306 stories by "Jesse North"
Broadway has given us some great family dramas recently, but that juicy genre becomes elevated when the kin in question are warring over something bigger than themselves. This is the case in…
Some of the most exciting plays to see are the ones dealing with timely subjects. Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays is a showcase of short plays, both comedic and dramatic, about …
Let's be honest: what gets lost in translation is often funny. This is the case in David Henry Hwang's new comedy, which is full of misunderstandings when an American businessman travels to …
Talking points: Happy Halloween! I explain how Broadway inspired my kooky costume this year. Shakespeare + beer = ShakesBeer! Halloween fun with The Mick of The Craptacular. Susan Egan’…
A new cast of fresh faces is about to take Broadway by storm when the new musical Lysistrata Jones begins previews on November 12. Based on the play by Aristophanes, the show takes place at …
When actors are accepted into the Disney club, the membership lasts a lifetime. The Disney Princess division is the most elite membership, and Susan Egan holds two of those spots. Having ori…
Talking points: Moonface Martin-Reno Sweeney romance rumors from Anything Goes‘ Robert Creighton The top reasons to see Relatively Speaking and Sons of the Prophet Broadway grosses Wha…
Families are complicated, and there's a deep ocean of theatrical works that illustrate this point. We can add another hefty addition to that list with Relatively Speaking, a collection of th…
Some people are saddled with the responsibility of being the glue that keeps everyone together. Yet when that person is unsettled in his life, it inevitably affects everyone else as well. Th…
Remember how scary Hannibal Lector seemed when you first saw him in that prison cell? Well, imagine how scary he’d be if he was singing a showtune. OK, not that scary. But it’d b…
Robert Creighton made the decision that he would not understudy anymore. After covering roles in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Little Mermaid on Broadway, he felt that he was losing his sp…
One of the most important questions to ask in our modern-day world is: Where does it come from? This question could refer to the food we're eating, the clothes we're wearing, and in the case…
Talking points: Adam Jacobs of The Lion King and Aladdin"the guy who’s played both Simba and Aladdin Simba’s workout tips Marathon week of theater, including The Mountaintop and …
Although it's been written so many times, the new play The Lyons makes the statement ring truer than ever: You cannot choose your family. The titular clan is gathered at the hospital bedside…
Stage Rush things you could use a good night of laughing at the theater, so we’re giving away three free pairs of tickets to see the off-Broadway comedy The Judy Show. Emmy-winning com…
There are three larger-than-life personalities on stage in Katori Hall's two-person play, The Mountaintop: Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Of course, Jackso…
If you were a young boy in the early 90s, chances are you wanted to be Aladdin and Simba. Heck, if you were a girl, you may have wanted to be them too, or at least marry them. Only one perso…
Sometimes, all the power and money in the world cannot protect you from the consequences of your decisions. It's a moral presented in Terence Rattigan's Man and Boy that comes off kind of co…
Talking points: Celine Dion, Bernadette Peters, and Kristin Chenoweth introduce this week’s episode! (Just watch.) NEWSical‘s Christina Bianco’s incredible celebrity impers…
Christina Bianco impersonates Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, and Lady Gaga. She has to, because she's already mastered most of Broadway's biggest stars. Yet if you're thinking that Bianco …
Talking points: Steve Cohen, the Millionaires’ Magician, performs an exclusive magic trick for SRTV The no. 1 reason to see Follies Win a pair of tickets to see Relatively Speaking Bro…
Seeing a Broadway show is always an exciting experience. Seeing three in one night is what we call Broadway magic. The new comedy Relatively Speaking has all that and more, comprised of thre…
If there’s a lesson to learn from Follies, it’s “Don’t look back.” Because if you do, there’s only a mess there. Featuring a fearsome foursome of Bernadet…
Most people want to separate their work environment from their home, but most people are not Steve Cohen. Cohen, his wife, and two children live in the Waldorf Towers in the same suite where…
Talking points: I spend all of Hurricane Irene contemplating the magic tricks of Steve Cohen, the Millionaire’s Magician Casting the Les Miserables movie: Can Hugh, Russell, and Anne c…
