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Howard Sherman

Howard Sherman

Howard Sherman is a theatre administrator, advocate and writer. He is the managing director of the Baruch Performing Arts Center and has previously been executive director of the American Theatre Wing and O'Neill Theater Center, managing director of Geva Theatre, general manager of Goodspeed Musicals, and public relations director of Hartford Stage. He is the US contributor to The Stage in London, where he was a weekly columnist for a decade, and his work has appeared in such publications as American Theatre magazine, The Guardian and Theatermania. He is the author of Another Day's Begun: Our Town in the 21st Century, published by Methuen. Howard is recognized as one of the foremost voices fighting theatrical censorship in academic and professional theatre. www.hesherman.com and @hesherman on most social platforms.

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First Show

a children's theatre show at Long Wharf Theatre

Favorite Show

Sweeney Todd, countless times



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American Classic’s Theatrical DNA is Its Pedigree

American Classic’s Theatrical DNA is Its Pedigree

April 2, 2026

Nestled quietly in a corner of the MGM+ streamer, a service that rarely gets invoked when the streaming giants are under discussion, lies the answer to anyone who has wondered for the past 20 years, as I have, “Why can’t we have another series like ‘Slings and Arrows?’”

On An Ark with McKellen Prime- Holograms Onstage

On An Ark with McKellen Prime- Holograms Onstage

February 3, 2026

As I have twice had occasion in real life to sit, essentially, knee to knee with Ian McKellen, my encounter with his digital doppelganger at The Shed was perhaps somewhat less singular than it was for most attendees of An Ark.

When The Undead Came to Life on Broadway

When The Undead Came to Life on Broadway

October 31, 2025

The concept of the zombie in popular culture owes its legacy not to Night of the Living Dead or The Walking Dead, but to a long-forgotten Broadway play entitled, simply, Zombie, which ran for all of three weeks back in 1932.

Mission Critical for Arts Criticism

Mission Critical for Arts Criticism

September 2, 2025

In the job posting heard ‘round the theatre world a few weeks ago, the powers that be at The New York Times declared that their new theatre critic will be “eager to embrace new story forms with strong visual, audio and video components,” someone who will be “ready to employ different platfor

Downstage Center with Howard Sherman: Magic To Do

Downstage Center with Howard Sherman: Magic To Do

August 20, 2025

xIn the city where Houdini once extricated himself from a straitjacket while dangling upside down above Times Square, it’s surprising that we don’t get major magic acts on stage more often than we do in New York.




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