How did you become a composer? “I started out very young; I went to the Juilliard School of music when I was 6 ½ years old, and I knew very early on that I was not going to become the next Horowitz. What I wanted to be was the next Richard Rodgers; I wanted to be a writer, and slowly …
These days A Chorus Line keeps captivating new generations of “Triple-Threat” contenders. (See: A Chorus Line project at the University of Edinburgh– Jan-Feb, 2012) Highlights: Opened April 15, 1975 at the Public Theatre in New York; moved July 25, 1975 to the Shubert Theatre. (6137 performances) It’s 36 years since A Chorus Line danced into our lives. One of the …
Sweet Smell of Success is a musical created by Marvin Hamlisch (music), Craig Carnelia (lyrics), and John Guare (book). The show is based on the 1957 movie of the same name, which tells the story of a powerful newspaper columnist named J. J. Hunsecker (based on famed New York columnist Walter Winchell) who uses his connections to ruin his sister’s …