586 stories by "Howard Sherman"
Those bemoaning the absence of musical theatre songs from the pop charts haven't been paying close attention. A New York Times article
"I never thought of myself as a changemaker," said Rosdely Ciprian as part of the opening remarks at Tuesday's Women's Day on
Working in the theatre, it's easy to forget what compelled us into the profession in the first place. It can be lost
Those with puritanical sensibilities may want to stay away from Off-Broadway this spring. Opening shortly, just days apart, are these three plays:
While it was preceded by Jerry Herman's Milk and Honey by three years, Fiddler on the Roof is widely acknowledged as the
An entirely original Broadway musical " that's to say, not based on a book, movie, play, or TV show and not using
As Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical played its sole performance on Sunday afternoon at New York's Town Hall, it wasn't difficult to
Does anyone remember the moment in the musical 42nd Street when the leading lady is injured and the producer runs up to
If one looks around the website of The Neil Simon Festival, a yearly theatre event held in Cedar City, Utah, there's a list of donors to the company. On that list are seven entries at the $1…
For US audience members, receiving a programme after being shown to the correct seat is a standard part of the theatregoing ritual.
British and Canadian theatregoers perusing social media may have had quite a start when they saw news that a Shakespeare theatre in
To give credit where it's due, the growth in Broadway audiences over the past four calendar years is impressive, rising from 12.9
When I examined my year in theatregoing for 2017, I wasn’t entirely comfortable with what it said about me, and hoped that
As if calling a play What the Constitution Means to Me wasn't didactic enough, audience members leave the Greenwich House Theater production
While the phrase "public domain" may hold little meaning for you (or make your eyes glaze over), January 1, 2019 will mark a significant milestone in that seemingly arcane distinction. That'…
If you see a stage production of The Sound of Music, here are some words you won't hear: Nazi. Hitler. Here are some words you will hear in the stage version: Gauleiter. Anschluss. Third …
The note inserted into the programme for the US premiere of Nassim could not be more understated. It begins: "Nassim Soleimanpour was
Just as the holiday displays seem to go up in stores earlier and earlier every year, so is it with arts critics'
When word came, following the long US holiday weekend, that the Broadway musical Head Over Heels would be closing, it couldn't have
Speaking on a recent panel called Trans Visibility in the Theatre, actor Alexandra Billings said: "The number is only a handful, but
The travails of arts criticism have been well chronicled, but the constantly shifting sands and changing players in the US warrant a
As word about a scuffle over a theatre production at Mitchell High School in Mitchell County NC has started to make its way beyond the local North Carolina media, accounts seem to be placing…
US fans, and prospective fans, of the musical Bat Out of Hell went on a wild ride last week " and it's
If, as the saying goes, writing about music is like dancing about architecture, what is one to make of an opera co-created
Just as Company's Bobby is now being performed as Bobbie in the West End, the revising of gender roles " and other
