744 stories by "Steven Suskin"
This week's column visits the new CD "David Campbell Sings John Bucchino."
John Lithgow in the Shakespeare in the Park production of King Lear. Photo credit: Joan Marcus
Put Daniel Sullivan (director...
This week's column explores a collection of films by Jacques Demy and the classics "A Hard Day's Night" and "The Big Chill."
New Yorkers have a rare chance, through August 10, to see a full-cast production of David Edgar's intriguing Pentecost.
In a monthly roundup of cabaret and nightlife, some of Broadway's biggest names opt for more intimate affairs.
In a monthly roundup of cabaret and nightlife, some of Broadway's biggest names opt for more intimate affairs.
This week's column visits the recording of the Broadway production of Violet.
On a Friday afternoon in Vienna in 1938, fourteen-year-old piano prodigy Lisa arrives on the trolley for her lesson to discover that Mahler Street has suddenly been renamed Meistersinger Str…
This month's column discusses Helen Krich Chinoy's new book about The Group Theatre; Jeffrey Sweet's 50th anniversary celebration of The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center; a book…
This month's column discusses Helen Krich Chinoy's new book about The Group Theatre; Jeffrey Sweet's 50th anniversary celebration of The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center; a book…
Elaine Stritch, the Broadway icon who defined theatrical life on and off stage, died July 17 at the age of 89. Playbill.com looks back at the irreplaceable veteran with our retrospective of …
Encores! Off-Center concludes its 2014 season with Pump Boys and Dinettes, starring Hunter Foster and Katie Thompson.
Pageant -- the 1991 off-Broadway hit about a beauty contest, with the six contestants played by male actors in dresses and wigs -- was a clever, rowdy, dazzlingly funny and quirky musical. …
This week's column looks at Nice Fighting You, a celebration of work by award-winning composers Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
This week's column continues visiting the 1936 version of the landmark musical Show Boat.
In a monthly roundup of cabaret and nightlife, some of Broadway's biggest names opt for more intimate affairs.
Encores! Off Center featured a one-night-only concert presentation of Randy Newman's Faust July 1 as part of its summer lineup. Playbill.com was there.
This week's column visits the 1936 film adaptation of the landmark musical Show Boat.
Encores! Off-Center launched its 2014 season June 25 with Jonathan Larson's tick, tick... BOOM!, starring Tony winners Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo, as well as "Smash" st…
This week's column visits the cast recordings of various productions from the 2013-14 Broadway season.
Jane Lynch, known for her role as the hilarious and wicked villain Sue Sylvester on the hit TV show "Glee," took the stage at 54 Below for her solo cabaret debut. Playbill.com was …
There was only moderate hollerin' from the audience at the Monday night preview of Holler If Ya Hear Me, the Tupac Shakur jukebox musical at the drastically altered Palace. We could hear the…
Nadine Malouf in The Who and the What, photo credit: Erin Baiano
A 32-year-old writer, with no husband but a Harvard...
Much Ado About Nothing with Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater, under the direction of Jack O'Brien beneath the stars at the Delacorte in Central Park. What doesn't sound enchanting about that?
