Irving Berlin wrote "All By Myself" in 1921, for "The Music Box Revue" in his then brand new Broadway theater, popularized in the decades to come by Al and Bing and Ethel and Ella. A hundred…
Miss New Year's Eve 2021? Watch it below  " the festivities at Times Square, the annual Concert for Peace at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the annual Natalie Douglas New Year's Ev…
At a time when matters of mortality are taking center stage, let's ring in the new (and hopefully far better) year by saluting  Broadway veterans who are aged 89 to 106, many of them stil…
Below are ten stunning music videos put together by Broadway stars, often for a political cause,  some just for kicks (literally.) Then below those:  ten of the most popular videos I p…
How much do you remember of this unprecedented year in theater?  (How much would anybody want to remember of 2020?) Answer these 20 questions to find out. Loading…
Below is a list of theater books to read in 2021, most of which were published in 2020.‡ Click on the titles to find more information and to purchase these books, grouped under five…
The year that's ending was one of shock and sorrow, but more uplifting to think of it as a year full of Sondheim " starting from the  New York Philharmonic's  "Celebrating Sondheim" co…
Below are some of the most popular posts and the best reads in 2020, starting with 11 interviews with theater makers and news makers about the theater-related issues and events in this most …
This is my annual New Year's Eve last-minute guide to events that are still available on New Year's Eve 2021 (when 2020 turns into 2021) in New York City. Times Square. theater. concerts. di…
Below are some of the people from the theater community who died in 2020, listed alphabetically. Click on any photograph to read the caption. Also: In Memoriam to New York City's frontline h…
The artist who calls himself Mur has written a musical about trees. On the surface, artist and subject differ greatly. Trees can live for thousands of years; a spruce in Sweden is said to be…
Yes, there was good theater this year, enough to fill the Top 10 lists below.  "Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration"  followed by "Russian Troll Farm," "The Line…
"Being Alive"and "Losing My Mind" " are there any better Sondheim to sing at the close of a year full of loss, unrequited yearning and obsession? That they are sung by performers who have mo…
Congressional leaders announced an agreement on a nearly $900 billion stimulus package on Sunday that includes some $15 billion for theaters and other cultural venues in the Save Our Stag…
On January 1, 2020, I explored seven possible major theater trends  of the new decade, asking: What will the future of theater turn out to be? The future arrived abruptly without warning …
My ten favorite individual New York stage performances from 2020 are listed alphabetically, with explanations for my choices largely excerpted from my reviews. I say "New York stage performa…
The beloved annual holiday shows return this year with two distinct differences: All are online, and many are free. That includes the two oldest and best-known: Radio City Christmas Spectacu…
Many people in the theater community have stepped up to this moment of multiple crises, including those I detail below, listed roughly in alphabetical order. They stand in for all the others…
What kind of weird holiday show is this? That was my initial reaction…"Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce Pandemic!" begins with the star looking like a tropical fruit monster, or as Mac had Å
How do you make your "A Christmas Carol" so different that it stands out in a season piled high with streaming versions of Dickens' heartwarming tale? That seems to be the main aim of Stream…
A solo musical about Mother Teresa performed in drag inside a closet? This may sound like an irreverent campy nun musical boosted to greater sacrilege because she is now officially Saint Ter…
Ann Reinking, Tony-winning choreographer, dancer, actor, Broadway veteran (Cabaret, Coco, Chicago, A Chorus Line, etc)  Bob Fosse's muse and lover, has died at the age of 71. The cause wa…
August Wilson will be a "forever" stamp starting in January, the U.S. Postal Service announced last week, but the playwright is already forever stamped on American culture, which is clearer …
The first reason I love the Irish Repertory Theater's "performance on screen" of "Meet Me in St. Louis" will sound like a backhanded compliment: It got me to watch the original 1944 Judy Gar…
On the occasion of 74-year-old André De Shields' lifetime achievement Audelco award, I resurrect this speech by the long-time Broadway veteran from a decade ago, before his newfound acclaim…