The first"and last"film Charles Laughton ever directed was poorly received and badly marketed in its initial release, though it's now widely, and rightfully, acclaimed The post Feingold on O…
This is the inaugural column of a new series. While we're all obliged to shelter in place, for who knows how long, and virtual encounters online are the only safe ones, I've decided to put i…
Michael Feingold looks at two popular century-old plays which had enduring afterlives, "Nothing But the Truth" and "The Cat and the Canary" The post The Feingold Column: My Recycled Repertoi…
From John Barrymore to Fernandel to Peter Sellers, actors all over the world have put their stamp on Marcel Pagnol's Topaze. The post The Feingold Column: My Recycled Repertoire, and Why (Pa…
Nelson's Apple Family returns, virtually, to engage and comfort deprived theater fans The post What Do We Need to Talk About?: Apple Tart for the Soul appeared first on New York Stage Review.
Richard Nelson's fresh slice of Rhinebeck life is a screenshot reflection of our troubled times The post What Do We Need to Talk About?: An Apt Chat and Chew Over Current Events appeared fir…
The beloved and respected songwriter is saluted by the brightest Broadway entertainers of today The post Intermission Talk: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration appeared first on New York St…
After a few technical difficulties, 'Take Me to the World' was the Sondheim celebration that theater-starved Broadway babies were waiting for The post Intermission Talk: Sondheim's Starry On…
Richard Nelson's newest installment in his celebrated Apple Family series "opens" online on Wednesday, and the first four plays are available for viewing The post Intermission Talk: Five Bi…
Performing Jonathan Tolins's Streisand-centric fable live and online, Michael Urie hits it out of the park The post Intermission Talk: Buyer & Cellar Online"Sold! appeared first on New Y…
I have a notion for what might be a four-play repertory season. The title most likely to be recognized is the British specimen, James M. Barrie's 'The Admirable Crichton.' The post The Feing…
The exceptional Canadian series, set at a facsimile of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, is re-released just in time for us to savor it The post Intermission Talk: Outrageous Slings and Ar…
National Theatre Live brings James Corden and his Tony-winning performance into your home The post Intermission Talk: One Man, Two Guvnors, Your Screen appeared first on New York Stage Revie…
The choreographer-director recalls his active career, including the Michael Bennett years The post Intermission Talk: Bob Avian's Fleet-Footed Show-Biz Memoir appeared first on New York Stag…
The simplicity, even the banality, of a popular tune can be the arresting feature that gives a play its strength The post The Feingold Column: Songs to Write Plays By"Part 2 appeared first o…
Am influential, pioneering concept musical from 1948 which lost its way The post Intermission Talk: About the Alan Jay Lerner-Kurt Weill "Love Life" appeared first on New York Stage Review.
On keeping singing in musical theater about storytelling, rather than showboating The post Intermission Talk: How Broadway Singing Fell Sway to Pop Music's Excesses, and Why There's Hope app…
The jolly tone and theater-centric focus of the old Rosie O'Donnell Show is charmingly recaptured on line for an awfully good cause. The post Intermission Talk: An Actors Fund Benefit, And E…
The inauspicious origins of the ill-fated Jerry Herman/Michael Stewart musical, recently revived at City Center The post Intermission Talk: About Mack & Mabel appeared first on New York …
How classic American songs worked their way into the plays of Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, August Wilson, and more The post The Feingold Column: Songs to Write Plays by"Part 1 appeared fi…
★★★★★ Back in a small room, the Broadway diva is in new voice, adventurous, relaxed The post Betty Buckley: Cabaret Artistry at Its Peak appeared first on New Y…
★★★★☆ Hilary Bettis handles a sensitive issue with understanding The post 72 Miles to Go: Imperiled DACA Family Close Up appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★☆☆ A well-meaning new play documents a family's struggles after being separated from its undocumented matron The post 72 Miles to Go: A Family Torn by Border…
★★★★☆ Celine Song's powerful NYTW debut looks legacy, obligation, pride, and a dying ancient tradition The post Endlings: Extinction and Creation appeared firs…
★★★☆☆ A new musical by Daniel Goldstein and the late Michael Friedman gets a handsome production at Playwrights Horizons The post Unknown Soldier: Unraveling a …