John Simon News

Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins.

Since COIL began in 2006, 50+ companies from NYC, the US, UK, Australia, continental Europe, Latin America and Asia have been presented as part of this mid-winter festival.

The Pittsburgh Dance Council presents The Stephen Petronio Company on Saturday, January 22, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. at the Byham Theater

Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins.

Richard Kornberg & Associates announces this week's dance listings (beginning January 3rd).

Theatre critic-turned-blogger John Simon has published his thoughts on the SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK review debacle.

Richard Kornberg & Associates announces this week's dance listings (beginning January 3rd).

Since COIL began in 2006, 50+ companies from NYC, the US, UK, Australia, continental Europe, Latin America and Asia have been presented as part of this mid-winter festival.

The legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley continues her successful Song Interpretation Workshop with a new round of six classes open to new participants in December 2010.

Continuing its 40th anniversary celebration, Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC) is pleased to announce its New York winter/spring season 2011.

The RRazz room at Hotel Nikko is San Francisco's premiere nightclub, offering the finest in world-class Cabaret, Jazz, Comedy and Popular music entertainment

Michael Riedel reported in the New York Post back in mid-November that critic John Simon, has been let go from Bloomberg Media who hired him in 2005 after he was let go from New York Magazine after 36 years. Riedel notes that Bloomberg says he's retiring, while Simon claims he's been let go. Jeremy Gerard and Manuele Hoelterhoff will now be splitting Broadway duties at Bloomberg News. Now, Simon has launched a new web site, http://johnsimon-uncensored.com/ on which he proclaims 'Like a giant tortoise from its shell, I am re-emerging on this web site. Here I will continue, freer and more independent than ever, to dispense my opinions, critiques and enthusiasms about our arts and culture. I hope to be as interdisciplinary as all get-out and separate with might and main what might remain from what must go.' He is also reportedly joining both the Yonkers Tribune and the Westchester Guardian.

Producers Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Robert Stillman and Jack Thomas announced today that, by popular demand, FREUD'S LAST SESSION will reopen on January 14, 2011.

The RRazz room at Hotel Nikko is San Francisco's premiere nightclub, offering the finest in world-class Cabaret, Jazz, Comedy and Popular music entertainment.

The RRazz room at Hotel Nikko is San Francisco's premiere nightclub, offering the finest in world-class Cabaret, Jazz, Comedy and Popular music entertainment.

The RRazz room at Hotel Nikko is San Francisco's premiere nightclub, offering the finest in world-class Cabaret, Jazz, Comedy and Popular music entertainment.

The legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley continues her successful Song Interpretation Workshop with a new round of six classes open to new participants in December 2010.

Michael Riedel reports in the New York Post that critic John Simon, has been let go from Bloomberg Media who hired him in 2005 after he was let go from New York Magazine after 36 years. Riedel notes that Bloomberg says he's retiring, while Simon claims he's been let go. Jeremy Gerard and Manuele Hoelterhoff will now be splitting Broadway duties at Bloomberg News.

In a world increasingly dominated by texts and tweets, a timely new opera will offer a digital-age take on the time-honored tragic heroine. 'The Empty Hours' (Las Horas Vacias) by acclaimed Spanish composer Ricardo Llorca will have its staged world premiere at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on November 19th. The tale of a lonely woman whose obsession with the internet fuels an extraordinary fantasy world, 'The Empty Hours' will be presented by the New York Opera Society in a special, one-night only performance.

Based on Reubens' 1981 cult classic stage production, The Pee-Wee Herman Show, with new elements from the ground-breaking CBS show 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' added generously, this new production is written by Paul Reubens and Bill Steinkellner, with additional material by John Paragon. Directed by Alex Timbers (Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson), The Pee-Wee Herman Show will feature music by Jay Cotton and the work of renowned puppetry artist Basil Twist. Direct from its acclaimed, sold-out run in Los Angeles, The Pee-Wee Herman Show began its 48-performance limited run on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 and officially opened on Thursday, November 11 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd street). The engagement will run through January 2.