Think of fencing and what comes to mind? Errol Flynn as Robin Hood? Or perhaps other dashing characters like Zorro, Cyrano, or Inigo Montoya from “The Princess Bride?” But for tens of t…
All photos by Matthew Murphy “Turning a movie into a musical reeks of desperation,” says a character in the new Broadway m…
Photo by Joan Marcus “Enjoy the show. Don’t be an asshole,”While it’s not your typical musical theater greeting, “Th…
Audiences going to the musical “Beaches” are likely to know what to expect: the story of a decades-long, female friendship with plenty of schmaltz, some sass, and a mega-hit song, “Win…
All photos bye Evan Zimmerman By FRANK RIZZO Oh, Mary, what has Broadway become? You might think playful outrageousness is now…
S. Shakthidharan (Australia/Sri Lanka) US writers Lucy Sante, Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Christina Anderson, Joyelle McSweeney & …
By FRANK RIZZO Broadway is burning " and that's something to celebrate. "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," a refreshed version of the downtown 2024 hit, blazes anew, having made the trek uptown wit…
Stephen Sondheim's Roxbury home was a welcome exurban retreat for the legendary composer, a place where he could escape the pressures of New York, create in a bucolic atmosphere and relax wi…
The show: "Bughouse" at off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre. What makes it special?: It's a world premiere of a new work conceived and staged by Martha Clarke, scripted by Beth Henley (Pulitzer …
All photos by Matthew Murphy The show: 'Every Brilliant Thing' by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe at Broadway's Hudson The…
Randy Wilcox and Rich Costabile Years ago I had a great idea for a television series. It would be called "Lavender Heights" an…
All photos by Joan Marcus The show: The off-Broadway production and welcome return of the delightful musical comedy "The 25th …
The show: "Oedipus," created by Robert Icke, "after Sophocles," on Broadway. What makes it special?: It's not often you get to see a Greek tragedy on Broadway. However, this is not quite th…
All photos are by T. Charles Erickson The show: "Data" by Matthew Libby at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in the Greenwich Villag…
The show: "Bug" by Tracy Letts on Broadway What makes it special?: The show stars Carrie Coon (TV's "The Gilded Age," third season of "The White Lotus") in a play by Pulitzer Prize-winning …
Photos by Frank Rizzo Below is my piece on Carmen de Lavallade for Encore magazine..The great dancer, actor, teacher, choreogr…
The show: "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) …
Whether "Ragtime" is presented in productions mammoth (as in its 1998 premiere) or modest (the 2009 revival), the musical, adapted from E.L. Doctorow's kaleidoscopic 1975 novel, reverberates…
The show: 'A Chorus Line at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam. What makes it special?: For Goodspeed at least, this feels like a modern revival " even if it is 50 years old and set in th…
Forget the tree. That iconic lone tree from the stage directions in Samuel Beckett's tragicomic masterwork "Waiting for Godot" is offstage in Jamie Lloyd's re-envisioned revival. The polariz…
Jacques Pépin sits on a stool in the kitchen of his Madison home with a pegboard wall of cooper pots as a golden backdrop and his black miniature poodle, Gaston, at the alert by his side. P…
As summer winds down with the beach chairs stored away, the last of the ripe tomatoes devoured, and the tans finally faded, we now turn to the fall and those extra special shows to get us ex…
As the second part of the film version of 'Wicked" " "Wicked: For Good" "Â is about to be released Nov. 21, we test fans' knowledge of all things "Wicked." So you think you know a lot abo…
Very sad news about the death of Jerry Adler, 96, reported by The Hollywood Reporter. I wrote about Jerry many times as an actor, an author, and as a leading figure in theater history. (H…
PITTSFIELD, MASS. " On the night of Tuesday, Aug, 17, Barrington Stage in Pittsfield, Mass. held a memorial celebration for theater composer William Finn. Finn died April 7 following an i…