Monday, August 4, 2025

Video: Norm Lewis Performs 'Song on the Sand' from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at The Muny

The Muny will present the long-awaited premiere of La Cage aux Folles beginning Friday, August 2, with performances running nightly at 8:15 p.m. through August 14 in Forest Park. Check out a…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:02PM
Saturday, August 2, 2025

A Highly Subjective List of the (So Far) Best Plays and Musicals of the 21st Century by Jan Simpson

The New York Times recently published a fancy interactive list of what it considers to be “The Best Movies of the 21st Century.”  The editors say they assembled the list by asking more …

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 11:32AM
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Kinky Boots’ at The Little Theatre of Alexandria by Danielle Comer

“Kinky Boots” struts right into the heart of Alexandria audiences with flashing lights and skyscraping heels at The Little Theatre of Alexandria. The Tony Award-winning “Kinky Boots,�…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:27AM
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Torch Song Is Not What We Expected  At Plays of Wilton by Bill Hirschman

Fair warning to anyone going to The Foundry for Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song because they want to see a play about a drag queen. Other than the lead works in drag for a living, but he cou…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:32PM
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Harvey Fierstein: Actor, Playwright—and Quilter by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tony winner's quilts are currently on display in a museum—including pieces he made in memory of Gavin Creel and Chita Rivera.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PM

Harvey Fierstein: ‘There are so few heterosexual men that I know that I look up to’ by David Smith In Washington

The theatre legend talks his feelings on Trump, the fall of the Kennedy Center and why he finds it hard to trust straight men Harvey Fierstein is sitting here bleeding to death, he announces…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Photos: Go Inside Benefit Reading of A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein by Andrew Gans

Abbi Jacobson, Billy Eichner, Heléne Yorke, Paige Gilbert, and more performed in Mathilde Dratwa's play benefiting the NYCLU.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PM

Photos: A PLAY ABOUT DAVID MAMET WRITING A PLAY ABOUT HARVEY WEINSTEIN Reading

Mathilde Dratwa’s play A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein debuted in a one-night reading that benefited the NYCLU. The evening, which was held at Playwrights Ho…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PM
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Broadway’s Cabaret Says 'Willkommen' to Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace by Broadway.com

Fresh from their run in the London production, Tony Award winner Billy Porter and two-time Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace join the Broadway cast of Cabaret on July 22. The pair wi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12AM
Monday, July 21, 2025

Harvey Weinstein Drops Fraud Claims Against Bob Weinstein by Caitlin Huston

The former mogul had sued his brother and others at the Weinstein Company saying he had been forced to guarantee a $45 million loan that he alleged was not used to help the company.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:33PM

July 21 Benefit Reading of David Mamet-Harvey Weinstein Play Adds Special Cameos by Logan Culwell-Block, Andrew Gans

Playwrights Hansol Jung, Heidi Schreck, Sanaz Toossi, and Whitney White will all play roles in Mathilde Dratwa's A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PM

Hansol Jung, Heidi Schreck, Sanaz Toossi, and Whitney White Will Make Cameos in A PLAY ABOUT DAVID MAMET... Reading

Four female playwrights have joined tonight’s benefit reading of “A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein." As part of the sold-out performance, Hansol Jung, Heidi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AM
Saturday, July 19, 2025

“Execution of Justice” Exposes the ‘Twinkie’ Defense—at Chautauqua by Jenyth Jo

Emily Mann Revives Outrage Over 1978 Moscone/Milk Murders by Jenyth Jo When San Francisco Supervisor Dan White revealed—in a taped confession—that he deliberately shot both Mayor Moscone…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:56PM
Friday, July 18, 2025

Mathilde Dratwa Explains How and Why David Mamet Became the Focus of Her New Play

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this month, A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein is soon coming to The Judith O. Rubin Theater at Playwrights Horizons as a readin…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AM
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Poor Clare, Orange Tree Theatre review - saints cajole us sinners by Gary Naylor

★★★★ POOR CLARE, ORANGE TREE THEATRE Chira Atik's award-winning comedy packs a punch Funny and clever show illuminated by a dazzling debut from Arsema Thomas What am I, a philosophic…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:12PM

