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Everything went quiet. This is what came to mind when the concert version of SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS was announced. It’ll play November 21-22 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. The announcement took me back to a potent silent moment that had occurred in the 2001-02 Tony Awards’ press room. The upstairs […]

If you want to know the historical details of The Stamp Act Congress that met 260 years ago this week, Google will tell all. For our purposes, though, let’s go far afield to the Broadway-centric stamp acts that have occurred over the decades. The policy of the United States Post Office is to “generally commemorate […]

This must be a first. What other book celebrates two theater artists, each of whom has a Broadway theater named for him? The Al Hirschfeld Theatre is on 45th Street west of Broadway while The Stephen Sondheim Theatre is on 43rd Street east of Broadway. Where their legendary careers intersected through the years is the […]

Although he didn’t sing “A Boy Like That” in WEST SIDE STORY, Grover Dale still chose it as the title of his memoir. He does, after all, have a connection to that landmark musical that opened at the Winter Garden 68 years ago this week. While Chita Rivera was singing “A Boy Like That” to […]

So, according to the records, September 17 is the day of the year on which most people are born. Now that we’re around the 260th day of 2025, let’s celebrate the birthdays on that date of those who have contributed to musical theater in one way or another. “In one way or another” allows us […]