When art imitates life in the arts, there can be artistic differences. At the festival closing Sunday, August 6, two ambitious NYMF shows celebrate real-life artistic American men: one still…
What better message for a musical than, "Find and be your true self, despite pressures to be a clone, and you'll be a happier true you." Backbeard and Happily don't have lyrics saying those …
Looking for musicals about teens and their troubles? See our Pick of the Week for info on Happily (August 3 & 4) at NYMF. And here are reviews at two that came by first: along first at the …
Opening in NYC: Hal Prince saluted in The Prince of Broadway …..or do we mean Faith Prince who turns 60 this week (on Sunday)? Or The Student Prince, since that operetta's composer, Sigmun…
The man behind the MAC Award-winning series with Broadway show tunes is the merry man behind the piano: Ricky "Razamatazz" Ritzel. We had six questions for him. Conveniently, he had six answ…
This Friday, see a 3-man Little Shop of Horrors. Its composer, Alan Menken, who turned 68 this week, has more than a birthday to celebrate: the 35th anniversary of that musical's off- …
Wow! At affordable prices, with top-notch stars, cabaret, class, and classic Cole come East for a feast: merry Mark Nadler launches a Cole Porter-centric series and his own custom brand of …
Kevin Smith Kirkwood, currently appearing on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots " will bring Classic Whitney:Alive! back to Joe's Pub at The Public Theater. After playin…
The Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Place in Miramar, Florida is presenting the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Dreamgirls for two concert performances only: Saturday, July 22…
1. Was there a single event, newspaper article or breaking news story that prompted you to establish The DIVA Foundation? Dreamgirls was the best and worst of all times for me as a …
Living as the gender one sees oneself as or with same -gendered teammates (girl power)…NYMF shows cover both. Numbers Nerds is a likeable, sweet quite entertaining musical and The Body Pol…
Two NYMF shows I bet will be back for extensions are colorful, rich, and inspired by pre-existing characters. But they couldn't be more different than each other. Miss Blanche Tells It All…
Adapting a lengthy novel as a musical has its challenges " especially if, like The Time Machine and The Picture of Dorian Gray, the work is sprawling, classic, beloved… And you're unlikely…
On Sunday, July 30 at 7:00 PM, Sheryl Lee Ralph will perform a benefit concert for her Diva Foundation to celebrate it 28 years of committed community HIV/AIDS awareness and to raise money t…
Analagous to Dolly's matchmaking prowess is this season's Machiavellian make-up maneuvers and manipulations of Patti LuPone as Helena Rubenstein and Christine Ebersole as Elizabeth Arden in…
Bagels & Baklava & Friends, the show that has been dubbed "the funniest Friday night comedy show in NYC" will begin performances on July 14 at 8 PM and every Friday night through the end of …
He IS where Broadway meets cabaret! Cheyenne Jackson, born this week in 1975, started his Broadway career as an understudy. He'd been doing theatre work just on the side back in Seattle, wh…
The self-proclaimed "Gay Geezer," Ira Lee Collings, is, at 81, still a work in progress. No matter that he's been performing since he was a kid on the radio, the old guy is as young at heart…
The Metropolitan Room in NYC will present actress/singer/comedian Rain Pryor in Life Happens for one night only: Friday, July 14 at 9:30 PM. She will be accompanied by Steven Feifke on piano…
Just moments from Independence Day, the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene is getting ready to explore the impact of ethnic traditions on American popular culture with its timely re-imagini…
Celebrated New York stage actor and stand-up comedian Mario Cantone makes his Café Carlyle debut, June 20 " 23. He gained critical acclaim with his Tony-nominated one-man show Laugh Whore, …
Once (well, twice) upon a time or two, both Carole Demas and Sarah Rice played the sole female role in the original off-Broadway run of The Fantasticks. Now, many moons later, Carole (the or…
Sally Darling is a performer's performer. With a combination of wit, good humor and enthusiasm " plus a Mabel Mercer-like approach to interpreting a song " she'll leave you knowing you've ju…
The American troubadour Amanda McBroom made her Birdland debut on Monday evening, June 5, 2017 to promote the release of her newest CD, Voices. A celebrity-packed audience (Austin Pendleton,…
In 1959, theater, film, and TV star Lane Bradbury created the role of Dainty June in the original Broadway production of the classic show Gypsy starring Ethel Merman. (That's Lane, second fr…