American Classic’s Theatrical DNA is Its Pedigree
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...
Downstage Center with Howard Sherman
On An Ark with McKellen Prime- Holograms Onstage
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...
Diving Deeper Into American Theatre’s Most Influential Titles
Amidst the welter of Best of and Most lists for 2025, American Theatre magazine took on a wider time horizon in its survey of the most influential theatre...
Are Worst Of Lists the Worst Of Cultural Criticism?
It makes no matter that the year is not yet over and these are really December to November rundowns. The nation’s cultural critics either rush or are pushed to...
A Show of Hands for the Muppets on Broadway
More than four decades after they took Manhattan cinematically, The Muppets finally made it to Broadway. Unfortunately, their sojourn was short-lived: they...
When The Undead Came to Life on Broadway
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...
When 'Enough' Is Too Much: Silencing Plays to End Gun Violence in Baton Rouge
On Monday evening October 6, more than five dozen theatres, professional and academic, around the US performed Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence, a half-dozen...
Broadway Doomsaying Lands Just Before Labor Negotiations Heat Up
The lede says “struggling.” The headline says “in trouble.” So when the New York Times uses those descriptors about musicals, theatre people sit up and take...
Workers Bear the Burden of Des Moines Metro Opera’s Ambitions
The Des Moines Metro Opera is a 51-year-old company that’s been praised highly by The New York Times. The paper presumably knew little if anything about the...
Mission Critical for Arts Criticism
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...
Downstage Center with Howard Sherman: Magic To Do
In 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...
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