1,382 stories by "Tony Frankel"
THE HOTTEST SHOW ON EARTH The incomparable sass, class and full-out dance of Broadway Bares will once again kick off Pride week in New York City with two sizzling performances featuring m…
Patti LuPone is hitting the road with her new tour Don't Monkey with Broadway, which kicks off in Orem, UT on February 4 before heading to California, New Jersey, Texas, Oklahoma, and more. …
GIRL, YOU IN DANGER: THIS WILL DEFINITELY SELL OUT Beginning March 15 (with an official opening on April 10, 2023), you can tune in to the epic and viciously funny new musical White Girl in …
GUESS WHAT SHOULD BE ON BROADWAY? A hit at their home theater on the Beverly Hills High School campus, Theatre 40's production of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? has been remounted at the gorg…
A LOST TRIBE OF BROTHERS Because a child who has been sexually abused often knew and trusted the perpetrator, only about a third of the cases are reported. Many remain silent. As if the act …
DON'T MISS GOING INTO THESE WOODS The kickoff event for Pasadena Playhouse's six-month celebration of Stephen Sondheim begins next week with Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods at the…
One of my favorite theater companies is also one of the best at putting on what we used to call "Children's Theater." I was hooked almost 10 years ago with my first: The Emperor's New Thread…
IT'S OK TO GET SAUCED FOR STUNNING SAUCY STRIPPERS AND SPECTACULAR SAUCERS Forget about Broadway or the latest Marvel Comic movie. The fun, hip and cool burlesque Star Wars parody " which…
RED BULL THEATER'S ALL-STAR BENEFIT PERFORMANCE OF YOUR OWN THING PLAYS THIS MONDAY DECEMBER 12 This Monday, December 12, 2022 at 7:30 at the Peter Norton Symphony Space " FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY…
NEIL DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH OK, we all know who Neil Diamond is. The singer/songwriter Neil Leslie Diamond born of Jewish immigrant parents in Brooklyn has released 39 albums, with 100 million…
TAPPING TROUBLES AWAY Michelle Dorrance, founder and artistic director of Dorrance Dance, is one of the most sought after tap dancers of her generation. Her imaginative work, which continual…
HEART AND SOUL, INDEED Forget Broadway, this is where the hits keep coming. One of the most vivacious revues to come along since Ain't Misbehavin', Hoagy Carmichael's Stardust Road is a smas…
ONE OF THE ALL-TIME FEEL-GOOD MUSICALS COMES TO RUBICON Ain't Misbehavin'Â is a sizzling celebration of Fats Waller's music " songs that he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown …
A TURKEY SANDWICH We are at a greasy spoon sandwich shop whose patrons are truckers making the long haul across Pennsylvania. The owner, Clyde, and her four sandwich makers are all ex-cons. …
MIND FOR ALL ITS WORTH No one can deny that Brooklyn-based mentalist Vinny DePonto is a master showman. As with all magicians, the true context of any one-man show is not the tricks (and the…
A YEAR IN THE LIFE Jonathan Larson's Rent is in a musical theater empyrean; indeed, productions are as ubiquitous as the stars in the firmament. The show is about a year in the life of bohem…
MAN'S FAVORITE CAST On Nathan Stuffel's terrific set of a loading dock behind a hotel, it is 1938 Los Angeles. These are tough times for everyone, but especially the Black employees who must…
MIND YOUR PEES AND QUEUES People start revolutions because they want something that authorities are controlling. Jefferson wanted to declare independence. Norma Rae wanted to improve factori…
YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? Take a look at the new production photos of Roundabout's current Broadway revival of 1776, featuring Kristolyn Lloyd, who joined the company Octob…
GOLF IS ON COURSE, BUT JUST A BIT UNDER PAR Pittsburgh in 1997 is the setting for the last of renowned playwright August Wilson's series of 10 dramas that highlight aspects of African-Americ…
GET INTO TROUBLE Written by Alice Childress " the first Black woman to have a play professionally produced in New York City " Trouble in Mind recently played on Broadway, and it amazed m…
DOC NYC RETURNS WITH 13TH EDITION NOV 9-27, 2022 IN THEATRES AND ONLINE FULL PROGRAM & SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW and can also be found here DOC NYC, America's largest documentary festival ro…
Continuing the legendary playwright's singular legacy of mentorship and activism, the Terrence McNally Foundation has been launched. The nonprofit organization is committed to supporting bol…
CRACKLIN', SWEET, BEAUTIFUL, AND CHERRY A Beautiful Noise, the new Broadway bio-musical about the extraordinary life story of singer-songwriter Neil Diamond, opened for previews at the Broad…
A THREE-HOUR HOME RUN Clearly and cleanly, tried and true director Cynthia Ferrer and choreographer Alexis Carra Girbés trust the heart out of Adler and Ross's 1955 Broadway classic, Damn Y…