302 stories by "Ron Fassler"
Review by Alex Eichholz . . . Whether you're in the front pew every Sunday or you've never set foot in a chapel, you must let the dazzling company of the new musical Saturday Church, which o…
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . New York has a number of institutions part of whose function is to introduce the artistic expressions of a particular national culture. I don't know of any that, ov…
Robert Redford (1936"2025).September 16, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Robert Redford died early this morning at age eighty-nine. A major film actor, his star never d…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . The last time I attended a production of Henrik Ibsen's The Wild Duck, was at the Brooklyn Academy of Music forty-eight years ago. The second time, in a full c…
Review by Stuart Miller . . . The Brothers Size is a transportive meditation on siblings, the way they can (and can't) protect or hurt each other and on how if you live with your head in the…
By Ron Fassler . . . Although Avery Sommers is coming to town doesn't quite scan the same as Santa Claus is coming to town, the talented singer/actress will undoubtedly be spreadin…
LONDON REPORT: "THE PRODUCERS" IS BACK " JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT!
Andy Nyman and Marc Antolin as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom in "The Producers" (2025).September 11, 2025: Thea…
By Ron Fassler . . . "Hirschfeld drew from life. He was drawing from personal experience. He was going to the theatre and making sketches there and then coming back to his studio and putting…
Jerry Adler (1929"2025).August 25, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
A dozen years ago, I had the pleasure of sitting across the table from the recently departed Jerry Ad…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Ben Jones has already proven that he's a singer who is unafraid to charter new waters. Capable of singing in many different styles, he uses his extensive range…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Comedian Jeff Ross is often referred to as "The Roastmaster General" for his X-rated celebrity roasts which have been a fixture on cable TV for thirty years…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Headlining a review containing the word grief might not be the best way to get someone to go to Bubba Weiler's excellent new play Well, I'll Let You Go. But go…
John Wood, Marian Seldes and Victor Garber in "Deathtrap" (1978).August 13, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
On this date forty-four years ago, Ira Levin's Deathtrap pla…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . Whenever Isacc Mizrahi comes up with a new edition of his cabaret shows, no matter how he might advertise them with clever titles like "Movie Stars & Su…
By Ron Fassler . . . Last October, 2nd Avenue's Orpheum Theatre hosted The Big Gay Jamboree, a crazy spoof of Broadway musicals which I thought was a hoot and a half. Now, to challenge…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . When the film Heathers opened nationwide in March of 1989, George H. W. Bush had recently begun what would be his single term as President, Madonna's "Like …
By Ron Fassler . . . Having worked in the theatre for the past 50 years, Frank Verlizzo is one of the highest-ranking members of an elite circle. As the designer of more than 300 posters, hi…
By Ron Fassler . . . For those in the know, eighteen-year-old Charles Kirsch has been producing podcasts devoted to Broadway since the age of twelve. His "Backstage Babble," named for …
The 1969 marquee for "1776" in its original production at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rodgers).July 4, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
This is a re-working…
By Ron Fassler . . . When Laurence Luckinbill made his Broadway debut in 1963 as a replacement in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons he was twenty-nine years old and had already…
Frank Loesser (1910"1969).June 29, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
One hundred fifteen years ago today, composer-lyricist Frank Loesser was born on the Upper West Side o…
Review by Alex Eichholz . . . With Emmanuelle Mattana's new play Trophy Boys, Danya Taymor once again cements herself as a whisperer for the Gen Z voice in theatre. Fresh off the direc…
Advertisement for the one-night only "Hello, Dolly" in Concert at Carnegie Hall.June 24, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Last night at Carnegie Hall, those in attend…
By Ron Fassler . . . Actor-Director Brandon J. Dirden has made something of a home for himself at Red Bank's Two River Theatre over the past decade or so. A New Jersey resident himself, he h…
Review by Ron Fassler . . . The first glimpse that this was going to be a special night at 54 Below honoring the 50th anniversary of the original production of Chicago was that everyon…
