Taking a date (or spouse, or significant other or affectionate parolee) out to a Broadway show is a no-brainer for Valentine’s Day. A show is both social and personal, the experience allowing relative strangers to spend two hours together without hav …Read more

Sometimes a star just has it. Not just talent, not just a special quality, but a presence that will make theatergoers (especially female theatergoers) throw money at the opportunity to be in his presence (or catch his sweat-drenched garments). Such a …Read more

What were you doing 57 years ago? Well, like me, the vast majority of people reading this probably weren’t doing anything but floating in heaven somewhere before popping up in a scrotum, but two personages on Broadway were very busy back on January 3 …Read more

Joe Franklin was my friend. Well, not really. Joe Franklin was everybody’s “friend” and had a tendency to call someone he just met “the greatest man who ever lived.” He was the ultimate sincere-phony, and if you were lucky to come within his circle, …Read more

When “Honeymoon in Vegas” played at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse two years ago, the musical seemed to be on a fast track to Broadway. Audiences had a blast, the cast boasted Rob McClure (coming off his brilliant notices for “Chaplin”) and Tony D …Read more

The closing of Broadway’s “Rock of Ages” next week brings not only a long-running show to an end but also, most probably, another kernel of theater history: Helen Hayes’s name on a marquee. In 1955, the Fulton Theater on West 46th Street was christen …Read more

The Broadway League, which comprises theaters and producers in New York City, just released its happy stats for 2014. As ever, the organization trumpeted The Street’s overall robustness and how much money came rolling in to Broadway. It was a lot: a …Read more

Although Broadway seasons begin in May and end in April, towards the end of the annum it’s fun to look back at the calendar year – which comprises two half-seasons – and recall memorable moments that would be special on any stage and in any year. Sin …Read more

Though it’s exceedingly difficult, there are many ways for a musician to get his songs on Broadway. One way is to go to workshops, collaborate with theater veterans and have a half-dozen musicals ready to go at any given time. Another is to become a …Read more

Stagebuddy.com Theater Editor Dave Lefkowitz may be 2000 miles from Radio City Music Hall, but he’s just a television set away from the festivities. (He’s also an hour behind – since the Tonys are delayed by an hour to Central Time on Mountain Time t …Read more