Playing Around

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’re aware that the iconic Fiddler on the Roof is buoyantly back on Broadway. (See my earlier [...]

Intended as a tribute to his brother, Gregory, with whom Maurice Hines performed from the age of five – you read that correctly [...]

Sometimes conceptual art can be off-putting.  Sometimes you need a guide, and sometimes even with help, you can find yourself [...]

I think we can safely say that there now exists in theater a Linda Lavin character – the smart, caustic, aggravating, urban Jewish [...]

By now you’ve read half a dozen reviews of the most recent Broadway revival of Fidder on the Roof. Sometimes critics are not offered [...]

Factory shutdowns often make headlines, particularly in local newspapers. Yet the human stories behind those closings rarely find their way [...]

A (Ben Cole) is a successful screenwriter. (Don’t you hate it when an author gimmicks up a production by not naming his characters?!) [...]

Stephen Cole, Book Writer/Lyricist of Merman’s Apprentice was actually friends with the iconic Ethel Merman. At 20, Cole wanted to [...]