Light shines again for Broadway man by Marci Shatzman

It's not like Martin Gold was hiding out. Plenty of people in Valencia Isles knew who he was before he left the bright lights of Broadway for the western suburbs of Boynton Beach about five …

Bruce Adler, Broadway actor and local performer, dies at 63 By Bill Hirschman

Cruz's Father muted by Jack Zink

With Beauty of the Father, perhaps his most languorous play to date, Nilo Cruz could be writing about the moors of Emily Bronte's England or William Inge's American Midwest as easily as the Andalusia of Federico Garcia Lorca's Spain.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

Star of Aida wants to see all America has to offer by Elizabeth Maupin

Even in a crowd, Paulette Ivory stands out.

Musical revue will set up shop at Parker by Jack Zink

Florida Follies is now pegged to open Jan. 8 and run through late March. Florence Henderson will be mistress of ceremonies over a song-and-dance troupe produced and directed by Jean Ann Ryan, mistress of supper club and cruise-ship floor shows.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link!

Stage Bill by Jack Zink

By Jupiter!: It's back. The former Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theatre is now the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, officially reopening Sunday night with a benefit performance starring Brent Barrett and Judy Kaye.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

Allergist's Wife playwright Charles Busch displays multiple talents by Jack Zink

The (Reefer) Madness of Cumming By Evan Henerson, Los Angeles Daily News

A 'Frankie' discussion with 'Jersey Boys' star By Rod Stafford Hagwood

Show's star talks about running a marathon nightly 'in your throat.'

Bob Gaudio put the words in Frankie Valli's mouth By Rod Stafford Hagwood

Dance Lessons pirouettes through emotional range by Jack Zink

Rue McClanahan remains spry enough to be a Golden Girl, and Mark Hamill has reached the cusp of Golden Boyhood. That's a perfect match for a comically poignant duet at the Coconut Grove Play…

A mostly sour take on playwright's affair with comedian by Jack Zink

Back in 1983, when they were still more or less an item, Ginger Reiter wrote a musical about her relationship with comedian Jackie Mason called Oh, Jackie Oh.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

Patti Lupone arrives as Mama Rose in 'Gypsy' By Jack Zink

Gary Beach relishes role in goofy Spamalot By Bill Hirschman

Obituary: Vera O'Connor, actress, executive by Jack Zink

At the peak of her career in the 1930s Vera Dunn was featured as Bonnie, the gun moll in Cole Porter's Anything Goes with Ethel Merman, making her way into Walter Winchell's column for delivering her lines while hanging upside-down from the deck of a ship.

Wopat has survived his Hazzard duty by Kyle Lawson

Marvin Hamlisch still loves the stage by Mike Boehm

Thanks to American Theater Web for this link, and for the Orlando Sentinel story above.

Sun Sentinel theater critic Jack Zink dead at age 61 By John Dolen

Musical digs its heels into the life of Ginger Rogers By Bill Hirschman

Two mourners spar over the wife and lover they shared by Jack Zink

Two fine actors fit into a pair of equally fine roles at the Coconut Grove Playhouse for Halpern & Johnson, a play that is unfortunately less than the sum of its parts.
With Hal Linden and Brian Murray.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the two links above!

Jeff Marx controls Avenue Q's puppet regime By Jack Zink

Playwright's life has many of same turns as his 'Say Goodnight, Gracie' by Jack Zink

Urban Cowboy becomes a big-city musical

Audrey gets a revamp for Broadway-bound revival of Little Shop of Horrors by Jack Zink

Sondheim returns: The composer brings story of the Mizner brothers to the stage by Chris Jones

"Oy, Oy, Oy," kvetches Stephen Sondheim, the iconic composer whose name launched a thousand books and journals, and whose personal approval is more valuable and sought after in theatrical ci…

Kate Mulgrew goes through rigorous schedule to play Katherine Hepburn by Jack Zink

And a few reviews to go along with the above feature...
Mulgrew channels Hepburn
Two Kates just great: Hepburn show soars

Vinnette, we're the ones who disappointed you by Jack Zink

Anita MacShane, Vinnette Carroll's longtime friend and former managing partner at New York's Urban Arts Corps Theatre 30 years ago, remembered this quote after Carroll's death this week at a…

Urban Cowboy: Is Coconut Grove production Broadway bound? by Jack Zink

Making a song and dance By Jack Zink

Somehow, Disney chairman Michael D. Eisner doesn't seem out of place as the one person who can describe the essence of musical theater for the new PBS miniseries Broadway: The American Music…

Old gal Parker jilted for Philly's bigger backstage

The Parker, built in the mid-'60s, is a glamorous old gal still looking fresh. But she never had much of a backstage area, especially for musicals. As national tours got bigger in the '80s, some big shows left parts of their sets in the trucks outside.
"Harmony," from a Floridian perspective.
Thanks to American Theater Web for the link.

Bob Hope hits 100, but archive of jokes timeless