275 stories by "Tom Mizer"
Are you ready for this Sunday’s Academy Awards telecast? (I’d call it the gay Super Bowl but after Madonna’s halftime show and the Beckham underwear ads, this year’s …
Within the last seven days, I saw Moby Dick sing, a Prom Queen blow up a gym and Captain Kirk take a bow on Broadway. If that isn’t the strangest week of theater I’ve ever exp…
Every third Wednesday, 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. For Februar…
The passing of pop music superstar Whitney Houston was a sad loss for everyone, including members of the Broadway community. Two-time Tony nominee Gavin Creel (Hair) posted this song on Y…
NYC’s fizziest variety show celebrates another year of jazzy stars and Broadway voices with The Best of Jim Caruso’s Cast Party, a benefit for The Actors Fund at Town Hall, Th…
At opening night of the City Center Encores presentation of Merrily We Roll Along, a man two seats away from me was weeping, full on Terms of Endearment sobs. It wasn’t the end of t…
Jacques Brel Returns, the long-running evening of songs by the beloved Belgian songwriter and chanteur, continues to romance audiences by adding two special February shows at The Triad, Wedn…
Smash, the new NBC series about the making of a Broadway musical, finally arrives tonight at 10/9c after months of relentless buzz building. Let’s celebrate our little corner of the wo…
OK, not really. Scott Rudin doesn’t even know who I am, I imagine. But it would be great if you would join our conversation on Facebook and Twitter, even without a threat. If you want …
Once a month, a member of the theater community will pull up a chair to our cyber table and join us for a little conversation. I'll edit the transcripts (removing the truly libelous parts) a…
When I saw the early 1990′s revival of Hello Dolly!, I was excited but decidedly nervous. How in the world could it’s original leading lady, now in her 70′s, possibly handl…
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…
If New York, New York is a town so nice they named it twice, then I like to think that the format for two upcoming benefits, Broadway Backwards and Broadway Miscast, is an idea so zen …
Roll out the red carpet and blow the trumpets, this week’s theater news round-up is flush with Broadway royalty… Tony-winner Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) looks to be adding a…
Thank your agent, Mom and Harvey Weinstein because it’s Oscar nomination week. And just because we’re devoted to the “theatah,” it doesn’t mean we can’t g…
Every fourth Wednesday of the month, the "VIP Access" column will serve up advice on how to make your theater-going experiences cheaper, easier and more fulfilling with inside scoop from the…
I haven’t seen the Stratford Festival/La Jolla Jesus Christ Superstar that is due to hit Broadway this spring, but I kind of hope it looks something like this.  (If you’…
Matthew Bomer (TV’s White Collar) will be kissing Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)…and not just in my dreams. Over the weekend, the Hollywood Reporter broke casting news …
Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re not just going to have a race for Best Play at this year’s Tonys, there’s going to be a multi-car pileup. This week producers announced that …
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 tossing in my two cents. RICHARD III Direc…
Every third Wednesday, 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. For January…
Love is in the air (and never dies, it would seem) with a number of starry Broadway couples announcing their engagements. Most recently Sierra Boggess & Tam Mutu, former Love Never Di…
It was a week packed with big headlines in the theater world so we’re going to do the news round-up “lightning round” style. Ready, set…Go! The “revised” …
Is there anything more satisfying than watching good people get their breakthrough moment? T. Oliver Reid has been a consistent ensemble player in some of the biggest Broadway shows of the l…
The "VIP Access" column serves up advice on how to make your theater-going experiences cheaper, easier and more fulfilling with inside scoop from the experts. For January, we’ve got th…
