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That delectable bit of musical-theater blarney called 'Finian's Rainbow' has found its way back to Broadway for the first time in nearly half a century, its charms undiminished, particularly its buoyant score.

Gesturing to his wife and singing partner Shirley to join in, Joe Romagnoli entertains at the piano in their Fox Chase home.

Kellie B. Gormly can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7824. People attending the all-student version of the classic musical "Les Miserables" at the Byham Theater this week will be amazed by the professional quality of the voices they hear, the director says.

Welcome back to my ongoing series on the history of the Broadway musical and this weekend's installment which concerns the dates of October 24th and 25th.

Single folks in New York are often the stuff of American musical theater. In this theater publicity image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Kate Wetherhead, left, and Jared... In this theater publicity image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Kate Wetherhead, left, and Jared Gertner are shown in a scene from the Roundabout Theatre Company's production ...

For a woman who co-founded Tulsa's most prolific musical theater company, Kitty Roberts operates under a simple yet reliable gauge when it comes to running American Theatre Company.

Self-mutilation and decapitation and murderous demons are not typically the stuff of musical theater, even at its edgiest or campiest best.

Muhlenberg College theater director Beth Schachter likes quirky dramas. So ''Bat Boy: The Musical,'' the supernatural fable about a half bat/half boy is the perfect choice.

Musical theater students at River Ridge High School rehearse a scene from Bye Bye Birdie, which goes back to the early days of rock 'n' roll.

Welcome to the next installment of my ongoing series of articles about the Broadway Musical.

Kennedy Center Receives $5 Million for Musical Theater Posted by: philcrosby on Thursday, October 22, 2009 The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has received a ten-year, $5 million gift from the Adrienne Arsht Musical Theater Fund to support musical theater performances at the center, the Washington Post reports.

Adam Lambert During season 8 of "American Idol," Adam Lambert became known for blurring boundaries, mixing elements of pop, '70s glam rock, metal, musical theater and more into his live performances.

Those crazy kids at Improv Everywhere are back again, and this time they stepped it up a notch.

Welcome to this weekend's installment of my ongoing series of articles about the Broadway Musical.

Actor Randall Franks, left, and director Robert Townsend pause on the set of Robert Townsend's Music Theater of Hope in August in Newnan, Ga.

Memphis By Joe DiPietro and David Bryan Shubert Theatre 225 West 44th Street, 212-239-6200 Bye Bye Birdie By Michael Stewart, Lee Adams, and Charles Strouse Henry Miller's Theatre 124 West 43rd Street, 212-719-1300 Such Things Only Happen in Books By Thornton Wilder Clurman Theater, Theater Row 410 West 42nd Street, 212-279-4200 The new musical ...

By Molly Freedenberg. Photos by Michael Rauner . Time is running out on the beloved Burning Opera: How to Survive the Apocalypse, the Mark Nichols/Erik Davis vehicle that attempts to both explain and capture the ethos of SF's favorite festival: Burning Man.

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Five college students head into the deep, dark woods for a weeklong stay at an abandoned cabin.

"Glee" is about to get a good, old-fashioned dose of vampire. Whedon is responsible for one of the most memorable episodes of "Buffy," featuring the cast members in a musical episode titled "Once More, With Feeling" that became a cult phenomenon.

Students in the Musical Theater Program at Somerset County Vocational & Technical H.S. will present the musical 'Pippin' on Thursday, Friday & Saturday, November 12, 13, & 14 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, Nov.

It doesna t quite carry the same clout in musical theater circles as a oeCabareta or a oeChicago,a but give it some time.

Following up on last week's visual art extravaganza, this week has a lot to offer for music lovers.

Arsht's gift will help the Kennedy Center mount new musical productions like its sold-out revival of "Ragtime," now headed for Broadway.

Adrienne Arsht, a major philanthropist whose generosity has been keenly felt in Washington and Miami, has donated $5 million to the Kennedy Center to support of musical theater programming.

Take the disparate music of George Crumb and Francois Couperin, works separated by two and a half centuries.

Here's my review of Halloween the Musical , at the Parliament House's Footlight Theater through Halloween: By Elizabeth Maupin Sentinel Theater Critic It's a wonder that nobody ever thought of this before - a musical version of the proto-slasher movie Halloween and the inevitable tag line "the night he came home - " to sing!" So credit the ...

The Youth Drama program operated by El Segundo Recreation and Parks is holding open-call auditions Monday for its upcoming production, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," at the George E. Gordon Clubhouse in El Segundo.

As a child, Justin Scott Brown knew exactly what he wanted to do when he grew up.

Behold Gene Nichols: Today he is wearing canary yellow socks, a Peruvian jacket and a dress shirt that is red on one side and blue on the other.

Cabaret Theatre West is scheduled to host open-call auditions this week for its newest production.

Performers dance in Burning Man gear at the "How to Survive the Apocalypse: A Burning Man Opera" playing at Thetro ZinZanni on the San Francisco waterfront.

Marcos de Niza High School invites friends, family and the community to the school's annual broadway show, featuring an evening of musical theater and a silent auction at 6:30 p.m. Oct.