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A Three-Night Celebration of Song, Style, and the Spirit of Cabaret By Alix Cohen “Grab your coat...

The loving, challenging romance of Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner By Alix Cohen Comic actors/writers...

By Sam Leiter… Casual notes on show biz books, memoirs, and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses

By Adam Cohen… Creator Carl Holder captivates the audience with bold charm and embrace of story and life’s randomness

The 2000 year-old rivalry of two fatally seductive, bloodsucking actresses in a cult classic by...

By Ron Fassler . . . Last October, 2nd Avenue’s Orpheum Theatre hosted The Big Gay...

What seems like beneficence turns out to be strategic trivializing of American culture By Alix...

By Abbe Sparks… Barbara Bleier & Austin Pendelton with Richard Maltby, Jr. and Gretchen Cryer are as fresh and hilariously funny as the best of ’em!

A selection of songs from Charles Strouse musicals that never made it to Broadway and stories from...

Mark Morris Dance Group Choreographer Mark Morris uses diverse music to explore. By Alix CohenThe...

By Alix Cohen… Composer/lyricist Joe Iconis is as well known for his crossover professional/ personal Family of artists as he is for his iconoclastic musicals.

By Alix Cohen… Composer/lyricist Joe Iconis is as well known for his crossover professional/personal Family of artists as he is for iconoclastic musicals.

By Alix Cohen… A bickering married couple and an unlikely murder suspect comprise two one acts by the deft Lanford Wilson.

By Alix Cohen…Heads Up, Theater Writers!Founded in 1962 by former president of The...

Book reviews by Samuel L. Leiter… Casual notes on show biz books, memoirs, and studies, dust gatherers and hot off the presses.

By Alix Cohen… Shared stories of lifelong friends induce a new neighbor to reveal hidden sorrow

Playwright Rishi Varma has officially announced the cast for his highly anticipated eco-gothic drama, Sulfur Bottom, which is set to grace the stage at The Jerry Orbach Theater.

By Alix Cohen… A splashy satire that bakes bullying, teenage suicide, and sexual assault in dark, subversive humor.

By Eyal Solomon… The new rock adaptation captures Mozart’s spirit and wit, without missing a beat on vocal performance.

Review by Ron Fassler . . . When the film Heathers opened nationwide in March of 1989,...

By Ron Fassler . . . Having worked in the theatre for the past 50 years, Frank Verlizzo is one of...

By Ron Fassler . . . For those in the know, seventeen-year-old Charles Kirsch has been producing...

By Alix Cohen… A middle American nice guy shows his true colors seduced by lure of righteousness and  male dominance.

By Ron Fassler . . . When Laurence Luckinbill made his Broadway debut in 1963 as a...

Playwright Rishi Varma announces the debut of his new play Sulfur Bottom, set to take the stage at The Jerry Orbach Theater.

By Stuart Miller… Two damaged souls seek solace together while also pushing and prodding at each other’s wounds. 

Review by Alex Eichholz . . . With Emmanuelle Mattana’s new play Trophy Boys, Danya Taymor once...

By Ron Fassler . . . Actor-Director Brandon J. Dirden has made something of a home for himself at...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . The first glimpse that this was going to be an out of the ordinary...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . “I’m booked and blessed,” shouted Stephanie Pope in a joyous...

Review by Alex Eichholz . . . With no background reading on its subject matter or any...

Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter… Casual notes on show biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses.

Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . No, Jean Smart, the star of Call Me Izzy, now at Broadway’s...

By Eyal Solomon… Ben Welch’s “House of Life” combines elements of a sermon, a rebirth, and a party, all aimed at engaging with the audience to create a unique and euphoric experience.

Review by Ron Fassler . . . The recently closed Broadway production of Othello, which starred...

Review by Ron Fassler . . . If someone was in the mood this week on June 9th to celebrate Cole...