I say, “To hell with the naysayers.” Theatre critics’ slams v. audiences’ ovations.
The critics sometimes churlish, often contradictory, observations were in direct opposition …
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A sneak peek. “Back To The Future – The Musical” is in full-blown rehearsal mode.
On the first day of rehearsal, the cast, creatives, production team, and producers …
Some Like it Hot nabbed 13 Tony Award nominations, here’s the cast making the Broadway album.
Featuring a score by Marc Shaiman (Bette! Divine Madness) and Scott Wittman (Hairspray) …
Patti LuPone’s brother, Robert, has died at 76. Sad news with a sweet bother-sister backstory.
I’m watchin’ Sis Go pitterpat. Said, “I can do that, I can do that.” Knew ev’ry step right off the bat.Said, “I can do that, …
Broadway tales, backstage banter, stars’ stories—you’ll love these two guys.
When I was going to theatre school in New York in the 70s, I’d go to gay bars on the …
One of Broadway’s hottest tickets is free to all this year. The standing-room-only show is virtual for 2020.
The first Broadway Bares was presented in 1992 by Jerry Mitchell and the company of The Will Rogers Follies at …
Musical joy from the Broadway & movie casts of Hairspray. Streaming video supports Actors Fund.
Just try watching and not tapping your feet or singing along. Just try. Visit the Actors Fund to learn more. …
What Fun! Seth Rudetsky & James Wesley are hosting ‘Stars in the House’ to benefit The Actors Fund.
As a SAG-AFTRA member, I know that when times are tough—as they are now with the coronavirus continuing to disrupt …
Closed by COVID-19 concerns, New York’s most iconic piano bar now a virtual sing-along destination.
Ok, this is some of the best news that I’ve had all day. Marie’s Crisis, in New York’s West Village, …
Amid coronavirus concerns: Theatres on the Great White Way to go dark tonight at 5 p.m.
Variety reports that despite efforts to keep doors open amid a growing public health crisis, Broadway theaters in New York City …
Coming to Broadway next month: A new-age musical celebrating first love and the power of music.
I have high hopes for this show. Ben Brantley writes in The New York Times, “A boy presses ‘play’ and the …
Theatre people: A 70s Christmas in New York, a dinner in Philadelphia, and a petrified Christmas tree.
Christmastime, 1971 I’d just returned to New York after being on the road in the cast of The Impossible Years. …
Think you know music? Check out Seth Rudetsky. He KNOWS music & his song deconstructions are a riot.
In the autumn of 1970, I showered, brushed my teeth and hair, and put on just a smidge of bronzer …
WAR PAINT: The Broadway cast album dropped to the cloud today; CD to follow. #SublimeVoices
Here’s a preview of Patti Lupone and Christine Ebersole knocking it out of the park as they lay down tracks …
Lesser-known Broadway musicals can be magical, too.
One autumn a long time ago—when I was just two months short of turning eleven—there opened on Broadway a musical with a plot set …
Learn the process of recording a Broadway Cast Album
If you enjoy Broadway musicals as much as I do and if you haven’t heard these four extraordinary podcasts before …
The top 8 July 4th movies (and some fountain trivia)
The 4th of July usually gets short shrift in the holiday movie category. But, it shouldn’t. Here’s the list that Jacob …
But Mary Tyler Moore as Holly Golightly seemed like such a swell idea back in ’66.
Despite having a book by playwright Edward Albee (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Finding the Sun), a score composed by Bob Merrill …
Nothin’, Miss Daisy. We jus’ carryin’ on.
Daisy Werthan: You should have let me keep my old LaSalle. It never would’ve behaved this way and you know …