With so many shows opening on Broadway this spring, it’s easy to overlook a light, frothy comedy. But never count Joe DiPietro out. His musical with Jimmy Roberts, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change”, became an off-Broadway phenomenon and still …Read more

NEW YORK, NY – On Monday, May 4, 2015, The New York Pops marks its 32nd birthday with a grand gala evening celebrating the work of Music Honorees Kathleen Marshall and Rob Marshall and Corporate Honoree Carrie and Ted Pryor, Greenwich Harbor Partners …Read more

In Clinton The Musical, stage veteran Kerry Butler takes on the part of Hillary and gives one of the most exciting performances of her career. Balancing the courage, temper and kindness of Mrs. Clinton, all while singing beautifully, Butler is a true …Read more

Well, “The Wedding Singer” flopped but became a popular touring show, and “First Date” flopped but is bound to get lots of community-theater action, will another comic musical about romance have a similar fate on the Great White Way? Last night (Apri …Read more

Annie Golden’s career had fairytale beginnings. Performing at the legendary venue CBGB with her punk band The Shirts, she was spotted by director Miloš Forman, who gave her a role in his film adaptation of Hair. From there, her résumé has run the gam …Read more

  Sitting down to talk with Eve Wolf, writer and pianist of Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon is a fascinating lesson in history, music and film. The story of this theatrical concert comes from a brief meeting between the famed French auth …Read more

Beyond his fascination with dead presidents, as seen in the likes of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and the workshop of Here’s Hoover! The Historic Herbert Hoover 2014 Comeback Special, composer Michael Friedman is interested in telling stories about y …Read more

1951 saw Broadway fall in love with Audrey Hepburn playing the innocent but oh-so-canny “Gigi” in the Anita Loos play of that title. 1958 caused a similar infatuation with Leslie Caron when the play was turned into a well-remembered movie musical. 19 …Read more

On April 3rd and 4th the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (SAWCC) held its bi-annual literary festival titled Emerge: New Mediums, New Voices at the Asian American Writers Workshop. Staying true to the title, the festival featured a range of S …Read more

A Broadway show about foul-mouthed hand puppets . . . could such a thing ever work? Ask the producers of “Avenue Q” (which is still running in its off-Broadway transfer). Okay, but can another show about sock puppets acting out have similar success? …Read more