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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs for Kennedy Center Crybabies Mar. 18, 2025

Debra J. Saunders

WASHINGTON — Last week, audience members loudly booed Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Us... Read More

White Knight: The Producer Who Brought 'The Music Man' to Life May. 10, 2022

Jeff Robbins

In his memoir "But He Doesn't Know the Territory," theatrical journeyman Meredith Willson recalls th... Read More

Stephen Sondheim: Writing the Notes of His Times Dec. 01, 2021

Jamie Stiehm

It was a very good death, the day after Thanksgiving dinner with friends. The musical composer and l... Read More

Streaming Did the Job. Now We Need Live Theater Mar. 30, 2021

Froma Harrop

When will we be able to attend a live performance? That question is being asked angrily in France, w... Read More

Classic Ann Landers Aug. 16, 2020

Classic Ann Landers

Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to pub... Read More

Classic Ann Landers Nov. 10, 2019

Classic Ann Landers

Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to pub... Read More

Mercury's Bye-Bye Burst of Wonder Feb. 09, 2019

Horoscopes by Holiday

Whatever is between the earthly plane and the realm of angels, be it clouds or sea foam, spirals, sa... Read More

Hello, Dolly Jan. 17, 2019

Susan Estrich

She was my daughter's godmother. She was my friend. We knew her from politics, not Hollywood: She wa... Read More

Gearing Up for the Hottest Ticket in Sports -- Her Own: An Interview With Brisa Trinchero Oct. 31, 2017

This Woman's Work

I've known Brisa Trinchero for years. Our friendship blossomed in our love for the arts, but it's co... Read More

Explore the Possibilities of Unlikely Subject Matter: An Interview With Jill Furman Oct. 10, 2017

This Woman's Work

Jill Furman has been an upstanding member of the Broadway community, with a successful run of award-... Read More

Michael Moore and the Democrats' Burden Aug. 29, 2017

Froma Harrop

Michael Moore's one-man show on Broadway is at times hilarious, at times tedious. While theater crit... Read More

The Tyranny of the Broadway Bullies Nov. 23, 2016

Terence Jeffrey

Even though it was in midtown Manhattan and even though the people there had to pay hundreds of doll... Read More

Hip-Hop Civics, as Taught by Trump and 'Hamilton' Jun. 24, 2016

Suzanne Fields

NEW YORK CITY — Race matters, but it's not all that matters. That's the lesson of "Hamilton," ... Read More

Audience Members Are Getting Lousy Reviews Aug. 20, 2015

Froma Harrop

Broadway star Patti LuPone made headlines recently when she grabbed a cellphone from a woman texting... Read More

'Hedwig and the Angry Inch': Neil Patrick Harris' One-Man Show Apr. 23, 2014

Screener

Neil Patrick Harris hurls himself into the title role in the new Broadway revival of "Hedwig and the... Read More

Listening to the Beatles, Now May. 11, 2011

Lenore Skenazy

"Rain" is a Broadway show billed as a "Tribute to the Beatles." Listening to fou... Read More