Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . Nine actors enter the performance space of St Ann’s Warehouse. Surrounded by the audience on all sides, it is stark and empty save for a dozen boxes. The actors are smiling. They introduce themselves: “I am Mona Goodwin. I play...

Theater Review by Carole Di Tosti . . . . Being a caretaker of a chronically ill child is a difficult task for the most dedicated of parents of means. However, when a single mother is left with the responsibility of caring for a very sick child, and there is no safety...

The cast of Merrily We Roll Along, Lindsay Mendez, Daniel Radciliff and Jonathan Groff introduced by OCC President David Gordon, announced the Nominees at the Museum of Broadway to many OCC members and outlets. Below find the full video announcement and list of...

Theater Review by Michael Dale . . . . “The heart of rock and roll is still beating,” announced Huey Lewis and The News back in 1983. I’m no expert in such matters, so I’ll take their word for it. But I do know a bit about the heart of musical comedy, so while I...

Music review by Andrew Poretz . . . . Quintin Harris is one talented fellow. The young pianist and singer has become a favorite of this reviewer since his days as the crooner/”straight man” in the musical comedy duo Mr. Harris and Mr. Edwards”.  This is my third...

Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . . In Last Call for Babe Reilly playwright Marianne Driscoll imagines what it takes to make it into heaven: To be kind. Pretty good advice in these fractious times. This is Ms. Driscol’s second play at The Cell and third as part of...

Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . The brave folks at J2 Spotlight, which produces musicals that usually haven’t seen the light of day in some time, are offering two shows this spring (Do Re Mi and Lucky Stiff) as opposed to their usual three (times, they are...

Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Stephen J. Bottoms. Playing Underground: A Critical History of the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway Movement (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan...

Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . A brief (but incomplete) timeline: 1900: L. Frank Baum publishes his fantasy novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; 1903: a hit musical version of the book, The Wizard of Oz, opens on Broadway. 1908: a silent movie of the story...

Tickets are now on sale to see Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin, Hamilton, Spamalot) in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical.With book by Aurin Squire, the show features songs made famous by Louis Armstrong and is...

Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . . The Worst Cafe in the World should not be confused with the venue where it takes place, Ryan’s Daughter. This Irish pub has been an Upper East Side mainstay since the 70s and was even a watering hole during Prohibition. Nor is...

Theater Review by Ron Fassler . . . . Konstantin Stanislavski is often referred to as the father of modern acting, the method that phased out old-school actors of the 19th century and sent them kicking and screaming into the 20th. One of his most prominent dictums was...

The stars shone brightly at Sardi's on April 19, when Chip Zien (star of Barry Manilow's / Bruce Sussman's Harmony) was honored with a caricature to now hang on the hallowed walls of Sardi's famous restaurant. Owner Max Klimavicius presented the caricature and...

Theater Review By Ron Fassler . . . . Once the new Broadway musical Lempicka begins, two things become instantly apparent: 1) a musical history lesson is in store, and 2) it is going to present a thoroughly revisionist history. You might say that Sunday in the Park...

Theater Review by Carole Di Tosti . . . .  Marching from its premiere at the Public Theater in 2022 to its Broadway premiere, SUFFS, with book, music, and lyrics by Shaina Taub is now running at The Music Box. The Public’s production was received enthusiastically...

Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Once upon a time when romances began, the big question was: what’s the other person’s religion? Then it became a question of race. Now it's politics. You’re a conservative. How can you love a liberal? And vice versa....

by Meredith Heyman . . . Choreographer Lorin Latarro is making Broadway audiences dance in two musicals this season- the revival of The Who’s TOMMY and The Heart of Rock and Roll. In this interview, she discusses how she approaches creating the movement for a rock ‘n’...

by Meredith Heyman . . . The Who’s TOMMY is back on Broadway for the first time in more than 30 years. Book writer and original director, Des McAnuff is back at the helm. In this interview, he discusses how tackling the subject of trauma in the theater has changed...

Video Interview by Meredith Heyman . . . https://youtu.be/ygTMCvnjB5g?si=oN2bJbi8yW-WSi1d Still follows Helen and Mark, who broke up 30 years ago, but never forgot about each other. They meet for dinner and their flame is rekindled, but Mark is running for Congress,...

by Ron Fassler . . . . On Monday evening at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, the 38th Annual MAC Awards were handed out in a ceremony that honored the best in New York cabaret. MAC stands for the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and as an outsider looking in, being a...

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . The immersive Macbeth at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C. this month is more than just another classical revival. Momentous in timing, sweeping in concept, and brilliant in artistry, it’s the most spectacular...

Theater Review by Michael Dale . . . . “I’d rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man,” sang John Lennon on The Beatles’ Rubber Soul album, released in 1965 during the height of Beatlemania. While Lennon was English, the line he used in his lyrics...

A Gala on the set of Uncle Vanya and Staged Reading at 6:30 pm at Vivian Beaumont Theater | 150 West 65th Street. And Post-Show Dinner or Spike's Lounge Cocktail Party - - - Dinner and Cocktail Menu Curated by Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi. After a sold-out run in...

Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . . . An hour-long monologue about the most vital yet least appreciated instrument of an orchestra, the double bass, could easily have left an audience questioning their life choices and evening plans. Fortunately, with actor Sean...

Theater Review by Marcina Zaccaria . . . . With statistics tracked on a large screen overhead, aerobic kicks are measured and calculated when Kevin becomes a beta tester for a new workout system that combines an OmniVision headset and RealFit data. With mind-bending...

The J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company (Jim Jimirro, Executive Producer/Co-Founder; Robert W. Schneider, Artistic Director/Co-Founder) has announced the all-star cast of the first of its two cabaret evenings this spring at AMT (354 West 54th Street - between 8th and...

By Barbara & Scott Siegel . . .  Let’s Hear It For Broadway’s Senior Stars!  Just before the run-up to the bumper car finale of the 2023-24 theater season, we wanted to pause to make an observation. After all, as a season unfolds, one can finally see the...

The Acting Company announced today that Tony Award winner Julie White will host The Acting Company’s “Fantastic Journeys” Gala on Monday, April 29 at 583 Park Avenue, honoring Stephen McKinley Henderson with this year’s John Houseman Award Honor, and William H. Wright...

Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Eila Mell. The Tony Awards: A Celebration of Excellence in Theatre (New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2024). 310pp....

Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . . Last night on the tiny stage at 54 Below, that giant of a cabaret icon Marilyn Maye removed a sheet of paper off a music stand and told her sold-out audience, “You never read your lyrics, you learn them. (a beat) Until you’re...