275 stories by "Tom Mizer"
Within the first half hour of the multiple Oscar-winning film Cabaret, there’s a brief moment in which a young British man new to Berlin (played by Michael York, so fresh and tightly w…
Every third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer will fill out my nosey little questionnaire and offer a glimpse of what they look like from a bit closer than the mezzanine…
Regal. That’s the word most people associate with Tony and Grammy winner Heather Headley. And who can blame them when you consider her graceful beauty and her commanding voice, not to …
A person telling a story. Whether around a fire, perched on the edge of a child’s bed or striding on a stage, it is an elemental human experience. Some would say that the act of storyt…
Every third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer will fill out my nosey little questionnaire and offer a glimpse of what they look like from a bit closer than the mezzanine…
Is there anything better than a perfectly written and performed Act One closing number — that thrilling high that sends you off to intermission in a euphoric state of satisfaction mixe…
I don’t need anything for Christmas this year because one of my biggest holiday dreams already came true. At the holiday party for my corporate day job (yes, tis true, I do not make my…
Announcements about famous faces coming to Broadway have been coming fast and furious over the last few weeks, so let’s try to catch up by playing a little six-degrees of the casting c…
Every third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer will fill out my nosey little questionnaire and offer a glimpse of what they look like from a bit closer than the mezzanine…
It’s supposed to be the season of joy but, with so many tragic headlines, I think we are all feeling a little lost. Â I can’t make sense of what seems beyond reason here, but I…
Don’t say I never got you anything for the holidays. Â My little elves have snuck me discount codes for the York Theatre’s presentation of The Holiday Guys in Happy Merry Hanu-…
Judy, Barbra, Liza. Bernadette, Julie, Patti… The names of legendary divas roll off the tongue like a litany of saints and martyrs. But, ultimately, we all choose just one to whom w…
Tony-winner Heather Headley made her long-awaited return to the stage in London’s The Bodyguard last week and reviews suggest that, while the book might be rough around the edges, the …
The Broadway news this week was particularly brutal with three tough closing announcements — Chaplin, hanging in there against the odds for a number of months, Scandalous, quickly clos…
Every first Wednesday of the month, get caught up with what's on stage with our review round-up. And that vaguely hollow, clinking sound you hear at the end of each segment? That's me tossin…
I know this may come as a shock to you but I must finally confess…I am a woman who likes to use the internet but doesn’t live in New York City. Or at least I would be if I were t…
The holiday season is in full swing so let’s unwrap some shiny theater news — just be sure to save the ribbon: Thanksgiving week is traditionally a boffo box office week on Broad…
Every third Wednesday of the month (or thanks to the holiday, the fourth Wednesday), a fabulous actor/singer/dancer will fill out my nosey little questionnaire and offer a glimpse of what th…
Martin Richards, one of the truly legendary Broadway producers, passed away last night. His credits included hits like Sweeney Todd, Grand Hotel, Will Rogers Follies as well as the ori…
Do you know your green room from your ghost light? The Theatre Development Fund (you know, the TKTS booth people and so much more) is here to help you — in an oh so theatrical way, of …
With Thanksgiving upon us, I thought you might be too distracted for our usual third Wednesday of the month “Theater Buff” profile. But not to worry, our man for November will be…
In his continuing series, Andrew Glaszec pays tribute to music theater greats deserving of diva status. Today, he looks at an actress who has been in some of the biggest hits of the last …
The circle of life isn’t just a lyric sung while Julie Taymor puppets circle The Lion King; it’s the natural progression on Broadway. In this theater news round-up, we celebrate …
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Rupert Holmes’s tongue-in-cheek, tongue-twisting, Tony-winning musical with an audience-voted ending (based on Charles Dicken’s unfinished novel of ven…
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Absurdist extraordinaire Christopher Durang (Beyond Therapy) tosses Chekhov (the playwright not the Star Trek character) into a blender, transplants it to…
