The walking tour I referred to in the previous post was, as intended, a revivifying return to basics for this correspondent. As I mentioned in that post, locations connected to P.T. Barnum were a major sub-them…

The film of Chip Deffaa's "George M. Cohan Tonight!"--with Jon Peterson reprising his highly acclaimed stage performance--is being released on the day that Cohan always proudly claimed as his birthday--the Four…

'Ezra' is a road trip movie, a movie about fathers and sons.Bobby Cannavale plays the father Max, and he hasn't quite figured out what his son Ezra's autism diagnosis means for their life together.The movie dra…

Robert Cornelius who plays the father, Jean, in Where the Mountain Meets the Sea, may be a Signature newcomer, but he has been an actor, singer, writer, educator and activist for over three decades. Come learn …

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Get a first look at Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of The Height of the Storm, written by Tony Award nominee Florian Zeller (The Father), translated by two-time Tony Aw…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Incognito, the American premiere of the new play written by Nick Payne (Constellations) and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (The Father, Doubt, Outside Mullingar), is cur…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: THE FATHER, a new play by Moliere Award winner Florian Zeller, in a translation by two-time Tony Award winner Christopher Hampton (Sunset Boulevard, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, God o…

Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Bryan Cranston, A Life in Parts (New York: Scribner’s, 2016). 274pp. 10th …

In this video, the father and daughter team Jon Jon and Isa Briones who are currently starring in the hit Broadway musical Hadestown eight times a week. They both spill the tea on why the show continues to be a…

A MOTHER. A DAUGHTER. 3 POSSIBLE DADS. AND A TRIP DOWN THE AISLE YOU’LL NEVER FORGET! Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, a tale of love, friendship, and identity is beautifully told …

Stage@TheDock, HullJodie and Mike are getting married with all the familiar trimmings – wayward stag night, last-night jitters, irritating in-laws – but Maureen Lennon calls out the hidden misogyny They hav…

Theater Review By Ron Fassler . . . . Konstantin Stanislavski is often referred to as the father of modern acting, the method that phased out old school actors of the 19th century and sent them kicking and scre…

Bush theatre, LondonTherapists will love this drama about neonatal strains with all its flashbacks to childhood battles. Shame the focus is all on the father, leaving the women looking like harpies Amid the fuz…

"I know what it's like to be an audience member at this show," Jordan Fisher, Hadestown's celestial-voiced Orpheus, recently told The Broadway Show. "I remember it so clearly. I'll never forget the first time…

Unicorn theatre, LondonBreathtaking set design and transportive music drive a family-friendly version of the epic Greek myth A teenage Telemachus sets out from Ithaca in search of the father he idolises, tracin…

By: David Sheward April 5, 2024: Wet Brain, John J. Caswell's Jr.'s play about a Hispanic family dealing with the father's alcoholism and delusions of being kidnapped by aliens, co-produced by Playwrights Ho…

Jordan Fisher has extended his run as Orpheus in Broadway's Hadestown. His final performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre will be September 15. The actor has additionally announced plans to take a leave of abs…

The father-daughter acting duo of Jon Jon and Isa Briones join the Broadway cast of Hadestown at the Walter Kerr Theatre on March 19. Isa takes on the lead role of Eurydice while her father Jon Jon assumes th…

Both productions, which played the London theatre in 2023, are coming to the platform as archival filmings.

Eugene O’Neill’s mighty drama, returning to the West End with Brian Cox and Patricia Clarkson, has drawn generations of stage greats and casts its spell with a story we can all recognise How to approach Eug…

A MOTHER. A DAUGHTER. 3 POSSIBLE DADS. AND A TRIP DOWN THE AISLE YOU’LL NEVER FORGET! Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, a tale of love, friendship, and identity is beautifully told …

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/mamma-mia/ A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Set on a Greek island paradise …

The Lucky Chance, Frome; Almeida; Soho theatre, LondonThere’s a puppet but no happy ending at Emma Rice’s fine new Somerset venue; Elvis Costello soundtracks a postwar Polish love story; and Armando Iannucc…

The Shakespeare virtuosos are about to share a stage in a modern-day version of the Scottish play. Fresh out of rehearsals, they discuss PTSD, childhood ambition and what makes them angry David Tennant and Cush…

Derby theatreOur heroine is a straight-talker who is not bothered about the ball but still finds romance in Annie Siddons’ lively version In her fresh version of the bridal fairytale, Annie Siddons mixes some…

