By Myra Chanin . . . Right now, Bonnie Logan may be the happiest woman in South Florida, Keinehora, pooh, pooh, pooh! That’s the Yiddish incantation to protect her from catching the evil eye from passing Stregas. But since the universe seems to demand humans...
See Red Carpet Photos In Slider Below// By Sandi Durell . . . On June 20 at NYU Skirball Center, the 2022 Chita Rivera Awards were back with a vigor that can only be described as bold and dynamic after surviving two years of pandemic challenges. These awards are the...
By Andrew Poretz . . . Photos: Melissa Griegel PERFORMANCE PHOTOS - COCKTAIL EVENT PHOTOS - - Lee Roy Reams - Honoree Lifetime Achievement Award - - On Sunday June 12, the stars converged at the Cutting Room to honor the great Lee Roy Reams with a Lifetime...
By Sandi Durell . . . Through the many years of hard work, dedication and effort, Founder and Artistic Director Francis Hill has built a theatrical empire giving voice to new playwrights and artists with the enthusiastic assistance of a diligent and persevering Board...
Drama Critic for the Wall Street Journal since 2003 and Playwright (Satchmo at the Waldorf) Terry Teachout died in his sleep on January 13, 2022 at the age of 65 at a friend’s home in Smithtown, NY. He was well respected by so many in and beyond the industry. Teachout...
By Sandi Durell . . . An enthusiastic audience came to lunch on December 9, at Feinstein’s/54 Below to hear and cheer Brian 'Stokes' Mitchell speak about his involvement and long-time relationship, not only as Chairman of the Actors Fund, but as host and narrator of...
By Sandi Durell . . . October 23, 2021 marked the first outdoor public concert to celebrate the official NYC landmark designation of Tin Pan Alley. The building addresses 47 to 55 West 28th Street are now historical landmarks in keeping the birthplace of...
by Michael Colby . . . Part I: I'd known the playwright Mary Chase since I was a kid and she gave this Jewish boy white chocolate bunnies for Easter (The chocolates were reminiscent of her famous character, "Harvey" the pooka). Mary Coyle Chase, a native of...
OneTable, an organization that empowers people in their 20s and 30s to envision new rituals and build community through Shabbat dinner, released the 12th and final PAUSE episode in their 12-month video series with Broadway.com. The episode...
by Sandi Durell - - - We will never forget 9/11 . . . September 11, 2001 when our country was attacked by extremists . . . al Qaeda terrorists flying four airplanes carrying out suicide bomb attacks into the Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington,...
By Tania Fisher . . . This is not your grandfather’s puppet show. This is absolutely hands down a revelry of that other kind of performance art that whisks us away willingly to a surreal world. This festival is filled with old worldly artists, in the truest...
By Alix Cohen . . . Inspired by French pointillist painter George Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grand Jatte, themusical Sunday in the Park with George is unique in its approach, challenges and execution. Who but James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim...
by Magda Katz . . . Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - world premiere of You Are Here, a free public sculpture, sound, and live performance installation conceived by Andrea Miller, award-winning choreographer and artistic director of movement-based...
By Brian Scott Lipton . . . Not only has Manhattan become a more exciting place since the opening earlier this summer of the enchanting Little Island, but the excitement is now building over the Little Island Storytelling Festival, which runs there July 21-25. Curated...
By Tania Fisher A self confessed theater rat, Daniel Keith has no regrets about his musical rock star status that never happened. He’s found a new kind of star-status, in the form of his multi-award winning film, “Love in Kilnerry.” What started out as...
When actress Glenn Close donated her collection of more than 800 costumes from stage and screen to Indiana University in 2017, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design staff and grad students got to work, carefully preparing each piece for display. The Art of...
American Musical Genius and... Painter By Marilyn Lester. . . 1919 Ellington Band Recently, in August, legendary jazz and pop singer Tony Bennett celebrated his 94th birthday. And while his fame as a performing artist is widely known, Bennett has a lesser-known other...
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