Song Of The Summer Contenders; Anthony de Mare On Sondheim; Jump Songs
In this episode: The race is now on for song of the summer! Amanda Dobbins, who writes for New York Magazine’s Vulture blog, joins us with some of the early contenders.Plus: Pianist Anthony de Mare...
View ArticleAudra McDonald: After Seven Years, A Musical Homecoming
Actress and soprano Audra McDonald recently starred in Broadway's revival of Porgy And Bess. Now, she's back with her first solo album in seven years, Go Back Home, which features McDonald on songs by...
View ArticleBloomberg to Give Arts Achievement Awards to Sondheim, Baryshnikov, Lin
On Tuesday night, Mayor Bloomberg will hand out the 2011 Mayor's Awards for Arts and Culture at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim will receive the Handel...
View ArticleGig Alert: Anthony de Mare
ARTIST: Anthony de MareGIG: Tonight at Symphony SpaceStephen Sondheim’s musical “Sunday in the Park with George” is about the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat, who creates art through...
View ArticlePreview: Tonya Pinkins
Tony Award-winning actress Tonya Pinkins is no stranger to the Great American Songbook. Starting with a found box of LPs in her childhood basement and continuing up to her Broadway stage debut in...
View ArticleClassical Clicks: Sondheim Plans a New Musical for 2017
Here, at the WQXR offices, we read about, watch and listen to a lot of classical music. We created The Whole Note as a place to share content that has captivated us from around the web. We hope they...
View ArticleReview: New York City Opera's 'Candide'
The resurrected New York City Opera was destined to bring back Candide— one of the big artistic and box office successes of the old days — and was bound to do so soon considering that production...
View ArticleToday in Jonathan Schwartz History: iSondheim
Today in Jonathan Schwartz History, Jonathan's creative differences with the title of a 2009 Sondheim review.
View ArticleJonathan's Pick of the Week: Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park with George @ The Hudson TheatreIn 2015, The Hudson Theatre was bought by a British-based theater group with the intention of making it the 41st addition to Broadway's stages. The...
View ArticleReview: Jake Gyllenhaal Stars in 'Sunday in the Park with George'
Thirty years after its premiere, Stephen Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George" still asks a gut-wrenching question: If you're an artist, can you have a normal life?Or are you doomed to be like...
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Rachel Bloom: Musical Comedy Ex-pert
Rachel Bloom takes musical comedy seriously. A graduate of the NYU Tisch of the Arts, and an avid scifi reader, she's found a way to take music and fantasy and make comedy gold. She started hitting it...
View ArticleJonathan's Pick of the Week: Melissa Errico
Melissa Errico @ Feinstein's/54 BelowMelissa Errico has been a household name on Broadway since her role as Eliza Doolittle in the 1993 revival of My Fair Lady. Since gracing Broadway with the music of...
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