Friday, March 23, 2012
I'm very attached to Love, Loss and What I Wore. I don't think I've ever sent as many people to an off-Broadway show as I have to this play. So it is with sadness that I reflect on its closi…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:47AMTuesday, February 21, 2012
Let me welcome the William Shatner VIP ticket and all the stunts to come. I do so love the fun of it all. Of course, there is no dignity associated it, but you can't ask too much these days.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:37AMMonday, November 21, 2011
People spend a lot of money to buy Broadway show tickets. Part of me understands audience members thinking that price of admission allows them to behave as they want. The much larger part of…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:11PMWednesday, November 9, 2011
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre has always been about giving shows that haven't had a big shot, a shot. That is why I was a little surprised to find Bloodsong of Love on this year'…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:40PMMonday, October 24, 2011
The thing about Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin is they're safe bets. You know what you are getting; you know what the delivery is going to be like. With Patti and Mandy, if you like such th…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:43AMTuesday, October 11, 2011
Producing musicals is a tricky business. It takes a lot of money and a lot of patience. There are of course the success stories that make it all worthwhile -- David Stone could never work a …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:38AMWednesday, September 7, 2011
The Addams Family will end its Broadway run at the end of 2011. It will give up the ghost (and will give its theater to Ghost) in December. However its closing notice should not overshadow t…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:30AMSunday, August 28, 2011
I am not sure I ever thought I'd be sitting at Lincoln Center seeing a "Korean, Broadway-style musical." I knew such a thing existed, but I wouldn't have thought I'd be seeing it i…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:26PMFriday, August 19, 2011
We'll see what happens with Porgy and Bess. It could be amazing -- I truly hope it is. For now it simply stands as a cautionary tale. Not all press is good press.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:21PMThursday, July 21, 2011
As emphasis on new media continues to grow, "ordinary people" reviews are increasingly considered important. One indication of this is the Sister Act confessional in the Broadway T…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:27PMWednesday, July 6, 2011
Traditionally Cirque shows have played outside Manhattan proper. However this year, the circus arts have landed at Radio City. And Cirque just may be taking money away from Broadway shows.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:42AMMonday, May 2, 2011
When the Tony Award nominations are announced this Tuesday, there won't be nominees announced for a Special Theatrical Event award. That is because last season the folks at the Tonys decided…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:48PMFriday, April 29, 2011
My mother calls whenever she hears about anything with a Jewish premise or a Jewish character or even a Jewish actor. In honor of the fast-approaching Mother's Day, I wanted to write a post …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:43PMMonday, April 25, 2011
L.A. is not exactly known as a theater town, but there are worthy things to see in the area. My last trip just happened to coincide with the opening of Jane Anderson's The Escort.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:07PMTuesday, April 19, 2011
We're heavy into the spring season. The flowers are blooming. Flops are already being declared (that's you, Catch Me If You Can), and I'm in the mood to look ahead to this year's Tony Award …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:05AMMonday, March 28, 2011
This fall I was puzzled by quite a few things on Broadway. I didn't foresee Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson tumbling so quickly. It had no stars, but neither did Spring Awakening.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:33PMThursday, March 10, 2011
A major problem with Spider-Man is that the scenes are mis-punctuated. This is a problem with much of Taymor's work: She creates visually stunning pictures, but often character development s…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:39AMSunday, February 6, 2011
It's often said that going too far down the rabbit hole may not be a good idea. One wonders if that is just what the producing team behind Wonderland has done.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:17PMTuesday, January 18, 2011
Broadway is mired in tradition -- for instance, there are no reviews prior to opening night. In light of the Spider-Man debacle, I have been wondering whether this tradition is somewhat frau…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:41PMFriday, December 17, 2010
“Almost, Maine,” which closed shortly after it opened Off Broadway, is now popular abroad and in high schools.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:46PMMonday, November 29, 2010
Last night was a history-making night on Broadway. Not only did Spider-Man, the most expensive Broadway musical ever, begin previews, but also Broadway fans embraced twittering during a show…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:25AMWednesday, November 17, 2010
The Tony Awards Administration Committee should reconsider their rules. Allowing replacements to be nominated would add some excitement to the season. It would also do away with the logical …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:07AMThursday, November 11, 2010
In the Wake and After the Revolution focus on making some kind of political statement instead of character development. It's a worthy message. It's just the method of communicating it that l…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:58AMMonday, October 11, 2010
Dear theatergoer: You have yet to realize that leaving your phone on vibrate does produce noise. And, yes, I did at first entertain the possibility you may be a doctor or be waiting for some…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:03AMTuesday, August 31, 2010
Each year as August fades, I look forward to cooler weather and the start of the fall theater season. This year there was no...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:53AMWednesday, August 18, 2010
This season on Broadway, the successful plays revolved around stars. The presence of these types of productions creates a very different Broadway landscape.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:29PMThursday, August 5, 2010
For a theater reporter, I see surprisingly little of the season's smaller entries. This is a shortcoming. The problem is there...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:44AMFriday, July 2, 2010
This is Tony nominations week. To get you all in the mood to celebrate the golden disk, I am answering another set of questions about the Tony rules.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:12AMTuesday, June 29, 2010
We know that a Broadway musical typically has some mainstream commercial potential. But what else is required to make a property uniquely Broadway?
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:19PMSaturday, June 26, 2010
After my last Tony column, I received emails asking follow-up questions. This is my attempt to answer two of them.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:12AMMonday, June 21, 2010
