In a 1985 feature, Playbill spoke to the playwright of groundbreaking As Is before its May 1 Broadway opening, and reported from a rehearsal of the Off-Broadway premiere of The Normal Heart.
In an April 1985 feature, Playbill spoke to the playwright of groundbreaking As Is, and reported from a rehearsal of the Off-Broadway premiere of The Normal Heart.
"Chicago" is about the way we make celebrities of criminals, a theme more pertinent today than it was in 1975.
"Jersey Boys" simply narrates the career of Valli, his friends and the man who wrote their successes, Bob Gaudio.
Wicked," the "prequel" to "The Wizard of Oz," is an interminable show with no dramatic logic or emotional center.
Do I sound uncharacteristically mushy? Well, I am, in no small part to my experience over the last four months. At 4:21 a.m. on June 12 I received a call from Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital.…
This will likely be my last post on the Daily News website. I was informed a month ago that there will be a major redesign of the site and The Cultural Tourist will not be part of it. As of …
One of the most arresting images in "Houdini, Art and Magic," currenty at the Jewish Museum, is a 1916 photograph of the great magician standing beside the carriage of Sarah Bernhardt, perha…
Last night, when I got home from the marvelous party Barry Singer, the propietor of Chartwell Booksellers, threw for his friend Stephen Sondheim to celebrate the publication of his first (!!…
I'm afraid I have stolen -- quite shamelessly -- the title of this blog from the man standing behind me as we left the memorial for Joe Stein at Riverside Chapel Wednesay afternoon.
On the one hand, I can't wait to hear the cast album that will accompany the revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane's 1965 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, since, apart from the glori…