Saturday, August 20, 2011
Death was indeed on a holiday the first time I tried to see the new chamber musical Death Takes a Holiday that has been playing this summer at the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels T…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:58AMWednesday, August 17, 2011
While I may be an avid theatergoer, I’m not always the most adventurous. I prefer narrative-driven pieces to experimental ones. I tend to like my theater on a traditional stage…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:57AMSaturday, August 13, 2011
Like most new smartphone and tablet users, I’ve been loading up on apps since I got my iPad at the beginning of the summer. And, of course, I downloaded a bunch of theater-related ones.&nb…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:58AMWednesday, August 10, 2011
I know this space has been quiet for a couple of weeks now. But
I haven’t been entirely slothful. And I’m delighted to be able to break my silence with the news that a …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:53AMWednesday, July 27, 2011
The heat over the last few weeks has slowed everything down. Including me. And so, as I did around this time last year, I’m going to shift into vacation mode for the rest…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:25AMSaturday, July 23, 2011
Theater is such an integral a part of New York that it often overflows into other parts of city life. The windows of the big Fifth Avenue department store Lord & Taylor have recently pai…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:56AMWednesday, July 20, 2011
Some of the people in the audience were as attention-worthy as those onstage the night my theatergoing buddy Bill and I saw Master Class, the revival of Terrence McNally’s love letter to t…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:56AMSaturday, July 16, 2011
Ever since Joe Papp first set up shop in the East River Park Amphitheater to put on a production of Julius Caesar back in 1956, Shakespeare has been synonymous with summer here in New…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:58AMWednesday, July 13, 2011
If you like camp, then you’re probably going to love Silence! The Musical, which just opened at Theatre 80 down in the East Village. The audience the night my theatergoing buddy Bill and I…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:20AMSaturday, July 9, 2011
Regular readers may have noticed that, until now, I’ve barely mentioned the words Spider-Man. To be honest, what was there left to say? But I have seen Spider-Man: Turn Off The…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:08AMWednesday, July 6, 2011
Get there early if you’re going to see Zarkana, the latest Cirque du Soleil production, which recently opened for a summer-long run at Radio City Music Hall. And make sure to take your cam…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:55AMSaturday, July 2, 2011
The thermometer has been hitting the 80s for weeks now and the summer solstice came almost a fortnight ago but the lazy days of summer officially begin this Fourth of July weekend. Wor…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:55AMWednesday, June 29, 2011
My theatergoing buddy Bill and I were standing outside the Lucille Lortel Theatre when a black town car pulled up and out stepped Vanessa Redgrave, looking just as you always imagine Vanessa…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:57AMSaturday, June 25, 2011
The first time I heard about Harvard’s attempt to purge the school of gay men in 1920 was five years ago when someone sent me a copy of “Harvard’s Secret Court,” William Wright’s b…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:55AMWednesday, June 22, 2011
Tennessee Williams was my first great love in the theater. I discovered him when I was 13 and looking for a monologue to perform for my audition to the High School of Performing Arts. I did …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:49AM 
