BroadwayWorld reports: If Encores can transfer many of its productions to Broadway, why not MasterVoices—starting with its current revival of Sweet Smell of Success? If you missed its brief run (November 21–22), keep an eye out for future MasterVoices offerings. The show proved to be an electric, full-throttle performance within the grand Frederick P. Rose Hall, part of Jazz at Lincoln …
Playbill reports: When Sweet Smell of Success opened on Broadway in 2002, it closed just after three months. Now, NYC choral ensemble MasterVoices – under the direction of Tony winner Ted Sperling – is readying to give the Marvin Hamlisch, Craig Carnelia and John Guare show an NYC return. The company is presenting a concert of the 2002 musical November …
Playbill reports: Three-time Olivier-winning actor Maria Friedman, currently represented on Broadway as the director of the top-grossing Merrily We Roll Along revival, will give a one-night-only benefit concert on March 4 at the Hudson Theatre, the home of the Sondheim revival. The concert will serve as a benefit for Broadway Cares, The Stephen Sondheim Foundation and The Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards. …
On Saturday, September 24, 2022, Orchestra Lumos will present Maria Friedman singing the music of Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand and Stephen Sondheim at The Palace Theatre in Stamford, CT. Direct from her smash London sell-out run of Legacy at the Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre, Friedman will recall her experiences with three of the greatest songwriters of all time. With a …
On Saturday, February 26, “Anatomy of Peace” — the only symphony ever written by composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch — will make its East Coast premiere at a Concert for Peace at the Union County Arts Center in Rahway, New Jersey. Inspired by the book “Anatomy of Peace” by author Emery Reve, Hamlisch’s 25-minute symphony premiered in 1991 and was subsequently played …
