Bobby Conte Thornton: Blame It on My Youth
Thornton is immensely comfortable onstage and is free to be both goofy and charming at the same time.
Smile: A Broadway Reunion: 54 Below
Marvin Hamlisch had had two huge successes on Broadway before he partnered with Howard Ashman (after the death of the original lyricists Carolyn Leigh) to turn the 1975 film Smile, about a California beauty contest, into a musical.
Randy Graff: Made in Brooklyn…Revisited
Tony Award winner Randy Graff comes across as a big-voiced tough cookie, but, as she proved in Made in Brooklyn…Revisited, her tribute to Brooklyn-born artists, there are soft, sexy emotions under the surface, rearing to get out.
Broadway on 22nd, Metropolitan Room
The latest chapter in the Metropolitan Room’s wonderful series Broadway on 22nd was a multi-faceted look at Broadway (and some from Off-Broadway) music, accompanied by the indomitably talented Tracy Stark.