Let’s Misbehave: The Sensational Songs of Cole Porter Unlike most of his iconic peers, Cole Albert Porter was neither Jewish nor of immigrant heritage. Born to an extremely wealthy Indiana [...] February 15, 2017
Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts 2017 As regular readers might know, one of my favorite annual traditions is reviewing the Oscar Nominees in the Category of Best Animated Short. [...] February 15, 2017
Watch on the Rhine – Lillian Hellman’s Play is Relevant Again You are a political refugee. We don’t turn back people like you, people in danger. Theater audiences don’t usually burst into applause [...] February 12, 2017
Five Films for People Who Hate Valentine’s Day Ah, Valentine’s Day. That special time of year when pop culture and greeting card companies conspire to make the lovelorn among us feel [...] February 5, 2017
Georgie – My Adventures with George Rose – A Fallen Idol Playwright/actor Ed Dixon first met George Rose when, as a callow youth, he was cast in a touring company of Sigmund Romberg’s operetta [...] February 3, 2017
1934 Ziegfeld Follies of the Air Ziegfeld Follies of the Air – The New 1934 Live From Broadway Broadcast Revue The Ziegfeld Society’s first full-fledged fundraiser [...] February 2, 2017
Milk and Honey – Heart and Humor Jerry Herman’s first (1961) Broadway effort has Israeli flavor (including Hebrew) without awkwardness or polemic. Herman and book writer [...] January 31, 2017
August Wilson’s Jitney – Superb Ensemble Jitney is the first play written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winning August Wilson for his ten chapter, decade by decade, Pittsburgh [...] January 31, 2017