One of the great things about getting down to New York City as frequently as I do now is having the opportunity to catch revivals of obscure shows at some of the Off-Broadway non-profit thea…
"Very ordinary town, if you ask me." Mr. Webb, Our Town by Thornton Wilder On July 12, the NEA announced the 2012 Our Town grant recipients, and whether or not Wilder's eponymous paean to sm…
NPR 08/07/12
Are critics welcoming "New Girl in Town"?
I'm going to say something every Thursday, half on purpose and half by accident. #Oops! This week: “Oops! You won’t be working in this town anytime soon.” I’m talking…
A child is seated on the grass in the Land of the Midnight Sun, his attention drawn downward by a clump of flowers. They are everywhere stretching across the rolling hillside as far as the e…
New Girl in Town, Bob Merrill's 1957 musicalization of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, about a prostitute with abuse in her past and hope in her heart, will get an extra week of …
Irish Repertory Theatre has announced that its currently running production of Bob Merrill and George Abbott's New Girl in Town has been extended through September 14. Originally sched…
A week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
Scott Zeiger and Brian Becker, co-CEOs of BASE Entertainment, have announced that the new musical Diner has postponed its previously announced pre-Broadway engagement scheduled to play San F…
During the just-completed 6-month Off-Broadway run of her new one-woman show The Judy Show My Life As A Sitcom, the New York Times made it a critics pick. She will star at The Art House for …
There's a lot of life in the New Girl yet. New Girl in Town, that is, the 1957 musical of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie. It was a hit in its day and ran over a year, and yet…
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has dismissed concerns that West End trade is dying a death during the East End-focussed Olympic Games as "absolute nonsense" in an interview today with the Eve…
Liz Callaway led "Even Stephen," a program of music composed by Broadway's three Stephens " Flaherty, Schwartz and Sondheim.
The Town Hall, New Yorks landmark theatre and concert venue conclude the Sixth Annual Summer Broadway Festival, with Liz Callaways new show, Even Stephen with Jason Danieley, Joshua Henry an…
Just when I thought they’d revived about all the decent musicals from the golden age, along comes Charlotte Moore’s Irish Repertory Company to deliver this smartly pruned and art…
By Peter Filichia -- Can you get to The Irish Repertory Theatre by September 9? Any musical theater aficionado should, for there's a rare revival of a very good 1957 musical: New Girl in To…
I attended an opening reception for the new Elektra Theatre where Silence! the Musical has its new home. The stars Jenn Harris and David Garrison were there, as well as many cast members of …
The Town Hall, New Yorks landmark theatre and concert venue concludes the Sixth Annual Summer Broadway Festival, with Liz Callaways new show, Even Stephen with Jason Danieley, Joshua Henry a…
Meet Joey and Terri Kveragas, longtime long-haul drivers who truck national touring sets and equipment across North America, from Alberta to Tulsa and beyond.
Tony nominee Liz Callaway, who just concluded a limited engagement in the Pittsburgh CLO production of Sunset Boulevard, celebrates the work of composers Stephen Flaherty, Stephen Schwartz a…
The 1957 musical "New Girl in Town," an adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," is revived at Irish Repertory Theater.
Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about New Girl in Town, some cast album chat, She Loves Me, Foreverman, NYMF itself, and Jordan Roth and Richie Jackson …
Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr.  - July 28, 2012 Pop songwriter Bob Merrill's first Broadway show was New Girl in Town in 1957 which was based upon Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize winni…
Given that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman has a theatre background, it should come as no surprise that he named one of his signature initiatives after a T…