Archives
All I Ever Want Is You And Music, Music, Music
Friday, May 11th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Reading Around
There are some great new CDs that celebrate the fabulous music of Broadway and TV. As I write, ONCE has received more Tony nominations than
Believing In Judy-ism
Friday, April 20th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
The immediate question that must be asked when discussing End of the Rainbow is whether or not it will have an appeal to those who
Linda Evans—A Real Life Krystle Carrington
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
Linda Evans was the original “Good Wife.” As Dynasty‘s Krystle Carrington, the blond, angelic second wife of tycoon Blake Carrington, played by the debonair John Forsythe,
Cast Party—An Embarrassment of Riches
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Jim Caruso threw a party and everyone came. What can you say about a program that opens with Chita Rivera and ends with Liza Minelli?
Jim Caruso’s Cast Party at Town Hall—
Ultimate Open Mike To Bring Out the Stars
Monday, February 14th, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Jim Caruso was born an only child in Pittsburgh. “I would watch the Osmonds’ Christmas Show and break into tears,” he says with a laugh.
NEWSical’s Fun and Wacky Spin on the Headlines
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
by Lina Zeldovich on Playing Around
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to NEWSical, an award-winning lampooning spectacular where no political figure, celebrity, TV commercial or social phenomena is safe. Rick Crom, the
The New Americana: The Johnny Rodgers Band—
Too Marvelous for Words at the Oak Room
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
by Carol Toscano on Playing Around
There’s something very American about sitting back in the Algonquin Hotel’s legendary Oak Room listening to the music of a new American classic: Johnny Rodgers
Liza’s at the Palace at the Paley Center
Monday, November 30th, 2009
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Liza’s at the Palace wowed audiences when it played on Broadway last year and won Minelli a 2009 Tony Award. The performance, filmed at the









