Making life-altering decisions is no small matter, especially for the characters in "Choice," Winnie Holzman's provocative but imperfect play, which just completed a run at Princeton's McCar…
Sad news about the death of Dr. Ruth Westheimer at the age of 96. I remember fondly spending an afternoon with her in her Washington Heights apartment in NYCm in 2013 to advance a production…
First "Mystic Pizza" was a hit film which launched Julia Roberts' career, now it's a musical which will run at the Ivoryton Playhouse in Essex, just a 20 minute drive from the film's namesak…
A scene from "13" at the Norma Terris Theatre. Tucked away in the cozy Connecticut town of Chester, sits the Terris Theatre, t…
An innovative production of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge at Long Wharf Theatre and a high-spirited, buoyant production of Summer Stock at Goodspeed Musicals took top honors at the …
The show: "South Pacific" at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT. , through Aug. 11. What is it?: A Rodgers & Hammerstein musical based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning…
Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright of "Angels in America" and Steven Spielberg's go-to screenwriter over the last 20 years, is never short of opinions that ar…
Randy Beach is a character witness. For more than 40 years the veteran journalist has chronicled some of Connecticut's most colorful, passionate, and often unsung people, in his columns for…
When a character in the new musical "The Heart of Rock and Roll" tries to convince his ex to leave her job at a factory that makes shipping materials, he is stunned: "Oh, my god. It's cardbo…
In Peter Morgan's tantalizing but disappointing new play "Patriots," Boris Berezovsky is presented as a larger-than-life oligarch in a post-Soviet Russia who transforms Vladimir Putin from a…
To the list of larger-than-life, survivalist women in musical theater, add Tamara de Lempicka " but with an asterisk. The name of the Polish-born portraitist who died in 1980 might not be fa…
There's a moment in David Adjmi's play "Stereophonic" when a discordant, mid-'70s band-on-the rise hears one of its songs played back to them in the recording studio for the first time, with…
A musical that captures the sweep of history in all its complexities without sacrifice of character or credibility is no easy feat. Â But "Suffs," which tells the story of the final push …
The show: "Corruption" by J.T. Rogers at Lincoln Center's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre …
It was an awkward moment for Jose Llana when he told his family that he would be starring in the new stage musical "Here Lies Love." But Llana would not be playing heroic Philippine politici…
When Jelani Alladin (pictured left) read the description of his character in the Showtime/Paramount + series "Fellow Travelers," the romantic leading man of the stage musicals "Frozen" and "…
Justin Scott of Newtown is a writer of more than 30 historic adventure thrillers, including the "The Shipkiller," the Ben Abbott mystery series, and 10 best sellers co-authored with Clive Cu…
The show: "Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch" played Broadway's Music Box Theatre this fall and early winter and will now be seen on PBS's Americans Master…
Ever feel like running away from home to join a musical? Then "Water for Elephants" would be the show of choice that offers escapism, enchantment and heart " and thrills, too. Based on Sa…
The show: "Ilinoise" through March 26 at the Park Avenue Armory. The show will have a limited Broadway run at the St. James Theatre, beginning performances on its official opening date of A…
Musical theater can be a sucker for a romantic tale, whether it's about obsessive devotion, idealized passion, or lost loves. "The Notebook," based on Nicholas Sparks' bestselling, 1996 debu…
All photos by Emilio Madrid The show: 'On Set With Theda Bara' by Joey Merlo at the Brick Theatre in the Williamsburg sectio…
The show: "The Connector" at off-Broadway's MCC Theatre in New York City What makes it special?: The latest musical by composer Jason Robert Brown, one of the leading musical lights in music…
The show: "Here We Are" at The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York City When it was announced nearly 10 years ago that Stephen Sondheim would be collaborating with playwright David Ives on a ne…
The show: "Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice" at Manhattan Class Company. What makes it special?: Tony Award-winner Gavin Creel ("Hello, Dolly!" "Thoroughly Modern Millie") cr…