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    Jun 4, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  1. Country hall-of-famer, TV singing competition winner, 'Tonight Show' band leader headline Kutztown University series

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    A 20-time Grammy Award winner, a former late night talk show band leader, a Broadway show featuring Tony Award winners and nominees and the winners of the NBC-TV show “The Sing Off” will highlight the 25th anniversary year of the......
    2. Jun 5, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  2. The Time Jumpers, Kevin Eubanks, 'The Sing Off' winners to headline Kutztown University series

    A 20-time Grammy Award winner, a former late-night talk show bandleader and a performance by the winners of the NBC-TV show "The Sing Off" will highlight the 25th anniversary year of the KU Presents! performing arts series at Kutztown University. •...

    Tags: NBC (tv network), Entertainment Events, Music Theater, Preservation Hall Jazz Band (music group), Music Industry

    3. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. 'Hello, Dolly!' gets lean and lively revival at Ford's Theatre

    Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi, widowed too soon and left to her own devices in 1890s New York, turns meddling into a sly, lucrative art. She “arranges things, like furniture and daffodils and lives,” all the while looking out discreetly for No. 1.
    Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi, widowed too soon and left to her own devices in 1890s New York, turns meddling into a sly, lucrative art. She “arranges things, like furniture and daffodils and lives,” all the while looking out discreetly for No. 1....

    Tags: Carol Channing, Entertainment Events, Music Theater, Entertainment, Debbie Reynolds

    4. Jun 11, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  4. Was "Follies" directed by Fleetwood native, robbed?

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    Was "Follies" robbed? The highly-regarded and well-reviewed revival of the Stephen Sondheim classic musical that was directed by Fleetwood native Eric Schaeffer, seemed a shoe-in for a Tony Award for best revival of a musical. The production which came...
    5. May 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Review: 'Follies' is a source of heartache and razzmatazz

    There's so much to praise in the blissful Broadway revival of "Follies," which opened Wednesday at the Ahmanson Theatre on the heels of its numerous Tony nominations, but let's pay homage first to the sheer sophistication of the show itself. After experiencing "Follies" again — an adult entertainment if ever there was one — I flat-out refuse to accept any more jukebox substitutes.
    There's so much to praise in the blissful Broadway revival of "Follies," which opened Wednesday at the Ahmanson Theatre on the heels of its numerous Tony nominations, but let's pay homage first to the sheer sophistication of the show itself. After...

    Tags: Bernadette Peters, Entertainment Events, Washington, DC, Music Theater, Maxwell

    6. Jun 10, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. 'Follies' says goodbye to the Ahmanson, hello to the Tonys

    “Follies” bid farewell to the Ahmanson Theatre on Saturday night, and the emotion in the house was as charged as the emotion coursing through the Weismann Theatre, where the ex-Follies girls have gathered with their significant others, old dreams, lingering disappointments and faltering hopes.
    “Follies” bid farewell to the Ahmanson Theatre on Saturday night, and the emotion in the house was as charged as the emotion coursing through the Weismann Theatre, where the ex-Follies girls have gathered with their significant others, old...

    Tags: Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald, CBS Corp., Entertainment Events, Washington, DC

    7. Dec 6, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Ahmanson lands Broadway's 'Follies' to fill gap in its season

    Culture Monster
    The current Broadway revival of the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical, "Follies," will come to the Ahmanson Theatre in May. It fills a gap in the Ahmanson season created when a planned revival of "Funny Girl" fell through....
    8. Jan 11, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Jan Maxwell, Elaine Page set for 'Follies' at Ahmanson Theatre

    Culture Monster
    Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines and Elaine Paige will reprise their roles in the revival of "Follies" when it opens at the Ahmanson Theatre on May 9....
    9. Sep 12, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Poignant and bittersweet, 'Follies' sways between past and present

    BROADWAY REVIEW: "Follies" ... For the Kennedy Center revival of "Follies," a 1971 musical about a bittersweet showgirls' reunion on the eve of the demolition of their beloved old theatrical grind joint, the inside of Broadway's Marquis Theatre has been entirely covered in tattered dust cloths.
    NEW YORK — For the Kennedy Center revival of “Follies,” a 1971 musical about a bittersweet showgirls' reunion on the eve of the demolition of their beloved old theatrical grind joint, the inside of Broadway's Marquis Theatre has been...

    Tags: Bernadette Peters, Elaine Paige, Music Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Broadway Theater

    10. Sep 15, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Broadway for fall 2011: 'Follies,' 'Godspell,' 'Chinglish' and 'On a Clear Day'

    &mdash; The fall on Broadway started early this year. And auspiciously. Transferring from the Kennedy Center in Washington, Eric Schaeffer's lush, raw and <a href=&quot;http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/theaterloop/chi-follies-review-broadway-20110912,0,6030240.column" target="_blank">moving revival of "Follies,"</a> the classic 1971 musical by James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim, set the bar that all other musical revivals will have to beat this season.
    — The fall on Broadway started early this year. And auspiciously. Transferring from the Kennedy Center in Washington, Eric Schaeffer's lush, raw and moving revival of "Follies," the classic 1971 musical by James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim, set the...

    Tags: Stephen Schwartz, Harry Connick Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Alan Rickman, Music Theater

    11. Oct 5, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. This 'Follies' is no second fiddle

    Among Stephen Sondheim fans, it's already being called &quot;the other 'Follies.'" When Gary Griffin and Chicago Shakespeare Theater began making plans for a major Chicago revival of the 1971 musical (book by James Goldman, music and lyrics by Sondheim) about a bittersweet reunion of former showgirls, they'd no idea that director Eric Schaeffer's Kennedy Center revival would attract megawatt talent like Bernadette Peters and Elaine Paige, let alone move to Broadway and catch fire.
    Among Stephen Sondheim fans, it's already being called "the other 'Follies.'" When Gary Griffin and Chicago Shakespeare Theater began making plans for a major Chicago revival of the 1971 musical (book by James Goldman, music and lyrics by Sondheim)...

    Tags: Bernadette Peters, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Marriott Theatre, Music Theater, Chicago Humanities Festival

    12. Sep 13, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. 'Follies' on Broadway: What did the critics think?

    Culture Monster
    The Broadway season has just begun and already there is Tony Awards chatter about "Follies," the new revival of the 1971 musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman that originated at the Kennedy Center in Washington. "Follies," at the Marquis......
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