Friday, March 13, 2015
The poster of On the Twentieth Century impressed many. A bunch of people said it seemed fun. Some people recognized Kristin Chenoweth and one of my mother's favorite leading men, Peter Galla…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:57PMWednesday, March 4, 2015
What brings people to the theater? I talk a lot about that each day with various producers and press agents. Of course, if anyone really knew an exact answer, many more shows would be succes…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:03PMTuesday, February 24, 2015
Fret not for the Broadway season of new musicals, dear friends. Even if, as rumors have it, a summer (post-Tony) opening is announced for Hamilton, all is not lost for this season of Broadwa…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:26PMMonday, February 9, 2015
One of the great thing about writing about entertainment is that you get to learn about all of these fabulous charities through...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:36PMSunday, February 8, 2015
I have never really liked cabaret (small "c"). I didn't know this years ago. When I first started writing about theater, I thought it would be great to see actors I liked in solo p…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:34AMThursday, January 15, 2015
It's a little hard for me because I tend to think more in terms of Tony Awards seasons and less in terms of calendar years. That said, "favorite show" is not "favorite new sho…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:16PMSaturday, January 3, 2015
And so it goes -- another production of <em>Side Show</em> leaves us. Its cult status will remain, untouched by mainstream attention. This is no surprise to those of us who follo…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:17PMAnd so it goes -- another production of Side Show leaves us. Its cult status will remain, untouched by mainstream attention. This is no surprise to those of us who follow such things. In fac…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:28PMSaturday, December 13, 2014
Now that Alex Timbers is a big Broadway director and also the co-creator/writer of an Amazon series (<em>Mozart in the Jungle</em>), I was afraid we wouldn't see much from his th…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:23AMFriday, December 12, 2014
Now that Alex Timbers is a big Broadway director and also the co-creator/writer of an Amazon series (Mozart in the Jungle), I...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:47PMFriday, December 5, 2014
I've come to admire people, and theater companies, that take the risk. You have to hand it to Elliott -- more than any other major off-Broadway theater company, The New Group consistently pr…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:10PMMonday, November 24, 2014
Two things happened in theater yesterday that had me thinking -- The New York Times reported Sting was going into The Last Ship, which he wrote the score for, and The Country House closed.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:38PMWednesday, November 19, 2014
Ever since Dr. Zhivago was announced last month for a spring Broadway berth, I've been thinking: "What other shows that I never thought would make it will come?"
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:50PMFriday, November 14, 2014
There have been very few people during my career -- some, maybe, but not many -- that have meant as much to the Broadway...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:16PMWednesday, November 12, 2014
Let me pay a little tribute to him here. A mentee of Jerome Robbins, Saddler won two Tony Awards for Best Choreography, one for Wonderful Town in 1953 and one for No, No, Nanette in 1971.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:25PMMonday, November 3, 2014
I don't necessarily get Encores! special events as a concept. However I'm happy such things exist. I hope The Band Wagon is great and has a future life. But if it doesn't live on, at least t…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:14PMSunday, November 2, 2014
It is difficult to get me to a one-person show or anything that is essentially a one-person show. That is unless there is a Tony contender in it. So it's odd that at the height of the fall t…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:27PMTuesday, October 28, 2014
Every year I hear about the death of the new musical. Wholly original shows -- or, hell, just shows with new scores (it's hard to be truly "original" these days) -- get bad reviews…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:47PMMonday, October 20, 2014
Is this the best fall theater season in years? I think so. While I don't do reviews really, I felt the need to...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:52AMTuesday, October 14, 2014
Forget about the fact that you're supposed to be focusing on the art form on the stage. Forget about the fact that you -- and the people sitting next to you -- have spent hundreds of dollars…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:59PMMonday, October 6, 2014
I love the fall theater season. First, fall is my favorite time of the year in the city. Second, the fall theater season is chock full of new offerings, but the pressure to see them right aw…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:11AMTuesday, September 23, 2014
I am happy Gentleman's Guide won the Tony Award. I didn't care ahead of the big night (unlike the previous year, when I desperately wanted Matilda), but, sitting there with a full house, I w…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:15PMWednesday, September 17, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Longtime readers of mine know, I strongly believe in the importance of bringing new people into the theater, whether that means onstage or in the audience. I'm not a theater purist -- I sti…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:20PMMonday, September 8, 2014
A big thing employers want to see on resumes is additional languages spoken. The only language I speak other than English is...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:42PMMonday, August 11, 2014
Let me tell you, none of the new comedies this summer are as good as Playing House.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:20PMSunday, August 3, 2014
I love musicals. And I know how hard it is to get them off the ground. I recently wrote a New York Times story about a show...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:13AMMonday, July 28, 2014
I've had a pretty crappy few days. When that happens, I like to spend time with my old friends. Unfortunately, as we've gotten...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:59PMThursday, July 17, 2014
I got both leading ladies to participate in my recurring feature where I ask actors random, often silly, questions taken directly from the subject matter or text of the show.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:13PMFollowing the deaths of the playwright Wendy Wasserstein and the composer Cy Coleman, many attempts have been made to bring “Pamela’s First Musical” to the stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:16PMFriday, June 20, 2014
For a change of pace, today I'm offering you a series of random theater-related thoughts. None of which could take up a post on its own, but together they seem worthy.
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