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Article | By Kenneth Jones | August 21, 2008
Uggams Stars in Signature's First Breeze Revival, Opening Aug. 21
Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company, noted for producing the work of one playwright per season, has departed from that notion for the season, and opens Leslie Lee's The First Breeze of Summer, starring Tony Award winner Leslie Uggams, Aug. 21.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | August 5, 2008
Signature's Negro Ensemble Season Begins Aug. 5 with Uggams in First Breeze
Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company, noted for producing the work of one playwright per season, departs from that notion Aug. 5 until next spring to make way for a unique collective "signature" series.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | July 9, 2008
Signature First Breeze of Summer Tickets on Sale July 10; All Seats $20
Tickets go on sale starting 1 PM July 10 for Signature Theatre Company's new production of The First Breeze of Summer, the first production of Signature's 2008-09 season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company (NEC).
Article | By Kenneth Jones | June 19, 2008
Uggams, Pressley, Hicks, Jelks Among Cast of Signature's First Breeze of Summer
Signature Theatre Company has revealed complete casting for its revival of Leslie Lee's The First Breeze of Summer, starring the previously announced Leslie Uggams.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | May 21, 2008
Uggams Is Matriarch in Signature's First Breeze of Summer, Honoring NEC
Tony and Emmy Award winner Leslie Uggams will star in Signature Theatre Company's new production of The First Breeze of Summer by Leslie Lee, Aug. 5-Sept. 28, as part of the Off-Broadway company's season celebrating the historic Negro Ensemble Company (NEC).
Article | By Monty Arnold | August 11, 2008
Two Leslies
Leslie Uggams stars in a revival of Leslie Lee's The First Breeze of Summer.
Article | By Ben Rimalower | May 16, 2015
10 Tony-Winning Leading Ladies We Want Back on Broadway
Who doesn't love a diva? We're crossing our fingers that these Tony-winning leading ladies will come back to Broadway soon.
Article | By Andrew Gans, Kenneth Jones | September 9, 2008
Signature's First Breeze Extends Run a Second Time
Signature Theatre Company's new production of Leslie Lee's The First Breeze of Summer, starring Leslie Uggams, has again been extended.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | August 26, 2008
Signature's First Breeze Will Waft a Week Longer
Signature Theatre Company's new production of Leslie Lee's The First Breeze of Summer, starring Leslie Uggams, has been extended by one week from Sept. 28 to Oct. 5.
Article | January 19, 1998
Ten Major African-American Playwrights
In honor of Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 19, here are ten African-American dramatists who have contributed both to the canon of black theatre, and to American literature as a whole.
Article | January 25, 1997
Ken Mandelbaum's AISLE VIEW: It's Been 525,600 Minutes
HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR?
Jan. 25, 1997 marked the first anniversary of Jonathan Larson's death; what happened in the ensuing year to Rent, the show upon which he toiled for so long, has few if any parallels in the annals of theatre history.
Article | January 25, 1997
Ken Mandelbaum's AISLE VIEW: It's Been 525,600 Minutes
HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR?
Jan. 25, 1997 marked the first anniversary of Jonathan Larson's death; what happened in the ensuing year to Rent, the show upon which he toiled for so long, has few if any parallels in the annals of theatre history.
Article | October 16, 2015
Pics! "Broadway Legacy" Celebrates Michael McElroy, Clifton Davis, Marisha Wallace, Aisha de Haas, Marva Hicks and Maia Nkenge Wilson
Christian Dante White teamed with celebrity photographer Brent Dundore to launch "Broadway Legacy," a photographic and editorial exhibition that celebrates African American achievement in the Broadway industry. This series will focus on each individual's different accomplishments and inspirations.
Article | By Ben Rimalower | July 12, 2014
It's Too Darn Hot! The Top 10 Summer Showtunes
We heat things up with this collection of the best Broadway showtunes to sing along to during the summer.
Article | By Robert Simonson | August 21, 2012
SECOND FLOOR OF SARDI'S: A Soft Drink (and Hard Truths) With Elizabeth Ashley
Tony Award winner Elizabeth Ashley, currently in Broadway's The Best Man, reflects on tequila, Gore Vidal, growing up in Louisiana, Tennessee Williams, director Michael Wilson and how she never played the fame game.
Article | By Robert Simonson | August 21, 2012
SECOND FLOOR OF SARDI'S: A Soft Drink (and Hard Truths) With Elizabeth Ashley
Tony Award winner Elizabeth Ashley, currently in Broadway's The Best Man, reflects on tequila, Gore Vidal, growing up in Louisiana, Tennessee Williams, director Michael Wilson and how she never played the fame game.
Article | By Mark Robinson | September 5, 2015
If a Show Played Off-Broadway for Years, Is its Broadway Bow a "Revival"?
When the 2014 Tony Award nominations were announced, the hit musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch was placed in the category of Best Revival, even though the production was playing Broadway for the first time. What factors into these decisions, and how will the upcoming Broadway bow of Dames at Sea be considered?
Article | By Steven Suskin | July 20, 2014
THE BOOK SHELF: Historical Peeks at the Group Theatre and Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Vocals for Beautiful, Gent's Guide and More
This month's column discusses Helen Krich Chinoy's new book about The Group Theatre; Jeffrey Sweet's 50th anniversary celebration of The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center; a bookful of monologues by Eric Bogosian; and vocal selection folios of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Ahrens and Flaherty's Rocky.
Article | By Steven Suskin | July 20, 2014
THE BOOK SHELF: Historical Peeks at the Group Theatre and Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Vocals for Beautiful, Gent's Guide and More
This month's column discusses Helen Krich Chinoy's new book about The Group Theatre; Jeffrey Sweet's 50th anniversary celebration of The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center; a bookful of monologues by Eric Bogosian; and vocal selection folios of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Ahrens and Flaherty's Rocky.
Article | By Steven Suskin | May 16, 1999
ON THE RECORD: Not so High Society, Two Fine Reissues & Adam Guettel
HIGH SOCIETY (DRG)
It must have seemed a natural to mix the highly sophisticated, society songwriter Cole Porter and the highly sophisticated, society playwright Philip Barry. The canny director Burt Shevelove -- abetted by musical director Buster Davis -- tried it in 1980, turning Barry's Holiday into Happy New Year. They found out it wasn't such a good idea, after all (except for featured actor John McMartin, who more or less stole the show). Eighteen years later to the day, a less canny group tried it again with Barry's The Philadelphia Story, featuring the same scene-stealing McMartin and achieving the same results. That is not to say High Society couldn't have been made to work; just that it was sure to be deceptively difficult.

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