Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was more than a dancer, singer, actress and cabaret performer. She was a pioneering African American woman who never let prejudice and bigotry...
Every night, during the curtain calls at show’s end, the cast of To Kill a Mockingbird is regaled with calls of “Good night, John-Boy” from the...
She must have been 11 or 12 years old, Alexia Acebo figures, when she experienced her first musical – it was the Broadway tour of Wicked,...
There’s trouble brewing at Castle Elsinore, Denmark’s royal residence. Hamlet’s father, the king, has been murdered – and the young prince is determined to expose his...
Of all the versions out there of Leonard Cohen’s transformative song “Hallelujah,” few reach the emotional peaks of the one recorded by Rufus Wainwright. Cohen could...
Tampa’s David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts will re-open Saturday, bringing back two stage shows that were interrupted by the approach of Hurricane Ian....
Any resemblance between Avenue Q and the beloved children’s TV series Sesame Street is purely intentional. Be forewarned, though, Avenue Q – the Tony-winning musical opening...
Walter Williams, one of the founding members of the platinum-selling vocal group the O’Jays, will celebrate his 79th birthday Thursday. The very next night, he’ll be...
There are seven shows in playwright Dan Coggin’s Nunsense musical comedy universe, and actor Matthew McGee can rattle off most of the titles: “There’s Nunsense II:...
Philadelphia playwright Douglas Williams has a ready-made pitch, an elevator speech, when someone asks him to describe his play Ship. “It’s about a guy who tries...
