Emily’s Song Hudson Backstage Theatre Charlie Everson (Tom Schmid) creates one of his successful jingles in the home he shares with his singer wife Linda (Cassidy Brown) and his ... Continue Reading →

Spring Awakening Pantages Theatre TICKETHOLDERS Ingeniously based on Frank Wedekind’s originally suppressed and once-scandalous late 19th-century play, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s ... Continue Reading →

Spamalot The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, March 4-6, 2011 It is gratifying that a classic that almost did not get out of the starting gate has found ongoing life in various ... Continue Reading →

Hair Pantages Theatre TICKETHOLDERS What a treat for all us old Hair-y guys to be invited to the opening of the Broadway revival finally arrived here at the Pantages, but what a bizarre ... Continue Reading →

 Sweet Mama String Bean: A Celebration of Blues Woman Ethel Waters Fremont Centre Theatre The late singer Ethel Waters was the blues. If Bessie Smith was the Empress of the Blues ... Continue Reading →

Harps and Angels Mark Taper Forum TICKETHOLDERS The world premiere of the Taper’s Harps and Angeles, conceived by Jack Viertel, directed by the venerable Jerry Zaks, and honoring ... Continue Reading →

Blithe Spirit A Noise Within TICKETHOLDERS “There’s no guarantee,” a character in Noel Coward’s enduring drawing room comedy Blithe Spirit tells us, “that the afterlife could ... Continue Reading →

A Life in the Theatre Schoenfeld Theatre, NYC My most enjoyable, or certainly the most intellectually challenging, evenings of theatre tend to be when either David Mamet or Tom Stoppard ... Continue Reading →