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  • Theater

    May 23, 2012

    OBIES 2012: Don't Dress for Theater

    A week of Broadway torture proves that hope lies with the scruffy

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Magic Johnson Show Doesn't Shy Away From His HIV

    Remember that Broadway musical Fela, which told you everything about the lead character's life--except his HIV? That would scare away the tourists, you know. But according to someone on Broadwayworld.com who saw the new Broadway play Magic/Bird, "the disclosure bookends the show."

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Gossip About The New Cinderella

    CBS/Museum of Television and Radio​ As you may have heard, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella will get an April workshop with the intent of an eventual Broadway mounting, if all goes bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. I ran into playwright Douglas Carter Beane before a performance of his musical Lysistra ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 14, 2011

    Venus in Fur

    CBS/Museum of Television and Radio​ As you may have heard, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella will get an April workshop with the intent of an eventual Broadway mounting, if all goes bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. I ran into playwright Douglas Carter Beane before a performance of his musical Lysistra ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 5, 2011

    Godspell

    CBS/Museum of Television and Radio​ As you may have heard, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella will get an April workshop with the intent of an eventual Broadway mounting, if all goes bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. I ran into playwright Douglas Carter Beane before a performance of his musical Lysistra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Tom Aldredge (1928-2011); Consummate Supporting Actor

    Tom Aldredge​I did not realize the extent to which Tom Aldredge was a hero of mine till the news of his death on Friday, July 22, of lymphoma, at age 83, made me look back on his half century of performances, Off-Broadway and on, which brought me several important realizations: I realize that, des ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Ellen Barkin On Hollywood, AIDS, and The Normal Heart

    ​In the current Broadway revival of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, Ellen Barkin is doing so well she's gotten a Tony nomination and a theaterful full of used Kleenexes every night. Click here for my new column, in which Ellen tells me about this staggering production, as well as her experie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Tony Nominee John Benjamin Hickey: My Interview

    ​A longtime Broadway fave from revivals like Cabaret and Mary Stuart, John Benjamin Hickey is giving a powerful performance in the acclaimed revival of The Normal Heart, in which he plays the Times writer who becomes involved with the Larry Kramer character (Joe Mantello), with bittersweet res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    John Larroquette: "Directors Suck!"

    ​The Emmy winning actor made that startling pronouncement at a stimulating Drama Desk luncheon at Sardi's the other day about TV/movie actors currently on Broadway, hosted by reporter Robin Milling. John was talking particularly about movie directors. He remembered his experience in the Twil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    RIP New York Times Elizabeth Taylor Obit Writer, 1933-2005

    ​The news of Elizabeth Taylor's passing has put an added sadness to this already gloomy day, but not everyone was shocked. The New York Times' principal writer for the Taylor obituary died almost six full years ago. Mel Gussow, a Times theater critic, died after a battle with cancer in 2005. H ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 29, 2010

    BEWITCHED

    Gene Ruffini’s new comedy

  • Voice Choices

    October 13, 2010

    Stew & Heidi & the Negro Problem

    Gene Ruffini’s new comedy

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    The Star-Studded Hollywood Invasion of Broadway Continues: Stiller, Kidman, Rock, and More!

    ​The last year in Broadway theater saw the appearances of names like Scarlett Johansson and Catherine Zeta-Jones not just on stages, but in the same award categories as their Loyal-to-New-York-Theater co-stars. The trending caused our own lead theater critic Michael Feingold to pen an epic scr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    The Best Wedding Song-and-Dance Ever, Period (Video)

    ​We've seen a lot of "wedding dance" videos over the last year, whether they're epic proposals, or walks down the aisle, or whatever: YouTube has empowered the wedding party beyond any reasonable stretch of the imagination. Well, anyone who ever wants to reach at greatness in this regard now ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 20, 2010

    PREPARE FOR TAKEOFF

    Shannon Sindelar directs Red Over Red

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2010

    Sutton Foster

    Shannon Sindelar directs Red Over Red

  • Voice Choices

    May 25, 2010

    Athlete+Carney

    Shannon Sindelar directs Red Over Red

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    When Stars Don't Get The Movie Version

    ​Supposedly there will be a movie made of the Broadway show Memphis, and I bet they don't use the stage cast. They hardly ever do! And I wish they would! Remember when they made a movie of Doubt two years ago and Cherry Jones didn't get the part?

  • Columns

    May 11, 2010

    Broadway Star Makes AIDS and Jesus Funny!

