How do you become an overnight sensation in a show that runs only three days? Melissa Errico did just that when she stepped onto the City Center stage–in the third season of the still-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKatie Finneran–the expert Broadway comedienne who seemed subdued in the 2012 revival of Annie–offered a convulsive demonstration last night of just how expert she is in It Might …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMThis week's column explores the cast recording of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew Dramatists, which was been dedicated to supporting and developing playwrights since 1949, honored Susan Stroman at its 65th annual spring luncheon May 22 at the New York Marriott Marquis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMThe pieces of American Hero are somewhat too jagged to fit together, but as an offering in the modestly-priced Second Stage Uptown series it provides a pleasant comic diversion on the Upper …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:47PMLinda Lavin in TOO MUCH SUN. Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg Playwright Nicky Silver, director Mark Brokaw, and...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:08PMThis month we watch the British documentary "Theatreland," Billy Wilder's "Ace in the Hole," Harold Lloyd's "The Freshman" and David O. Russell's &q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKate Baldwin, a Tony-nominated singing actress, brought her solo show Sing Pretty, Don't Fall Down to 54 Below May 15. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMJohn Doyle and friends took the stage of the Hudson Theatre May 12 for the Classic Stage Company benefit Musical Masterworks: Kern, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, Hart.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMThis week's column looks at the 50th anniversary digital remastering of the Funny Girl cast recording.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIrma La Douce, the rarely-revived musical about a French streetwalker and the law student who falls in love with her, opened at City Center Encores! May 8. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMAnthony Giardina's The City of Conversation is an intelligent, provocative, incisive drama about politics, people, ideals and principles, with razor-sharp dialogue and -- from Jan Maxwell --…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:10PMTony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth presented The Evolution of a Soprano at Carnegie Hall May 3. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMThis week's column explores the original Broadway cast recording of Jason Robert Brown's #The Bridges of Madison County.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe show--with concept and lyrics by Byrne, music by Byrne and Fatboy Slim -- captivated theatergoers and critics last April during its limited engagement as part of the Public season. A he…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:16PMSymphony Space, the performing arts organization on the Upper West Side, honored Sheldon Harnick at its annual gala April 28. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMAnd here we have a revival of Jon Robin Baitz' 1991 play The Substance of Fire, which introduced a decidedly...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:43PMThis month's column looks at "The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan," Philip Ziegler's biography of the great Laurence Olivier, an anthology of "Plays for Two" (incl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Tommy Tune made his Café Carlyle debut April 22. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThis is one of those "is the old lady losing her marbles?" plays, in which the doddering, aching, creaking, 79-year-old heroine drifts from witty perceptiveness to the borders of s…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:05PMThis past season has been lackadaisical for new Broadway musicals, with the best of them--arguably After Midnight, Beautiful and A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder, in alphabetical ord…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:45PMThis week's column discusses the cast recordings of A Gentleman's Guide, Les Misérables, Murder for Two, Privates on Parade and Billy Porter's solo CD "Billy's Ba…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe comedic chameleon Arnie Burton first came to view in the 2008 parody version of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps,...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:03PMSusan Stroman, the director/choreographer who worked with Mel Brooks on the aforementioned blockbuster, has now joined forces with Allen but lightning is not striking twice. The main culpri…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:53PMIt is Mr. Ives, and his director John Rando (of Urinetown and A Christmas Story) who make The Heir Apparent a ludicrously luscious affair. Unlike other new comedies recently arrived in town,…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:17PMThis week's column discusses the first commercial release of the soundtrack recordings of Robert Goulet in television productions of Kiss Me, Kate (1968) and Brigadoon (1966).
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York floated into Carnegie Hall last night, with that staid historic venue hosting a one-night-only concert version of Frank Loesse…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMCity Center Encores! presented the opening night of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella April 2. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PMAnd here we have a raucous, bright and vulgar musical comedy about fun-loving, middle-American teens who bully each...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:08PMLester is a creative associate of the Tricycle, and husband to playwright Chakrabarti. This is incidental information; Lester's performance in Red Velvet, under any circumstances, is a marv…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:13PMThis month's column looks at "Bigger, Brighter, Louder," an historical chronicle of theatre in Chicago by drama critic Chris Jones.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
