Archive - Barry Singer (on The ARTS and Otherwise)

There are “smashes” in the theater and then there are “flops.” Audiences can usually tell one from the other. Everything in between is a mystery…

Nov 28

For at least a week now (it already seems a lifetime), you (and I) have been bombarded with news of self-identified “climate activists” flinging refuse…

Oct 27

By God, I have had this Congress. The line keeps rattling in my head —hollered by a hellion John Adams at the outset of 1776 — crying me home as I read…

Oct 18

I actually invested in the original production of Into the Woods. My memory of this has long since faded (along with my dough), but the memory, at…

Sep 1

A Skyscraper Jazz Luminary

Jul 30

The inimitable co-creator of Hair, James Rado, passed away Tuesday night. My obituary of him is in today’s New York Times.

Jun 23

The word “sanitized” dances in my head, thinking about the Tony Awards show tonight. As we so excruciatingly have come to understand, theater is the…

Jun 12

An actor I have long admired passed away this week, much too soon. My obituary for him is in today’s New York Times.

May 13

"The Skin of Our Teeth" & "for colored girls"

May 12

The resplendent and stunningly thought provoking new musical A Strange Loop opened on Broadway Tuesday night, incinerating gloriously, in the process…

Apr 29

The gleeful readership that greeted my recent reminiscences about Stephen Sondheim got me to thinking about maybe writing some others. With a new…

Apr 11

FOR MICHAEL RANDOLPH

Mar 14

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