No, that’s not who I mean. When Warren G. Harding, the nation’s twenty-ninth President, died in office in 1923, he was already climbing...

Ah, The Wiz. A very significant show in the annals of theatre history. Premiering forty-six years ago tonight on Broadway (to decidedly...

I’m taking the opportunity to acknowledge the anniversary of the passing of Jason Robards, who died twenty years ago today, by posting...

I’ve been thinking about writing something on plays or musicals set around and about Christmas and in so doing, one in particular stuck...

“For me, my background is poetry, and that’s the foundation on which I approach my plays: the sound of the word, the idea of taking...

It’s December 19th again, which means it must be acknowledged that 63 years ago Meredith Willson’s The Music Man opened on Broadway at...

In a column yesterday, I emphasized the first half of Richard Kiley’s career pre-Man of La Mancha, prior to the role with which he would...

In March of 1953, on the opening night of a revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Misalliance, the thirty-one-year-old Richard Kiley made an...

Due to the positive response to Tuesday’s column on Ethel Shutta and the history of her performance of “Broadway Baby” from Follies, it...

Today marks the 124th birthday of the actress/singer/dancer Ethel Shutta (pronounced Shuh-tay), born in 1896, and immortalized as the...