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When John Cameron Mitchell (book) and Stephen Trask (music and lyrics) were developing their gender-bending rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch for its Off-Broadway...

I had only dim memories of the 1993 agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis, which had been secretly arranged by a Norwegian couple,...

It doesn’t take much to create a smash Broadway hit. All you need for starters is a  witty script that isn’t in a hurry...

The Lyceum Theatre on Broadway is playing host to a most unusual guest.. It has brought in the Cornley University Drama Society’s production of...

Based on a charming French film, Amélie the musical begins with a narrator letting us know we’re going to be in Paris and its...

Founded in 1981, the mission of the League of Professional Theatre Women, a non-profit advocacy organization headquartered in New York City, is to promote...

It took a while, but the Oregon Shakespeare Festival helped by staging this remarkable play in the summer of 2014. It caused enough of...

This is the play that introduced me to the writings of Tennessee Williams long ago, in 1945! That was the original production at the...

ACT TWO. Two years later, in 1970, I once again tried to put together a package of my clients - in the show that became...

One thing is certain about this new musical, now on Broadway at The Schoenfeld Theatre - it had the youngsters in the audience hooting...

This is one of Arthur Miller's successes, and though it's been revived three times on Broadway since it first appeared in 1968, it has...

John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Richard Seff at a dinner honoring Harold Prince. Photo courtesy of Richard Seff. THE CURTAIN RISES. One of the properties for...

COME HEAR THE MUSIC PLAY:  Memories of My Twenty Years as Agent For John Kander by Richard Seff OVERTURE. John Kander and Fred Ebb have written some fifteen...

It’s hard to accept the realization that your BFFs aren’t really F, especially if you’re the single, and more-than-somewhat-neurotic, Jordan Berman. Feeling increasingly alone...

The Palace Theatre is back in business with a big time headliner on the bill. It's Glenn Close, returning to the role of Norma...

Following its development in 2015 at PlayPenn -- the respected thirteen-year-old Philadelphia-based artist-driven organization dedicated to supporting and fostering new work -- playwright J.T. Rogers’...

A remarkable new production of August Wilson's play Jitney is now available to us all, thanks to the Manhattan Theatre Club, which has staged it on...

DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2016 #11: Best Performances and Ensembles in Plays and Musicals in Philadelphia, New York, Delaware, and New Jersey  Are: Caroline Aaron as...

Here are the DCMetroTheaterArts Staff's honorees for Best Plays in Professional Theaters in 2016 in Philadelphia, NYC, New Jersey, and Delaware. Congrats to all...

In 1964 Bob Dylan wrote that 'the times they are a-changin’, and he might just as well have been referring to the musical theatre...