On Transmigration

This is what I woke up humming this morning. I must say I could play this score all day and not tire of it.  The brilliant Michael Ball ...

Don’t know how I missed this news from the BBC, Singin’ in the Rain being my favorite musical of all time with An American in Paris comi...

New York theater goers guffawed when word got out that Katharine Hepburn was to star in a broadway musical about Coco Chanel.  They roared ...

I was seven years old when I paid my first admission to the Orpheum Theatre. The beauty of the space took my breath away. I was fascinate...

One of the very best has left us. I first saw her in Sail Away, then, of course, in Company (3 times!) She was everything and all that ...

Very sad news, indeed.  Not something I wanted to read or hear about today.   A legend, genius, and consummate hollywood star dead at 9...

Mitch Leigh, composer of Man of La Mancha has passed away. One cannot imagine the speed with which the show and his score took the theat...

No, this isn't a post about recent winter weather (although it could be), it's more of a comparison about a similarity of 2 songs. ...

And this is how I know. A funny compilation of videos from Sondheim shows.  Although there is a video tribute in the story to the song below...

Looks like there is hope for us elder-gay folks.  Maybe. But will this also make me gay?  Oh, never mind. Now, where did I park the car?  ...

The man in the image here is Clayton Coots and you'll read more about him in this powerful story by Frank Rich in New York Magazine. Th...

A great, talented lady. Jean Stapleton, who played Archie Bunker's wife Edith in the TV series "All in the Family," died ...

I first became aware of and fell in love with Elaine Stritch when she starred in Noel Coward's "Sail Away" - a short lived Br...

 If this number doesn't lift your spirits after a bad day you may want to crawl into a hole and die. I saw her introduce this at Carne...

Christmas is a week away and I just ain't got no Merry Ho-Ho in me. I even found a channel on Sirius XM playing the golden oldies of ho...

I am very surprised that this is happening so quickly in a tiny beach resort town that hates any kind of quick change, so it must be to th...

In most movie musicals the songs are recorded in advance of shooting - in the studio with part of or most of the intended orchestra.  Not th...

Now, how's that for an itinerary? Forget the metaphors, there ain't any. Woke at normal time (at least for me) yesterday, and ch...

Another of the best has left us. Lived to 95, a great career, good long life and a gentle lady. Just look at that face! NEW YORK — Celes...

A sad reality as the big movie palaces come down and the sterile, boring multiplex takes center stage. There is nothing to compare with the ...