by Michael Dempsey I RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH FRED AND RANDI STERNFELD to get an update on their adventures in the world of theatre producing. They’d had a whirlwind time over the last 3-4 years as co-producers of the sensational musical Be More Chill - first...
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From the Center Theatre Group blog: How the Tony Award-nominated composer of The Secret Garden lives on through music, gardens, and cake A new production of The Secret Garden opened at Center Theatre Group this week, one of the first major productions of the Tony...
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A Profile of Fred's Career and Latest Projects from BEACHWOOD BUZZ MAGAZINE July 2018 Edition By June Scharf “I don’t know how 18-year-olds are supposed to know what they want to do in life,” says Fred Sternfeld, a 61-year-old Beachwood resident and avid local theater...
by Michael Dempsey Fred and Randi Sternfeld have been my friends for a long time. I’ve acted in Fred’s shows, taught and directed at Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute, and I’m his web designer. They’ve supported my directing and writing ventures as well. Randi was an...
THEATER NEWS Sierra Boggess, Clifton Duncan, Drew Gehling to Lead The Secret Garden Lab Warren Carlyle directs the presentation in anticipation of a forthcoming Broadway revival. Sierra Boggess, Clifton Duncan, and Drew Gehling will star in a lab presentation of the...
What were they thinking: On the wings of angels Bob Abelman | CJN Columnist “Another op’nin’ of another show.” ~ Lyric from “Kiss Me, Kate” Not long ago, the backstage of the Longacre Theatre on W. 48th St. in midtown Manhattan was cleared out after “Nerds” – a...
Big musicals, by their very nature, often require mass spectacle. But people regularly see productions of great size that leave them walking out of the theatre shaking their heads in puzzlement--they were impressed with the production values...why didn't they like the...
You're at the first read-through. The director, with a wild gleam in his eye, leaps to his feet: "This production will be like no Fiddler On The Roof ever seen before in human history!" Do you groan with dismay, or does your heart leap with joy? The Concept. As a...
"Sometimes, this job takes you by surprise. Sometimes, you’re enjoying a pleasant, sunny Sunday afternoon and you walk into a theater to see a matinee rendition of a show you’ve seen done splendidly three other times. So expectations are not very high. And then,...
"It takes guts to stage West Side Story...big challenges, however, never faze director Fred Sternfeld, who moves large masses of people with the decisive precision of Alaric the Visigoth. And Sternfeld is the major domo of this largely successful production at the...
