744 stories by "Steven Suskin"
Lights up on two 20-somethings on a first-date picnic, falling in love as she feeds him information about her job. She tests and kills baby chickens, slices their brains, and plots thought p…
Members of the original Broadway cast gathered at Lincoln Center Feb. 17 to offer a concert presentation of Maury Yeston and Peter Stone's musical Titanic. Playbill.com was there.
This month's column focuses on Alfred Hitchcock's early World War II thriller "Foreign Correspondent" and "Throne of Blood," Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of Ma…
This week’s column discusses Sierra Boggess' cabaret act, Awakening, and Patrick Page and John Cullum in the belated cast recording of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Encores! kicked off its 2014 season Feb. 5 with the musical Little Me, starring Tony Award winner Christian Borle. Playbill.com was there.
Playbill.com offers a look at Lincoln Center's American Songbook series presentation of Heartbreak Country: Michael John LaChiusa's Stories of America.
This month's column looks at Moss Hart's classic "Act One" and Dorothy Gallagher's examination of one of Broadway's most noted playwrights of the mid-20th century, …
"THIS PLAY CONTAINS NUDITY, SEX & BAD LANGUAGE," says a bold-lettered sign in the lobby at Intimacy, the new offering from the New Group at New York City's Acorn Theatre. The l…
Café Carlyle's Late Night series premiered Jan. 24 with a performance by Ryan Silverman.
This week we watch Stanley Kramer's "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," starring Spencer Tracy and dozens of top comedians (including Phil Silvers, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar …
Recent seasons have seen a dependable stream of first-rate Irish plays making their way to Broadway and off. The newest hails not from the old country but from Bronx-born scribe John Patrick…
Tony winner and original star of Hello, Dolly! Carol Channing took the stage at Town Hall Jan. 20, with Justin Vivian Bond, for an evening of stories and song.
This week's column discusses the hit-filled compilation "Fred Astaire: The Early Years at RKO," plus a collection of mostly unknown songs by Comden, Green & Styne under the…
This week's column discusses the hit-filled compilation "Fred Astaire: The Early Years at RKO" plus a collection of mostly unknown songs by Comden, Green & Styne under the …
An awkwardly insecure girl from the tenements of New York is forced, by societal conditions and a lack of viable options, into...
This month's column screens Robert Altman's 1975 classic "Nashville" and Woody Allen's 2013 instant classic "Blue Jasmine."
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This month's column looks at Alisa Solomon's "Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof" and Stacy Keach's memoir "All in All."
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This week’s column discusses the original cast album of the Playwrights Horizons production of the Scott Frankel-Michael Korie musical Far From Heaven.
Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark's co-librettist Glen Berger chats with Playbill.com about the creation of the musical, its lengthy preview period and its long-delayed Broadway opening and u…
The PBS documentary "What He Did for Love" presents the life of the man behind the music of A Chorus Line and "The Way We Were, " Tony, Emmy, Oscar and Pulitzer Priz…
Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell lit up the holiday season with A Broadway Christmas Dec. 20-21 at Avery Fisher Hall. Playbill.com was there.
This month's column looks at Glen Berger's "Song of Spider-Man," a fly-on-the-wall chronicle of the creation of Broadway's biggest musical; the paperback reprint of &qu…
As 2013 dwindles down to a precious few -- a precious few plays and musicals, that is -- it is time to compile our list of the ten best of the year. This year, happily, has no less than fift…
This week's column discusses the original cast album of Dave Malloy's new-style musical Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812.
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A Christmas Story is in fine shape at Madison Square Garden. It is a modern-day rarity: a holiday family show that'll enthrall the kids while offering adults flavorful, top-flight entertainm…
