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| Last update: June 28th, 2008 |
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June 28th, 2008 - "YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: ALIVE ON BROADWAY" at FOX Television - “New York City FOX television station WNYW will re-air the hour-long special "Young Frankenstein: Alive on Broadway" on June 29. |
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June 14th, 2008 - A Look at North Shore Music Theatre CONTACT - “Jarrod Emick and Naomi Hubert star in the North Shore Music Theatre's production of the Tony Award-winning musical CONTACT. Tickets, priced $40-$77, are available by calling (978) 232-7200 or by visiting visiting www.nsmt.org. |
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June 11th, 2008 - North Shore Music Theatre CONTACT Opens - "Tony Award winner Jarrod Emick plays Michael Wiley with Naomi Hubert as the Girl in the Yellow Dress in the North Shore Music Theatre's production of the Tony-winning musical CONTACT, which begins performances at the Massachusetts venue June 10. |
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CONTACT features a book by John Weidman and Susan Stroman and music by various artists, including Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible," Dean Martin's "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You," Dion"s "Runaround Sue," the Beach Boys' "Do You Want to Dance?" and "Sing Sing Sing" from Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. |
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The North Shore creative team also includes Howard C. Jones (scenic designer), Andrew Ostrowski (lighting designer), John A. Stone (sound designer), Gerard Kelly (wig and hair designer) and Jason Quinn (production stage manager). n Playbill On-Line by Andrew Gans |
May 17th, 2008 - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and the Tonys - Although YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN had won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical (a tie with XANADU) it failed a Best Musical nomination at the Tonys. In fact it didn’t did very well at the Tonys, getting only 3 nominations: Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Musical (Christopher Fitzgerald), Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Musical (Andrea Martin), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Robin Wagner). by Jorge |
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May 16th, 2008 - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Wins Outer Critics Circle Award for Oustanding New Broadway Musical - "Winners of the 58th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced May 12. in Playbill On-Line by Andrew Gans |
March 1st, 2008 - SUSAN STROMAN Helms Reading of HAPPINESS - “Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz, Horatio Sanz and Jennifer Laura Thompson will take part in a May reading of a new musical penned by GREY GRADENS co-creators, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie. in Playbill On-Line by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans |
May 1st, 2008 - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Gets 8 Nominations at the Drama Desk Awards - Tony Award winners Bebe Neuwirth and Len Cariou announced the nominees for the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards April 28 at the New York Friars Club and among the nominees was YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN with 8 nods: Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Christopher Fitzgerald and Shuler Hensley, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Andrea Martin), Outstanding Choreography (Susan Stroman), Outstanding Lyrics (Mel Brooks), Outstanding Orchestrations (Doug Besterman), Outstanding Set Design of a Musical (Robin Wagner), Outstanding Costume Design (William Ivey Long). by Jorge |
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April 26th, 2008 - Harold Prince and SUSAN STROMAN Oversee Reading of the New Musical PARADISE FOUND - “PARADISE FOUND, a new musical by librettist Richard Nelson and lyricist Ellen Fitzhugh — with music by Tony Award-winning orchestrator Jonathan Tunick and late 19th-century waltz composer Johann Strauss II — has been explored in rehearsals in New York City in recent days leading to a private industry presentation April 25. |
the center of Paradise Found, which was inspired by Joseph Roth's Vienna-set novel, "The Tale of the 1002nd Night." in Playbill On-Line by Kenneth Jones |
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March 16th, 2008 - Trivia About SUSAN STROMAN in the 70s - Imagine my surprise one when, a few weeks ago, I received an email from a guy who worked with Susan back in the early 70s. He, not only sent me a few pictures of those times, but also had some trivia regarding her. As you can imagine I asked him permission to use the pictures and the piece of information he gave me, so here it is both with the blessing of Richard Mullin. |
| Susan and Debbie Bouma in WEST SIDE STORY |
– the show played for 32 performances during January, February and March 1974 at the 3 Little Bakers Dinner Theater in Kennett Square. She played the role of Velma, one of The Jets Girls, and Richard was Officer Krupke, Gladhand and a detective. |
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| Susan and Terrance Versailles |
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The cast spent a lot of time together over four months – we rehearsed during December 1973 and early January 1974. On production nights, we’d go through the dinner theater line and have our evening meal together before the show and after the show go out for a nightcap or party before heading home. That continued until the show closed in March”. |
| Susan, Debbie Bouma and Rick Ginn in WEST SIDE STORY | |
While still in California, ”they attended an on-location night shooting for the movie THE TOWERING INFERNO. They became crowd extras (uncredited of course) in the scenes showing the public watching the fire as the fire engines arrive.” I guess the next time I see THE TOWERING INFERNO I’ll try to locate Susan among the extras. by Jorge / photo © Richard Mullin & Fr. Coppinger (the color one) |
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| Susan and Rick Ginn |
March 1st, 2008 - World Premiere Commercial for YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN - The Broadway.com website has the world premiere of the new television commercial for the Mel Brooks and Susan Stroman musical YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. I gave it a look and I only I can see the entire musical in a near future. To enjoy the commercial click here and visit the Broadway.com site. by Jorge |
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January 13th, 2008 - SUSAN STROMAN'S Next Project: HAPPINESS - “Multiple Tony Award winner Susan Stroman, currently represented on Broadway with the new Mel Brooks musical YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, has found her latest stage project. in Playbill On-Line by Andrew Gans / photo © Aubrey Reuben |
January 13th, 2008 - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: a Small Webpage - I haven’t seen Mel Brooks/Susan Stroman’s YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN yet, but even so as a big fan of Stroman’s work I decided to build a small webpage dedicated to that musical, with a few images and excerpts from some reviews. To visit it you just have to click here. |
November 17th, 2007 - YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at YouTube - I know, there’s nothing like seeing a musical live on stage. Nevertheless, for those of you who, like me, live to far away from Broadway and are dying to have a chance to see YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, it seems that YouTube may be the next best thing. |
September 8th, 2007 - A Tribute to SUSAN STROMAN at the North Shore Music Theatre- “Three musicals that "Young Frankenstein" director-choreographer Susan Stroman helped turn into hits will be part of the North Shore Music Theatre's 2008 summer season in Beverly, MA. in Playbill On-Line by Andrew Gans / photo © Aubrey Reuben |
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