586 stories by "Howard Sherman"
Even by the standards of today's much-diminished independent bookstores, New York's Drama Book Shop is a fairly intimate boutique, with narrow frontage
Hearing the word 'vagina’ aloud before 1996, outside of a medical setting, was a bit startling. Encountering it in an article was likely to cause many readers more than a bit of surpri…
If you're not familiar with Julia Pascal's 2003 play Crossing Jerusalem, that's because the play has only had two productions in the U.S. Or perhaps it is more correct to say that it has …
If you're not familiar with Julia Pascal's 2003 play Crossing Jerusalem, that’s because the play has only had two productions in the U.S. Or perhaps it is more correct to say that it h…
I guess my dash from row O to row A the other night pretty much erased any pretence of professional distance. Especially
There's nothing quite like getting a cease and desist letter. It may be commonplace if you're an attorney and you're receiving a cease and desist claim on behalf of clients, but for artis…
There's nothing quite like getting a cease and desist letter. It may be commonplace if you're an attorney and you're receiving a cease and desist claim on behalf of clients, but for artis…
"I have a guy." I used to hear this phrase a lot, from various people not in the theatre industry, who always
Let's start with the basics: no one can possibly prevent critics from reviewing shows if they want to do. Whether it's requested or even imposed by theatre company, a venue, a rights holder,…
Let's start with the basics: no one can possibly prevent critics from reviewing shows if they want to do. Whether it's requested or even imposed by theatre company, a venue, a rights holder,…
I am not given to reveries about bygone days or a review of my life choices on my birthdays. The same holds true for New Year's eve and day. But just in time for my birthday this year,…
If the sight of perhaps 750 theatre fans spontaneously breaking into a song from their favourite musical warms your heart, then the
It's a reflex action for those in the arts to recoil and get angry when creative work is described as "intolerable blasphemies." But it's probably worth giving a small shout out to the Ameri…
It's a reflex action for those in the arts to recoil and get angry when creative work is described as "intolerable blasphemies." But it's probably worth giving a small shout out to the Ameri…
"Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alienation. Where everything isn't meant to be okay." The details are very sketchy. The drama director hasn't yet responded to a call or …
"Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alienation. Where everything isn't meant to be okay." The details are very sketchy. The drama director hasn't yet responded to a call or …
This post originally appeared on hesherman.com. Republished with permission. If you're a dedicated fan of the musical Hamilton, or if you follow me on social media, you may well have …
It's a tad too early to announce the emergence of a new trend, but two recent announcements suggest that there's something brewing
Oh, British theatre, you've bested your American counterparts again, and you likely don't even know about it. I should explain. In late
At first, they were a few lunchtime tweets, which proved of little interest, it seemed. But when I collected a couple, and added a few more, for a Facebook post at 9:30 pm on New Year…
If the location of your office compels you to visit Times Square regularly, you are confronted at least twice a day (going to work and on your way home) by a crush of people, gaping tourists…
Oh, New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, what are we going to do with you? It was surprising to many that you thought you could do a "classic" yellowface Mikado in New York in 2015. But yo…
I was certainly going to the theatre, and to Broadway, by the 1980s, but I never did see a show in the Mark Hellinger Theatre on 51st Street before it was sold to the Times Square Church. I'…
I honestly wish I could figure out what makes one blog post a roaring success, and another a blip on the radar. Certainly the topic under discussion has some impact, but readership seems jus…
If you're a dedicated fan of the musical Hamilton, or if you follow me on social media, you may well have come across of the streetside #Ham4Ham show videos I've been sharing since late July…
