1,395 stories by "Tony Frankel"
World Premiere at Moving Arts Theatre The world-premiere of Leviticus Jelks' debut play, My White Husband, directed by Melissa Coleman-Reed, opens May 18 in Los Angeles at the Moving …
MEAN GIRLS MEETS THE THIRD REICH Three teenage girls sit at a table in a bunker of some kind bored out of their minds tasting food three times a day before it is sent off to Hitler. They hav…
ONCE ON THIS PRAIRIE Developed at Signature Theatre in Virginia, the new musical Gun & Powder has stormed into Paper Mill Playhouse with enough energy to light the Manhattan skyline. The…
A COLOSSAL LEN CARIOU MAKES ANY DAY A GOOD DAY FOR TUESDAYS I have seen many a famous performer hit the stage in their senior years with a cabaret or theater performance, something I usually…
WEIMAR, YOU ASK? HERE'S THE ANSWER Cabaret the musical, opening on Broadway in a transformed theater, may sound exciting, but here's a highly recommended event for those who crave complete i…
A DO-NOT-MISS REGIONAL PREMIERE Martin McDonagh's Hangmen at San Jose Stage Company I was lucky enough to catch the limited run of Martin McDonagh's tense and very funny Hangmen on Broadway,…
SAINT BERNADETTE After she hung up her late-Victorian hat after taking over for Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway, the inimitable Bernadette Peters made her West End debut in Stephen…
LOOK AT WHAT THE CATASTROPHE DRAGGED IN He's funny. He's avuncular. He's unpretentious. He's loveable. He's dry and urbane. And, he's a decent person. But Nick Ullett is an actor by trade, s…
THE TALLEST LIVING THING ON EARTH INSPIRES A MUSICAL ACORN As one who has hiked many times deep in the ancient Redwood groves, those which have been relatively untouched for thousands of yea…
WHERE THE RHYTHM SWOOPS AND SWIRLS, THIS REALLY IS THE JAZZ CORNER OF THE WORLD From bands like The Hot Sardines, Hot Club of Cowtown and Maria Schneider Orchestra to cabaret stalwarts such …
STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S FINAL MUSICAL NOW AVAILABLE AT THE NEW YORK LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS' THEATRE ON FILM AND TAPE ARCHIVE The wworld premiere production of Here We Are, the new musica…
Sondheim In The City, a new album by Tony-nominated actress, singer and author Melissa Errico, is now available to buy, DL, or stream HERE. Errico has also announced a special Sondheim In…
THERE'S GOLD IN THE HILLS OF ARROWHEAD Move over, Bluefish Cove, you've had your last summer. Now, a modern-day retreat of lesbians is here, only this one isn't by the ocean, it's by a lake.…
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE ANNOUNCESFULL CAST & CREATIVE TEAM FORGUN & POWDER The full cast and creative team has been announced for the new musical Gun & Powder, which " with book and…
The Center for Fiction, a 200-year-old literary nonprofit that has created an immersive home for readers and writers in downtown Brooklyn, and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the nati…
REIMAGINING THE REIMAGINED AT PRIDEARTS Four young female prep school students, tired of going through the usual drill of conjugating Latin and other tedious school routines, decide to vary …
Festival 2024 includes seven world premieres, a spectacular summer musical, and modern masterpieces. Here are the 2024 productions Priority booking for Friends of Chichester Festival Theatre…
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO MACK & MABEL Rare, fully staged and choreographed presentation comes to El Portal with a 40-member cast and an 18-piece orchestra, Feb. 16-18, 2024 Some of the most…
ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE'S ULYSSES, A WORLD PREMIERE, IS PART OF SUMMERSCAPE 2024 AT FISHER CENTER (JUNE 20 " AUGUST 18, 2024) Elevator Repair Service (ERS) has mastered the art of staging mo…
RITE ON! As part of an international tour, the weekend-long dance program that opened at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Thursday " an extra-added night due to ticket demand " gave us a tas…
Mint Theater Company will continue its hybrid programming of live performances along with the FREE on-demand streaming of acclaimed previous productions. Beginning Monday February 19, 2024 (…
A SHOW THAT SENDS OUT AN S.O.S. Set to 28 songs of pop icon Sting, newly arranged and recorded with Beverley Knight and Lynval Golding (of The Specials), Sadler's Wells Associate Artist K…
THE ACTORS' GANG PRESENTS YBOR CITY, A HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL NEW PLAY Ybor City tells the story of overworked Cuban cigar factory immigrants in 1931, who find themselves inspired by the spiri…
World premiere of Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter and directed by Joe Mantello The Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Micah Stock, John Drea and Meighan Gerachis. June 13 " July 21, 2024Â in…
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S THE KING OF MUSICALS OR NOT; IT'S THE KING OF EXPERIENCES Endearing heroes and villains. Shakespeare and ancient myth. Coherent storytelling. Anthropomorphic j…
