Sunday, October 6, 2024New York Theatre Barn will honor four women who have made an impact on the company’s 17-year history at 7PM on October 7th, 2024 at Gotham Comedy Club (208 West 23rd Street). The company will honor writer/orchestrator Lynne Shankel (Allegiance, Altar Boyz) with the Impact Award, Tony nominated producer Nicole LaFountaine (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club) with the Meritorious Service Award, director/choreographer Maria Torres (On Your Feet!) with the Choreography Mentor Award, and multi-hyphenate artist Harmony Harris (Table 17) with the Emerging Artist Award. New York Theatre Barn has lifted up Shankel’s musicals Postcard American Town, HoT and Perpetual Sunshine and Ghost Girls, collaborates with LaFountaine on the company’s summer residency on Fire Island
Month: September 2024
What Future Revivals Can Learn from Cats
The latest revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, which closed this weekend at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York City’s financial district after multiple extensions, may well be one of the most significant and influential theater revivals in recent memory. Not only was the production genuinely enjoyable and moving, it is a perfect demonstration of how ingenuity and creativity can completely reimagine a classic piece of art for a new audience and a new generation. Not About Cats According to legend, when Webber approached director Harold Prince in the early 1980s to gauge his interest in directing the musical, Prince