Saturday, February 7, 2026
February 7 was the birthday of silent film star Ann Little (Mary Hankins Brooks, 1891-1984). We call her the “bigger” Ann Little because she was a more consequential star than another pe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:24PMTuesday, February 3, 2026
The eight-hour long protest against ICE is now available for viewing on YouTube.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMSunday, February 1, 2026
I had certainly seen Morty Gunty (1929-1984) in films and television many times, but never knew him by name until someone mentioned him a few days ago. He was a Jewish nightclub comic from B…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:06PMFriday, January 30, 2026
My friend Andrew Jarvis, who has died aged 78, was an actor and drama teacher dedicated to the stage and, especially, to performing Shakespeare. Although never a star, he was a stalwart of b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMWednesday, January 21, 2026
The world premiere of Pride, a new British musical based on the celebrated film, has revealed its full cast and creative team. Pride draws inspiration from true events during the 1984 miners…
SOURCE: musicalsdaily.com at 02:29PMMonday, January 12, 2026
John Cunningham (1932–2026) in “Rose” (1981). Photo by Martha Swope.January 12, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
It took me a few days to talk to some people, look …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 02:51PMFriday, January 2, 2026
Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the Mayor of New York City on January 1. During the inauguration ceremony, Broadway's own Mandy Patinkin led a performance of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", fea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:02AMSaturday, December 13, 2025
A reboot of Peter Shaffer’s play hopes to repeat the 1984 film’s magic and lure a fresh audience to classical music
Forty years ago, Amadeus won eight Oscars, four Baftas and four Golden…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMWednesday, December 3, 2025
The Olivier Awards have set the date for their 2026 ceremony. The 2026 Olivier Awards are set to take place on Sunday 12 April.
The ceremony will mark the 50th anniversary of the Olivier Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17AMSunday, November 30, 2025
The comedians on their first meeting, pissing each other off, and a shared obsession with Pride and Prejudice
Born in London in 1982, Cariad Lloyd is a comedian, actor and podcaster. She met…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMTuesday, November 25, 2025
The musical Chess has had quite the checkered and tumultuous past. Much like Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, the show began life as a concept album, written by lyricist Tim Rice and compos…
SOURCE: The Contending at 10:44AMMonday, November 17, 2025
Icke, Strong, and Manville update Sophocles for a modern political tragedy. In 1959, Elmer Rice wrote Cue for Passion, a Broadway play that adapted Shakespeare’s Hamlet into contemporar…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:45PMFriday, November 14, 2025
Tony-nominated, Broadway star Jasmine Amy Rogers is the latest collaborator in a series of duets with the late multi-genre great, Dan Seals. The reimagined version of “My Baby’s Got Good…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMThe revered BBC strand that gave us Abigail’s Party and The Black Stuff makes a return … on Channel 5. Will it be as successful as in its heyday?
