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Date of Death: March 26, 2002 (95)

Birth Place: Sucha, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

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Broadway By Design: Gregg Barnes Brings SOME LIKE IT HOT from Page to Stage
by Team BWW - Mar 4, 2023


In Broadway by Design, BroadwayWorld is shining a spotlight on the stellar designs of this Broadway season, show by show. Today, we continue the series with the costume designer extraordinaire from Some Like It Hot, two-time Tony winner Gregg Barnes.

J2 Spotlight Adds Cabaret Series to Their 2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 23, 2023


J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company will shine a spotlight on the composers and lyricists for the musicals featured in their 2023 season with a brand new cabaret series, In the Spotlight: The J2 Cabaret Series.

Video: Derek Klena Sings Title Song from SUNSET BOULEVARD
by Alan Henry - Feb 6, 2023


Watch Derek Klena perform the title song from the Kennedy Center Broadway Center Stage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Sunset Boulevard.

VIDEO: Stephanie J. Block Sings 'As If We Never Said Goodbye' at the Kennedy Center
by Alan Henry - Feb 4, 2023


Watch Stephanie J. Block perform 'As If We Never Said Goodbye' in the Kennedy Center Broadway Center Stage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Sunset Boulevard. 

Review: SUNSET BOULEVARD at Eisenhower Theatre at The Kennedy Center
by Ken Kemp - Feb 4, 2023


Tony award winner Stephanie J. Block brings real Broadway star power to Sunset Boulevard, the latest installment of the Kennedy Center's Broadway Center Stage series, currently playing in the Eisenhower Theatre through February 8th.

Review Roundup: SUNSET BOULEVARD Starring Stephanie J. Block, Derek Klena, and Auli'i Cravalho Opens At The Kennedy Center
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 3, 2023


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the highly-anticipated Broadway Center Stage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Sunset Boulevard starring Tony Award- winner Stephanie J. Block. Read the reviews!

Photos: First Look At SUNSET BOULEVARD Starring Stephanie J. Block, Derek Klena, Auli'i Cravalho and More At The Kennedy Center
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 2, 2023


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has released photos of the highly-anticipated Broadway Center Stage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Sunset Boulevard starring Tony Award- winner Stephanie J. Block.

Video: Stephanie J. Block, Derek Klena & More Get Ready to Bring SUNSET BOULEVARD to the Kennedy Center
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 26, 2023


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is presenting Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Sunset Boulevard. In this video watch as Stephanie J. Block, Derek Klena and more give us a sneak peek!

Photos: Stephanie J. Block, Derek Klena & the Cast of SUNSET BOULEVARD Meet the Press
by Bruce Glikas - Jan 25, 2023


See photos of Stephanie J. Block, Derek Klena and more from the cast of Sunset Boulevard at the Kennedy Center meet the press ahead of its opening in February!

J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company Announces 2023 Season Featuring WOMAN OF THE YEAR & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 10, 2023


J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company has announced the exciting three-musical lineup for its third season. The 2023 season runs April 13 through May 21, 2023 at Theatre Row. Read details about the season and learn how to purchase tickets.

Blank Theatre Company Announces 2023 Season and New Company Members
by Stephi Wild - Jan 9, 2023


Blank Theatre Company announces their 2023 season featuring two full-length productions and one cabaret and new additions to the company.

Full Cast and Creative Announced For Block, Klena & Cravalho Led SUNSET BOULEVARD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 5, 2023


Derek Klena, Auli‘i Cravalho and Nathan Gunn will star alongside Stephanie J. Block in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard at the Kennedy Center. See performance dates, how to purchase tickets and more!

UNA VITA DIFFICILE to Run at Film Forum In February
by Michael Major - Jan 4, 2023


Lake Como, Northern Italy, 1944. Partisan Sordi (Fellini’s THE WHITE SHIEK and I VITELLONI, etc.), on the run from the Germans, is sheltered, nursed and romanced in an abandoned mill by local innkeeper’s daughter Massari (L’AVVENTURA, MURMUR OF THE HEART, CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI), whisking her to Rome after the war to share his shabby flat.

Review: PROMISES, PROMISES at Lonny Chapman Theatre
by Cary Ginell - Dec 12, 2022


What did our critic think of PROMISES, PROMISES at Lonny Chapman Theatre? Excellent leads and good singing highlight this attractive show.

Review Roundup: SOME LIKE IT HOT Opens on Broadway!
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 11, 2022


Critics are weighing in on SOME LIKE IT HOT, the brand-new Broadway musical comedy featuring a book by Matthew López & Amber Ruffin, music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman and direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw, which opened on Broadway Sunday, December 11th at the Shubert Theatre.

Photos: First Look At PROMISES, PROMISES At The Group Rep
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 9, 2022


The Group Rep presents the musical comedy PROMISES, PROMISES based on the 1960 film The Apartment written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond.

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of ORLANDO, starring Emma Corrin?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Dec 6, 2022


Michael Grandage directs Emma Corrin in Neil Bartlett’s joyous new adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s modern masterpiece – Orlando. Leading an eleven-strong company in a bold new staging, Olivier Award nominee Emma Corrin returns to London’s West End in one of the most surprising stories in the English language.

Derek Klena, Auli'i Cravalho, and Nathan Gunn Join SUNSET BOULEVARD at the Kennedy Center Starring Stephanie J. Block
by Stephi Wild - Nov 1, 2022


Additional casting has been announced joining Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block in the Broadway Center Stage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard. See the full cast list, how to get tickets and more.

Brandon Victor Dixon to Appear at MUSE/IQUE's SUNSET ON SUNSET in November
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 23, 2022


MUSE/IQUE will conclude its adventurous yearlong concert series, L.A. Composed: A Festival of Los Angeles Music. Each concert of L.A. Composed focusses on a different street and the music that is associated with it. Sunset on Sunset, a musical journey into the center of L.A.'s soul, will be performed Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13 at 7:30pm at historic Union Station.

Latin American Cinemateca Of Los Angeles And The UCLA Film & Television Archive Present Spanish Language DRÁCULA (1931)
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 19, 2022


The Latin American Cinemateca of Los Angeles (LACLA) and the UCLA Film & Television Archive will co-present the special virtual screening of classic film Drácula, the long-lost film shot on the same set as the Bella Lagossi classic, considered by many critics to be the better of the two films.

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