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Journalist Deirdre Donovan has written for the Washington Post and the Boston Globe, among others. Her theater writing has been published in The Brooklyn Paper, Our Town, West Side Spirit, Curtainup, Theaterscene, and Offoffonline.
K.T. Sullivan Photos by Seth Cashman by Deirdre Donovan Fans of Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz recently were treated to a smorgasbord of their songs at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on June 20th, courtesy of the Mabel Mercer Foundation. Hosted by the luminous KT Sullivan, who now serves as the…
by Deirdre Donovan Scott Siegel returned to Town Hall on June 19th to host his signature series, “Broadway by the Year.” Presenting Big Names like Alice Ripley, Christiane Noll, and Brandon Uranowitz plus a few rising stars, the event was next-to-perfect. Now in its 17th year, “Broadway by the Year” (BBTY) has…
by Deirdre Donovan The American loser gets his day in Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins. Sondheim’s 1990 vaudeville musical features two centuries of villains who have tried to kill the U. S. President. Some succeeded, others didn’t. But one thing was believed by all these historical reprobates, and dramatized by the Proprietor in the show’s opening…
Bryce Pinkham, Lauren Worsham, Chuck Cooper, Lilli Cooper, Ryan Silverman. Photo credit Richard Termine by Deirdre Donovan Wouldn’t it be loverly if the best songs of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe could be resurrected in a live stage performance for New Yorkers? Well, that recently happened at the 92nd Street Y when…
by Deirdre Donovan The real reason to see Martin Sherman’s new play Gently Down the Stream, directed by Sean Mathias, is to see the one-and-only Harvey Fierstein back on a New York stage. The Tony Award winning actor-playwright teams up with another Tony Award winner, Gabriel Ebert (Matilda), and Christopher Sears…
Juliette Binoche, photo credit: Stephanie Berger by Deirdre Donovan Sophokles’ Antigone might be old as the hills but with Belgian director Ivo van Hove and French actress Juliette Binoche teaming up in a new modern-dress version, the play gains cache and interest at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2015 Next Wave Festival. This touring production is a very…
Lindsay Mendez (Helen) and Barton Cowperthwaite (Paris) phtos by Joan Marcus by Deirdre Donovan The only conclusion to come to after seeing The Golden Apple at New York City Center is that the dedicated folks at Encores! leave no stone unturned when they search for obscure musical treasures that once graced a New…
Alistair Brammer as Chris and Eva Noblezada as Kim in Miss Saigon. Miss Saigon by Deirdre Donovan The chopper is back on Broadway! Cameron Mackintosh’s anticipated new production of Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical Miss Saigon opened on Broadway at The Broadway Theatre on March 23rd as fresh as an orange blossom. …
Tam Mutu and Scarlett Strallen Photos credit Joan Marcus by Deirdre Donovan Since 1991, City Center Encores! has been one of the darlings of the New York Theater establishment. With its latest offering, Cole Porter’s The New Yorkers under the sound direction of John Rando, it can only endear itself more to musical…
by Deirdre Donovan Arthur Miller’s popularity certainly isn’t waning on Broadway. Just last season A View from the Bridge and The Crucible, both memorably directed by the Belgian director Ivo van Hove, were hot tickets on the Great White Way. Now, The Price returns to Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre under Terry Kinney’s…