Withers played more performances of some of the greatest musicals than their original stars did, but never got to open a new show on Broadway.
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Book Review: The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry
In Chicago, during Prohibition, a crop of female killers became the biggest celebrities of the day.
Read More »DVD Review: Elvis: 75th Anniversary DVD Collection
Warner Brothers celebrates the dodranscentennial of the Elvis' birth with this DVD set.
Read More »Going Gleek After the Finale?
Have I fallen head over heels for Glee after the finale?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Promises, Promises with Sean Hayes and Sarah Jane Everman
Will and Grace's Sean Hayes turns out to have boundless stage energy and a very nice singing voice to boot.
Read More »Cabaret Review (NYC): Alan Cumming at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
The Cabaret and quite charming, engaging, and funny as just himself.
Read More »Theater Review (Boston): Adding Machine: A Musical at Speakeasy Stage
Schmidt and Loewith have crafted the words of Elmer Rice's 1923 play into melodies and meters that pulse and rise and fall with the rhythm of thought.
Read More »Theater Review (Boston): [title of show]
Two gifted musical comedy performers anchor the solid New England premiere of the most self-referential show around.
Read More »Cabaret Review (NYC): The Truth About Love…and the Usual Lies with Jessica Medoff and Michael Bunchman
This cabaret song cycle effectively weaves art songs and show tunes together, all on the inexhaustible subject of love.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Lizzie Borden
This new rock musical is loud, dark, creepy, lovely to look at, and strikes like a hammer – or an axe.
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