The Party’s Over! …But not for Joe Langworth! He has substituted a desk for a stage and has become a casting director. By Phyllis Goldman “I thought I would be superhuman, dance until 50,” Joe Langworth reminisces about his transition from Broadway gypsy to casting director. “What I didn’t fully realize was that all athletes […]
by Ann Vaccaro Brady, Port Chester Council for the Arts The Port Chester Council for teh Arts (PCCFA), in celebration of its 30th anniversary, presents this series of monthly profiles of professional artists whose roots are tied to the Town of Rye and the PCCFA. Joe Langworth began his theatre career on a Braodway stage […]
by Colin Dabkowski April 27, 2012 When Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s South Pacific opened on the stage of New York City’s Majestic Theatre in 1949, crowds and critics instantly embraced it. Its songs, drenched in American optimism absolutely faithful to the time, struck a deep chord with audiences. Its book and direction captured the […]
by Peter Marks April 4, 2008 view feature on washingtonpost.com Sometimes, theaters have greatness thrust upon them. At the moment, that is the glorious condition in which one finds the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, where an intoxicating new “South Pacific” is staking a claim as the best revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein in […]