Megan Gillis, co-founder and executive director of City Lyric Opera. Photo courtesy of City Lyric Opera ‘We Were Almost There’ “There were many tears shed,” said Megan Gillis, co-founder and executive director of City Lyric Opera, and producer of their... City Arts 09 Jan 2022 | 12:42
A scene from “A Sherlock Carol.” Photo: Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade ‘A Sherlock Carol’: The Art of Combining Two Epic Stories Mark Shanahan is a born and bred New Yorker and a veteran actor, director and writer for the theater. He has appeared on... News 16 Dec 2021 | 10:31
Actress Astrid Van Wieren said the first performances after the COVID shutdown were “incredibly electric.” Photo courtesy of Come From Away on Broadway This Show’s Message of Kindness Resonates Once Again “Come From Away” tells the heartwarming story of what happened when 38 planes were forced to divert to Gander International... News 15 Nov 2021 | 09:39
Keynoter for the summit was Andrew Lloyd Webber. Photo courtesy of The TheaterMakers Summit TheaterMakers and TheaterFans How do you get to Carnegie Hall? The response in the old joke was: practice, practice, practice. Apparently the mantra for... News 10 Nov 2021 | 02:33
“Wicked” has reopened on Broadway. Photo: Gaby Messino Broadway’s Back and I’m Forcing My Friends to Go One night at the Old Town Bar, a western-themed restaurant run by Irish immigrants, my world was shattered. On a night out... News 26 Sep 2021 | 10:05
Left to right: Haviland Morris, Rita Wolf, Charlotte Bydwell, Matilda Sakamoto and Yvonne Woods in a scene from “What Happened?: The Michaels Abroad,” written and directed by Richard Nelson. Photo: Jason Ardizzone-West All in the Families He has created three families that may not be ours, but have come to feel like they are. Playwright Richard Nelson, at 70,... City Arts 15 Sep 2021 | 10:45
David Byrne and the American Utopia band strike a pose while performing in the Hudson Theatre during their first stay on Broadway. Photo: Mattew Murphy David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ Returns to Broadway As we return to a new normal, over a year after the start of the pandemic, Broadway is seeing a revival of its own — and... News 10 Sep 2021 | 03:43
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
Rachel Bennett (right) actor Rich Orlow. Photo courtesy of Rachel Bennett A ‘Hurlyburly’ Dream Who knows why a certain play, many years later, may resonate in new ways? And who knows what creative ideas may emerge in... News 14 Apr 2021 | 06:22
People sit in socially-distanced pods under the lights at Donmar Warehouse in London’s West End. The show is headed to the Daryl Roth Theater April 2. Photo: Helen Maybanks ‘Blindness’ Comes from the West End to Union Square The first live production to return to London’s West End in August 2020 was “Blindness,” an immersive light and sound experience... News 19 Mar 2021 | 06:13
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
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
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
