Nov 13th, 2008 · The big-ticket Broadway musical, based on the surprise-hit British film, has its opening night tonight. Jeff Lunden explains what's new and what's different — and how the story's focus expanded for the stage.
Keywords: British · music · Billy · Broadway · Jeff Lunden · Elliot
Sep 11th, 2008 · The new theater season is at hand — and with high fuel prices and a general economic downturn, you might expect showbiz types to be anxious about audiences. Reporter Jeff Lunden says you might be wrong.
Keywords: economic · Theater · Broadway · showbiz · Jeff Lunden · downturn
Jun 15th, 2008 · Two of this year's contenders for the musical-revival Tony Award — Gypsy and South Pacific — kick things off with a splashy, old-fashioned overture. Jeff Lunden explains why that's music to many theater-lovers' ears.
Keywords: Fashion · Theater · music · Pacific · lovers · Broadway · Jeff Lunden · Overtures · splashy · Tony Award · revival · emGypsy
Apr 13th, 2008 · Gypsy's antiherone is a woman boiling over with frustrated ambition, who channels all her energies into turning her daughters into stars woe be to anyone who gets in her way. Jeff Lunden has an appreciation.
Keywords: daughter · Hell · gypsy · Jeff Lunden · Mama · ambition · woe · Energies · greedy · antiherone
Mar 12th, 2008 · Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee turns 80 on Wednesday. Far from resting on his laurels, he's in the midst of a busy season. And as Jeff Lunden reports, he's still as irascible as ever on the topic of what theater is "about."
Keywords: Theater · Pulitzer Prize · Playwright · Jeff Lunden · Edward Albee · Albee · irascible
Sep 28th, 2005 · Every decade or so, it seems that Las Vegas reinvents itself -- remember when it became "family friendly" in the 1990s? Now Las Vegas is the center of a new entertainment trend. New York-based reporter Jeff Lunden checks it out.
Keywords: L.A · York · 1990 · entertainment · Family · Las Vegas · Broadway · Vegas · Frontier · Now Las Vegas · Jeff Lunden
Jul 15th, 2005 · One hundred years ago today, lyricist Dorothy Fields was born. She wrote dozens of hit songs for Broadway shows and Hollywood musicals, including Sweet Charity, which is currently being revived on Broadway. Jeff Lunden has this appreciation.
Keywords: fields · music · Hollywood · gifts · songs · Broadway · lyricist · Dorothy · Jeff Lunden · Dorothy Fields · Sweet Charity
Jun 5th, 2005 · Who's more in the know about tonight's Tony awards than the limo drivers who serve the Broadway community? Jeff Lunden speaks with drivers about the nominees and the theater season.
Keywords: community · Awards · Theater · Nominee · Broadway · Tony · Driver · Jeff Lunden · Limo