 New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced March 15 that small theatres, nightclubs, movie theaters, and concert venues must all close, effective 9 AM, Tuesday, March 17. The mandate …
         That's the Ticket " Where It All Began by Guest Writer Mel Miller  I first became aware of That's the Ticket, thanks to "The Musicals No One …
 by Sandi Durell  Remember Cheers and Ted Danson? (as if you can forget!) Here's an apropos video segment I received today that should help to put a smile on your face " something we…
  by Marcina Zaccaria  Three hours after confirmation that all Broadway theaters would be closed and Lincoln Center Pavillion would be shut, I traveled to Greenwich Village to at…
 by Sandi Durell  You have a new opportunity to sing to any of your favorite tunes when you're alone in the shower. And it's in the name of public health and beating coronavirus. A n…
 By Sandi Durell  I've been saying to many that in the wake of the theater shutdown in New York (and worldwide), how important it would be for someone to tape shows and then live-str…
Our Efforts to Bring You Information on Many Topics of Interest to Those in Entertainment Related Small Businesses  When the city said it would offer cash and loans to help b…
 The following is a compilation of the most recent news articles via Broadway Briefing and other Entertainment outlets regarding COVID-19 and Theater and Event Shutdowns  Broadway pr…
 by Sandi Durell  Those 72 miles can be a short hop and jump or, as in Hilary Bettis' new play at Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theatre, an indeterminate unreachable number…
 by Alix Cohen  Take your time passing through the exhibit of Dadaist objects and signage on the way in. An embodiment of the show, it's droll, minimal, evocative; mood setting. Joel…
   by Adam Cohen  Political polemics abound, especially in an election year where viruses get politicized.  This concept is theatricalized compellingly in the George St…
 The producers of To Kill a Mockingbird, West Side Story, The Lehman Trilogy, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and The Book of Mormon, in an unprecedented move, have…
  By Linda Amiel Burns  Joan Ryan has been living in Los Angeles for many years, and commuting between the two coasts. However, she is thrilled to now be living in NY full time a…
  By Sandi Durell  Have you read A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole? I urge you to read this cult classic for insight into the significance of Vivian Neuwirth's pla…
 Kristin Chenoweth has accepted an appointment as Artist in Residence at her alma mater, Oklahoma City University, beginning in April 2020. The Tony and Emmy Award winning performer has …
 by Marcina Zaccaria  At first, we're not sure if it's a painter's or sculptor's studio. The table is perfectly prepared. Rolls of paper hang from the wall in a tall loft whe…
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 by Carol Rocamora  The graceful Golden Gate Bridge stretches across the San Francisco Bay, a steel marvel connecting two shores. But it's not a shining symbol for the young prot…
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  By Brian Scott Lipton  Saucy. Spicy. One hardly needs to be an experienced theater critic for these adjectives to pop into one's head during the prolonged opening section of Ka…
An Amusement Column  by Harry Haun  A GENDER-BENDING GENRE: Frankenstein, Hamlet and Dracula all come to tragic crash-and-burn conclusions in local productions on the same Sunday Blo…
Musical Revivals: Purists Versus Radicals " Where to Draw the Line?   By Barbara & Scott Siegel   We didn't used to have a big hubbub when a musical revival hit the board…
 by Sandi Durell  A capacity crowd of 18,000 New York City public school students made history at Madison Square Garden on February 26, 2020 along side the Broadway cast of To Kil…
 Transport Group's The Unsinkable Molly Brown opened on February 26 at Abrons Arts Center on Grand Street and Theater Pizzazz was on the scene as Alice Teeple captured the curtain cal…
  By Sandi Durell  Two things happen when you have an opportunity to see the marvelous Marilyn Maye at Dizzy's . . . the glamorous flickering lights of the New York cityscape pro…