26 stories by "Sbethroberts@gmail.com (sarah B. Roberts)"
In March, Kate Baldwin celebrated the music of Pulitzer and Tony winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick at a week of concerts at Feinstein's at the Regency. Mr. Harnick himself joined Kate i…
Yesterday, the eve of Broadway Barks 13, was one of the hottest, swampiest, rainiest days of the summer in New York City. I just happened to run into Bernadette Peters at a restaurant…
Now in it's second season, one of the coolest shows on New York television is Secrets of New York. Tomorrow night's (June 29) episode will focus on the mysteries of New York theatre, f…
Last Friday night, Noah and I went to see The Best Is Yet To Come: The Music of Cy Coleman at 59 E 59 Theater. It was some of the most fun I've had at a performance. It's a…
Giorgione's The Adoration of the Shepherds
On Monday night, Karigee and I went to a reading of Simon Gray's The Old Masters at the Metrolitan Museum of Art. The reading was by Sam Wate…
Happy birthday George! Ironically, I'm in Washington, DC today seeing FOLLIES at the Kennedy Center. I first fell for George watching the dvd of the 1985 concert of F…
Kari, Roxie and I took the train down to Washington to see Stephen Sondheim's Follies at the Kennedy Center over Memorial Day Weekend. Tomorrow, I'm heading down again for th…
Last night I went down to the Cap 21 Theatre to see Lauren Molina is the new musical NEXT THING YOU KNOW.
Next Thing You Know is a new musical by Joshua Salzman (music) an…
Last week I saw a wonderful production of Ricky Ian Gordon's of Orpheus and Euridice by The Orpheus Project at Duo Multicultural Arts Center.
Heather Dudenbostel was Euridice and …
Wow! We saw the film of the concert of Sondheim's COMPANY with the New York Philharmonic on the big screen last night. I loved it! I didn't attend the live conc…
The 65th Annual Tony Awards were on Sunday night. I usually treat the event like it's Prom Night, but I wasn't in the mood to celebrate this rather dull season in my typical fashion.&n…
All week long I've been extremely annoyed by the headlines like "Angela Lansbury Says Lady Gaga Perfect for MAME on Broadway." This particular headline comes from Broad…
"She was very cagey, but Angela Lansbury said we could see her back on stage by January 2012. Beyond that, all I got was a Mona Lisa smile."
Tweeted by Howard Sherman, the Executive D…
Today, Feinstein's at the Regency announced its fall schedule (which, by the way, is an embarrassment of riches). I was thrilled to see Marilyn Maye back on the bill in Novem…
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My recent trip to Paris with Karigee came together for the sole purpose of seeing Sweeney Todd at the Chatelet du Paris. If you know me at all, you know I LOVE this Stephen …
Last night, I attended a dress rehearsal/blogger preview of an extraordinary and passionate new production of The Tempest by the theatre company The Tempest Ladies .
The company is co…
Forty-five years ago today, Jerry Herman's MAME opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre. It starred Angela Lansbury as Auntie Mame, Bea Arthur as Vera Charles and Jane Connell …
We're not the only ones who fell in love with Dame Harriet Walter when she played "Queen Elizabeth" in Mary Stuart on Broadway in 2009. American actor and fellow cast mate Guy Pa…
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I opened my June issue of Texas Monthly and there was Betty Buckley's piano! Betty says, "I bought this piano maybe thirty years ago. I don't play but I compose, so when I …
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The Independent Theater Bloggers Association (the "ITBA") is proud to announce the 2011 recipients of the Third Annual Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Awards. Patrick Lee was one of the ITBA's f…
It was a grand night for singing at Carnegie Hall tonight. The Opera Diva Deborah Voigt left her spear and shield back at the Metropolitan Opera and got her Broadway on tonight with th…
The Independent Theater Bloggers Association, aka The ITBA, of which I am a member and the communications director, has announced the nominees for its annual awards.
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