1,395 stories by "Tony Frankel"
ZOOM AND DOOM AND GLOOM IN A ROOM Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is not an easy play to write about, let alone produce, act, or even watch. It's challenging, opaque, and ambiguous. On…
TALK TO ME One of our greatest solo performers, Dan Hoyle returns to The Marsh for an intimate night of online theater, comedy, and community with an experimental workshop, Talk to You…
FROM STAR TREK TO NUTCRACKER, ORSON WELLES TO NOËL COWARD, ROBERT FLETCHER LEFT HIS WHIMSICAL MARK Robert Fletcher, the prolific costume designer for both stage and screen, died peaceful…
On April 10 and 11, 2021, REDCAT, CalArts' center for contemporary arts in downtown Los Angeles is presenting DRAGÓN (THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON), the newest work from internationally reno…
YOU'LL FALL IN LOVE WITH AMOUR "I wanted to write an opera-bouffe, an intimate evening with light, lyrical singing and delicate charm," wrote composer Michel Legrand. "Marcel Aymé's d…
The Actors Fund, Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers and Christine Baranski are teaming up on an auction event without precedent: "Stage & Screen." Featuring a diverse array of …
THE SPIRIT OF THIS PIECE RESIDES IN PERFORMER VERO MAYNEZ What I left with from Feel the Spirit, which opened last night virtual-but-live from Shotgun Players, is the central performance of …
Arthur Kopit, the legendary dramatist, died yesterday morning at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife, Leslie Garis; his children Alex, Ben, Kat; his grandchildren Arthur, Beatrix, a…
NORTH COAST REP SUCCEEDS, BUT THE PLAY IS STILL TRYING The eagerness of youth; the decay of old age; cynicism in a world of injustice; literature; mortality; idealism; FDR; and timeless quot…
SHE'S TAPPING OUR TROUBLES AWAY Tap superstar Ayodele Casel returns to The Joyce in NYC for a world premiere digital engagement that explores the joys of everyday life and the art of tap dan…
HIS CAREER IS NO ACCIDENT John Cullum: An Accidental Star is an 80-minute intimate evening of stories and songs spanning Cullum's illustrious career is told and sung by the 91-year-old tw…
AS WITH A HIEROGLYPH, THIS PLAY IS DIFFICULT TO READ Erika Dickerson-Despenza's [hieroglyph], now streaming from San Francisco Playhouse and and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, belongs to a genr…
I FOUND THE PERFECT COCK. NOW SEE IF YOU CAN TAKE IT. D.C.'s Studio Theatre production of Cock is a most successful outing in the world of pandemic theater " that which is filmed as a theate…
A HOMER RUN The 90-minute one-act play An Iliad is a stunning marvel. This retelling of the famous epic The Iliad, attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer, is not a straight reading of…
DON'T MYTH THIS Myths and Hymns is a kaleidoscopic song cycle that explores the nature of faith and longing in a secular world. With it, MasterVoices is exploring the nature of choral …
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER LANGUAGE… Since COVID-19's halting live theater, there have been two different entertainments emerging. One is plays, concerts and music performed either through ZOOM o…
A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THEATRE STARRING PETER COYOTE PREMIERES VIRTUALLY MARCH 25 " APRIL 11, 2021 Quantum Leap Productions will present Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western …
Hey, folks, last night on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Audra McDonald discussed a year without Broadway, raved about the star-studded cast of The Good Fight and shared her experience meeting…
THEATER BY MAIL..? HEAVEN SENT! A collective of 13 theater companies and individual artists from 8 cities across the globe have joined forces for Post Theatrical, a festival of works that us…
AN INSIDE TWO-PART LOOK AT THE LIFE AND WORK OF BROADWAY LEGEND JERRY HERMAN Broadway's podcast, The Fabulous Invalid, has today released an epic two-part episode, Jerry Herman: Poet of t…
Art, music and science intersect in UnRavelled, a new drama by award-winning, Los Angeles-based playwright Jake Broder (Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara) and directed by Nike…
THE FORD CONTINUES FREE ONLINE SERIES FROM THE FORD IN L.A. WITH INVERTIGO DANCE THEATRE Thursday, March 11, 2021, 6:30pm PT Set in the aftermath of a natural disaster, Invertigo Dance Theat…
Reuniting The Stars of the Original Cast: Patricia Clarkson, John Slattery, and Bradley Whitford Streaming on demand from Thursday March 11 through Sunday March 21, Manhattan Theatre C…
FREE ONLINE ANNIVERSARY EVENT ON MARCH 8 INCLUDES SONDHEIM Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on December 18, 1990, and closed on Fe…
The world premiere of The Joffrey Ballet's Boléro, filmed at the Gerald Arpino Black Box Theatre, has been playing since last Friday. Now it has been extended, and I highly recommend a v…
