Sure, we’ll all be spending three hours Sunday night watching the Tony Awards on CBS-TV, but for theater fun the day before, tune in to UNC Radio (www.uncradio.com), from noon-5pm(Eastern) Saturday, for the Tenth Annual TotalTheater Tony Show. Hosted …Read more

With so many characters being bumped off, it seems only fitting that the Broadway musical, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” receive an award for all of them. The Drama Desk was more than willing to comply, and at their annual ceremony (held S …Read more

SEE or SKIP: After Midnight SEE because: It’s about the best Broadway revue to come down the pike in a decade or three. So polished and so precise while being so energetic. There’s no filler, no mawkishness, no mugging or begging for applause, no “Am …Read more

SEE or SKIP: FLUFF – A Story of Lost Toys VENUE: New Victory Theater (ended May 4) VENUE TYPE: off-Broadway SEE because: Cute and slightly macabre story idea: children’s toys get lost or vacuumed or mangled and then are found by two women who collect …Read more

SEE or SKIP: Violet SEE because: Sutton Foster is as lovable and emotive a musical actress as you’ll find on any stage anywhere. Naysayers can grouse that her toothy smile and fountain of youthfulness make her seem relentlessly chipper and lightweigh …Read more

SEE or SKIP: Rocky SEE because: The sheer, massive design of the show (by Chris Barreca and lighting designer Christopher Akerlind) is sensational. Not just the logistics involved in pushing a giant, raised ring into the orchestra section at the fina …Read more

Michelle Williams, of “Dawson’s Creek” fame and a three-time Oscar nominee (“Brokeback Mountain”, “Blue Valentine”, “My Week with Marilyn”), made her Broadway debut last night, April 24, in the Roundabout Theater’s revival of “Cabaret”. Kander & Ebb’ …Read more

Following last season’s Best Musical Tony Award win for “Kinky Boots”, Harvey Fierstein is back on Broadway with a new play, “Casa Valentina”, staged by mainstem veteran Joe Mantello. The show began previews April 1 and opened at Manhattan Theater Cl …Read more

SEE or SKIP: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical SEE because: Jessie Mueller, who plays singer-songwriter King, starts out instantly lovable, and stays that way even as King grows from awkwardly shy performer to finding her voice at the piano. “Beauti …Read more

Back in 1998, when “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” opened at off-Broadway’s grotty Jane Sreet Theater, it was easy to be excited about the music, the comedy and author/star John Cameron Mitchell’s performance. But the idea of the show moving beyond even …Read more