217 stories by "Cara Joy David"
I've come to admire people, and theater companies, that take the risk. You have to hand it to Elliott -- more than any other major off-Broadway theater company, The New Group consistently pr…
Two things happened in theater yesterday that had me thinking -- The New York Times reported Sting was going into The Last Ship, which he wrote the score for, and The Country House closed.
Ever since Dr. Zhivago was announced last month for a spring Broadway berth, I've been thinking: "What other shows that I never thought would make it will come?"
There have been very few people during my career -- some, maybe, but not many -- that have meant as much to the Broadway...
Let me pay a little tribute to him here. A mentee of Jerome Robbins, Saddler won two Tony Awards for Best Choreography, one for Wonderful Town in 1953 and one for No, No, Nanette in 1971.
I don't necessarily get Encores! special events as a concept. However I'm happy such things exist. I hope The Band Wagon is great and has a future life. But if it doesn't live on, at least t…
It is difficult to get me to a one-person show or anything that is essentially a one-person show. That is unless there is a Tony contender in it. So it's odd that at the height of the fall t…
Every year I hear about the death of the new musical. Wholly original shows -- or, hell, just shows with new scores (it's hard to be truly "original" these days) -- get bad reviews…
Is this the best fall theater season in years? I think so. While I don't do reviews really, I felt the need to...
Forget about the fact that you're supposed to be focusing on the art form on the stage. Forget about the fact that you -- and the people sitting next to you -- have spent hundreds of dollars…
I love the fall theater season. First, fall is my favorite time of the year in the city. Second, the fall theater season is chock full of new offerings, but the pressure to see them right aw…
I am happy Gentleman's Guide won the Tony Award. I didn't care ahead of the big night (unlike the previous year, when I desperately wanted Matilda), but, sitting there with a full house, I w…
"The Unsinkable Molly Brown," having a run in Denver, is about as changed as a revival can be.
Longtime readers of mine know, I strongly believe in the importance of bringing new people into the theater, whether that means onstage or in the audience. I'm not a theater purist -- I sti…
A big thing employers want to see on resumes is additional languages spoken. The only language I speak other than English is...
Let me tell you, none of the new comedies this summer are as good as Playing House.
I love musicals. And I know how hard it is to get them off the ground. I recently wrote a New York Times story about a show...
I've had a pretty crappy few days. When that happens, I like to spend time with my old friends. Unfortunately, as we've gotten...
I got both leading ladies to participate in my recurring feature where I ask actors random, often silly, questions taken directly from the subject matter or text of the show.
Following the deaths of the playwright Wendy Wasserstein and the composer Cy Coleman, many attempts have been made to bring "Pamela's First Musical" to the stage.
For a change of pace, today I'm offering you a series of random theater-related thoughts. None of which could take up a post on its own, but together they seem worthy.
While Holler if Ya Hear Me, the new musical featuring the songs of Tupac Shakur, has strong performances by Broadway vets, I found the work of Broadway newbies Joshua Boone and Dyllon Burnsi…
I sometimes feel like I have my own Tony Awards black cloud. Last year, my guest got injured at Party #2 (and Matilda lost, which made...
Fly By Night is about fate, love and loss. Out of those, the second topic provides for more entertaining discussions, so I emailed Allison Case, Adam Chandler-Berat and Patti Murin and asked…
My fair readers -- it is a week before the Tony Awards. What does that mean? It's time for The Drama Desk Awards. There are...
