Of the three musical revivals that Encores! presents each season, the second is usually the one with the fustiest book or spottiest score or dimmest commercial prospects. Since 2009, this middle position has been filled by Music in the Air, Fanny, Lost in the Stars, and Pipe Dream, titles far less known or likely to be seen elsewhere than first- or third-position offerings like Finian’s Rainbow, Bells Are Ringing, and On the Town — let alone Chicago, which transferred to Broadway in 1996 and is still running. In a way, that makes the middle show the one that comes closest to the heart of the Encores! mission of exposing underexposed works; by the same token, it’s usually the one most at odds with the need to entertain a contemporary audience. Whether the series is best appreciated as an encyclopedic research archive of whatever strange musical theater works our culture has...
- 3/21/2013
- by Jesse Green
- Vulture
Actor best known as the haughty department store supervisor Captain Peacock in the TV comedy Are You Being Served?
The actor Frank Thornton, who has died aged 92, had a flair for comedy derived from the subtle craftsmanship of classical stage work. However, he will be best remembered for his longstanding characters in two popular BBC television comedy series – the sniffily priggish Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? and the pompous retired policeman Herbert "Truly" Truelove, in Roy Clarke's Last of the Summer Wine.
Robertson Hare, the great Whitehall farceur, told him: "You'll never do any good until you're 40." And, said Thornton, "he was quite right." In the event, he was 51 when David Croft, producer of another long-running British staple, Dad's Army, remembered the tall, long-faced actor from another engagement and decided to cast him as the dapper floor-walker in charge of shop assistants played by Mollie Sugden, Wendy Richard,...
The actor Frank Thornton, who has died aged 92, had a flair for comedy derived from the subtle craftsmanship of classical stage work. However, he will be best remembered for his longstanding characters in two popular BBC television comedy series – the sniffily priggish Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? and the pompous retired policeman Herbert "Truly" Truelove, in Roy Clarke's Last of the Summer Wine.
Robertson Hare, the great Whitehall farceur, told him: "You'll never do any good until you're 40." And, said Thornton, "he was quite right." In the event, he was 51 when David Croft, producer of another long-running British staple, Dad's Army, remembered the tall, long-faced actor from another engagement and decided to cast him as the dapper floor-walker in charge of shop assistants played by Mollie Sugden, Wendy Richard,...
- 3/19/2013
- by Carole Woddis
- The Guardian - Film News
Tonight, March 8, 2013, one of Broadway's favorite leading men, Ryan Silverman, will appear with The New York Pops for Come Fly With Me The Songs of Sammy Cahn. Mr. Silverman has previously appeared in The Phantom of the Opera Raoul, Cry-Baby Cry-Baby us, Music in the Air Karl at New York City Center's Encores, and The Most Happy Fella Al at New York City Opera. Mr. Silverman joins previously announced guest artist Megan Hilty, Broadway singer and star of the television show Smash.
- 3/8/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today, we're featuring Douglas Sills circa 1998. Sills made his Broadway debut in 1997's The Scarlet Pimpernel. Continuing the role in three other versions of the show, Sills received a Tony Award nomination. In 2004, Sills joined the Broadway-bound Chicago production of Monty Python's Spamalot. However, before the production began, Sills left on his own account due to reported 'major script changes.' In 2009, Sills starred opposite Kristin Chenoweth at the New York City Center production of Music in the Air.
- 1/4/2013
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
On March 8, 2013, one of Broadways favorite leading men, Ryan Silverman, will appear with The New York Pops for Come Fly With Me The Songs of Sammy Cahn. Mr. Silverman has previously appeared in The Phantom of the Opera Raoul, Cry-Baby Cry-Baby us, Music in the Air Karl at New York City Centers Encores, and The Most Happy Fella Al at New York City Opera. Mr. Silverman replaces Seth MacFarlane, who is unavailable to perform due to a scheduling conflict. Mr. Silverman joins previously announced guest artist Megan Hilty, Broadway singer and star of the television show Smash.
- 11/6/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Nancy Carroll Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Gloria Swanson: Cinefest 2011 Note: Titles subject to change without notice. Thursday, March 17 9:00am – The Idol Of Seville (1932) with Rene Denny 9:25am – Forgotten Commandments (1932) with Gene Raymond 10:50am – Glorious Betsy (1928) with Dolores Costello Lunch Break 1:00pm – Trailer Mania 3 – "Through the Years With Columbia," Hosted by Ray Faiola 2:00pm – Happiness (1917) with Enid Bennett 3:10pm – Denny From Ireland (1918) with Shorty Hamilton 3:55pm – What Price Glory? (1927) with Victor McLaglen Dinner Break 8:00pm – Panama, The Peculiar Prodigy (1920's) – Sunshine Cruises series. 8:10pm – America's Little Lamb – (1928) The World We Live In series 8:25pm – Music In The Air (1934) with Gloria Swanson 9:50pm – The Newlyweds' Pest (1929) with Sunny Jim McKeen as "Snookums", Jack Egan, Derelys Perdue Friday, March 18 9:00am – Information Please (1941) with Boris Karloff [...]...
- 3/18/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
New York City Center Presents Encores! Music In The Air with tickes avaliable for as low as $20.00. Music in the Air, a rarely seen 1932 musical, will be directed by Gary Griffin with music direction by Rob Berman and choreography by Michael Lichtefeld. The production runs for five performances at City Center, West 55th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues). In addition to Kristin Chenoweth, the cast includes Douglas Sills, Dick Latessa, Tom Alan Robbins, Sierra Boggess, Walter Charles, Anne L. Nathan, David Schramm, Ryan Silverman, Robert Sella and Sally Ann Howes. Music in the Air, with music by Jerome Kern, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett, has been restored by the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and not been seen in New York in its original form since its premiere Broadway engagement at the Alvin Theatre in 1932. Opening on November 8th of that year, it...
- 1/22/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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