxim de Winte…
Tom Degnan, a 2008 graduate of Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House acting program, plays as Brick, the embittered ex-football star in Tennessee Williams' classic barn burner…
Sommer, who plays Dune Wilson, a brute of an orderly in the New York production of "Harvey," is a "Broadway virgin," having spent the past five years as Harry Crane on &q…
Little Rabbit Run Theater is putting on a big show in a barn. The historic, 300-seat venue " an honest-to-God renovated horse barn tucked away on a property covered with magnolia trees, yucc…