    The Limelight's born again, and so am I

  • Theater

    April 20, 2010
  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Jeremy Piven Can't Take a Joke, Apparently

    ​Last week, our Michael Musto reported that Megan Mullally had split a Broadway play before it even had a chance to open. When he noted Mullally's departure, Musto naturally drew a parallel to Jeremy Piven's highly-publicized departure from a production of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow: When ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Fela! Is Moving To London, But Not Ending On Broadway

    ​Splendid but initially disquieting news this morning: The Broadway production of Fela! (way more info about that here) is moving to the National Theater in London later this year, in an only slightly stripped-down production that'll feature the same alternating titular stars as in the Broadwa ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 16, 2010

    RAISING THE BAR?

    Sondheim on Sondheim at Studio 54

  • Voice Choices

    February 9, 2010

    VISION QUEST

    The Miracle Worker comes to Broadway

  • Voice Choices

    December 29, 2009

    The Seven Year Itch

    The Miracle Worker comes to Broadway

  • Voice Choices

    December 22, 2009

    Sweet Charity

    The Miracle Worker comes to Broadway

  • Music

    November 17, 2009

    West Africa Story: Fela! on Broadway

    A fantastic new musical will soon find out just how fantastic it has to be to survive

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Which Shows Would You Like Revived?

    ​This brain emission just came in from a reader, so I take it very seriously: "Bye Bye Birdie recently returned to Broadway in its first revival in 50 years and South Pacific took 60 years to return, but other shows return in unnecessary revivals like clockwork (Grease, Gypsy).

  • Voice Choices

    November 10, 2009

    The Felicia Finley Project

    ​This brain emission just came in from a reader, so I take it very seriously: "Bye Bye Birdie recently returned to Broadway in its first revival in 50 years and South Pacific took 60 years to return, but other shows return in unnecessary revivals like clockwork (Grease, Gypsy).

  • Voice Choices

    November 3, 2009

    Say Anything

    ​This brain emission just came in from a reader, so I take it very seriously: "Bye Bye Birdie recently returned to Broadway in its first revival in 50 years and South Pacific took 60 years to return, but other shows return in unnecessary revivals like clockwork (Grease, Gypsy).

  • Voice Choices

    September 22, 2009

    LOOK OUT, BROADWAY

    Here comes this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival

  • Voice Choices

    August 25, 2009

    Eric Michael Gillett

    Here comes this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival

  • Voice Choices

    July 1, 2009

    'Summer Broadway Festival'

    Here comes this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival

  • Voice Choices

    June 24, 2009

    Grease

    Here comes this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival

  • Theater

    May 20, 2009

    Obies 2009: Saying Goodbye to Tom O'Horgan, Paul Sills, and More

    To recall some great theater artists gone this year means looking at why we make theater

  • Voice Choices

    February 25, 2009

    Counsellor at Law

    To recall some great theater artists gone this year means looking at why we make theater

  • Voice Choices

    October 22, 2008

    SPARE CHANGE

    Another David Mamet play comes to Broadway

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Scientology Protesters Confront Holmes; Critics Confront Tale

    Another David Mamet play comes to Broadway

  • Theater

    July 29, 2008

    [title of show]: From Off-Off to Enthusiastically Received Broadway Show

    They're young, they're funny, and they're telling you they're not going

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    Clip Job: A Week of Musicals

    They're young, they're funny, and they're telling you they're not going

  • Voice Choices

    June 17, 2008

    ATTACK OF THE MERFOLK!

    Feelin’ fishy? Walk it off

  • Theater

    January 1, 2008

    Barbara Cook, Music and Lyrics

    Silvery tones for a golden age of Broadway singing—past, pleasant, and future

  • Theater

    May 9, 2006

    Even Bad Is Better 'Off'

    If this season was any indication, the future is brighter Off-Broadway

  • Theater

    August 23, 2005

    Nielsen, Rating

    A daft match made in heaven: Author and star of Betty's Summer Vacation reunite in lunacy

  • Theater

    December 19, 2000

    The Moment’s Musicals

    A daft match made in heaven: Author and star of Betty's Summer Vacation reunite in lunacy

  • Music

    June 6, 2000

    Everybody's Arranger

    Ralph Burns—From Woody Herman to Ray Charles to Bob Fosse

  • Theater

    June 29, 1999

    Tea in Our Harbor

    Ready for Your Grill This Fourth of July: Broadway Producers

  • NYC Life

    May 18, 1999

    Train in vain

    Ready for Your Grill This Fourth of July: Broadway Producers

  • Theater

    May 18, 1999

    Playing It Again

    Ready for Your Grill This Fourth of July: Broadway Producers

  • Dance

    November 17, 1998

    Lion's Share

    Black Concert Dancers Storm Broadway

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