321 stories by "Ron Fassler"
Reporting by Ron Fassler and Melissa Griegel. Last night at a cocktail party at the Algonquin, on the site where Al Hirschfeld once hung out with the esteemed members of the hotel’s illust…
Sara Chase (center) and company in “Schmigadoon!”April 28, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.When I began writing this column ten years ago and titled it “Theatre Yest…
Wonderfully self-effacing in his well-structured cabaret act, Panaro is in love with performing and crafts an evening of pleasurable sincerity.
Review by Ron Fassler . . . As an avid theatregoer and critic, I consider myself fortunate that at the age of twelve, I saw the original 1969 Broadway production of 1776. A critic even back…
By Samuel L. Leiter The Broadway revival of David Auburn’s 1999 drama Proof at the Booth Theatre, directed by Thomas Kail (Hamilton), has various laudatory features, but it fails to prov…
With two heaven-sent actresses, it is unfortunately left to the gifted Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara to grapple with a play that has always been a bit of a soufflé and is now downgraded to…
"The Ballusters" provides more gut-busting laughter than any show this season
By Alex Eichholz . . . If you haven't heard by now, Cats, now dazzlingly rebranded as Cats: The Jellicle Ball, has opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre after a critically acclaimed a…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . In a 2011 interview, the legendary composer Jerry Herman referred to Milk and Honey, his first musical produced on Broadway, as "an extraordinary adventure, fi…
By Ron Fassler . . . The Annual fundraiser concert for Broadway Inspirational Voicers (BIV) was held Monday night at City Winery. As the sun set on the Chelsea Piers, a festive and happy cro…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . The early 20th century playwright Elmer Rice, born Elmer Leopold Reizenstein in New York City in 1892, had two dozen plays produced on Broadway in his lifetime ov…
By Ron Fassler . . . Anyone serious about theatre will most likely recall their introduction to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. At age eighteen, when director Mike Nichols saw its or…
The original cast of "Beautiful Girls" from "Follies" (1971) with the inevitable Roscoe (Michael Bartlett). Photo by Martha Swope.April 4, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fas…
Jon Bernthal commands the stage from start to finish, accomplishing that with an honest charisma, a true voice made for the theater, and solid acting chops.
"Rhinoceros" couldn't be timelier.
Review by Ron Fassler . . . In 1966, children's book author Stoo Hample, along with Eric Marshall, co-edited a small volume of letters to God written by children, aptly titled Children's …
March 30, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Jonathan Groff at the curtain call of "Just in Time," his final performance as Bobby Darin. Photo by Ron Fassler.Almost a y…
The theatrical event of the season.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is charming, even if one wishes for someone in the role with a genuine score to settle
A riveting 70-minutes.
Just sit back and appreciate songs filled with nostalgia, sentiment, humor, wisdom, longing, and regret.
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Daniel Radcliffe has the distinction of being a worldwide household name and face for twenty-five of his thirty-six years. The British-born actor first burst onto…
Dual record set for "Sondheim: A Musical Tribute," or as it's commonly known, the "Scrabble Album" (1973).March 11, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
First published Ma…
You may never look at a treadmill the same way again.
Review by Ron Fassler . . . The title "Peter Filichia and Friends: Broadway Tale and Tunes" tells you what you're getting yourself into even if you have no idea who Peter Filichia is (a love…
