TRADGE THE THEATRE GEEK

Another week, another roundup of what news has been rocking the world of theatre, so here is your latest helping of juicy stagey gossip to go around. ----- EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE Musical to tour in celebration of 10th anniversary Official poster for " Everybody's Talking About Jamie " Following a world premiere in Sheffield, three year run in the west end, and two sold out UK and Ireland tours, the hit musical “ Everybody’s Talking About Jamie ” is hitting the road o

New folk musical strikes profound chord but, unlike the proverbial ballad, lacks flow ----- Though times and attitudes may well change unequivocally throughout the centuries, one perpetual source of connectivity to the past is the musical and verbal tradition passed down the generations from mothers to daughters, aunts to nieces, as if it flows down family trees like a waterfall. One way or another, traditional music has had a way of surviving beyond the limited technological

PREMIERED: 1998 (Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York) MUSIC/LYRICS: William Finn BOOK: William Finn, James Lapine ----- Official artwork for " A New Brain " at NYCC in 2015 This week we return to the world of musicals, and a lesser known exponent of William Finn and regular collaborator James Lapine . After the roaring success of " Falsettos " in 1992 (made from stitching together two prior one-act musicals), earning two Tony Awards for Finn (the second shared with Lapine