In Author, Cary Ginell
07/03/2022
When we first saw Jonalyn Saxer, it was 2010. Jonalyn was an eighteen-year-old senior, playing Maria von Trapp in Oak Park High School’s performance of The Sound of Music. In my review in the Acorn, I wrote, “Saxer positively glows in every scene she is in.” Twelve years later, Jonalyn is still glowing. After graduating from Syracuse University with a …
In Author, Cary Ginell
Broadway Musicals: Show By Show features a wealth of statistics and inside information, plus critical reception, cast lists, pithy commentary about each show, and numerous detailed indexes that no Broadway will want to be without. Since its original publication in 1985, Broadway Musicals has proved to be an indispensable addition to any Broadway aficionado’s library.
$28.95 ($24.95 + $4 shipping) via PayPal to Origin Jazz Library
Summer is here and what better way to spend the week of the Fourth…
If you were a five-year-old girl going to see her first musical, Agoura High…
America was a different place in 1949 when Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific made…
In Author, Cary Ginell
03/21/2022
American Theatre Guild’s current national tour of South Pacific brings Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most…
In the 2013 Tony Awards, the big winner was “Kinky Boots,” a musical version…
The life and writings of Emily Dickinson, one of America’s most treasured poets, comes…
On February 24, American Theatre Guild’s production of Jersey Boys makes a single appearance…
In Author, Cary Ginell
02/18/2022
Gerard Alessandrini (Creator, Writer & Director) is a Special Tony Award winner for Excellence in…
In Author, Cary Ginell
02/09/2022
It’s always nice when we see a show that has never been performed in…
