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And here it comes: that annual sporting event that’s unashamedly come to be known as “March Madness.” Much of the country will be watching to see which college basketball teams will be part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 65-team tournament. Then fans will watch almost non-stop to see which “Cinderella teams” will do well […]

It’s one of those Tony-winning musicals that doesn’t get done very often – and certainly not enough. But sharp director John Simpkins decided that his students at NYU Steinhardt could do City of Angels – and he was right. If you didn’t catch this production between February 7 and 11, you missed hearing Cy Coleman’s […]

Here’s hoping that you can make it to New York this month and next to see the York Theatre Company’s four “Musicals in Mufti.” Starting this weekend, Mufti – which does readings of musicals without benefit of costumes – will do Two by Two (February 15-17). It will be followed by Hollywood Pinafore (March 1-3), […]

It’s only played a handful of previews thus far, but I’m hearing wonderful word-of-mouth about the new production of Cinderella at the Broadway Theatre. The score alone would suggest success. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s work on this 1957 TV musical was just about as good as any of their “Big Five.” That, incidentally, is the term […]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is one of the world’s greatest novels. Its reputation began two hundred years ago this week, when Austen’s book – her second to be published – made its debut. And what, you may ask, does this have to do with musical theater? On […]