Tuesday, February 3, 2026
The spring program honors American choreographers; appropriate for a ballet company that made its name touring the United States while pushing the boundaries of classicism in dance. Newcity …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMMonday, February 2, 2026
Just wanted to add my voice to the chorus enthusiastically praising Ryan Coogler’s Sinners (2025). We caught it a few months ago, but it seemed appropriate fodder for Black History Month (…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:36AMSunday, February 1, 2026
Downtown theatre giant Woodie King Jr. (1939-2026) passed away on January 29. I thought it appropriate to hold my tribute a couple of days for Black History Month. Mr. King was the founder a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:12AMThursday, January 15, 2026
Tickets are now on sale for The Balusters, a raucous comedy by David Lindsay-Abaire about a neighborhood dispute that escalates into an epic showdown. Performances begin March 31, with openi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMTuesday, January 6, 2026
“I'm really drawn to a big arc,” says Ben Levi Ross. “I'm drawn to someone who's very changed through the length of the piece.” This is an appropriate sentiment for Ross, who goes fr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMFriday, January 2, 2026
LOOKING BACK AT 2025: SOME PARODIES OF 2025 BROADWAY EVENTS
JUST IN TIME - Since Jonathan Groff himself has such open fun making fun of his own sweating and spitting, we did a parody-t…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 11:01AMWednesday, December 31, 2025
For those of us who there at the beginning, MTV has long been dead, i.e., the part that mattered, the showing of round-the-clock music videos. But apparently there’s some scrap or remnant …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMFriday, December 12, 2025
Manhattan Theatre Club announced complete casting for the Broadway world premiere of The Balusters, written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Tony …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMManhattan Theatre Club announced complete casting for the Broadway world premiere of The Balusters, written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Tony …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMEXCLUSIVE: Michael Esper (Broadway’s Appropriate, TV’s Trust) and Kayli Carter (TV’s Mrs. America) are among the newly announced cast members for the Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcomin…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AMMonday, December 8, 2025
There’s something appropriate about Georges-Léon-Jules-Marie Feydeau (1862–1921) having been born at this festive time of year. What is more merry than a French farce? Furthermore he s…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:54PMSunday, December 7, 2025
Visually, Little Bear Ridge Road is minimalist – solely a circular platform with a sofa – appropriate because the script calls for it to be surrounded by a black void. But emotionally,…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:36PMSunday, November 30, 2025
“Producing ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ this fall felt like an appropriate theatrical celebration for our 40th anniversary season of the musical theatre program at the Catholic University …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:40PMFriday, November 21, 2025
Review of the Sunday, November 9, 2025 evening preview performance at the Longacre Theatre in New York City. Starring Sam Tutty and Christiani Pitts. Book, music and lyrics by Jim Barne and …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:48AMFriday, November 14, 2025
The 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 08:02AMSunday, October 19, 2025
By David Sheward
October 19, 2025: For an intimate and raucous evening with a slightly modern twist, you can’t do much better than the current revival of Tartuffe, Moliere’s classic com…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:59PMThursday, October 16, 2025
With the affordability crisis being such a part of life (and the mayor race) in New York City, and meanwhile a three-actor Broadway play like "Art" having grossed $1.7-million last week, it …
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 02:40PMPerelman Performing Arts Center has revealed the complete cast for the New York return of Matthew Warchus’ production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic, adapted for the stage by Jac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PMMonday, October 13, 2025
Sam Robards, Victoria Clarke, Camila Canó-Flaviá, and Will Harrison in “Punch” (photo by Matthew Murphy).October 13, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
If you’ve nev…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:44AMThursday, October 9, 2025
Immersing myself in the programme’s seriously dark comedy loosened my grip on reality – and then a ventriloquist asked me for a selfie
I was on stage, alone, at a packed Alexandra theatr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AMWednesday, October 1, 2025
More than 1,000 actors have signed a letter expressing solidarity with Actors’ Equity in its ongoing negotiations with the Broadway League as the union demands significant increases in hea…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:04PMTuesday, September 23, 2025
Patricia Lockwood’s life and art are so closely linked that it’s appropriate for a cat meowing in the background during a phone interview from her Savannah, Georgia, home to make it into…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AMThursday, September 11, 2025
LONDON REPORT: “THE PRODUCERS” IS BACK — JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT!
Andy Nyman and Marc Antolin as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom in “The Producers” (2025).September 11, 2025: Thea…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 03:14PMWednesday, September 3, 2025
Charles Kirsch is the 17-year-old host of the theater podcast Backstage Babble, where he has conducted over 250 in-depth interviews with some of Broadway’s best. In “Stage Direction,” …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AMFriday, August 22, 2025
Shakespeare in the Park Returns, Joyfully & Inclusively, to New York by Andrea Libresco As the performance begins, multiple helicopters fly over the Delacorte Theater. While not a part o…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:08AMTuesday, August 19, 2025
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:09PMMonday, August 11, 2025
Director James Vásquez join The Old Globe's Becks Redman to discuss The Comedy of Errors.
Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opportunity to closely conne…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:51PMFriday, August 8, 2025
The Great Gatsby's Jordan Baker dwells among the new money of West Egg, a world of blinding parties and dark secrets. But it's all "Champagne Problems" for Samantha Pauly, who's popping som…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMIn episode four, of Champagne Problems, Samantha Pauly sits down at her dressing-room mirror to take you through her entire process of getting show ready ("Cat eye is not really appropriate …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:42PMThursday, August 7, 2025
Merriment and mayhem come to life in the Bard’s hilarious and fun-filled play, The Comedy of Errors, running July 27 through Aug. 24, 2025.
Find tickets at https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:34PMTuesday, August 5, 2025
Traverse theatre, EdinburghPanto dame Dorothy Blawna-Gale is sharp-tongued and lovable but the hilarity is underpinned by creator Johnny McKnight’s personal story
She stands before us in a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02AMThursday, July 31, 2025
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) It is perhaps most appropriate that for the third jewel in Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane’s studded crown is Carousel, the Rod…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 02:06PMWednesday, July 30, 2025
July 30 was the birthday of stage and screen actor Holmes Herbert (Horace Edward Jenner, 1882-1956), sometimes billed as Holmes E. Herbert, H.E. Herbert, H.J. Herbert, anything one hopes, ex…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:32AMFriday, July 11, 2025
In partnership with Americans for the Arts and its advocacy affiliate Arts Action Fund, arts industry leaders from across the nation are gathering on Capitol Hill this month to bring a messa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMWednesday, July 9, 2025
Jester Hairston (1901-2000) had two strong careers in two entirely different but overlapping cultural disciplines. Arguably his contributions to music were of greater significance, but we’…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:24AMFriday, July 4, 2025
The 1969 marquee for “1776” in its original production at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rodgers).July 4, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
This is a re-worki…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 02:33PMSunday, June 29, 2025
Frank Loesser (1910–1969).June 29, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
One hundred fifteen years ago today, composer-lyricist Frank Loesser was born on the Upper West Side o…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:00PMThursday, June 12, 2025
Sometimes the only refuge from the brutalities of a life pre-destined for loneliness, poverty and violence is a poetic voice.
In playwright Jamie Wax’s one-hander “Call Me Izzy,” Jean …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:14PMElla Beatty has had an incredible year in New York theatre. After joining the Tony-winning Appropriate as River when the show transferred theaters, she next joined Jack O’Brien’s much bu…
SOURCE: Theatrely at 02:28PMJune 12 was the birthday of Anne Frank (1929-1945). Confronted with the bewildering descent of America into a place where schoolgirls need to hide out in attics and where Jews are being viol…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:36PM 
