Caricature of Hirschfeld by Don Bevan. Courtesy of Sardi’s Hirschfeld: The Life Outside the Lines For decades, the name “Nina” conjured thoughts of hidden squiggles, swirls, and surprises, as thousands of fans hunted for... City Arts 08 Sep 2021 | 01:21
Screenshot of GMA on Broadway reopening. Broadway’s Bet: If We Build It, They Will Come “Broadway is Back!” blared the TV announcement. But is it? Before the pandemic shutdown over a year ago, “Hamilton,” “The... City Arts 15 May 2021 | 08:41
In the window of Sardi’s. Photo: Leida Snow Broadway’s Grim Anniversary Broadway went dark a year ago. That day, March 12, 2020, I had tickets to see “The Lehman Trilogy” for a second time. While... Voices 11 Mar 2021 | 12:54
Restaurant Row, abnormally quiet, on a matinee day. Photo: Leida Snow Joe Allen Gone, Joe Allen’s Closed It was never about the menu. The highest praise restaurant critic Mimi Sheraton could muster was that “the food wasn’t too... Voices 12 Feb 2021 | 12:22
The much anticipated revival of “The Music Man,” with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, has pushed its original 2020 opening to February 2022. Photo: Leida Snow Broadway’s Rocky Road to Recovery Did you catch the references to “Hamilton” in Amanda Gorman’s remarkable poem at the Biden Inauguration? Her words about... City Arts 09 Feb 2021 | 12:47
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo discussed his “New York Arts Revival” at the 2021 State of the State Address on January 12, 2021. Photo: Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo What About Broadway? How do we bring back the arts and culture sector that’s been devastated by COVID-19? The Empire State can’t come back without... News 15 Jan 2021 | 02:29
Governor Andrew Cuomo, May 1, 2020. ( Photo: Darren McGee- Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo) Et Tu, Andrew? Google “Cuomo plan to re-open NYS” and you will find a well ordered design about phases of priority: Each region has to meet... Newsletter 01 May 2020 | 01:45
Times Square area on March 25. ( Photo: NYPD Times Square via flickr) Theater Folk Can't Work from Home COVID-19 is educating us about more than a pandemic. The Broadway brand is not a monolith. Theater workers were independent... News 26 Mar 2020 | 11:48
At a sneak preview for students. ( Photo: Elena Olivo (FIAF)) France Comes to Manhattan Do you miss the Louvre and the Musée D’Orsay? Can’t get to Paris or don’t want to risk the manifestations (strikes)? Well,... News 03 Jan 2020 | 03:23
Jerry Herman with Lisa Kirk (right) and the author, when Herman won the Drama Desk Award for "La Cage Aux Folles," 1983-84. ( Photo: Cathy Blaivas) Goodbye, Jerry Jerry Herman, composer of countless ear-worm Broadway tunes with inevitable sounding lyrics, died Thursday at 88. There were... News 29 Dec 2019 | 04:28
Brian Bannon, the Merryl and James Tisch Director of the NYPL. ( Photo: Jonathan Blanc / NYPL) Not Your Grandfather's Librarian Man in a hurry: Brian Bannon has only been on the job for a few weeks, but the new director of the New York Public Library... News 30 Oct 2019 | 02:14
Photo: Lou Sepersky Finally, Sutton Place Park — almost You could practically hear the neighborhood’s sigh of relief. “I’ve lived near here all my life,” one woman exulted, at the... News 05 Aug 2019 | 02:18
Broadway director Harold Prince receives the Golden Plate award from Nobel laureate Toni Morrison at the American Academy of Achievement’s 46th annual International Achievement Summit in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 23, 2007. Photo: Academy of Achievement, via Wikimedia Commons ( Photo: Academy of Achievement, via Wikimedia Commons) The Astonishing Hal Prince When I learned that Harold (Hal) Prince had died, I felt as though all of Broadway must have stopped breathing, at least... City Arts 02 Aug 2019 | 11:36