RuPaul's Drag Race Star Onya Nurve and Noah Silverman to Star in Kinky Boots on Tour by Darryn King

Justin Woody, best known as drag queen Onya Nurve, will take on the role of Lola in the North American tour of Kinky Boots, alongside Noah Silverman as Charlie Price. The tour kicks off on N…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PM

Justin Woody 'Onya Nurve' and Noah Silverman to Lead KINKY BOOTS North American Tour

Initial cast members for the North American Tour of KINKY BOOTS has been revealed! Justin Woody (drag superstar “Onya Nurve”) will take on the role of Lola, and Noah Silverman will play …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PM

RuPaul's Drag Race Winner Onya Nurve (Justin Woody) and Noah Silverman Will Lead New Kinky Boots Tour by Andrew Gans

Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's stage adaptation won the 2013 Tony for Best Musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center Presents You Made That? The Quilting Adventures of Harvey Fierstein, by Suzanna Bowling

The Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center (152 Main St, Ridgefield, CT 06877) is thrilled to host an exclusive exhibition showcasing the handmade quilts of Tony Award-winning playwright,…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Emmy nominations 2025: List of nominees by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — The countdown is over: The 2025 Emmy nominations have been announced. Harvey Guillén, the actor who played the sole human roommate in a vampire household on FX's "What We Do…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:23PM

2025 Emmy Nominations- Updating Live

This morning, Harvey Guillén and Brenda Song will announce the 77th Primetime Emmy Award nominations from the Academy’s Wolf Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring excellence in national televi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AM

Theatre Review: ‘Hairspray, The Broadway Musical’ presented by Prince William Little Theatre at the Hylton Performing Art Center by Carolyn Kelemen

With music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Whitman, and a book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan “Hairspray, the Broadway Musical” won eight Tony Awards in 2002. It was …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:57AM
Monday, July 14, 2025

Photos: Tony-Winners David Zinn and Clint Ramos Lead 2025 SPRINGBOARD TO DESIGN Program at Lincoln Center

Springboard to Design, the free theatrical design program empowering high school students from underrepresented communities, has concluded its 2025 session. The program took place July 7–1…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54PM

Harvey Fierstein Sets 1st-Ever Public Exhibition of His Handmade Quilts by Logan Culwell-Block

The five-time Tony winner's textile work will be showcased at Connecticut's Keller Tavern Museum and History Center.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:45PM
Monday, July 7, 2025

Kara Young, Abbi Jacobson, Billy Eichner, Heléne Yorke Will Lead NYCLU Benefit Reading by Andrew Gans

Leslye Headland will direct Mathilde Dratwa's A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:48PM

‘A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein’ to Stage New York Reading With Abbi Jacobson, Billy Eichner by Rebecca Rubin

Art imitates life imitates art? “A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein,” a very meta stage show whose title references the fiery playwright and disgraced Hollywo…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:54PM

Abbi Jacobson, Billy Eichner and More to Star in A PLAY ABOUT DAVID MAMET... at Playwrights Horizons

A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein, a new play written by Mathilde Dratwa and directed by Leslye Headland, will have its New York premiere on Monday, July 21 at 7…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PM

Kara Young, Abbi Jacobson, Billy Eichner, and Heléne Yorke To Star In One-Night-Only Reading Benefitting NYCLU

A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein, written by Mathilde Dratwa, will have its New York premier as a one-night-only reading on July 21 at the Judith O. Rubin Theat…

SOURCE: Theatrely at 03:10PM
Wednesday, July 2, 2025

My Own Take: 'Prosperous Fools' starring Taylor Mac by Frank Rizzo

All photos by Travis Emory Hackett …

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:43PM

Photos: The Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab to Present SPRINGBOARD TO DESIGN Theatrical Mentorship

Springboard to Design, a groundbreaking tuition-free theatrical design mentorship and education program for students from underrepresented communities, will be hosted at The Harvey Fierstein…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PM
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

On the Son (and Daughter-in-Law) of Lembeck by Trav S.D.

As vaguely promised in our post on Harvey Lembeck eight years ago, a piece finally on his son Michael Lembeck (b.1948) whose work may be better known to those of my generation. Oddly, I grew…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:54AM