just a wearying lecture~Hollywood Reporter strangely gassy~New York Magazine heavily embroidered slip of a play….where ideas on eschatology, etymology, phenomenology and, yes, criminology …
James Cagney’s tip for actors:Â ”Never relax, and mean what you say.” Sir Ralph Richardson: Before you leave the dressing room, look in the mirror and ask yourself: ̶…
Broadway 2012 was not the worst year ever, but there were so many shows that flopped, critically and/or commercially, that the competition for worst of the year is fierce! You decide: Take t…
How well were you paying attention to New York theater news this month? The answers to the 10 questions below were in my New York Theater blog or in my Twitter feed,@NewYorkTheater
After departing "Smash," the television series she created that looks with fluttering heart at the making of a Broadway musical, Theresa Rebeck apparently has changed her mind about New York…
"As working, and sometimes non-working, actors, we’re focused on paying the bills. It’s only in the rehearsal room and on the stage that we can remember why we do all this. Becau…
Of the ThaBroadway shows still to open this season, four will do so by the end of next week: Dead Accounts, this Thursday, November 29 The Anarchist, December 2 Golden Boy, December 6 Glenga…
The worst, and most common, insult a critic typically levels at a play is that it resembles a TV series. But at its best, television gives us the time to understand a character more deeply t…
About half an hour into the play "Sorry" at the Public Theater yesterday afternoon, the actor Jay O. Sanders suddenly announced: "Somebody is ill. Is there a doctor in the house?" A woman in…
Call them theater lovers or theatre lovers or drama queens or Broadway Babies: If you have somebody in your life who goes to shows, you can choose among many gifts to make them happy " from …
Nov 29, 2012: Dead Accounts - MUSIC BOX THEATRE Dec 02: The Anarchist - JOHN GOLDEN THEATRE Dec 06: Golden Boy - BELASCO THEATRE Dec 08: Glengarry Glen Ross …
Turkey Lurkey Time comes closest to the official Broadway anthem for Thanksgiving. It is a song with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David from Act 1 of Promises, Promises, that is…
"A Christmas Story," a musical based on the beloved holiday movie about a Midwestern family during the Depression, does "Annie" one better: It features TWO actual dogs rather than one, and m…
It was a giant week in New York theater, or at least a “Giant” week — one of the shows that opened in this busy week. Three shows opened on Broadway " and one has already c…
The audience applauded David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver but not the other four cast members when they first entered the stage at the performance I saw of Christopher Durang's new play,…
Robert Falls, the artistic director of  the Goodman Theater in Chicago, recalls the way he was able to get good seats with his subscription to the Lyric Opera. One day Danny Newman, who h…
The news out of Texas the night I saw the musical "Giant" was that a Texas school district had \canceled a play about two gay penguins; that  a third George Bush " George P. Bush " was th…
At the end of "Scandalous," the gossip columnist Louella Parsons asks: "Was she a true woman of God? Or just one hell of a woman?" She is talking about colorful radio evangelist Aimee Semple…
As Chuck Wood, the aging porno star in "The Performers," a Broadway comedy about the adult film industry featuring an A-list cast, Henry Winkler becomes sentimental when accepting an award f…
At the very beginning of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," the well-designed revival of Rupert Holmes' inventive musical cleverly adapted from Charles Dickens' last and unfinished novel, a chara…
Is New York City, or New York theater, completely back to normal? Hell no. Because of all the canceled performances, Sandy cost Broadway about $8.5 million and the effect continues. Opening …
Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812, by the greatly talented Dave Malloy ends November 17 at Ars Nova" an extension from its original closing date. See it!  This is a s…
Chaim Potok's My Name Is Asher Lev is brought to life Off-Broadway. His daughter, collaborator and star reflect on the late author and rabbi's need to create.
The timing seem ideal for a Broadway revival of "Annie,"  and director James Lapine is attempting a timely approach to this story of optimism triumphing in a bleak era. Lapine's "Anni…
You could not count me an "Annie" aficionado before I saw its third Broadway production, which has opened tonight. "Annie" to me conjured up nothing but "Tomorrow" sung badly by generations …