New musical 'Rope' has some unusual strands
A hangman as hero? Not the most conventional basis for a new stage musical. But then, Mark Sickman is not your typical musical-theater artist.
Today is Saturday, May 23, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Adam Wylie Laurel Holloman Randy Graff Beth Austin Charles Kimbrough Joan Collins Mary Fickett Jeannie Carson Rosemary Clooney Bill McCutcheon Beatrice Manley Betty Garrett Marjorie Jane William LeMassena Tania Riabouchinska Linda Watkins Rex Williams Arnold M. Auerbach Allan Scott Ralph Dunn Frank McHugh Liane Carrera Peggy Hopkins Joyce Herbert Marshall Virginia True Boardman James Gleason Douglas Fairbanks George Rosener Dallas Welford Charles S. Abbe Susan Towers Chris Parry Marilyn McIntyre Susan Polis Schutz Nigel Davenport Gerald Hiken Bette Henritze Maureen Pryor Ray Lawler Edna Skinner Robert Blackwell Jean Françaix Libby Holman Felix Powell