20 stories by "Barbara Isenberg"
Sheldon Harnick, the Tony-winning lyricist of musical theater, died Friday at 99 of natural causes.
Wagner create the stage world of "The Producers," "Crazy for You," "Hair" and dozens more
Later in life, Sullivan served as director of the Eugene O'Neill National Critics Institute.
Playwrights, directors and other luminaries discuss what it was like to create theater with the Broadway legend, who died Friday.
From her first song in Daniel Fish's daring revival of "Oklahoma!" actress Ali Stroker presents an Ado Annie like audiences have never encountered before. Partly it's her amazing voice, stro…
It was already an incredibly busy time for Israeli actor, director and artist Yehezkel Lazarov. He was performing in one show in Tel Aviv, about to direct another and scheduled to curate an …
Christopher Ashley, the reigning Tony Award winner for best director of a musical, calls it "an extraordinary moment," but it's actually been an extraordinary year: "Come From Away," "Indece…
"Come From Away," "Indecent," "Junk," "Latin History for Morons," "Escape to Margaritaville" and, opening April 23, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical": Six recent plays and musicals to…
Q&A with Gerard Alessandrini, creator of "Spamilton: An American Parody." The commercial and critical hit off-Broadway opens at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City on Nov. 12 as the "Ham…
British theater director Marianne Elliott and London's National Theatre are on a roll. "War Horse," their first joint blockbuster, and "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," th…
For the veteran director, the nomination for directing the Bette Midler juggernaut is his first Tony nod in 20 years -- a sweet moment for a four-time winner.
Few actors have so eclectic a resumé as Alan Cumming. Perhaps best known as political operative Eli Gold on CBS'Â "The Good Wife," the 51-year-old actor won a Tony Award for his portrayal…
When Phillipa Soo was growing up in suburban Chicago, she would climb onto her parents' coffee table in her pink tutu to perform. There, before a rapt audience of her brother and stuffed ani…
Broadway has been good to Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick. His elegant home on New York's Upper West Side has a gorgeous view of Central Park. In his living room, with its co…
It's been 50 years since the debut of "Flora, the Red Menace," the first Broadway musical from composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb.
On Sept. 22, 1964, after the long-awaited Broadway opening of "Fiddler on the Roof," invited guests gathered at New York's swank Rainbow Room to celebrate. The first review that came in that…
Playwright Christopher Durang humorously looks at people through a cracked lens. He's been popular, but not Broadway-popular. Then he started thinking: Chekhov. 'Vanya and Sonia ...' resulte…
This year, the annual event is in the hands of of a man whose passion for music is as embedded in his spirit as dance. He promises an eclectic schedule.NEW YORK — You hear choreographe…
Joshua Henry reprises his Tony-nominated role in the musical from John Kander and Fred Ebb, which revisits a chilling episode in U.S. history. Actor Joshua Henry admits he didn't know much a…
The Tony-winning director stepped in to work with the musical before Broadway. For the tour arriving at the Pantages, more changes were made. More tension, more laughs.Few properties have be…
