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Ouch! Happy not to be peddling a show this week. Particularly after reading the soul-crushing career-annihilating reviews of IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU and FINDING NEVERLAND in the Times. Not that I didn’t call it, if you’re a regular… Continue Reading
My OCD was hoping for a nice round 80 degree high this weekend, but I happily settled for the mid 70s after such a hideously long winter. I sat in Washington Square Park for at least three hours,… Continue Reading
Many of my Manhattan Tour and Travel groups don’t see much more of the borough of Queens than the inside of an airport terminal. And with all of Broadway concentrated in and around Times Square, theatre-loving folks like… Continue Reading
My introduction to the seminal musical pairing of Kander & Ebb came in the form of the 1991 review of their work titled AND THE WORLD GOES ROUND, one of the most solid and refined book-less reviews ever… Continue Reading
The relentless freezing temperatures are finally subsiding and all that thawing out has me reflecting back on March—quite a busy month for theatre! In case you’ve been away on that last winter jaunt to St. Barth’s or hibernating… Continue Reading
I was so excited to write my (so I thought) original content-blog today. In honor of HAND TO GOD, Broadway’s newish dark comedy featuring a near-Satanic sock puppet, I was prepared to top ten Broadway’s most influential puppets:… Continue Reading
We’re all sick of explaining the MORMON lottery to our out-of-town air mattress-guests—I generally point lottery ticket seekers here: http://www.nytix.com/Links/Broadway/lotteryschedule.html OR debating BEAUTIFUL vs JERSEY BOYS to the woefully undecided, or giving Dame Helen Dench-Mirren her Best Actress Tony… Continue Reading
You may have read my blog post last month detailing my trip to Columbus for the annual Georgia Thespian Conference, affectionately known as ThesCon. Of course, there are quite a number of theatrical festivals and conventions throughout the… Continue Reading
I was pretty excited to hear that the granddaughter of one of my favorite tour guides was recently accepted to Marymount’s Theatre Program—and with a scholarship! It made me think about all of you who may be starting… Continue Reading
I’ll be frank: I’m highly skeptical about HAMILTON without even having seen it. Partially due, I add as my own schizophrenic retort, to the fact that its Public Theater run is sold out! That’s the why-I-haven’t-seen-it part, not… Continue Reading