The Rothschilds has been called ‘one of the boldest book musicals of its time; a heartfelt testimony to family, dignity, honor, and unflinching tenacity.’ (Music Theatre International) The musical was the final collaboration between Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me); the book was by […]
Fantasia ©José Padilla. All Rights Reserved. Disney Fantasia, live in concert, licensed by Disney Music Publishing and Buena Vista Concerts, a division of ABC Inc. Ever since silent films were all the rage, music has played a vital role in the evolution of the art of film. The New York […]
Palm Beach Dramaworks closes out its sixteenth season with Terry Teachout’s funny and moving Satchmo at the Waldorf, in which the legendary Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong reminisces about and ruminates on his extraordinary life and career just months before his death in 1971. This production marks Teachout’s debut as a director. […]
Stratford Festival HD brings the epic drama and comedy of Shakespeare to U.S. screens Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew and The Adventures of Pericles in theaters starting April 24 Series Debut Coincides with 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Legacy Stratford, Ontario– The Stratford Festival, North America’s leading classical theatre company, […]
There are Broadway arrivals—and Broadway revivals. This one is as good as it gets, amazingly fresh and timely. The perennial favorite, based on the Russian story ”Tevya’s Daughters,” by Scholem Aleichem, was inspired by the folkloric paintings of Marc Chagall. The story of Tevya, a poor dairyman in the impoverished […]
Five provocative, widely acclaimed plays constitute Palm Beach Dramaworks’ 2016-2017 season, which gets underway at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre on Friday evening, October 14 with Tennessee Williams’ final masterpiece, the autumnal The Night of the Iguana (1961). That’s followed on December 2 by Jay Presson Allen’s wickedly funnyTru […]
There’s “Something Rotten!” in New York City It’s a delightful musical romp about Tudor England, filled with joyous songs and dancing, clever puns and literary allusions. A hapless and penniless London playwright finds himself in fierce competition with a playwright named William Shakespeare. Using wit and imagination, Nick Bottom, played […]
Dada Woof, Papa Hot: Despite its awkward title, “Dada Woof, Papa Hot” a play by Peter Parnell and directed by Scott Ellis currently playing at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center, is a witty, charming and insightful look at the domestic lives of gay parents. The play poses […]