
"UP IN THE CHEAP SEATS"
Theatre yesterday and today

SOUNDS CRAZY, NO?
With today marking the anniversary of the opening of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, fifty-seven years ago, I thought I would share this...

ANGELS AT THE EMMYS
Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Mike Nichols the night of September 19, 2004 with their Angels Emmys. The Emmys are tonight, and though...

"CHICAGO" IN LISBON
Inês Herédia (Roxie), Miguel Paposo (Billy) and Vanessa Silva (Velma) in the Teatro da Trindade production of Chicago (2021). While...

ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL
The 1985 DVD of the two-night only Follies in Concert. It was thirty-six years ago tonight that I (along with about 2,700 others)...

GERRY
Geraldine Page (1924-1987). “Way back in stock [theatre], when I was in my 20s, I played Come Back Little Sheba and I was talking to...

FREDDIE
Fredric March (1897-1975) in his matinee idol days. Fredric March was born 124 years ago today; an actor whose final Broadway appearance...

SHIRLEY
Shirley Booth (1898-1992). Shirley Booth was born on this date one-hundred-and-twenty-three years ago and retired from acting in 1974 at...

COLLEEN
Colleen Dewhurst (1924-1991). Colleen Dewhurst won two Tony Awards (nominated eight times) and four Emmys (thirteen nominations) with two...

SHAKESPEARE AND THE TONYS
I can’t help it. Even though the Tonys have all but vanished off the radar due to the 2020 ceremony being postponed fifteen months until...

Q & A WITH JOHN ADAMS ON THE FOURTH (the one and only William Daniels)
William Daniels as John Adams in 1776 (1969). As I always post something about the musical 1776 on the Fourth of July, I thought that...