New York City Theater

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

It’s not always easy to decide who you are and what you want to be when you grow up, especially if your father, ex-boyfriend,...

Mozart’s Idomeneo is a landmark opera. It is undeniably a great achievement by a 25-year-old composer in the early stage of his career. Unlike the...

Producer Jack Viertel and his merry band of music makers at Encores! have unearthed another great example of the beginnings of American dominance in...

The original cast and design team of 2011 return for The Assembly’s powerhouse revival of its critically-acclaimed hit Home/Sick. Presented at Brooklyn’s JACK, and...

Following a year of critical acclaim in Philadelphia, which culminated in nominations for both for the Barrymore Award for Best Ensemble, the talented young...

“Who are you?” That is the philosophical question and moral issue raised in playwright Jonathan Leaf’s Deconstruction, a world-premiere three-hander (presented in conjunction with...

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...

Jeff Talbott established himself as a writer of great promise with the MCC Theater production of his first play The Submission in 2011. This...

With the spate of openings in March, I wasn't able to get to Wallace Shawn's new play, the New Group's production which played  a...

I don't know all the works of author Penelope Skinner, but based on The Village Bike and the currently running New York production of...

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...

On March 18th composer John Kander will mark his 90th Birthday and to honor that happy occasion I'm going to unearth some of the...

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...

Full disclosure – I’ve known Jonathan Leaf for a long time. We hung out in New York City in the early 2000’s when he...

Making the transition from high-school graduation into adulthood can be a challenge, especially for teens who haven’t quite yet found themselves. Ken Urban’s Nibbler,...

Robert Holman is a British playwright whose plays have been done under the auspices of the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, he's had...