Oct 11, 2021 | Music, Theater
I have friends and family members whose fear of COVID is so strong, they can’t harbor the idea of being indoors with a bunch of people they don’t know. But I trust the vaccinations I received in April, so I’ve gone to movies, restaurants, theater,...
Sep 10, 2021 | Television, Theater
I have raved about “Come From Away” several times since I saw it on Broadway four years ago. It is not only one of the best musicals of the last decade, but arguably deserves a spot on any all-time list. I’m bringing it up again because there’s...
Feb 25, 2021 | Picture of the Day, Theater
Looking for something to watch today? Try this Picture Of The Day. Ken Levine, who spent years writing and producing such TV classics as “M*A*S*H,” “Cheers,” and “Frasier,” has written a one-act play called “America’s...
Feb 6, 2021 | Blog, Theater
When I heard yesterday that Christopher Plummer had died at 91, I racked my brain to come up with a story about him. Sure, I’d enjoyed his work on the big screen in “The Sound Of Music,” “Knives Out” (my review is here), “Inside...
Nov 26, 2020 | Picture of the Day, Theater
For the Picture Of The Day, here’s Broadway star Brad Oscar (“Something Rotten,” “Spamalot,” “The Producers”) singing a parody version (written by Joe Keenan) of a “Guys and Dolls” song aimed at the...
Oct 15, 2020 | Television, Theater
In May, 2019, I raved after seeing Heidi Schreck’s “What The Constitution Means To Me” on Broadway: The show is mostly a monologue by Schreck about how the founders ignored women (and others) when writing the US Constitution, and about efforts —...