MAMMA MIA! returns to San Francisco from December 5–10, 2023 at the Golden Gate Theatre. A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Set on a Greek island parad…

MAMMA MIA! returns to San Francisco from December 5–10, 2023 at the Golden Gate Theatre. A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Set on a Greek island parad…

An International Theater Festival Ponders Consequences of Bullying and Marauding  By Steven Leigh Morris “Negotiating Peace” at the Oda Theatre, Prishtina, Kosovo: Emma Andrea, Harald Thompson Rosentrom, …

MAMMA MIA! returns to San Francisco from December 5–10, 2023 at the Golden Gate Theatre. A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Set on a Greek island parad…

 40 Years of Broadway: 2003-2013:The Standout Performances Over the years, I've had the great privilege of seeing some of the greatest performers in Broadway history. Some I've caught at the end of their ca…

Theatre Royal BathRichard Eyre’s production of the father-and-son drama has some strong performances but is too light to probe the play’s plaintive depths A fine roll call of actors have played the central …

The father-daughter duo are starring in Theresa Rebeck’s I Need That for Roundabout Theatre Company.

Nobodies who kill somebodies: let’s make a list. Okay, there’s Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK), James Earl Ray (MLK) and Mark Chapman (John Lennon). But what about the man who shot Mahatma Gandhi? What was his name…

Get tickets at www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/mamma-mia/ A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always …

What do you get if you stir together abortion rights, cancel culture, and Hamlet, throw in hints of Becket and Brecht, and add sharp writing, excellent acting, and fabulous make-up and costumes? The impressive…

Indhu Rubasingham's sweeping production returns to the National From the moment that the blood-stained Nathuram Godse rises out of the floor of the National Theatre's Olivier stage and demands ‘What are you s…

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Anupama Chandrasekhar's play The Father and the Assassin now playing at the National Theatre. This post REVIEW: The Father and the Assassin, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭�…

INDIA 1948 , LESSONS FOR ALL TIME      This show  is a happy return, especially if like me you missed it last summer: the National at its best, a modern epic and warning directed with flowing, endlessly ent…

Andriy Bondarenko Ghost Land Translated by John Freedman with Vladyslav Hetmanenko   The Butterfly Iura, a Ukrainian soldier (male, 20s – 40s) Iuliia, Iura’s girlfriend/lover (female, 20s – 30s) Orestes,…

MAMMA MIA! returns to San Francisco from December 5–10, 2023 at the Golden Gate Theatre. A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads.  And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget!  Set on a Greek island pa…

By Ron Fassler . . . When it comes to the Great American Songbook, there’s a special checkmark next to the name of composer Jerome Kern (1885-1945). Considered by peers like George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, …

Indhu Rubasingham directs Anupama Chandrasekhar’s gripping play about the murder of Mahatma Gandhi.

In a Northwest Side warehouse, you can visit the apartment of a Mexican family, anxious because the father has been deported. Or a multi-generation Filipino family, about to cook supper. The ninety-four-year-ol…

Indhu Rubasingham will direct Anupama Chandrasekhar’s gripping play about the murder of Mahatma Gandhi.

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 and scheduled to reope…

The main issue with this show is the lack of clarity in the book. Who is the play about, the father or the son? Act I is primarily a story about Paul Sub and his business ventures leading up to the creation of …

A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, a tale of love, friendship, and identity is beautifully t…

(Photo by Arti e Mestieri) Bruna Braidotti is a playwright, director and actress, mostly working on gender issues and local cultures. She is also President of the Company of Arti e Mestieri in Pordenone and F…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2022-2023/blue/ How do you protect a child born into danger? “Best New Opera of 2020” (The Music Critics Association of North America) Music by Jeanine Tesori / Lib…

British mathematician Alan Turing, who is the father of computer science, was primarily publicly remembered for being convicted of “gross indecency” for homosexual acts and was subject to chemical castratio…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2022-2023/blue-panel/ Explore the themes of Blue in an engaging event featuring a panel conversation with special guests and musical performance. How do we move through …

March 3, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler “I think probably one of the worst reviews that I got was actually from a person on the street, and not a paid critic. I remember stepping out onto …

George Balanchine is widely regarded as the father of American ballet and a giant of dance in general. His over 400 works helped to define modern ballet as we know it. The Washington Ballet paid tribute to this…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2022-2023/blue/ In early March 2020, artists, community leaders, and law enforcement officials gathered in Washington to discuss Blue, a contemporary opera by Tazewell T…

