303 stories by "Ron Fassler"
Actress Kim Stanley (1925"2001).February 11, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
The actress Kim Stanley (born Patricia Reid) was born 100 years ago today. On Broadway in 19…
TINKLE, TINKLE . . . "URINETOWN" IS BACK IN TOWN
Stephanie Styles (center) surrounded by member of the "Urinetown" company (photo by Joan Marcus).February 10, 2025: Theatre Ye…
Theatre Review by Ron Fassler . . . When the curtain goes up on Lia Romeo's new play Still, we join two extremely attractive people, Helen and Mark, in mid-conversation at a hotel bar. He…
Theatre Review by Ron Fassler . . . Starting and ending with the question "What makes a person?," the new American opera Blind Injustice deals head on with weighty matters of existenti…
Theatre Review by Ron Fassler . . . Gregg Ostrin's new comedy-drama Kowalski, which opened Monday at the Duke on 42nd Street, falls into a category of plays I call, "The Day Something …
Theatre Review by Ron Fassler . . . Attending showcases in New York of new works is almost always a mixed bag. Sometimes you see some lovely acting in a not very good play, or sometimes it's…
Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . Lee Roy Reams has been a sparkling personality in the world of show biz for more than sixty years. A musical theatre wunderkind, a cabaret performer, a…
George S. Kaufman, as photographed by Edward Steichen (1930).January 23, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
It's a pity that today, for the most part, George S. Kaufman …
Cary Grant, actor ((1904"1986).Born 121 years ago today, Cary Grant is far from a forgotten figure. His excellent work as an actor could easily have faded from popular culture like many film…
Theatre Review by Ron Fassler . . . According to the U.S. copyright office, "All works first published or released in the United States before January 1, 1930, have lost their copyright prot…
Mildred Natwick (on the moon) with the cast of "70, Girls, 70" (1971). Photo by Martha Swope.January 7, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Between the years 1965 and 19…
Keith Andes and Lucille Ball in a playful moment in "Wildcat" (1960). Photo by Friedman-Abeles.January 4, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
When an actor is involved in so…
Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . Hot on the heels of Norm Lewis's Christmas show at 54 Below, and just before 2024 reaches its end, comes "Melissa Errico: 'Twas the Night After C…
December 28, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
It was after a Wednesday matinee fifty-five years ago that I headed home to Great Neck on the 5:40 train. I had just seen w…
Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . In 1977, while I was still in college, I can recall reading an announcement that a musical based on the popular 1920s comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" wa…
Artist Linda Fennimore's poster design for "Tru," starring Robert Morse (1989).December 25, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
It's odd that I hold one Christmas memory…
Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . Norm Lewis has been a New York theatre fixture since 1993 when he made his debut as part of the ensemble in The Who's Tommy. Since then, he has appe…
Review by Ron Fassler... American Musical Theatre lovers absolutely need to see Audra McDonald as Rose in the new revival of "Gypsy."
The post Everything's Coming Up Audra: "Gypsy" is Back …
Preston as Harold Hill selling a bill of goods to Barbara Cook as Marian in "The Music Man"Â (1957).Same age as me, Meredith Willson's The Music Man is sixty-seven. My birthday is in March…
By Ron Fassler… The world premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project is set to open at the Orpheum Theatre for a limited 16-week engagement beginning Valentine's Day February 14, 2025.�…
Theater Pizzazz's own Ron Fassler's new book The Show Goes On: Broadway Hirings, Firings and Replacements is available now from STCK Books. A must-have for every theatre lover's library, …
The timing of Sunday being World AIDS Day made for a welcome excuse to bring Ann Talman's one-person cabaret show "Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of Her Smile" to Don't Tell …
Music Review by Ron Fassler . . . Having seen many solo concerts at the 92NY, I was somewhat taken aback when Heather Headley confidently strolled out to start her show Sunday afternoon w…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Three-time Tony Award nominee Kevin Chamberlin, veteran of ten Broadway shows and numerous off-Broadway and regional productions, made his New York City cabare…
Joy Behar is taking the plunge as a playwright with MY FIRST EX-HUSBAND, a new Off-Broadway comedy that will begin previews on January 29, 2025 and open February 6 at the newly renovated MMA…
