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This month's column visits "Sheldon Harnick: Hidden Treasures, 1949-2013," a collection of work by award-winning composer Sheldon Harnick.
Staging the play is the always interesting Sam Gold, who has been known to work wonders when he has wonderful material -- but this is not the present case.
This month we watch the 1955 television adaptation of Kurt Weill's One Touch of Venus, Douglas Sirk's '50s melodrama "All That Heaven Allows," the Howard Hawks western …
New York has seen recent Macbeths by the handful, including two star-topped Broadway productions in the last year, but they are best forgotten. Now we have Kenneth Branagh's Macbeth -- starr…
The star makes it look effortlessly simple, weaving his tales and adventures into gloriously funny set-pieces. He has made a side career as reader of the phenomenally-successful Harry Potte…
Rory O'Malley, who convulsed audiences in his Tony-nominated turn as the repressed, tap-dancing Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon, is on to something intriguing in Pub Crawl.
How do you become an overnight sensation in a show that runs only three days? Melissa Errico did just that when she stepped onto the City Center stage–in the third season of the still-…
Katie Finneran–the expert Broadway comedienne who seemed subdued in the 2012 revival of Annie–offered a convulsive demonstration last night of just how expert she is in It Might …
This week's column explores the cast recording of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love.
New Dramatists, which was been dedicated to supporting and developing playwrights since 1949, honored Susan Stroman at its 65th annual spring luncheon May 22 at the New York Marriott Marquis.
The pieces of American Hero are somewhat too jagged to fit together, but as an offering in the modestly-priced Second Stage Uptown series it provides a pleasant comic diversion on the Upper …
Linda Lavin in TOO MUCH SUN. Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg
Playwright Nicky Silver, director Mark Brokaw, and...
This month we watch the British documentary "Theatreland," Billy Wilder's "Ace in the Hole," Harold Lloyd's "The Freshman" and David O. Russell's &q…
Kate Baldwin, a Tony-nominated singing actress, brought her solo show Sing Pretty, Don't Fall Down to 54 Below May 15. Playbill.com was there.
John Doyle and friends took the stage of the Hudson Theatre May 12 for the Classic Stage Company benefit Musical Masterworks: Kern, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, Hart.
This week's column looks at the 50th anniversary digital remastering of the Funny Girl cast recording.
Irma La Douce, the rarely-revived musical about a French streetwalker and the law student who falls in love with her, opened at City Center Encores! May 8. Playbill.com was there.
Anthony Giardina's The City of Conversation is an intelligent, provocative, incisive drama about politics, people, ideals and principles, with razor-sharp dialogue and -- from Jan Maxwell --…
Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth presented The Evolution of a Soprano at Carnegie Hall May 3. Playbill.com was there.
This week's column explores the original Broadway cast recording of Jason Robert Brown's #The Bridges of Madison County.
The show--with concept and lyrics by Byrne, music by Byrne and Fatboy Slim -- captivated theatergoers and critics last April during its limited engagement as part of the Public season. A he…
Symphony Space, the performing arts organization on the Upper West Side, honored Sheldon Harnick at its annual gala April 28. Playbill.com was there.
And here we have a revival of Jon Robin Baitz' 1991 play The Substance of Fire, which introduced a decidedly...
This month's column looks at "The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan," Philip Ziegler's biography of the great Laurence Olivier, an anthology of "Plays for Two" (incl…
Tony Award winner Tommy Tune made his Café Carlyle debut April 22. Playbill.com was there.