Kissing the Floor was a well-conceived, powerful dramatization akin to the legendary "sins of the father," ably expressing the overpowering tragedies of Antigone brought to life in the demise of a family during…

February 20, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler In May of 1964, an election year, a new play opened on Broadway by A. E. Hotchner titled The White House. It depicted a relatively quick history o…

Christopher Chen Creates a Complex Mystery by Patricia L. Morin “The Headlands” captures us in an inventive murder mystery that intertwines a dysfunctional Asian American family with questionable memories o…

Florian Zeller’s The Father, first produced in 2012, remains a timely play for various reasons. It provides a direct and confrontational examination of the challenges of living with dementia from a number of …

In a stage adaptation of Larry Sultan’s photo memoir, Nathan Lane stars as the father everyone’s aiming at.

See a new Eric Bogosian play, a puppet show about Václav Havel, FRIGID's annual Fringe and more --- Adventurous audiences know that some of the biggest theatrical thrills are found on NYC's smallest stages. Th…

The parents of police victim Tyre Nichols, the ambassador from Ukraine, a man who disarmed a killer, the father of a young woman who died from an overdose – these are among the nine individuals whom President…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2022-2023/blue/ How do you protect a child born into danger? In the D.C. premiere of Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s new contemporary opera, a family struggle…

note to a friend, composed by Pulitzer prize-winning composer David Lang, is a chamber opera inspired by three texts by Japanese author Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the father of Japanese short stories—”Death Regis…

January 15 was the birthday of the father of modern drumming Gene Krupa (1909-1973) and this year will also mark 50 years since he shuffled off this mortal snare. Krupa remains one of the most significant jazz …

OTTO FRANK January 12 - January 22, 2023 Created and Performed by Roger Guenveur Smith Learn more: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2223/utr-2023/otto-frank/ Obie Award-winning collaborators Roger…

Thirties Harlem and the siege of Troy rocked, along with Joan of Arc, Orlando and the Ladies of Llangollen, to be greeted by funding cuts across the board Read the Observer critics’ review of 2022 in full 1. …

Friday at 5pm in the Mead Lobby, Director of Artistic Development Anika Chapin sits down with her father, former President of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, Ted Chapin to discuss his celebrated book Ev…

December 16, 2022 5PM - 6PM The Mead Lobby or Streaming Online Director of Artistic Development Anika Chapin sits down with author and former president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization Ted Chapin to d…

The writer Joan Didion once said that “we tell ourselves stories in order to live.” But lately an increasing number of theater makers have not only been telling the stories of their lives but sharing them o…

Well I hope you know that the title of this post is due to the fact that the original Tony Pastor was the father of vaudeville. We have been frustrated on occasion in googling that important guy on account of a…

Emmy winner Joseph Dougherty penned the play which stars the father-and-son duo.

The father-and-son duo star in the Irish Repertory Theatre production of the play by Emmy winner Joseph Dougherty.

Born 100 years ago today, stage and screen director Arthur Penn (1922-2010). Penn is widely considered the Father of New Hollywood on account of his breakthrough hit Bonnie and Clyde (1967), though he was quick…

Ian Shaw plays his father, Robert Shaw, who died three years after starring as maniacal shark hunter Quint in the blockbuster thriller.

Almeida; Hampstead; Young Vic; Apollo, LondonFamily celebrations go pear-shaped in Dipo Baruwa-Etti’s mischievous new play; Richard Eyre’s writing debut falls mysteriously flat; and Gabriel Byrne brilliantl…

Florian Zeller will make his television debut as the writer, director, and co-producer of the upcoming series adaption of The Lehman Trilogy. Florian Zeller is most known for his trilogy of plays, The Father, T…

Monkey Barrel, EdinburghSince her last show, about weightlifting, the 39-year-old has split from her son’s father and moved in with a woman. Which adds up to hilarity for the audience if not the comic For all…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. See Hugh Jackman in Florian Zeller's The Son The trailer for Florian Zeller's The Son, a follow-up to The Father, his Oscar-winning screen adaptation of…

The upcoming drama is adapted from the stage trilogy that includes The Father, which made its Broadway debut in 2016.

The father and son duo have previously starred together in productions of the play written by Emmy winner Joseph Dougherty.