Playbill’s must-read guide to new Off-Broadway plays and musicals debuting in January, February, and March 2020.

We listen to two ill-conceived 1960s musicals making their belated CD debuts, Jimmy (as in Mayor James J. Walker) and the Three Men on a Horse musical, Let It Ride.

We listen to two ill-conceived 1960s musicals making their belated CD debuts, Jimmy (as in Mayor James J. Walker) and the Three Men on a Horse musical, Let It Ride.

SARAH BRIGHTMAN
Former Phantom of the Opera star Sarah Brightman will release her latest album, “La Luna,” on Aug. 29. An Angel Records release, the CD will feature classical pieces from Handel and Beethoven as well as more recent tunes. The release coincides with Brightman’s concert tour, a worldwide expedition that begins in Brazil on Aug. 20. The following tours dates are from Brightman’s website, which can be found at sarah-brightman.com.

SARAH BRIGHTMAN
Former Phantom of the Opera star Sarah Brightman will release her latest album, “La Luna,” on Aug. 29. An Angel Records release, the CD will feature classical pieces from Handel and Beethoven as well as more recent tunes. The release coincides with Brightman’s concert tour, a worldwide expedition that begins in Brazil on Aug. 20. The following tours dates are from Brightman’s website, which can be found at sarah-brightman.com.

Hello, diva lovers! Well, I must admit it was a bit daunting to open a blank Word Perfect document this past Tuesday morning to attempt to write a millennium-based diva column while finishing our January subscription issue and starting our February theatre edition. At one point I decided I would just write a regular weekly column and not deal with the approaching 2000 mark, but then I thought I would simply list many of the women of the musical theatre/cabaret worlds who have brightened our lives throughout the past few decades. So, in alphabetical order, here they are. (I’m sure I’ve left out many of your favorites, so please excuse any omission!) Following this grand diva list are more detailed thoughts and musings about some (but not all) 25 of my very favorite gals (alphabetically, of course). I hope you enjoy reading this column, and may the New Year bring every diva lover out there much joy and happiness, and may it also be diva-filled!

Hello, diva lovers! Well, I must admit it was a bit daunting to open a blank Word Perfect document this past Tuesday morning to attempt to write a millennium-based diva column while finishing our January subscription issue and starting our February theatre edition. At one point I decided I would just write a regular weekly column and not deal with the approaching 2000 mark, but then I thought I would simply list many of the women of the musical theatre/cabaret worlds who have brightened our lives throughout the past few decades. So, in alphabetical order, here they are. (I’m sure I’ve left out many of your favorites, so please excuse any omission!) Following this grand diva list are more detailed thoughts and musings about some (but not all) 25 of my very favorite gals (alphabetically, of course). I hope you enjoy reading this column, and may the New Year bring every diva lover out there much joy and happiness, and may it also be diva-filled!

The Hamlet adaptation tells the Shakespearean tragedy through the eyes of its female protagonist.

A group of award-winning actors have been cast in the Barbican Theatre's production of Hamlet, starring stage and screen star Benedict Cumberbatch, in London.

Elisabeth Welch, a New York City-born actress and cabaret singer whose stage and vocal career flourished in London and Europe, died July 15 at the age of 99, according to The Times of London.