http://jmnpublications.com/blog/ Welcome to JMN Entertainment, a division of JMN Publications owned and operated by Jan Nargi, writer, publicist, and marketing consultant. Here you'll find the latest news of clients, colleagues, celebrities, and venues, plus an archive of theater reviews and interviews I write for BroadwayWorld.com. So sit back and relax, but first please turn off all cell phones, pagers, watches and beepers, or anything else that could disturb the person seated next to you. And if you think you'll need to consume any hard candy while you read, please, unwrap it now. Thank you, and enjoy the show! (© 2012 Janice M. Nargi) en Copyright 2012 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:14:14 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2ysb5-20051201 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Huntington Theatre Company in Boston presents a gripping production of Lynn Nottage’s "Ruined," the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that takes an unflinching look at the savagery of war and sees survival http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2011/02/hope_amidst_the_ruined.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2011/02/hope_amidst_the_ruined.html Theatre Reviews Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:14:14 -0500 It’s time to start looking at hate-speak as verbal abuse. It’s time for those of us who listen in silence to put our own thoughts into words. Enough is enough. http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2011/01/hatespeak_has_consequences.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2011/01/hatespeak_has_consequences.html Commentary Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:41:26 -0500 Broadway’s beleaguered new musical SPIDER-MAN – with its much-ballyhooed spectacle, record-breaking $65-million price tag, and four dramatic injuries to major cast members within four weeks – may turn out to be the best thing to hit the Great White Way in decades. Quite simply, the harsh glare that has been shining on SPIDER-MAN has finally illuminated problems that have been plaguing the industry for years. http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2011/01/spidermania.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2011/01/spidermania.html Commentary Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:22:29 -0500 Husband and wife actors Robert Pemberton and Anne Gottlieb are “naturals” in New Repertory Theatre production of Terrence McNally’s “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune” at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, Mass. http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/12/couple_brings_chemistry_to_fra.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/12/couple_brings_chemistry_to_fra.html Theatre Reviews Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:13:04 -0500 Smart and sexy cast makes an autumn drive to Ogunquit worth the trip as the Playhouse extends its 2010 season with a six-week run of crowd favorite "Chicago" http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/10/chicago_ends_ogunquit_season_w.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/10/chicago_ends_ogunquit_season_w.html Theatre Reviews Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:48:41 -0500 Broadway's Brent Barrett leads a stellar cast in North Shore Music Theatre's slick and savvy production of "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/10/scoundrels_guilty_of_grand_the.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/10/scoundrels_guilty_of_grand_the.html Theatre Reviews Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:24:03 -0500 Charles Shaughnessy, the dapper star of television's "The Nanny," "Days of Our Lives" and "Mad Men," finds his grail as King Arthur in Ogunquit Playhouse's sparkling production of "Monty Python's Spamalot" co-starring Broadway diva Rachel York as The Lady of the Lake. http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/08/charles_shaughnessy_playing_it.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/08/charles_shaughnessy_playing_it.html Interviews Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:56:09 -0500 American Idol finalist Anthony Fedorov stars in the North Shore Music Theatre's family-friendly favorite "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/08/nsmt_returns_to_form_with_fun_1.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/08/nsmt_returns_to_form_with_fun_1.html Theatre Reviews Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:38:54 -0500 Stefanie Powers, starring at Maine's Ogunquit Playhouse as fictional silent screen legend Norma Desmond, ably navigates the twists and turns of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Sunset Boulevard," a musical homage to Hollywood's film noir classic http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/08/stefanie_powers_drives_ogunqui.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/08/stefanie_powers_drives_ogunqui.html Theatre Reviews Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:25:43 -0500 A miscast Vicki Lewis as Mama Rose and awkward staging in-the-round rob North Shore Music Theatre's GYPSY of its bite and brilliance. http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/07/nsmt_reopens_with_lots_of_fanf_1.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/07/nsmt_reopens_with_lots_of_fanf_1.html Theatre Reviews Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:10:12 -0500 Broadway star Rachel York returns to the Reagle stage in Waltham, Mass., June 17-27 to star as The Witch in "Into the Woods." Rachel won the 2009 Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Award for her portrayal of Dolly Levi in Reagle's "Hello, Dolly!" last season. http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/06/once_a_doll_now_a_witch_rachel.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/06/once_a_doll_now_a_witch_rachel.html Interviews Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:14:46 -0500 Tony Award-winning lyricist and librettist Lynn Ahrens talks about penning the narration for “The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers” receiving its world premiere with the Boston Pops http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/06/lynn_ahrens_the_dream_lives_on.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/06/lynn_ahrens_the_dream_lives_on.html Interviews Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:40:56 -0500 Estelle Parsons recreates her acclaimed Broadway role as dysfunctional family matriarch Violet Weston, leading a sparkling touring cast in Tracy Letts’ scathingly funny award-winning drama "August: Osage County" http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/05/august_osage_county_ends_trium.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/05/august_osage_county_ends_trium.html Theatre Reviews Mon, 10 May 2010 20:36:28 -0500 National tour of long-running Broadway hit "The Lion King" proves why director and designer Julie Taymor rules the jungle http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/03/imagination_reigns_in_the_lion_1.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/03/imagination_reigns_in_the_lion_1.html Theatre Reviews Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:27:52 -0500 High-tech production values crush the heart of "Dreamgirls" touring revival despite great voices and generally strong performances http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/02/dreamgirls_lacks_soul.html http://jmnpublications.com/blog/2010/02/dreamgirls_lacks_soul.html Theatre Reviews Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:42:43 -0500