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Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . "What good is sitting alone in your room?" Good question! And the answer lies in the succeeding line: "Come hear the music play!" It's a lyric from a…
The Welkin-Winesday-Broadway Bares-Oh, Mary! to Broadway-Beautiful:Carole King Musical, PaperMill Playhouse-The Big Gay Jamboree Nine Ounce Productions presents Winesday: The Wine Tasting…
Tony Award® winner and dance icon Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago), who is currently starring in Broadway's current revival of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, will announce this yea…
On April 29th, the 68th Annual Drama Desk Nominees will be announced by Kathleen Turner live on WNBC's New York Live @ 11:30 a.m. The Drama Desk Awards will take place on June 10th at the Sk…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . Every time Suzan-Lori Parks writes a play, she creates a new dramatic form. In the case of Sally and Tom, now playing at the Public, let me try to de…
Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . Copyrights have expired for all published works produced prior to 1926. Now considered public domain, permissions are no longer necessary, nor royalties…
Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . I suspect that, if the category for Final Jeopardy were "Russian Oligarchs" and the clue was, "Mathematical prodigy who claimed responsibility for …
Theater Review By Myra Chanin . . . . America's Sexiest Couple, currently being presented by Boca Stage, might just as easily be entitled "America's Formerly Sexiest Couple." It has a cast o…
Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . Nine actors enter the performance space of St Ann's Warehouse. Surrounded by the audience on all sides, it is stark and empty save for a dozen boxes.…
Theater Review by Carole Di Tosti . . . . Being a caretaker of a chronically ill child is a difficult task for the most dedicated of parents of means. However, when a single mother is left w…
The cast of Merrily We Roll Along, Lindsay Mendez, Daniel Radciliff and Jonathan Groff introduced by OCC President David Gordon, announced the Nominees at the Museum of Broadway to many OCC …
Theater Review by Michael Dale . . . . "The heart of rock and roll is still beating," announced Huey Lewis and The News back in 1983. I'm no expert in such matters, so I'll take their word f…
Music review by Andrew Poretz . . . . Quintin Harris is one talented fellow. The young pianist and singer has become a favorite of this reviewer since his days as the crooner/"straight man" …
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . . In Last Call for Babe Reilly playwright Marianne Driscoll imagines what it takes to make it into heaven: To be kind. Pretty good advice in these fract…
Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . The brave folks at J2 Spotlight, which produces musicals that usually haven't seen the light of day in some time, are offering two shows this spring (Do…
Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Stephen J. Bottoms. Playing Underground: A Critical Hist…
Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . A brief (but incomplete) timeline: 1900: L. Frank Baum publishes his fantasy novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; 1903: a hit musical version of the …
Tickets are now on sale to see Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin, Hamilton, Spamalot) in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical.With book by Aurin Squir…
Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . . The Worst Cafe in the World should not be confused with the venue where it takes place, Ryan's Daughter. This Irish pub has been an Upper East Side ma…
Theater Review By Ron Fassler . . . . Konstantin Stanislavski is often referred to as the father of modern acting, the method that phased out old school actors of the 19th century and sent t…
The stars shone brightly at Sardi's on April 19, when Chip Zien (star of Barry Manilow's / Bruce Sussman's Harmony) was honored with a caricature to now hang on the hallowed walls of Sardi's…
Theater Review by Myra Chanin . . . . In case you mistakenly thought The Buddy Holly Story was a seasonal legend about a friendly sprig of mistletoe, the life of Buddy Holly currently resurr…
Theater Review By Ron Fassler . . . . Once the new Broadway musical Lempicka begins, two things become instantly apparent: 1) a musical history lesson is in store, and 2) it is going to pres…
Theater Review by Carole Di Tosti . . . . Marching from its premiere at the Public Theater in 2022 to its Broadway premiere, SUFFS, with book, music, and lyrics by Shaina Taub is now run…
by Meredith Heyman . . . Choreographer Lorin Latarro is making Broadway audiences dance in two musicals this season- the revival of The Who's TOMMY and The Heart of Rock and Roll. In this in…
