
"UP IN THE CHEAP SEATS"
Theatre yesterday and today

FATHER'S DAY
Father's Day falls today on June 19th—a Hallmark holiday (as many coin such occasions) in order to sell a few cards and neckties. Of...

FEEL THE HEARN
June 18th is George Hearn’s birthday. The two-time Tony Award winning actor was born eighty-two years ago in St. Louis, Missouri....

HISTORY WAS HAPPENING
On this date, June 17, 1972, Fiddler on the Roof became the longest running show in Broadway history. It had broken the record as the...

TINY TONYS
With the terrific Tonys telecast still fresh on the brain, it brought to my mind how far this once humble ceremony has come. On this day...

THE SCOTTISH PLAY
On this day June 15, 2000, as the century was drawing to a close, a new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth opened at the Music Box...

IN PERSPECTIVE: THE 2016 TONY AWARDS
This week’s Tony Awards were presented on the evening of a day when in the morning the world woke up to yet another senseless mass...

ONE SINGULAR SENSATION
Hard to believe what with the extraordinary success of the Broadway revival of Chicago, now running for over 20 years, that its original...

NOT JUST AN UTA DAY
June 12th is the birthday of Uta Hagen, an American actress who would have been 97 today. She was born in Germany and emigrated to the...