178 stories by "Mervyn Rothstein"
A team that comprises 18 Tony Awards has come together to bring the new dance piece In Your Arms to the Old Globe Theatre. We catch up with Tony-winning choreographer Christopher Gattell…
When Pulitzer Prize–winning dramatist Paula Vogel was 22, she read a play called The God of Vengeance, by major Yiddish author Sholem Asch. It had been written in the first decade …
When Pulitzer Prize–winning dramatist Paula Vogel was 22, she read a play called The God of Vengeance, by major Yiddish author Sholem Asch. It had been written in the first decade …
Lin-Manuel Miranda accomplishes quite the feat with his hip-hop portrayal of the life and times of Alexander Hamilton.
Lin-Manuel Miranda accomplishes quite the feat with his hip-hop portrayal of the life and times of Alexander Hamilton.
Playbill.com digs into its archives to explore past articles. In the next installment, Lin-Manuel Miranda reflects on the Broadway opening of his first musical, In the Heights, written w…
Tony-winning director Diane Paulus, who breathed new life into the musicals Hair and Porgy and Bess, shares what drew her to the musical adaptation of the indie film "Waitress."
Playbill.com digs into its archives to explore past articles. In the next installment, we pay a visit to the a Wild Party — the one written by Michael John LaChiusa that played Bro…
Playbill.com digs into its archives to explore past articles. In the next installment, we pay a visit to the a Wild Party — the one written by Michael John LaChiusa that played Bro…
"It's a really truthful, smart and sophisticated story about how 17-year-olds live in the world today," Tony-nominated director Michael Greif says, "and it'…
Playbill.com digs into its archives to explore past articles. In the next installment, Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein writing discuss writing La Cage aux Folles, the award-winning mus…
While Broadway produced mostly mediocre new plays and disappointing musicals, Off Broadway came through in a number of ways.
Robert Morse, Donna McKechnie and Merle Debuskey -- the respective star, chorus gypsy and press agent of 1961's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying -- reminisce about the hit.
Robert Morse, Donna McKechnie and Merle Debuskey -- the respective star, chorus gypsy and press agent of 1961's How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying -- reminisce about the hit.
On the occasion of a semi-staged Manhattan production of the musical I'd Rather Be Right, Anne Kaufman Schneider reflects on the life and work of her father, George S. Kaufman.
On the occasion of a semi-staged Manhattan production of the musical I'd Rather Be Right, Anne Kaufman Schneider reflects on the life and work of her father, George S. Kaufman.
Meet Irene Gandy, the theatrical press agent who broke ground more than 40 years ago, and continues to celebrate Broadway and its practitioners.
The acclaimed Fiddler on the Roof songwriter sits down with Playbill.com to reflect on his life in musical theatre -- and share his thoughts about the form.
We catch up with Mel Miller, indefatigable producer whose Musicals Tonight! showcase series revives vintage (and recent) musicals, including this month's Theodore & Co. and Up in Central Par…
The acclaimed Fiddler on the Roof songwriter sits down with Playbill.com to reflect on his life in musical theatre -- and share his thoughts about the form.
Playbill.com digs into its archives to explore past articles. In the next installment, John Kander and Fred Ebb share the story of how, after an early disappointment, Kiss of the Spider Woma…
Award-winning director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall shares her love for the Cinderella story Ever After and what her next directing project might be.
Olivier Award winner Katori Hall shares how the "old-fogey" hobby of her grandmother influenced her latest play.
Greg Pierce shares behind-the-scenes stories of working with composer John Kander to create Kid Victory, the new musical about a missing child and the process of writing with an accl…
Disney collaborators Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz re-team to bring a new adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame to the stage.