In March 1977, BBC One screened Spend, S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMThursday, November 13, 2025
Laurie Metcalf as Sarah and Micah Stock as Ethan in “Little Bear Ridge Road” (photo by Julia Cervantes).November 13, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
In 1984, I attend…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 03:02PMTuesday, November 11, 2025
Tony-nominated, Broadway star Jasmine Amy Rogers is the latest collaborator in a series of duets with the late multi-genre great, Dan Seals. The reimagined version of “My Baby’s Got Good…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMSaturday, November 8, 2025
Prince was mysterious, sexy. This adaptation of his 1984 film, onstage in Minneapolis, explains too much and comes off as disorienting.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMFriday, November 7, 2025
Mike Nichols and Neil Simon in an empty theatre in the 1960s, eyes forward towards the stage.November 7, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Mike Nichols, born ninety-four y…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:43AMWednesday, October 29, 2025
Lincoln Center Theater held a ceremony announcing the renaming of their stage door in honor of former Mayor of New York City and former LCT Board Chair, John V. Lindsay. Lindsay held the tit…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:24PMThursday, October 23, 2025
Drew Gasparini has written the music and lyrics for the musical based on the 1984 film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMWednesday, October 22, 2025
My friend Clive King, who has died aged 61 of heart failure, was an Irish writer, lyricist, journalist and script editor based in Scotland. His plays were performed in Glasgow, Edinburgh and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AMMonday, October 20, 2025
There was a flourish of purple at the State Theater for the debut of a new musical adaptation of the performer’s 1984 movie in his hometown in Minnesota.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMWednesday, October 15, 2025
It's game on for the Broadway revival of Chess, starring Tony winner Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher. The musical begins performances at the Imperial Theatre on Octo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36AMSunday, October 5, 2025
Little Shop Of Horrors Off Broadway 1984
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:21PMFriday, September 19, 2025
On the dance scene for more than four decades, choreographer Stephen Petronio founded his singular, heart-thumping Stephen Petronio Company in 1984. Nearly every year since, the group presen…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMSunday, September 14, 2025
Charles Ludlam was a pioneering figure in queer theater in the 1980s with campy send-ups of classic works (Satyricon in Turds in Hell, Hamlet in Stage Blood) as well as Old Hollywood (like h…
SOURCE: Culture Sauce at 10:00PMBy Samuel L. Leiter
September 14, 2025: Revivals of Henrik Ibsen are common enough, though A Doll’s House tends to dominate. Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, and An Enemy of the People appear regul…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:00PMThursday, September 11, 2025
Next summer, the star will appear in Stratford-upon-Avon first as Prospero and then alongside Helen Hunt in Chekhov’s classic
More than 40 years after his star-making performance as Henry …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMWednesday, September 3, 2025
The life and career of Merritt Butrick (1959-1989) were both short, but I’m just the right age to have witnessed his time of peak fame, which occurred (most unusually) at the start of his …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:12AMSunday, August 31, 2025
An Interview with Ana Ristoska Trpenoska, a playwright, dramaturg, Vienna/Skopje, Austria/R.N. Macedonia. Interviewer Ivanka Apostolova Baskar. Ana Ristoska Trpenoska (1984, Skopje) stud…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:47PMTuesday, August 26, 2025
St. Ann’s Warehouse has just announced that Tony nominees Tom Sturridge and Brian d’Arcy James have joined the cast of St. Ann’s new production of Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMFriday, August 22, 2025
Edinburgh Fringe Review: 1984 at Pleasance Courtyard (Above)
“Despite strong performances, this 1984 lacks the thematic depth of Orwell’s original”
The post Edinburgh Fringe Review: 19…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:35AMThursday, August 21, 2025
Casting is complete for the world premiere of Purple Rain, the Broadway-bound musical adaptation of Prince’s 1984 musical film. With a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Branden Ja…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMSee who's joining previously announced stars Kris Kollins and Rachel Webb in the stage version of the 1984 film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMOn Wednesday, BroadwayWorld reported that the beloved Muppets would be joining magician Rob Lake for a new magic show opening at the Broadhurst Theatre this fall. The production will mark th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMWednesday, August 13, 2025
John Wood, Marian Seldes and Victor Garber in “Deathtrap” (1978).August 13, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
On this date forty-four years ago, Ira Levin’s Deathtrap…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:57AMTuesday, August 12, 2025
The world premiere of Purple Rain, the Broadway-bound musical adaptation of Prince’s 1984 musical film, has found its stars. Kris Kollins will star as The Kid, and Rachel Webb will play Ap…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMThis fall’s world premiere in Minneapolis of the stage musical Purple Rain will star an up-and-coming musician-songwriter named Kris Kollins in the main role of The Kid, made famous in the…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:00PMMonday, August 4, 2025
Now playing at the Glimmerglass Festival is Sunday In The Park With George, led by Broadway veteran John Riddle. The cast also includes Marina Pires as Dot/Marie, John Riddle as George, Lure…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMFriday, August 1, 2025
Classic Stage Company has added a second benefit concert performance of The Rink, featuring a book by Terrence McNally, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb. In addition to the previ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PM 
