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Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk about Five Models in Ruins, 1981 @ LCT3 Claire Tow Theater, The Death of Rasputin on Governors Island, Linda Lavin Celebration @ Ambassador Theatre, Lee Roy Reams: Uncensored! For Adults Only! @ 54 Below, The 78th Annual Tony Awards® Meet the Nominees Press Event, and The Peccadillo Theater Company production of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
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Peter Filichia | [email protected] | Facebook
PETER FILICHIA is a playwright, journalist, and historian with a number of books. Peter’s new day-by-day desk calendar – A SHOW TUNE FOR TODAY – 366 Songs to Brighten Your Year – has been released! Peter also has columns at Masterworks Broadway, Broadway Select, and many other places.
Jena Tesse Fox | Twitter | Instagram
JENA TESSE FOX has written about theater for many publications, including Playbill Magazine, BroadwayWorld, Time Out New York and HowlRound. She is a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women and the Drama Desk, and is a contributor to BroadwayRadio
Michael Portantiere | [email protected] | Facebook
MICHAEL PORTANTIERE is a theater reviewer and essayist. He is the founder and editor of CastAlbumReviews.com. He is also a theatrical photographer whose photos have appeared in The New York Times and other major publications. You can see his photography work at FollowSpotPhoto.com.
Jan Simpson | [email protected] | Facebook | Twitter
Broadway & Me
Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway & Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has thrice (that is three times!) served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.
The beloved Broadway, television, and film star Sandy Duncan will be the focus of an exclusive interview/audience Q&A program that will feature video clips of some of her greatest performances on Tuesday, May 13 at 7:00pm in the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Café (407 West 42nd Street). The event will be moderated by longtime Drama Desk member Michael Portantiere (BroadwayStars.com). Admission for the general public is $19.70 (including service fee) plus a $25 food/drink minimum per person.
Sandy Duncan made some of her earliest NYC appearances in several shows at New York City Center in the 1960s, going on to debut on Broadway in The Canterbury Tales (1969). She won a Drama Desk Award and received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in the 1970 Broadway revival of The Boy Friend, and her many other honors include further nominations by those organizations for her critically acclaimed, audience-favorite performance in the title role of Peter Pan (1979). Her TV credits include starring roles in the series Funny Face and The Hogan Family, plus countless appearances in musical specials, variety shows and talk shows, including more than one stint as a guest of The Muppets, while movie audiences love her for her work in The Million Dollar Duck, The Cat from Outer Space, and the animated film The Fox and The Hound.
For more information and/or to reserve tickets, go to https://www.showclix.com/event/lbt25-sduncan-250513
Virtual Admission / Replay Access
James Marino | [email protected] | Facebook
BroadwayStars
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Pre:
All the Drama: “Lost in Yonkers”, 1991 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Reviews:
JS: Five Models in Ruins, 1981 @ LCT3 Claire Tow Theater, through June 1, 2025
A new play by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
Directed by Morgan Green
Roberta (Elizabeth Marvel), a visionary fashion photographer, lands the gig of a lifetime – the cover of Vogue – but quickly learns it could be her downfall. Location is a nightmare. The models are vicious. Hair and makeup is MIA. And the cigarette supply is running dangerously low. As chaos escalates, Roberta must summon her strength and find the perfect light to capture a moment of beauty in a brutal world.
Set against the backdrop of a crumbling European estate in the aftermath of Princess Diana’s wedding, Five Models in Ruins, 1981 is a darkly comedic exploration of a woman grappling with the power of her own gaze.
MP: The Death of Rasputin on Governors Island, through May 11, 2025
Conceived and Directed by Ashley Brett Chipman
Written by Ashley Brett Chipman, Alex Campbell, Julia Sharpe & Hope Youngblood
Choreography by James Finnemore
Summoned into existence by the sorceresses of Artemis is Burning—a formidable, female-led creative force comprised of industry veterans from film, television, and theater—The Death of Rasputin will begin performances at LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island (110 Andes Road New York, New York 10004) on April 17, 2025, for a limited run through May 11, 2025.
MP: Linda Lavin Celebration @ Ambassador Theatre
MP: Lee Roy Reams: Uncensored! For Adults Only! @ 54 Below, May 7, 2025
MP: The 78th Annual Tony Awards® Meet the Nominees Press Event @ Sofitel New York, Thursday, May 8, 2025
JS: The Peccadillo Theater Company production of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men @ Theatre at St. Clement’s, through June 29, 2025
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Some Les Misérables Cast Members Will Boycott Kennedy Center Performance With President Trump in Attendance
The June 11 performance is part of a fundraiser Trump will hold to benefit the D.C. theatre.
Dead Outlaw Cancels Library of Congress Performance in Response to Trump’s Firing of Librarian of Congress
Dr. Carla Hayden was the first Black woman to steward the nation’s library.
Howard Sherman: HOW THE BLACKLISTING STARTS
The Show Can’t Go On By Helen Shaw
Funding shifts at three of the largest philanthropic foundations have brought turbulence and uncertainty to the intricate New York support system for the performing arts.
News:
Next Week:
Drama Desk + Tony Award Nominations
Peter’s Brainteaser:
Two shows from the fifties and two shows from the sixties all began with the same song.
What is it, and from what shows does it come?
Michael’s Musical Moments
MUSIC: “It’s Love” from WONDERFUL TOWN
Music Opener:
OPENER: Javier Munoz in the Encores! production
Music Closer:
CLOSER: Jay Aubrey Jones in BERNSTEIN ON BROADWAY
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