Brian Strumwasser

Photos: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES Celebrates Opening Night Off-Broadway
by Bruce Glikas - Nov 25, 2025

Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries is back on the New York stage, and recently celebrated its gala opening for its off-Broadway run. Check out photos from the opening night here!

BEAU THE MUSICAL Off-Broadawy to Launch $35 Rush Tickets
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 12, 2025

 Beau The Musical will launch an in-person ticket rush policy, now available at The Distillery at St. Luke’s Theatre.

BEAU THE MUSICAL Extends for Four Additional Weeks Off-Broadway
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 6, 2025

Beau The Musical will extend for an additional four weeks at The Distillery at St. Luke’s Theatre. Beau The Musical is conceived and written by Douglas Lyons, with music by Ethan D. Pakchar and Douglas Lyons, and lyrics by Douglas Lyons.

BEAU THE MUSICAL Reveals Complete Cast and Creative Team
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 15, 2025

Beau The Musical has revealed the complete cast and creative team for the production’s upcoming transfer to St. Luke’s Theatre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

THE GREAT GATSBY, WICKED Movie, & More Nominated For MUAHS Guild Awards
by Josh Sharpe - Dec 10, 2024

The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) has announced nominations for the 12th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards, with honors going to Broadway's The Great Gatsby, Cabaret, the Wicked movie, and more.

VIDEO: Watch Highlights from HERE YOU COME AGAIN at Goodspeed Musicals
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 30, 2023

Goodspeed is presenting Here You Come Again, by Bruce Vilanch, Gabriel Barre and Tricia Paoluccio, directed and choreographed by Gabriel Barre at The Terris Theatre, Chester. The production features songs written or recorded by Dolly Parton (and others) and is currently running through August 27, 2023. Check out highlights from the production here!

Tricia Paoluccio & Matthew Risch to Lead Bruce Vilanch's HERE YOU COME AGAIN at The Terris Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 26, 2023

Goodspeed Musicals is presenting the new musical Here You Come Again, a musical celebration of the wit and humor of Dolly Parton, and the reopening of The Terris Theatre in Chester, Conn., this summer. 

HERE YOU COME AGAIN Stars Tricia Paoluccio In a Stunning Tribute to Dolly Parton's Down-Home Spirit
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 18, 2023

For years – for decades, really – I have advocated that Music City tourism would benefit from a sit-down production of a country music-themed musical, one that would appeal to a wide range of aficionados and would showcase the musical library of a beloved figure in the pantheon of Nashville music. Finally, Studio Tenn delivers the perfect vehicle for that with the world premiere production of Here You Come Again, featuring songs written by or recorded by Dolly Parton (the Patron Saint of Tennessee aka The Smoky Mountain Songbird).

Broadway Hit KINKY BOOTS Comes To The State Theatre For Two Shows
by Julie Musbach - Mar 8, 2019

TROIKA Entertainment presents Broadway's huge-hearted, high-heeled hit- KINKY BOOTS-with two shows at the State Theatre on Saturday April 6th.

Broadway Hit KINKY BOOTS Comes to Alberta Bair Theater This Month
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 7, 2019

Alberta Bair Theater's Broadway Series presented by U.S. Bank features the Tony Award-winning Best Musical KINKY BOOTS, produced by TROIKA Entertainment that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for Best Score for KINKY BOOTS), on Monday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m.

BWW Previews: MIDLANDS THEATRE ROUNDUP in Columbia, SC 1/11 - Broadway in Columbia presents KINKY BOOTS!
by Patrick Michael Kelly - Jan 11, 2019

KINKY BOOTS rolls through town, a Kaufman and Hart classic opens in Camden, and Town continues its run of ARSENIC AND OLD LACE!

KINKY BOOTS To Strut Into UNM This March
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 26, 2018

KINKY BOOTS will be touring North America beginning December 29, 2018 after returning from an overseas tour in China and Singapore.

KINKY BOOTS Announces 2018-2019 Tour To Play In Over 80 Cities Across North America
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 15, 2018

KINKY BOOTS will be touring North America beginning December 29, 2018 after returning from an overseas tour in China and Singapore. The tour will launch in Paducah, KY and continue across North America making stops in over 80 cities including Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Albuquerque, NM; Winnipeg, MB; Atlantic City, NJ; Boston, MA; Tampa, FL; and New Orleans, LA. For a complete list of tour stops, visit KinkyBootsTheTour.com.

Kinky Boots Now On-Sale at The Emerson Colonial Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 20, 2018

TROIKA Entertainment is thrilled to present KINKY BOOTS, the smash-hit musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for Best Score for KINKY BOOTS).  KINKY BOOTS will play the Emerson Colonial Theatre, an Ambassador Theatre Group Venue, May 7 - 12, 2019 as part of the

FSCJ Artist Series Presents KINKY BOOTS
by Stephi Wild - Aug 30, 2018

KINKY BOOTS, produced by TROIKA Entertainment, is the smash-hit musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for Best Score for KINKY BOOTS). KINKY BOOTS returns to Jacksonville's Times-Union Center, May 15, 2019 for one performance only!

KINKY BOOTS Will Return To Chicago in January
by Stephi Wild - Jun 19, 2018

Broadway In Chicago and TROIKA Entertainment are thrilled to announce that back by popular demand, KINKY BOOTS, the smash-hit musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for Best Score for KINKY BOOTS), will return to Chicago at Broadway In Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph), for a limited one-week engagement Jan. 22 - 27, 2019. KINKY BOOTS originated its Pre-Broadway World Premiere in Chicago in Oct. 2012.

Audience Member Disrupts Performance of A BRONX TALE With Pro-Trump Sign
by Stephi Wild - Jun 18, 2018

A Trump supporter disrupted a performance of A Bronx Tale on Saturday by standing up during curtain call and holding up a 'Keep America Great' flag, according to the New York Post. The action seemed to be in direct response to Robert De Niro, the musical's director, who repeated 'F---k Trump' on the Tony Awards last weekend.

Broadway Hair And Make-up Artist Brian Strumwasser Holds A Master Class At Long Island High School For The Arts
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 25, 2018

Long Island High School for the Arts (LIHSA) students were treated to make-up demonstrations by hair and make-up artist Brian Strumwasser. An alumnus of the school, class of 2004, Brian shared his journey from LIHSA student to working artist to Broadway hair and make-up designer. He demonstrated various techniques for creating bruises and scars, impressing the students with his recent work for the Broadway production of The Crucible. He also helped transform a male actor to become the character Lola in Kinky Boots.

KINKY BOOTS Struts into the Ordway
by Julie Musbach - Mar 8, 2018

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to present TROIKA Entertainment's KINKY BOOTS, the smash-hit musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Tony Award-winner for Best Score for KINKY BOOTS), April 3-8. Tickets start at $48 and can be purchased online at www.ordway.org, by phone at 651-224-4222 or in person at the Ordway ticket office.

BWW Review: KINKY BOOTS Tour Struts Into Segerstrom Center for the Arts
by Michael Quintos - Feb 9, 2018

For the most part, the brief Orange County return of the Tony Award-winning musical smash KINKY BOOTS---which continues its quick week-long stop at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through February 11---pretty much preserves its hard-to-escape fabulousness. Its current incarnation as a non-Equity bus-and-truck tour---now presented by Troika Entertainment, but retains many of the original's main elements---only feels slightly different from previous productions you've likely seen. The musical's endearing narrative, its vibrant main characters, and the ear-candy confections concocted by pop superstar Cyndi Lauper all combine to showcase a fun and genuinely lovable musical that celebrates living one's authentic self… triumphantly.