by Sheila Watko   Even before Joe Iconis (Larson Award winner; Drama Desk nominee; creator of Be More Chill, Broadway Bounty Hunter, The Black Suits) and George Salazar (Drama Desk nominee; Be More Chill, Lightning Thief, Tick, Tick…BOOM!) take the stage in...

    by Sandi Durell     The ATCA traditional highlight of its weekend conference is always the ‘Luncheon with the Stars’ at Sardi’s Restaurant where writers and journalists from around the country enjoy a relaxed and candid opportunity to mingle and...

  By Martha Wade Steketee     You will hear, see, and feel the future of musical theater in the Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz creation Be More Chill, now at The Pershing Square Signature Center. In just over two hours, our adolescent protagonist loses and finds his way, his parent...

    Can it already be five years that Feinsein’s/54 Below opened?  Since June 2012 New York’s Nightclub has created a wide array of programming and musical styles and can claim over 4000 shows with countless artists.  The cabaret club venue has grown exponentially,...

  by Brian Scott Lipton     New York City is full of great art exhibitions and play readings. In its own very special way, spending time at Tony Award winner Betty Buckley’s new cabaret show, “Story Songs,” at Joe’s Pub is like merging those special cultural experiences into...

    by Myra Chanin   Edward Kleban was an American musical theatre songwriter who initially found, as Stephen Sondheim had, that Broadway producers were more enthusiastic about his words than his music. Kleban is best known as the lyricist of the Broadway smash, A Chorus Line,...

  by: Susan Hasho     Listening to Jason Robert Brown sing his song “Someone to Fall Back On” full out, in beautiful voice, in complete honesty was soul stirring. Or to hear Stew and see Stew sing a song he had so much trouble writing, he didn’t finish the lyrics until the...

  Grammy Award winning Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records – the premiere force in theater music and cast recordings – will partner with Symphony Space to celebrate the label’s landmark “Sweet 16” Birthday with an all-star concert on Thursday, April 14 at 7:30 PM. As part of the venue’s series...

  “Cabaret As A Launchpad for Musical Theatre”     By: Sandi Durell     It’s not only critics from New York City and around the country who took the opportunity to meet for a rousing weekend of panel discussions here in the theater mecca, but the Broadway...

        Samuel French presented Sing and Tell: A Benefit Concert for the Dramatists Guild Fund, an evening of intimate chats with composers and lyricists, and songs from the Samuel French catalog at Feinstein’s/54 Below. The event was the culmination of #MusicalsWeek:...