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By Iris Wiener With a flash, bam, alakazam, a wonderful tribute to Nat King Cole was given on February 8th when The New York Pops paid tribute to the timeless artist's centenni…
By Marcina Zaccaria A figure of a man is cast across the stage in a large shadow. His head, his heart, and his soul can no longer compete. Though raised in a glorious m…
By Joseph Pisano Love is no match for the past in Mies Julie, playwright Yaël Farber’s blistering update of the notoriously overheated August Strindberg classic. In th…
Another Look at Both Joshes By Ron Fassler I often adhere to an opinion from the British writer Tobias Hill, who once said, "I hate clever-cleverness, but I love good…
by Bernie Furshpan I’ve been in the business of helping people and organizations in making lasting impressions and selling their stuff for over 30 years. I absolutely…
By Brian Scott Lipton "Satire is what closes on Saturday night," the playwright George S. Kaufman famously said. Well, in the case of the Casey Hushion's producti…
The annual KLEBAN PRIZE FOR MUSICAL THEATRE presentation took place Monday, February 4 at ASCAP, 250 W. 57th Street.  Broadway's  legendary musical theater creators and up-and…
by Matt Smith It's been said that a team is only as good as its leaders, and all those who know that to be true in the music world packed Midtown hotspot Feinstein's/54 Below l…
by Carol Rocamora Rarely does a historical play come along with the power both to enlighten you and move you to the core. Such is the case of Behind the Sheet, the mesmerizing …
By Tania Fisher As flickering candlelight spreads across the anticipating faces of couples and friends alike seated at their tables encompassed in the famed hallows of t…
If you don’t know Ellen Auwarter in "Make Just a Ripple " Songs About Life's Brave Moments," you should. After three sold-out shows in June and November, the final encore perfor…
by Alix Cohen For five decades Robert Gordon Mackie has dressed some of the most glamorous and a few of the most outrageous entertainers in show business. Designing for movemen…
by Myra Chanin Every time I attend the latest monthly episode of Ricky Ritzel's Broadway, performed by The More Than Ready for Primetime Players, I am struck anew by the…
By Ron Fassler Last night, I attended "We'll Have Manhattan: Rodgers & Hart in New York," the inaugural show of 2019 for the 92nd Street Y's "Lyrics & Lyricists." It is…
One of the great, long standing traditions in the theater community the Drama Desk Awards will be presented by Broadway Brands, publisher of Broadway News and Broadway Briefing, an…
The touring company of William Finn’s Falsettos will begin its tour in Fayetteville, Arkansas on February 8th starring Max von Essen, Nick Adams, Eden Espinosa and Nick Blaemire…
by Carol Rocamora Watch out for that cake! You don't have to cross the Atlantic to see fabulous French farce at its finest. Just over the Brooklyn Bridge at BAM, a terrific…
by Michael Bracken A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1983, True West is arguably Sam Shepard's funniest play. But don't worry. There's no shortage of the playwright'…
The cast and creatives of BE MORE CHILL met with the press yesterday. The buzz is hot, hot, hot, coming off huge accolades and a sold out run off Broadway to now open on Broadw…
The hardest people to make laugh are comedians but if you are Colin Quinn you have that down pat. Tuesday night, January 22, 2019 Coin Quinn opened his one-man  hysteric show COLIN QUINN …
by Magda Katz On Saturday, January 19 2019 stars of the Cabaret World paid tribute to Peter Leavy in honor of his 90th Birthday at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Peter wa…
by Sheila Watko What if one of the Six Merry Murderesses of the Cook County Jail was a terrible storyteller? How would the course of Alison Bechdel's life have been altered if …
by Adam Cohen The feeding of movies to theater and visa versa has gone ad infinitum.  But few have truly realized the potential of opening a story and characters u…
With inaugural TodayTix Presents Concert, Ethan Slater Proves He's Not "Just a Simple Sponge" by Matt Smith No matter how much you may have ra…
by Cathy Hammer In 2015, the Republic of Ireland passed an amendment to their constitution allowing Gay couples the rights of marriage. Though civil partnerships had been recog…
