178 stories by "MERVYN ROTHSTEIN"
Meet Thomas Schumacher, the man behind the magic of Disney's stage musicals Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Newsies and more.
Mandy Patinkin, starring in Broadway's An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, talks about the show's songlist, passion projects like Showtime's "Homeland" and…
Jean-Luc Choplin, the director of the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, said in an interview this week that he is planning a 2012-13 season that includes a production of Steph…
How to Become Parisian in One Hour?, a rare English-language theatrical event in the City of Light, was cooked up by a Frenchman who was once a restaurant manager at a Florida resort. His dr…
How to Become Parisian in One Hour?, a rare English-language theatrical event in the City of Light, was cooked up by a Frenchman who was once a restaurant manager at a Florida resort. His dr…
Meet house carpenter Charlie Rasmussen, the oldest active member of Local One of IATSE.
On the occasion of the publication of his memoir "Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain," about escaping the shadows of his childhood for the relative light of show business, belov…
Jon Robin Baitz, David Henry Hwang and David Ives are anything but newbies. But their latest projects have them experiencing Broadway in a new way.
Meet Joey Parnes, a general manager of Broadway shows who is now interim executive director at The Public Theater.
Mike McAlary, the late New York City newspaperman, is profiled in The Wood, a new Off-Broadway play by Dan Klores. Now, meet the playwright behind the headlines.
Biographer Julie Salamon sheds light on Wendy Wasserstein, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of The Heidi Chronicles and The Sisters Rosensweig.
Biographer Julie Salamon sheds light on Wendy Wasserstein, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of The Heidi Chronicles and The Sisters Rosensweig.
Meet Daryl Roth, the 2011 Tony Award-winning producer of The Normal Heart.
Tony Award-nominated Hair director Diane Paulus talks about how she and her 21st-century collaborators are re-thinking the 1935 George Gershwin-DuBose Heyward folk opera Porgy and Bess.
Tony Award-nominated Hair director Diane Paulus talks about how she and her 21st-century collaborators are re-thinking the 1935 George Gershwin-DuBose Heyward folk opera Porgy and Bess.
Meet Austin Pendleton, the actor, playwright, librettist and Tony-nominated director, who will helm Detroit on Broadway this fall.
The forgotten, Vernon Duke-Ogden Nash score to the musical Sweet Bye and Bye (1946) is held up to the light in a new recording starring Marin Mazzie. Record producer Tommy Krasker explains a…
The forgotten, Vernon Duke-Ogden Nash score to the musical Sweet Bye and Bye (1946) is held up to the light in a new recording starring Marin Mazzie. Record producer Tommy Krasker explains a…
Puppeteers Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler show us how many people it takes to make a War Horse.
Meet The Vagina Monologues' playwright Eve Ensler, recipient of the Tony Awards' 2011 Isabelle Stevenson Award. She shares some personal photos, exclusively with Playbill.
Meet the master craftsman Sheldon Harnick, the Tony Award-winning lyricist of Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello! and She Loves Me.
Meet British producer Cameron Mackintosh, the man behind the international hits Mary Poppins, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. His Betty Blue Eyes just …
Meet George Lee Andrews, the longtime star of Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera.
There's no music like show music. Just ask Jonathan Schwartz, the radio host, champion of the American popular song and son of Broadway composer Arthur Schwartz.
There's no music like show music. Just ask Jonathan Schwartz, the radio host, champion of the American popular song and son of Broadway composer Arthur Schwartz.
