Ken Wydro, Who Helped Create an Off Broadway Phenomenon, Dies at 81
Ken Wydro, a playwright, director and producer who with his wife, Vy Higginsen, poured their life savings into the Off […]
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Theater Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong,’ Vermont Stage
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Tony Roberts, Nonchalant Fixture in Woody Allen Films, Dies at 85
His first movie with Mr. Allen was the comedy “Play It Again, Sam” (1972), written by Mr. Allen but directed
Merle Louise Simon, a Sondheim Mainstay, Is Dead at 90
Merle Louise Letowt was born on April 15, 1934, in Manhattan and grew up largely in Bethlehem, Pa. Her father,
In ‘Eureka Day,’ a Scene About Vaccines Devolves, Hilariously
The third scene of the new Broadway production of “Eureka Day” could be titled The Way We Discourse Now. As
The Mothers on Broadway Are Finally More Than Monsters
The dramatic canon has always adored a nice, juicy perversion of motherhood — think the filicidal Medea; the incestuous Jocasta;
Otto Schenk, Opera Director and Bulwark of Tradition, Dies at 94
Otto Schenk, the prolific Austrian director whose lavishly traditional productions for the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera thrilled
Why ‘Show Boat’ Is America’s Most Enduring, Unstable Musical
The musical brought out some of the finest work from both: wit, bite and heartbreak in the libretto, and infectious