With the Tony Awards just days away, bushels of journalists, critics and performers have been weighing in with their thoughts on the Broadway season and this year’s nominations. Someone with a more outlying view of the whole affair is Rabbi Sol Solom …Read more

The Broadway revival of Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” features the must-see performance of the season in the shape of Cicely Tyson. She plays Carrie Watts, a strong-willed widow who runs away from her house to visit her hometown one last tim …Read more

It’s been a bumpy path for “Sleepless in Seattle,” a musical version of the popular movie, to reach Broadway, and if reviews from out-of-town are any indication, New York may be “Sleep”-deprived for awhile longer. With a book by Jeff Arch, music by B …Read more

“Straight Faced Lies” is a story of familial deception, and the fallacy of blaming others for your own problems. As a dysfunctional family prepares to welcome their imprisoned father back from jail on Thanksgiving, their secrets and delusions explode …Read more

By Alexis Yoo “Pippin” (2013) is a fun, glamorous performance that perfectly blends the right amount of magic, musical numbers and magnificently flashy clothing. However, the best part of the show is how all of these things are just “fluff” – layers …Read more

If you dreamed a dream of days gone by, when “Les Miserables” was running for more than a decade on Broadway, well, your dreams are coming true again. “Les Miz” will make its third visit to the Great White Way, starting March 1 and opening March 23, …Read more

Rabbis are multiplying in New York theater. Last summer, Rabbi Sol Solomon appeared in “Shalom Dammit!” at the Roy Arias Theater, while “My Name is Asher Lev,” which includes the title character’s visits to an Orthodox Rabbi, has proved an award-winn …Read more

By Alexis Yoo “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” returned to Broadway this year with the assistance of modern technology, colorful costumes and an excellently crafted set. All of these factors plus a plot where multiple conflicts are simultaneously going o …Read more

– Editors Note: Our theater editor, David Lefkowitz, sometimes dons the persona of “Rabbi Sol Solomon.” As such, here is his interview with comedy legend Carl Reiner. You can hear the complete hour-long interview at https://www.totaltheater.com/?q=no …Read more

How often do you find Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and veteran actress Frances Sternhagen mentioned in the same story, let alone at the same place at the same time? Well, lightning struck Monday night at Greenwich Village’s Webster Hall, where …Read more