884 stories from Broadway & Me
We all say we want to be loved for just being ourselves but playwright Laura Eason knows that romantic relationships usually start off with each person pretending to be someone different tha…
Playwright Sarah Treem is only 33 years-old, which means she's much too young to have lived through the pre-Roe v. Wade days that provide the backdrop for her latest play When We Were Young …
In another era, James Franco might have been hailed as a Renaissance man. Over just the past four years, he has appeared in some 30 movies; co-hosted the Oscars, turned up on several TV show…
When I told people that my sister, niece and I were going on a just-us-girls vacation that included five days in London, they automatically assumed that I was going to be spending every minu…
I'm off on a just-us-girls vacation with my sister and niece and since I won't be writing here for the next couple of weeks, I've put on the ghost light that theaters set up when they're tem…
What does it mean to be a Muslim in a post-9/11 America? That's the question the Pakistani-American writer Ayad Akhtar has explored in his Pulitzer Prize winning play Disgraced, his novel "A…
The Fourth of July was yesterday so that means summer is definitely here. Which also means it's time for my annual list of books to keep theater lovers company through the remaining ei…
The main lovers in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing are supposed to be Hero, the sweet young daughter of an Italian aristocrat; and Claudio, the gallant nobleman who falls for her. But a…
If you want to see a show that will lift your spirits, then drop what you're doing right now and get a ticket to tick, tick…boom!, which is playing in the New York City Center Encores! Off…
Whimsy is not usually my thing. But, what can I say, I was charmed by Fly By Night, the quirky new musical that is playing at Playwrights Horizons through Sunday.The show was originally crea…
Intermission had arrived for Arrivals & Departures, the latest Alan Ayckbourn play (reportedly his 77th!) that is running along with two of the master playwright's earlier works in the a…
Sign me up for the Greta Gerwig fan club. A few months ago, I saw"and very much liked"this appealing young actress in "Frances Ha," the indie movie she and her boyfriend director Noah Baumba…
You might think that I'd be ready to give Shakespeare a rest after the recent Bard-heavy season on Broadway. But I bought tickets to Kenneth Branagh's acclaimed production of Macbeth the ver…
If you should ever be invited to a dinner party with the actor Jim Dale, you should go. For Dale has all the qualities anyone would want in a table companion: he's got great stories to tell,…
No new post today since I figure you're probably still making your way through the mammoth one I did on Wednesday. Besides let's face it, everyone who cares about theater, including me, is f…
As usual, I haven't gotten around to weighing in on all the shows that opened during the run up to the Tony nominations. Although I have managed to have my say in these posts on all four of …
Cheesy musicals aren't my thing. Unless, of course, they're good cheesy musicals. Which is an apt description for The Anthem, the new Culture Project production that opened at the Lynn Redgr…
We're 10 days away from the Tonys and the campaign is in full stride, with nominees in several categories running neck and neck. Which is great for us theater junkies because it means that B…
Some people (the Tea Party, the Republicans in the House) don't mind being scolds but I find no pleasure in it, which is why I've taken so long to say anything about Heathers The Musical, wh…
The City of Conversation, now at Lincoln Center's Mitzi E. Newhouse theater through July 6, is the kind of show I love: a well- made drama about big issues and ideas that isn't afraid to get…
The first time I saw An Octoroon it was a hot mess. Its director had quit the show, then called The Octoroon: An Adaptation Of The Octoroon Based On The Octoroon, two weeks before it was sch…
After my marathon of non-stop play going over the past few weeks, I've developed a serious case of spring fever. So I played hooky over the last couple of days: took long walks, took naps, w…
The Whale, a play about a 600 lb. man eating himself to death, won Samuel D. Hunter a spot high on the leaderboard of hot young playwrights. But I was so simultaneously fascinated and repuls…
The last time I tried to rally support for an underappreciated show, I failed miserably. Despite my appeal for The Bridges of Madison County (click here to read what I wrote) the show failed…
This is one of those crazy times when I find that I can either see shows or write about them but not both (cause as much as I love myself some theater"and sharing it with you all"there are a…
