340 stories by "Ron Fassler"
Review by Ron Fassler . . . I must admit that the genre of an actor’s confessional, one-person show is not among my favorites. Although I’ve seen some that were excellent, in my vast exp…
By Stuart Miller … Jeanie is sitting at her kitchen table in a San Antonio suburb, working feverishly on her laptop when her teenage daughter, Delia, storms in and through. After a door sl…
Review by Stuart Miller . . . A Ghost in Your Ear is a rare theatrical treat. It’s not a comedy with plenty of laughs or a drama that stirs up emotions with nuanced characters. It is a Ha…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses. Book Reviews by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Diana Forbes-Robertson. My Aunt Maxine: The Story of Ma…
By Stuart Miller . . . Karya is a typical seventeen-year-old girl: mortified by her mother, simultaneously jealous and disgusted by her best friend’s sex life and trying to figure out thin…
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . Oskar Eustis, renowned artistic director of the Public Theater, has a gift for writing strongly supportive program notes for the shows he presents; he could have be…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . In a career that began on Broadway in 1973, Patti LuPone continues to reveal layers that define her as a once-in-a-generation talent. In Patti LuPone: A Life in …
Review by Stuart Miller C-Span is not known for its dynamic dialogue. Even the most compelling and insightful hour of discussion and debate will feature circular talk and boring repetition o…
Review by Ron Fassler. The internationally famed author and teacher Phillipe Gaulier, who died earlier this year, was described in his obituary in the Guardian as a “French clown who …
Review by Stuart Miller. In Mfoniso Udofia’s new play creation stories and all the important importants, which opened tonight at the Claire Tow Theatre at Lincoln Center, an unnamed “G…
Review by Ron Fassler. The headline above referencing Thomas Ellenson’s new three-character play Thomas & Me, in which he also stars, works on two levels. Yes, this actor/playwright h…
Review by Ron Fassler I have no master list of the shows I’ve attended in a lifetime of theater going. But if I did, of the classics I’ve seen multiple times, Anton Chekhov’s The Cher…
If you are as yet unaware of the talents of this writer/actress/activist, you owe it to yourself to take a trip to Brooklyn and revel in her presence.
A fine cast works diligently to get Marin Ireland's memory drama across the finish line with mixed results.
Review by Ron Fassler . . . David Rasche has been a working actor for fifty-five years. Beginning as a member of Chicago’s fabled Second City improv troupe (he replaced John Belushi in 197…
Jon Tenney, Len Cariou, Kevin Kline, Nell Verlaque, and Laura Linney in “American Classic.”September 6, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron FasslerIt’s not often that film can o…
Interview with Ron Fassler . . . I had the opportunity recently to talk with multi-hyphenate Tony Danza, a performer who’s been steadily entertaining audiences for close to fifty years. It…
Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986).August 31, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.One of the most colorful of men, Alan Jay Lerner was a librettist and lyricist from the golden age…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Allow me to confess that I have never seen any of the seven Paranormal Activity films produced since 2007. Admittedly, my enthusiasm for horror has waned somewh…
William Redfield as Harding in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975).August 17, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron FasslerOn this date fifty years ago, the versatile and de…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . With this being the centenary of Tony Bennett’s birth (in fact, he was born today, August 3, 1926), cabaret icon and pianist-singer Billy Stritch put together a…
By Ron Fassler . . . At the moment, playwrights seem happy to dig into the dangers of AI because—let’s face it—there’s drama in them thar hills. Disruption, Andrew Stein’s new play…
Jason Babinsky, Michael McKean and Adam Kantor in “Are You Now or Have You Ever Been.”July 30, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.About six years ago, my theatre going b…
Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 — July 23, 1966).Credited with bringing a bold and newfound realism to the big screen, Montgomery Clift distinctively transformed movie acting in th…
The 1967 cast of “Hello, Dolly!” led by Pearl Bailey (Friedman-Abeles Photography).July 19, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron FasslerIf your love of Broadway musicals has brough…
