586 stories by "Howard Sherman"
Earlier this week, Vulture " part of New York Magazine " ran a feature headlined: 'Why is Stephen Sondheim Karaoke in All
As his latest play opens Off-Broadway, straight-talking playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis speaks to Howard Sherman about life on the Upper West Side
It was, quite possibly, the most widely heard post-performance discussion in theatre history. Well, the last few minutes were anyway. Last week
When pundits want to ridicule what they see as shallow displays of governance, or stunts on the campaign trail, they tend to
As the producer behind Hadestown's success, on Broadway and internationally, Mara Isaacs could be forgiven for resting on her laurels. But, as
When does a concert become theatre? When does movement become choreography? Why the big suit? Okay, that last one is an old
Stage versions of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol are to American theatres what The Nutcracker is to ballet companies " or what
Lauren Gunderson is America's most produced playwright but she has never staged a play on Broadway. She tells Howard Sherman why Shakespeare's
Theatre is often accused of confirming people's biases and US theatre's bias is viewed " not necessarily inaccurately " as being left-leaning
Seeing a theatrical production in a prison, performed by incarcerated men, places a unique context on the work presented. The experience of
David Henry Hwang got his first break in 1980, when a New York theatre sought to redress accusations of 'yellowface'. In the
I've always meant to see the 2001 indie movie Scotland, PA " an adaptation of Macbeth set in a fast-food restaurant "
Four matinees a week is not typical on Broadway. But that's exactly what the new musical The Lightning Thief is offering. The
The Pulitzer prize-winner wrote his first play about the 36th US president in 2012. He tells Howard Sherman how he went All
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci will be the draws at the Belasco Theatre in November. Unfortunately, they won't be
The wheels of cultural change grind slowly. While theatres are making headway in addressing historical inequities regarding gender, race, ethnicity, disability and
Never afraid to provoke and challenge audiences, Robert O'Hara is making his Broadway directing debut with Slave Play. He tells Howard Sherman
It is not uncommon, in these days of electronic patron databases and customer relations management software, to receive an email from a
Ahead of last Monday's community gathering presented by the Broadway Advocacy Coalition the event had looked interesting. In the room, it went
Two weeks ago, when considering a spate of closings and announcements of new productions on Broadway for this column, I intentionally made
Known for roles in TV hits The Good Wife and True Blood, theatre stalwart Carrie Preston is directing a show about RSC
At first glance, the post from SHN: Broadway in San Francisco, a presenter of major theatre tours on the west coast, looks
Much has been made of the closing of five Broadway shows in the past two weeks: Be More Chill, King Kong, Pretty
Following the success of Sweat on Broadway and in London, Lynn Nottage's latest play is a comedy that revisits the same de-industrialised
One line started it. "You know that he loved you, don't you?" That was the moment in Nick Payne's A Life when
