Friday, May 8, 2026
Emmy Award-winner Penny Fuller, who's worked with artists ranging from Glenn Close and Lauren Bacall, to Robert Redford and Jake Gyllenhaal, will cover--in stories and song--a career that's…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:19AM[SHARE]Monday, April 13, 2026
Ken Peplowski was not just the greatest clarinet player of his generation; he was a friend I admired for some 46 years"beginning well before he became famous. Oh, he did a bit of work outsi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:02PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 2, 2026
The unprecedented, ongoing expansion of television and film production facilities in the New York-New Jersey area should be a boon for New York's whole entertainment community. New York-bas…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:32AM[SHARE]Friday, January 30, 2026
I've been passionate about theater for over 60 years. I love the performing arts, and want them to prosper. But everywhere I look, I see developments that are worrisome. Let me tell you abou…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:28PM[SHARE]Monday, January 26, 2026
Floyd Vivino honed his comic skills working everywhere from circuses to burlesque shows. When his "Uncle Floyd Show" ended its 24-year run, it was the longest-running New Jersey-base…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:22AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 27, 2025
On Christmas Eve, a group of New York performing artists gathered outside Irving Berlin's longtime home to sing the songs he loved most. Begun by John Wallowitch in the 1980s, the tradition …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Paced by spirited performances by Max Ryon and Jake Ryan Flynn, Rider University's production of Jason Robert Brown's musical "13" is the best college show I've seen in years. And offers pr…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:32AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 15, 2025
For my money, 'Ragtime' is the greatest musical of the last 40 years, and the glistening new Lincoln Center Theater production is not to be missed. It is moving, thought-provoking, and inspi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Some 30 years have passed since I ghost-wrote David Cassidy's autobiography, "C'Mon Get Happy." The book continues to sell, and I continue to get questions from David's fans. If I so…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:29PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 13, 2025
I don't like the way the new Broadway production of "The Last Five Years" was directed. But that unique Jason Robert Brown musical"long a favorite of mine--still offers rewards aplenty…. …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:44PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Once or twice a year, I like to recognize exceptional work at the high-school or college level. The students of New York's Frank Sinatra School of the Arts have outdone themselves with a ma…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:03PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 5, 2025
It's always fascinated me, seeing how different actors can interpret the same material. In "Sunset Boulevard," Nicole Scherzinger delivers a bold, bravura star turn I'd never have expected …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:33PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 11, 2025
Audra McDonald is an American treasure"an artist with complete command of the stage. And if you're thinking of going, remember that January and February are often the best time of the yea…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:30PM[SHARE]Monday, December 2, 2024
The York Theater Company--which has had only two Producing Artistic Directors in its 55-year history--has chosen Joseph Hayward and Debra Walton to head the company for now, following the r…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 1, 2024
Two-time Tony Award-winner Helen Gallagher, who just died at the age of 98, was a terrific musical-theater performer. Oh, she did work in television and film, too--winning three Emmy awards …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:30AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 30, 2024
His breakout role--the one that made him a "name" in the theater world--was playing "Jimmy Smith," the boyfriend, co-starring opposite Sutton Foster in the Broadway musical "Thoroughly Moder…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:28AM[SHARE]A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical" gives Broadway a much-needed shot in the arm. From the clarion call of the first notes we hear to the final strains of the title song, there'…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:06AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 9, 2024
Whether performers liked him or disliked him, they agreed that Gil Wiest"the last of the great nightclub impresarios"kept them working. He routinely booked artists for long runs"a month, or…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:49AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Seeing this presentation of "Ragtime" was the most satisfying theatrical experience I've had in years. I hope a way can be found to bring "Ragtime" back to Broadway"ideally with full sets. …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:20AM[SHARE]Monday, November 4, 2024
"Drag: The Musical" has the look and feel of a winner. Production values are first-rate. And the sweet, tender, innocent contributions of a young cast member, Yair Keydar"who sings beautifu…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:17AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 19, 2024
The show may have been overly long, but I'm very glad I caught it. Because I saw two up-and-coming "unknown" singers"Robert Levey II and Johnny Sullivan"with as much promise and potential a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:28AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 12, 2024
For decades under James Morgan's leadership, the York Theatre Company has occupied a unique spot in New York's theater world"celebrating musical-theater, past, present, and future. Theater …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:37PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 27, 2024
I just got back from the Bucks County Playhouse, which I always enjoy visiting, to catch the world-premiere production of "Last of the Red Hot Mamas," a new musical about Sophie Tucker. The…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:16AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Berlin, incidentally, could not write music. He could play piano"not too well, and in only one key. He would play, sing, and hum songs that he created, which a musical secretary woul…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:56PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 11, 2024
They've created a theater that actors love to work in. And that was reflected by the terrific array of actors (including assorted Tony and Drama Desk Award winners and nominees), who gather…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:47PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 3, 2024
This is, essentially, Woody Allen's band, without Woody. It's the only seven-piece New Orleans-style jazz band with a steady gig in New York. And if you like traditional jazz, this band"co…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:50PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 26, 2024
I've never seen any student production"at the high school or college level"achieve a more glorious ensemble sound than the ensemble sound produced by the students of the Sinatra School in th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:01PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 20, 2024
I've always loved their work, from the very start of their careers. Jimmy (on guitar) and Jerry (on tenor sax) have worked with some of the biggest names in the business--Tony Bennett, Bruce…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:11PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 14, 2024
I think the city's top performing-arts schools"Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts, and the Performing Arts; PPAS; and the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts"are among the crown…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:47PM[SHARE]What a terrific, beautifully layered performance Ben Levi Ross gives in "The Connector""a moving, original new musical from Jason Robert Brown, Jonathan Marc Sherman, and Daisy Prince.
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SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:13PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 7, 2024
On March 4th, 2024, I witnessed the best major-club debut I've seen in years. And I kept thinking, as I watched David Marino sing, "The good old days are now…"
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