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It seems to be an obvious truth that more dating couples are wrong for each other than are right for each other, but people keep doggedly t...

It's as good as you've heard! The Richard Rodgers Theatre The view from the last row The Playbill The matinee...

On Tuesday evening we saw the musical "Something Rotten!" (2015) at the St. James Theatre. It was a very enjoyable show. Illustra...

The Yiddish word  shnorrer  refers to a moocher or sponger. It is used pejoratively to denote a cheapskate who borrows money and does not i...

Back in 2003, when three drawings came up together at auction, you were lucky to get a picture of even one of them. Such is the case with t...

When "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" was revived in 1996, composer Stephen Sondheim restored some complex harmo...

In the week since I posted it, I've been staring at Edward Gorey's 1997 "Hamlet" poster  and quietly puzzling over the a...

I'm beginning to suspect my Chinese fortune was plagiarized. "Open up your mind. Let your fantasies unwind." The rele...

Theatre caricaturist Al Hirschfeld produced this illustration of the original cast of "1776" for The New York Times issue of Ma...

Abe Birnbaum's superb original New Yorker cover art depicts a Broadway stage and orchestra pit during the exciting moments of a music...

A Little Bit Wicked:  Life, Love, and Faith in Stages (2009) Kristin Chenoweth with Joni Rodgers In her memoir A Little Bit Wicked, ...

"Nice Work If You Can G et It" Broadway Poste r http://jkstheatrescene.blogspot.com/2012/04/logos-nice-work-if-you-can-ge...

When I was growing up in the suburbs of New York in the 1970's, "Pippin" was the smart new musical that seemed to best define...