Monday, June 24, 2024
Starring Holland Taylor and Ana Villafañe, N/A is a new play by first-timer Mario Correa that is having its world premiere at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre at Lincoln Center. Correa, self-d…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:20PMFriday, June 21, 2024
A repurposed logo of David Byrd’s original poster for “Follies” for the one-night only concert at Carnegie Hall, June 20, 2024.June 21, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fass…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:34PMMonday, June 17, 2024
Cabaret review by Ron Fassler . . . . Gavin Lee must know that he can’t really go wrong musically by saluting songs first introduced by Fred Astaire, right? Though naturally best known…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:56AMSunday, May 19, 2024
Nina Hoss as Ranevskaya in “The Cherry Orchard.” Photo by Johan Persson.May 19, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
The Cherry Orchard is one of my favorite plays. I was…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 07:48AMTuesday, April 9, 2024
Robert Morse as Jerry/Daphne and Tony Roberts as Joe/Josephine in “Sugar” (1972). Photo by Martha Swope.April 9, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Fifty-two years ago …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 06:55AMWednesday, January 31, 2024
Chita Rivera (1933–2024). Photo by Gregg Delman for The New York Times from “The Visit” (2015).January 31, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Chita Rivera first start…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:34PMSaturday, December 30, 2023
2014 Revival of “On the Town” with Clyde Alves, Tony Yazbeck and Jay Armstrong Johnson in the front line.December 30, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
This week’s tw…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:20AMFriday, December 29, 2023
“On the Town” Playbill cover with photo by Chris Alexander, who played Chip. Later, he would go on to become a professional photographer.December 29, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, b…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:01AMThursday, December 28, 2023
Youth and work (and play): Leonard Bernstein at the piano, Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden and Adolph Green.December 28, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
It’s hard to imagi…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:33AMThursday, November 30, 2023
Frances Sternhagen (1930–2023).November 30, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
With fifty Broadway and off-Broadway shows to her credit over a career that spanned more than…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 06:14AMWednesday, September 27, 2023
Modeling Raoul Pène Du Bois “76 Trombones” costume, built for Robert Preston in “The Music Man” in 1957.September 27, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
By chance l…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 07:31AMSaturday, September 16, 2023
Cover of Alan Shayne’s “The Star Dressing Room: Portrait of an Actor.”September 16, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
There are not a whole lot of people around toda…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:39AMMonday, July 17, 2023
Barnard Hughes in Murray Schisgal’s “All Over Town” (1974). Photo by Martha Swope. “There wasn’t a basement in New York I didn’t work in.”July 17, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:30AMTuesday, July 4, 2023
Howard Da Silva as Benjamin Franklin in “1776” (1969). Photo by Martha Swope.July 4, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
I’ve been writing 1776-themed columns on July 4…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:30PMFriday, June 30, 2023
Alan Arkin in “Enter Laughing” (1963).June 30, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Not to be too emphatic about it, but Alan Arkin was among my most favorite actors. King …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:26PMSaturday, June 24, 2023
Sheldon Harnick (1924–2023). Photo by Carlo Allegri for the Washington Post.June 24, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
News that Sheldon Harnick left us yesterday at age n…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 06:26PMWednesday, June 21, 2023
Picture postcard of the Priscilla Beach Theatre in Plymouth, Massachusetts circa 1940s.June 21, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
On this first day of summer, I find myself…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 08:18AMSaturday, June 10, 2023
June 10, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Between 41st and 66th streets there are forty-two legit Broadway theatres (this includes the Palace, currently under renovation an…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:59PMFriday, May 12, 2023
Sutton Foster (center) hosts PBS’s “Great Performances: Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway’s Best.”May 12, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Premiering tonight on PBS …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:27AMTuesday, May 9, 2023
May 9, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Forty-five years ago tonight, the musical revue Ain’t Misbehavin’ opened at the Longacre Theatre. Based on music made famous by …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:16AMFriday, May 5, 2023
Alfred Lunt as Anton Schill and Lynn Fontanne as Claire Zachanassian in “The Visit” (1958). Photo by Vandamm.May 5, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
On this date sixty…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:56AMSaturday, April 15, 2023
After April 16, 2023 the marquee goes dark.April 15, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Tomorrow, after thirty-five years, the epic run of The Phantom of the Opera will come…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 08:54AMTuesday, April 11, 2023
Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel taking their bows at a curtain call of “Wicked” (2003).April 11, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Tonight, Wicked will become the 4t…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:28AMSaturday, April 8, 2023
Michael Bennett (1943–1987).April 8, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Had he lived, today would mark Michael Bennett’s 80th birthday. He died in Tucson, Arizona in 1987…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:35AMFriday, March 31, 2023
The original cast of “Oklahoma!” with Lee Dixon in plaid jacket (Will Parker), Celeste Holm in yellow (Ado Annie), Alfred Drake (Curly) & Joan Roberts (Laurey) under the surrey, Jose…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 08:26AMThursday, March 30, 2023
Current cast members of “A Chorus Line” at the Cincinnati Playhouse: Musa Hitomi (Connie), Diego Guevara (Paul), Courtney Arango (Diana), Drew Lachey (Zach), Jonathan Duvelson (Ritchie) …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:55PMMonday, March 20, 2023
Donna Murphy, Philip Johnson Richardson and Samantha Williams in “Dear World” (photo by Joan Marcus).March 20, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
The plea for a “dear …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:24AMSunday, March 19, 2023
Saturday, March 18, 2023
John Kander, born on this date March 18, 1927.March 18, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Today is the 96th birthday of the legendary composer John Kander, who is still doi…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:58AMFriday, March 17, 2023
Angela Lansbury as the Countess Aurelia in “Dear World” (1969). Photo by Friedman-Abeles.March 17, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
“I was terribly spoiled,” Jerry …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 07:21AMWednesday, March 15, 2023
Mary McCarty leading the charge with “Who’s That Woman?” (1971). That’s Alexis Smith in red on the left and Dorothy Collins and Yvonne De Carlo on the right.March 15, 2023: Theatre …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:24AM 
