Thursday, February 27, 2014
Early on, we are told that Ode to Joy is "the story of how the pain goes away." At the end they say "forgiving is giving up the option for revenge" and "true joy is …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:01PMTuesday, February 25, 2014
Playbill.com reports on the 2014 Dramatists Guild Awards Ceremony, held Feb. 24 at the Lambs Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMSunday, February 23, 2014
This week's column discusses the original cast album of Fun Home, the new musical by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, February 20, 2014
A trip to Madison County is well worth while; Broadway rarely sees two such wonderful singing performances, and things are mighty incandescent when Mr. Brown's love songs are being sung. How…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:41PMWednesday, February 19, 2014
Lights up on two 20-somethings on a first-date picnic, falling in love as she feeds him information about her job. She tests and kills baby chickens, slices their brains, and plots thought p…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:18PMTuesday, February 18, 2014
Members of the original Broadway cast gathered at Lincoln Center Feb. 17 to offer a concert presentation of Maury Yeston and Peter Stone's musical Titanic. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMSunday, February 16, 2014
This month's column focuses on Alfred Hitchcock's early World War II thriller "Foreign Correspondent" and "Throne of Blood," Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, February 9, 2014
This week’s column discusses Sierra Boggess' cabaret act, Awakening, and Patrick Page and John Cullum in the belated cast recording of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, February 6, 2014
Encores! kicked off its 2014 season Feb. 5 with the musical Little Me, starring Tony Award winner Christian Borle. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMMonday, February 3, 2014
Playbill.com offers a look at Lincoln Center's American Songbook series presentation of Heartbreak Country: Michael John LaChiusa's Stories of America.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMSunday, February 2, 2014
This month's column looks at Moss Hart's classic "Act One" and Dorothy Gallagher's examination of one of Broadway's most noted playwrights of the mid-20th century, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, January 29, 2014
"THIS PLAY CONTAINS NUDITY, SEX & BAD LANGUAGE," says a bold-lettered sign in the lobby at Intimacy, the new offering from the New Group at New York City's Acorn Theatre. The l…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:31PMMonday, January 27, 2014
Café Carlyle's Late Night series premiered Jan. 24 with a performance by Ryan Silverman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMSunday, January 26, 2014
This week we watch Stanley Kramer's "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," starring Spencer Tracy and dozens of top comedians (including Phil Silvers, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, January 23, 2014
Recent seasons have seen a dependable stream of first-rate Irish plays making their way to Broadway and off. The newest hails not from the old country but from Bronx-born scribe John Patrick…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:08PMTuesday, January 21, 2014
Tony winner and original star of Hello, Dolly! Carol Channing took the stage at Town Hall Jan. 20, with Justin Vivian Bond, for an evening of stories and song.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMSunday, January 19, 2014
This week's column discusses the hit-filled compilation "Fred Astaire: The Early Years at RKO," plus a collection of mostly unknown songs by Comden, Green & Styne under the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThis week's column discusses the hit-filled compilation "Fred Astaire: The Early Years at RKO" plus a collection of mostly unknown songs by Comden, Green & Styne under the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, January 15, 2014
An awkwardly insecure girl from the tenements of New York is forced, by societal conditions and a lack of viable options, into...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:12PMSunday, January 12, 2014
This month's column screens Robert Altman's 1975 classic "Nashville" and Woody Allen's 2013 instant classic "Blue Jasmine."
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SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMSunday, January 5, 2014
This month's column looks at Alisa Solomon's "Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof" and Stacy Keach's memoir "All in All."
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SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, December 29, 2013
This week’s column discusses the original cast album of the Playwrights Horizons production of the Scott Frankel-Michael Korie musical Far From Heaven.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSpider-Man Turn Off the Dark's co-librettist Glen Berger chats with Playbill.com about the creation of the musical, its lengthy preview period and its long-delayed Broadway opening and u…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, December 25, 2013
The PBS documentary "What He Did for Love" presents the life of the man behind the music of A Chorus Line and "The Way We Were, " Tony, Emmy, Oscar and Pulitzer Priz…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, December 23, 2013
Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell lit up the holiday season with A Broadway Christmas Dec. 20-21 at Avery Fisher Hall. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMSunday, December 22, 2013
This month's column looks at Glen Berger's "Song of Spider-Man," a fly-on-the-wall chronicle of the creation of Broadway's biggest musical; the paperback reprint of &qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMTuesday, December 17, 2013
As 2013 dwindles down to a precious few -- a precious few plays and musicals, that is -- it is time to compile our list of the ten best of the year. This year, happily, has no less than fift…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:35AMSunday, December 15, 2013
This week's column discusses the original cast album of Dave Malloy's new-style musical Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812.
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SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, December 13, 2013
A Christmas Story is in fine shape at Madison Square Garden. It is a modern-day rarity: a holiday family show that'll enthrall the kids while offering adults flavorful, top-flight entertainm…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:09PMMonday, December 9, 2013
Madeleine George's play is an intricate puzzle built around the quest to invent machines that bring "better living through technology." There are four Watson characters -- one a ro…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:00PM54 Below presented "It's Today…54 Sings Mame," Dec. 8, featuring Leslie Uggams, Beth Leavel and Hunter Ryan Herdlicka. Playbill.com was there.
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