Editor’s Note: As we look back at 2014, we are highlighting some of the best shows, performances, theater-related products and experiences the year gave us; for we will surely be talking about them for many years to come. 1) Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar …Read more

I recently interviewed Alex Webb, playwright and musical director of Café Society Swing, currently in its final week at 59E59 Theaters. Webb, an Englishman, skillfully transformed the story of New York businessman Barney Josephson and his beloved jaz …Read more

The company of Once may be closing the doors to Broadway’s favorite pub on January 4th, but the music will play on in a January 6th concert at the Highline Ballroom with members of the Once family playing a fare-the-well concert. The night will featu …Read more

Steve Cohen has been performing a highly unique magic show in the luxurious Waldorf Astoria Hotel since 2000. His small audiences have included such admirers as Woody Allen, Barry Diller and Martha Stewart. He does not saw women in half or produce ti …Read more

The holiday season is the busiest time of year for entertainers and that is especially true for Broadway, Off-Broadway and National Tour company members with crazy schedules and lots of extra shows to accommodate holiday tourism. And, of course no on …Read more

We want to wish you a Merry Christmas with the help of musical theatre. For such a popular holiday there are unusually few Christmas songs in the musical theatre canon. Of the sixteen, or thereabouts, I know from actual stage musicals I’ve picked my …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

For ten glorious years, from 1938 to 1948, Greenwich Village nightclub Café Society was the place to be for jazz musicians, comics and lovers alike. Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Zero Mostel, Sid Caesar and many others got t …Read more

Last week was challenging for the entertainment industry. Not since the ‘Red Scare’ has there been such an aggressive assault on the creation of art and media in America. And certainly, not since the height of McCarthyism have we seen a lion of the e …Read more

Most of us remember all too well the tender, teenage clashes with mom and dad: yes, I’ll call you when I get there; no, we won’t be drinking; yes, I’ll put on a scarf. In her new play, About Face, now playing at The Brick Theater in Williamsburg thro …Read more