Photo via Amazon.com A Month of Theatrical Memories If you are interested in how directors, actors, and writers work their magic on stage, this is your lucky month. A quartet... News 09 Feb 2021 | 12:08
Photo via Amazon.com A Book About Murder, Mystery and So Much More Magazine writer and author Alex Tresniowski remembered hearing a story about a young girl named Marie Smith, who had been... News 28 Jan 2021 | 07:19
Peter Levin (with Susan Strasberg) in “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Photo courtesy of Peter Levin When Arnold Met Peter ... They sat, masked, on a bench, six feet apart, in the Katharine Hepburn Garden in Turtle Bay. An appropriate spot for these... News 21 Dec 2020 | 01:08
Ruben Santiago-Hudson adapted August Wilson’s play for the screen. Photo: Hollis Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Moment It may seem an odd time to say someone is having a moment. But I’ll say it anyway. Ruben Santiago-Hudson is having a moment.... News 09 Dec 2020 | 12:08
Dakin Matthews. Photo: Theatre for a New Audience, on Twitter Sheltering with Shakespeare “Dakin’s ‘Sheltering With Shakespeare’ is Bard balm for the soul.” Those are the appreciative words of Tricia Mancuso Parks,... Voices 28 Oct 2020 | 01:14
Ellen Cornfield (top row, second from left) on Zoom with dancers. Photo courtesy of Ellen Cornfield A Day in the Life of a NY Choreographer I recall interviewing Merce Cunningham when the legendary choreographer was in his very late years. He was mastering the... City Arts 16 Sep 2020 | 10:14
Theater of War for Frontline Medical Providers, Lincoln Medical Center production of “Philoctetes,” 8/19/20, with (clockwise from top left) Jesse Eisenberg, David Zayas and Frances McDormand. Screenshot courtesy of Theater of War Productions Theater of War I have reported on the stage scene for several years, but I confess I had never heard of Theater of War. But since all the... News 01 Sep 2020 | 03:37
Alfre Woodard as a former kindergarten teacher in Will Eno’s “A Room of Nobody Else’s” at the Weston Playhouse. Photo: Alfre Woodard via Screen Capture The Rooms Where Things Happen “Artistry is also a spirit, a secret room in the soul. The room becomes an anywhere, a forest, an ocean, a prison cell, a... News 12 Aug 2020 | 10:45
Rep. Lucy McBath (upper right corner) was a recent visitor to Markers for Democracy Zoom meeting. ( Photo courtesy of Markers for Democracy) They Write Postcards, Don’t They? About a year or so ago, I walked into Le Pain Quotidian on Lexington and 88th, and noticed a long table filled with women.... News 18 Jun 2020 | 11:48
Elisabeth Thomas’s debut novel, “Catherine House,” just made the New York Times’ Editors Choice list. ( Photo: Nina Subin) Two Different Writers, One Similar Dilemma One is 32, African American, grew up in Brooklyn, and has just published her first novel. The other is 81, white, grew up... News 12 Jun 2020 | 12:25
Camille A. Brown, a Tony-nominated choreographer, was preparing for a Broadway revival of "Aida." ( Photo via camilleabrown.org ) Dreams Deferred Erika Henningsen walked away from a key role in “Mean Girls” on Broadway to take a smaller one in a new Lincoln Center show... News 26 May 2020 | 01:48
ABC staff ready to distribute food. ( Photo courtesy of ABC) ABC: Not As Easy as 1-2-3 If this were a normal week, in a normal year, the dedicated staff of The Association To Benefit Children (known as ABC) would... Home 23 Apr 2020 | 02:18
That was then: Broadway theatergoers line up on March 4, 2020. ( Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via flickr) The Long Intermission Usually, I would be using this time to report on the latest Broadway shows. There are — or were — some 16 new ones set to... News 20 Mar 2020 | 10:37
