2,809 stories by "Matt Tamanini"
On Monday, December 1, the Theater People Podcast welcomes ON THE TOWN star Alysha Umphress. Umphress shares fascinating stories from her journey with the project including her decision, aft…
With Thanksgiving now past, we are less than one week away from the television event of the season, at least for musical theatre fans, PETER PAN LIVE. As anyone who reads BroadwayWorld or wa…
Tonight, NBC is pulling back the curtain on the upcoming PETER PAN LIVE As BroadwayWorld recently reported, the MAKING OF PETER PAN LIVE special will share secrets about the production, inc…
You know who I haven't seen on TV lately That Taylor Swift girl. She used to be a country singer, but she seems to have disappeared from popular culture lately. I wonder what ever happened t…
To say that I am a little disappointed with last week's elimination of Team Pharrell's Sugar Joans is an understatement. Though, I admit, she didn't have the best week in terms of performanc…
As I've said numerous times in my reviews and recaps, I don't think there is a show on television more important for the future of the arts than SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. In addition to ex…
I don't know about you, but I feel really powerful right now. After 16 episodes, THE VOICE is finally trusting the American public to take control of the singing competition. There are no mo…
The latest episode of THAT'LL PLAY with Matt amp John, 'Commercial Appeal', features Michael Paul Smith and Gillian Pensavalle, the husband-and-wife team and co-creators of The Residuals, Br…
On Saturday, November 15th, the arts community in Central Florida forever changed with the official opening of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. On that night, Broadway icon R…
On Monday, November 17, the Theater People Podcast welcomes SIDE SHOW star Erin Davie. Davie shares stories about her six year journey with the production, working with director Bill Condon …
In three days, the Orlando arts community will be forever changed as The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts presents its inaugural show, BROADWAY amp BEYOND. Directed by theatrical …
For the first time all season, we will have an elimination show on THE VOICE. After two months of Blind Auditions, Battle Rounds, Knockout Rounds, and Live Playoffs, we finally get to see wh…
With one night down in THE VOICE's Live Playoffs read my review of last night's show here, the teams are taking shape, but, as of yet, no one has blown the doors off the joint. Tonight, rook…
Great googly moogly, after three and a half years of THE VOICE taped shows, we are finally going to have a live episode of NBC's singing competition show. Now that we are through the Blind A…
When I was a child, I loved drawing pictures despite the fact that it was very clear that I had little to no artistic ability in this arena, I continued to draw anyway. Whether it was a sunr…
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We are halfway through the Taylor Swift experiment on THE VOICE, and the new queen of New York has honestly been killing it. From vocal arrangement to on-stage swagger, T-Swizzle has demonst…
On Monday, November 3, The Theater People Podcast welcomes celebrates Broadway debuts with actresses Margo Seibert ROCKY THE MUSICAL and Amber Iman SOUL DOCTOR. Both actresses discuss landin…
For our Halloween edition of BUT, WAIT WHAT we are bringing together the worlds of Musical Theatre and Horror movies. Joining me is BroadwayWorld Weekend Editor Sally Henry. On her Broadway …
Ok, I admit, I was fairly skeptical about the reigning princess of country pop music, Taylor Swift being the Advisor for every competitor in the Knockout Rounds on THE VOICE. However, after …
I took last week off from reviewing HOMELAND, because, to be honest, I was rather disturbed and disgusted by the final scene. I wasn't sure what to make of it was Carrie's sexual advances on…
Full disclosure, I like most everything that I see be it on stage, on TV, or on film. I tend to appreciate the vision required to complete such a complicated project, the artistry to craft a…
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I was fortunate enough to have screeners of the first three hours of AMERICAN HORROR STORY FREAK SHOW sent to me by FX, so that means that my reviews of those episodes Episode 1 and Episode …