586 stories by "Howard Sherman"
Those who profoundly love theatre often speak of certain treasured performers as "true creatures of the stage". While referring to people as
Working in a producing theatre, it is not uncommon to hear a knock on the office door and find someone in full
Most weekends, the sight of someone navigating crowds of theatregoers with a 6ft hardback Broadway show poster under their arm would be
Instead of bemoaning the uncertainty of the upcoming Broadway season, which I’m given to doing around this time every year, I find
You're welcome to claim it as a failing of the American educational system, but I made it through university without ever being
Almost everyone familiar with the process of getting a new musical to the stage will explain how prolonged and arduous it can
"Maybe someday your name will be in lights," Chuck Berry sang in one of his early rock’n’roll hits. Though Berry would never
Every morning, there are queues. Before the sun has risen high enough to clear the skyscrapers that surround Times Square, while teams
When Ain't Misbehavin' became a Broadway hit in 1978, the music of Fats Waller at its core was roughly 45 years old.
The US will cease to be a majority-white populated country between 2040 and 2045 according to several reports on census population projections.
If I told you that the Berkshires is a region in Western Massachusetts, named for a range of low mountains that start
A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald declared that the director of Opera Australia “is staking much of the future and
The 'theatre etiquette' article is a staple on the arts pages, periodically erupting in publications and on websites, and typically prompted by
With shows such as Drunk Shakespeare and ShakesBeer offering evenings of alcoholic consumption and classical theatre in almost equal measure, it would
When the Tooting Arts Club set up its immersive Sweeney Todd at Harrington's Pie and Mash in 2014, I doubt it was
Swilling champagne and wearing sunglasses, a dog, whose briefcase declares him to be with Mega Stage Productions, announces to his startled pig
Unlike going to a museum, where what we see has been curated for us, attending the performing arts is a self-curated experience.
There are many who remain upset with the owners of the Hotel Edison for their ejection of the Edison Cafe several years ago, and you can count me among them, because along with the cafe went…
The 2017-2018 Broadway season ended on Sunday. A Broadway League press release duly followed with the year’s statistics, under a headline trumpeting
For generations, US network television has done a successful job of telling the stories of doctors and lawyers, police officers and private
It is not unusual, I suspect, for theatregoers to imagine themselves living inside the homes that are created on stage. Regardless of
As the film industry continues to grapple with declining audiences in US movie theatres, thanks in no small part to the welter
When it comes to a list of theatrical curiosities, Kurt Vonnegut's Happy Birthday, Wanda June would surely qualify, based on the author's
The Broadway season is defined for most by the Tony Awards eligibility dates. The awards also determine which New York theatres are
When Martyna Majok’s play Cost of Living was announced as the recipient of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama earlier this week,
