So, Bandstand just opened. Do you feel relieved? It’s a very strange thing giving up that control after you’ve been problem solving every day for months. It’s a difficult transition, but I’ve had a ...

Set in 1945, Bandstand tells the story of musician Donny Novitski who is about to take on the mission of his life: leading his band of fellow veterans into competition for America's next swing band ...

In the 1940s and 1950s, musicals about World War II tended to be peppy shows about soldiers and sailors on leave, acting carefree for a few days and leaving the war behind. Nowadays, we know that such ...

The Donny Nova Band will be getting back together on the big screen. Despite closing on Broadway last September, theatergoers will soon have another chance to watch the toe-tapping musical Bandstand.

Playbill presents a live watch party on Twitter April 11 at 8 PM ET for the 2017 Broadway musical Bandstand, which is now available to stream on Playbill. Original cast members will join viewers for ...

Like so many veterans before and after him, Donny suffers from what we now call Posttraumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. (The condition only earned a designation in the psychiatrist's bible, the ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Just ahead of Veterans Day, Oklahoma City Community College is bringing to the stage a poignant and inspiring new American musical about patriots returning home from the war in the ...

A swan glides by as saxophone notes dance across the water. Clusters of people gather under the sprawling live oaks — an impressive natural canopy surrounding the bandstand where an 18-piece jazz band ...

Bandstand, which opened last month at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, tells the story of a group of 1940s veterans—some former servicemen and the widow of one—who form a band in an attempt to win a ...

Bandstand is being promoted as 'a swing musical,' and that's what it joyfully is, as director-choreographer Andy (Hamilton) Blankenbuehler deploys a cast headed by the sparkling and tough Laura Osnes ...