How did Moss Hart go from being a poor immigrant to the toast of Broadway? By collaborating with comic playwright George S. Kaufman, by directing the legendary “My Fair Lady”, by penning the screenplay for “A Star is Born”, and by writing a memoir of …Read more

Lennie and George have been the subjects of a novel, an opera, radio and film adaptations, telefilms and even a Bugs Bunny parody, but it’s been since 1974 since Broadway has seen the iconic laborers that John Steinbeck so tragically limned in his Of …Read more

A musical puppet show, “The Cat that Went to Heaven” is based on the award winning 1930 book of the same name by Elizabeth Coatsworth. This staged rendition of the story was created by Nancy Harrow, who wrote the music and lyrics, and directed by Wil …Read more

In the game of baseball, signals rule the field: there is a call for safe, a call for an out, calling a player off a fly ball, a sign for a pitch, and face-touching from the coaches. In “The Signal Season of Dummy Hoy”, presented by the New York Deaf …Read more

SEE because: Think “Sweeney Todd” by way of Gilbert & Sullivan.  “Guide” is lighter and not in the same league, but still oodles of fun. Unlike so many movies-into-musicals, this takes a great comedy (the Ealing classic “Kind Hearts and Coronets” …Read more

SEE because: Brian Cranston isn’t just a star giving a grand performance, he’s exciting to watch as he ramps LBJ up from shell-shocked grief to energized commander in chief to driven, borderline-paranoid dealmaker. If you liked Spielberg’s “Lincoln”, …Read more

For the third time this season, Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theater has an opening. After the commercial failures of the musical “Soul Doctor” and the baseball drama “Bronx Bombers”, the venue now hosts “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill”, feat …Read more

It seems everyone is always waiting for the next big, splashy, funny, zany old-style musical to sweep Broadway off its feet, much as “The Producers” did more than a decade ago. There have been direct attempts since – e.g., “Nice Work if You Can Get I …Read more

SEE OR SKIP: Bullets Over Broadway  In this arts column, rather than provide a lengthy critique, we hit the bullet points and share our thoughts on whether a show is worth seeing or skipping. Of course, your own reasons for picking or ignoring a show …Read more

As tickets become harder to move, the divisive trend of casting movie stars on the Great White Way is becoming more and more ubiquitous. The current revival of “A Raisin in the Sun” at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre is no exception.  If a sold out Satur …Read more