586 stories by "Howard Sherman"
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child set a new box office record on Broadway last week. While box office records seem to
When shows make the trans-Atlantic trip between Broadway and the West End they are, essentially, the same production. There may be tweaks
Now there is a redaction, an editor's note, and an author's apology. But for roughly 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday this week, in a theatre review in the Chicago Reader, the …
It is possible that you've heard of Michael Weller's play Buyer Beware. But unless you were among the roughly 85 people who
Saturday mornings aren't the typical time for press releases to be sent out, but a couple of Saturdays ago, at 8.10am, Harry
Two weeks ago, I binged on Glitch, from Australia. Last week, my binge was the rather obscure Imposters. This week, it's Jessica
In a world filled with tragedies, those that touch us most are inevitably the ones that come closest to our own lives.
Earlier this week, Monica Hesse wrote in the Washington Post about the disconcerting experience of viewing films and TV shows that she
Four days ago, the US theatre community fostered the birth of more than 100 new short plays, on our federal holiday of
If I were given to cynicism, and if I thought I could get away with it, this week I would have submitted
That rumours have already begun swirling around Martin McDonagh's Hangmen should be no surprise. Following opening night on Monday, its reviews have
By celebrating its 30th anniversary on Broadway last week, The Phantom of the Opera marked what now seems a never-ending series of
I spent much of last Saturday on the train. It took a total of seven hours in transit to travel to and
If you're headed to the small downtown of New London, Connecticut, one of the few routes available to you is Bank Street,
You may not have heard about it, but last week, six Broadway shows saw their weekly gross sales drop by more than
I've never been much of a clubgoer at any point in my life, as I'm a teetotaler and no fan of loud
Of the many criteria one might apply when considering what makes a great teacher, I think it's fair to say that the ability to see and encourage something in a student that they do not yet n…
Considering the number of all-male plays already in the theatrical canon, you might think we'd see more productions with all-female casts. This
As Hamilmania exerts its grasp on the UK in the run-up to next week's official opening night, The Stage can take a
Amid the seasonal declarations of a "new box office record" and "highest weekly gross ever," one Broadway entertainment show is quietly bucking
Back in 2008, Lorna Luft " who was appearing in Salford as the Wicked Witch in a panto version of The Wizard
‘Jukebox musical.’ For musical theatre purists, it’s a term of derision. For producers, it’s the promise of marketing the music of a
If drama is, according to one of its dictionary definitions, "a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict
Attending last week's opening night of Uncommon Sense, a new play about people on the autistic spectrum, I was delighted to see
One might think that after winning the Tony award for best play, its writer might consider their work on the text to
