THE STRENGTH AND PASSION OF FRANCES STERNHAGEN by Ron Fassler

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…

Frances Sternhagen, acclaimed stage and Sex and the City actor, dies at 93 by Adrian Horton

Tony-winning actor was known for screen roles in Misery, ER and Cheers, and for stage roles in On Golden Pond and The Heiress Frances Sternhagen, the Tony award-winning actor known for playi…

Frances Sternhagen, Actress Who Thrived in Mature Roles, Dies at 93 by Anita Gates

Her Tony-winning Broadway career included “Driving Miss Daisy,” “On Golden Pond” and “The Heiress.” On TV she had maternal roles in “Cheers” and “Sex and the City.”

Driving Miss Daisy

Vintage breathes life into ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ by Eric Fitzgerald

Strong performances boost what’s now a classic tale of race and friendship

Parade by Joseph Pisano

While Brown's tunefully varied score strives to historically situate the bigoted nightmare we're witnessing within the cultural context of the South's fabricated sense of nobility and victim…

My Variety Review : Broadway's Stunning Revival of 'Parade" by Frank Rizzo

All photos by Joan Marcus. Traveling from the relative calm of the Clinton era to more perilous, contemporary times of mobs, mend…

Parade review – resonant, beautifully performed Broadway revival by Adrian Horton

Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, New York The Broadway transfer of the first major New York revival for the 1998 musical features luminous turns from Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond Parade, the 1998 …

Hunter Foster Will Direct American Theater Group's PARADE in March

The American Theater Group (ATG), Somerset County’s professional regional theater company celebrating its 11th season, will present Parade, the Tony Award-winning musical by acclaimed play…

11 New Musicals to See Off Broadway This Fall - New song-filled shows by a Pulitzer Prize winner, an indie rocker and more by Raven Snook

New song-filled shows by a Pulitzer Prize winner, an indie rocker and more --- Broadway isn't the only destination for exciting new musicals this fall. In fact, there are almost twice as man…

LEGEND: THE CAREER OF ANGELA LANSBURY, PART 3 by Ron Fassler

Angela Lansbury (1925–2022).In yesterday’s column, Angela Lansbury’s whirlwind of activity in the 1970s was explored. Not only did she perform on Broadway and the West End, as well as …

20 Shows to See Off Broadway in October - Catch two new plays by Pulitzer Prize winners, three new musicals and four Tony-winning actors by Raven Snook

Catch two new plays by Pulitzer Prize winners, three new musicals and four Tony-winning actors There may be 20 shows bowing on Broadway this fall but Off Broadway there are dozens of product…

People You Should Know . . . Cassel by Zack Calhoon

Cassel is a Black man living in Canada. That simple statement has impacted heavily his awareness over the past few years. Leaving Jamaica on his seventh birthday, Cassel arrived in a country…

Patti LuPone, Carrie Fisher & More to Receive Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by Lindsey Sullivan

We'll drink to this! The Hollywood Walk of Fame's class of 2022 has been revealed! ABC7 reports that Tony winner Patti LuPone will be among the honorees to be recognized at next year's induc…

Dana Ivey & Morgan Freeman to Revisit Driving Miss Daisy for Acting Company Benefit by Andy Lefkowitz

Dana Ivey and Morgan Freeman, the award-winning stars who originated the roles of Daisy Werthan and Hoke Colburn in the 1987 debut staging of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer-winning play Driving Mis…

Morgan Freeman and Dana Ivey to Lead Benefit Reading of DRIVING MISS DAISY

The Acting Company presents a one-night-only benefit reading of Driving Miss Daisy, the beloved play by Alfred Uhry, at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (68th Street between Park and Lex…

Dana Ivey and Morgan Freeman to Star in Benefit Reading of Driving Miss Daisy by Olivia Clement

The play's original Off-Broadway stars will reunite for the Acting Company fundraiser this fall.

JCAT Drives Home ‘Miss Daisy’s’ Relevance To Our Times by Bill Hirschman

There are plays that you may have seen ithat, when you experience them in today's environment, bring more of a tear then they might have 10 years ago. This is the experience with JCAT's Dri…

People You Should Know . . . Victoria Broyles by Zack Calhoon

VICTORIA BROYLES Graduated from East Carolina University in May 2014. Worked at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre for two summers as ASM: Shrek, Crazy for You, King and I, Les Miserables, Chic…

Ep. 32: Building a Season from Scratch with NC Theatre CEO Elizabeth Doran and Producing Artistic Director Eric Woodall by Lauren Van Hemert

Hear what North Carolina Theatre's Elizabeth Doran (President/CEO) and Eric Woodall, Producing Artistic Director, have to say about NC Theatre’s the decision-making process, as it pertains…

Broadway Press Agent Bob Ullman Passes Away at 97

Robert ('Bob') Ullman (left), the legendary theatre press agent, whose career included Ethel Merman and Mary Martin: Together on Broadway, A Chorus Line (from workshop to Public Theater to B…

DRIVING MISS DAISY, MACBETH, and More Coming to BroadwayHD in August

BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming service for theater fans, has announced its roster of shows coming in August.

Driving Miss Daisy review at York Theatre Royal – ‘a plodding revival’ by Catherine Love

On the surface, Driving Miss Daisy looks like a timely choice of revival. The play explores the relationship between an African American

Meet the cast of Driving Miss Daisy at York Theatre Royal led by Paula Wilcox & Maurey Richards by Anne Cox

York Theatre Royal is behind the wheel for a new production of Alfred Uhry’s award-winning comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy which takes to the stage next month with Maurey Richards steering…

#TBT: Playbill: Meet Me in St. Louis: May 1990 by JK

The look and scale of Meet Me in St. Louis was emblematic of shows in the late 80's/early 90's. Everything about it was huge - the sets (including a gigantic, multi-floor, rotating Victoria…

The Racial Reconciliation Fantasies The Oscars Love So Much? Really, It’s All Just Transactional by Artsjournal1

Critic Wesley Morris nods to The Blind Side, Crash, and The Help, but he concentrates, of course, on current contender Green Book and its Oscar-winning predecessor Driving Miss Daisy, as wel…

Clarke Peters Replaces Giles Terera in Rachel Chavkin's The American Clock at The Old Vic by Andy Lefkowitz

Stage-and-screen alum Clarke Peters (The Wire) has joined the cast of The Old Vic's upcoming staging of Arthur Miller's The American Clock. Peters will take on the roles of Robe…

Exclusive Podcast: Go 'Behind the Curtain' with Tony-Winning Producer, Co-Owner of Feinstein's/54 Below Richard Frankel by Behind The Curtain

Richard Frankel is one of Broadway's most respected producers and is one of the co-owners of Feinstein's54 Below, arguable the most influential cabaret space in the world. As a producer, his…

Review: Driving Miss Daisy at Anacostia Playhouse by Debbie Minter Jackson

I wasn’t planning to catch this – the Morgan Freeman/Jessica Tandy movie was enough, so I passed on all the other enticing offerings. Yes, the play is beautifully written and quaint, and…

Review: ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ at Anacostia Playhouse by William Powell

Driving Miss Daisy, at Anacostia Playhouse, tackles many subjects: growing older, race relations, and all sorts of personal drama encountered by its Southern protagonists over a 25-year peri…

Driving Miss Daisy – Hoboken by Mile Square Theatre by Sandi Durell

  by Adam Cohen   The quiet freemasonry of pride, time, companionship, and aging provides for a quiet but thought provoking production of Pulitzer Prize winner Alfred Uhry’s Driv…