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Forbes
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
New York Through The Eyes Of Broadway's 'Just In Time' Star Shannon Lewis
Broadway's "Just in Time" choreographer Shannon Lewis. "Every night, I hope and pray a dream lover will come my way. A girl to hold in my arms and know the magic of her charms…" And you know how the rest of the song goes. After all, Bobby Darin is one of the most famous singers and songwriters in American history. Now, his life is featured in the Broadway show 'Just in Time," opening this Wednesday, April 23rd. Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff plays Bobby, and Shannon Lewis makes her Broadway debut as the choreographer. This talent started off as a performer and has been in ten Broadway musicals. As a choreographer, her long list of impressive gigs includes creating moves for popular videos like 'I'm Just Pete' and 'Gladiator Twosical', on projects for NBC's 'The Tonight Show' with Jimmy Fallon and HBO's 'Last Week Tonight' with John Oliver. I interviewed her recently about her New York loves. Where do you live in New York I live in Morningside Heights- it's a vibrant and wonderful part of upper NYC. I have lived here for a very long time, and I know most of my neighbors. It feels like a small town. What is your favorite neighborhood in NYC and why? I love where we are…the upper section of Central Park on the west side is quite spectacular and is not as crowded as the rest of the park. It's glorious to feel like you are getting some fresh air every day before you jump into the fast-moving city. Can you share some of your favorite spots in a Theater District and what makes them so great? I love the iconic Shubert Alley- the wide sidewalk/alley outside that crosses between the Shubert Theatre and the Booth Theatre…for some high-quality people watching! The energy there is so electric in the hour before the curtain goes up in the many theaters there. It truly feels like 'Broadway' to me. The audience's excitement and buzz is thrilling. There is nothing else like that in the world. The best place for a pre-or post-theater meal and why. What are the dishes to order? I'm a big fan of Sushi Damo- It's not in the immediate Times Square area, but very close to most theaters and accessible by subway to Columbus Circle. Great vibe and great food. Their shisito peppers and sweet potato rolls are a personal favorite! Best Theater District watering hole and the drink to get? I love all the wines at Vanguard, and the dirty martini at Bar Centrale. Insider tips for enjoying a Broadway show. Anything to make the experience better? Turn off your phone and let yourself be transported into the experience and the story of the show you are seeing that night. I believe that the experience of live theatre really requires the audience to be invested and listening! Go on the ride, be entertained, feel the emotion of the journey and let yourself flow into the moment. Before the show, read the Playbill, take in any notes that might help you be more easily able to fully invest in the performances. Then let it take you in. There is nothing else like a Broadway show! The New York City theater you love to go to and why? The Circle in the Square! That is where 'Just in Time' is playing and it's a fantastic and unique immersive layout that makes the show a completely original way of telling our story. The theatre allows you to feel the story all around you and so far our audiences are absolutely loving that. My biggest takeaway from the show is: Not to waste any time sweating the small stuff. Live a full life every day. Don't wait to do the things you dream of. Be here now. What other Broadway shows are on your radar right now? Honestly, I've been so intensely focused on getting our show to opening night, that I have had creative blinders on! I have many friends doing incredible work in other shows this season, and I'm always sending them all my good vibes! My husband is a part of the cast of the wonderful Floyd Collins at Lincoln Center, so, I am definitely excited to see that! Share your insider New York gems. Two words: Donut Pub. To die for. Can you share your favorite theaters around the world and why? I love all theaters everywhere and consider them sacred spaces. To me they represent dreams and creativity, imagination and fantasy becoming reality. Storytelling and bringing people together to have a shared moment feels like something we all need right now. I hope that all theaters in the world will continue to have their stages filled with shows and projects that make audiences feel moved and also connect with stories beyond their own experience.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Litchfield woman says she was scammed out of $900 from ticket website
LITCHFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — A Litchfield woman is warning News 8 viewers of a scam from a ticket sale website. The woman, who did not want to be identified, said that she bought two tickets from for a show at the Shubert Theatre back in October. She ended up being charged for $900 in total, but when she received the tickets in her email, the face value was $50 each. New scam circulating Connecticut targets E-Zpass users 'I mean it was not $100 dollars more,' she said. 'They were charging me $450, so it was a $400 difference and that is a lot of money for anybody.' Her credit card company denied her claim for reimbursement because she agreed to the terms and conditions on the party's website. 'I went asked for managers,' she said. 'I have gone through the whole process with my Discovery card and ticket and got absolutely nowhere.' Anthony with the Shubert Theatre said that this is an ongoing problem, and that the main way to fix it is if local legislators make it illegal. Watch the full video in the player above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
New Boston production of "Funny Girl" is an emotional love letter to theater
BOSTON - "Funny Girl" helped secure Barbra Streisand's stardom. Now, a new production of the recent Broadway hit is in Boston, and a new actress is taking on one of the most demanding roles in musical theater. "I've stripped away kind of the expectations of the industry and what people expect because of Barbra, " says Hannah Shankman. She's portraying Fanny Brice, who, in the play, became an unlikely star in the early 1900s, headlining the Ziegfield Follies. "It's an out-of-body experience being able to step into her shoes and to sing Julie Stein's incredible, incredible score," Shankman tells WBZ-TV. A love letter to theater Streisand's "Funny Girl" had its out-of-town try-out at the Shubert Theatre in Boston before the production moved to Broadway. Once in New York, a young Melissa Manchester was in the audience. She grew up to be a Grammy-award-winning singer and songwriter, who is now playing Rose Brice, Fanny's mother. "The tonality of how it's written is so spectacular and familiar to me on a cellular level. Everybody takes an emotional journey, which was not true in the original '64 production," Manchester says. Shankman explains, "It's also really about a woman finding her place and her strength and her life through love of her husband, through love of herself, through love from her mother. She really finds and grows up to be this woman, who is exactly who she always wanted to be." Beloved songs like "Don't Rain on My Parade" are well known, but seeing them performed on stage transforms the experience. Manchester says, "For the audience to hear a very, very well-known American standard within the context of its original place, which is sung by a character within a scene. That is so moving on such a deep level for the audience." "It's lovely here too because you can actually see some of the people in the audience," Shankman explains. "It's absolutely breathtaking. It's truly wonderful to do a show that is a love letter to the theater in what feels like a theater it belongs in, and the opera house is really that." Still resonating with audiences While the story takes place in the early 20th century and was written in the 1960s, the actors say it still resonates. Manchester says, "Like the magic of all art, it has grown into this moment." "I always say that I want people to leave feeling empowered…The show grapples with so many different emotional states from so many different characters in the show, and in the end, we really see Fanny harness her own strength and power, and I hope that empowers other people to do the same in their lives," Shankman told WBZ-TV. You can see "Funny Girl" at the Citizen's Opera House through February 16th.
