Howard Sherman

There was a short-lived play reading series at City Center, Voices!, circa 2000. Alec Baldwin was the producer and Steve Lawson the artistic director. It debuted with "Arsenic and Old Lace."

Today's matinee: VR Ian McKellen is better than no Ian McKellen at all.

Can A.I. Match Molière’s Wit? These Researchers Think So.

Might we dub this Faux-lière?

Stephen Schwartz Pulls Out of Kennedy Center’s 2026 Lineup: ‘There’s No Way I Would Set Foot in It Now’ Stephen Schwartz, famous for 'Wicked' and 'Godspell,' said the Kennedy Center has become politicized and 'there's no way I would set foot in it now."

“‘It no longer represents the apolitical place for free artistic expression it was founded to be,‘ Schwartz said.”https://variety.com/2026/music/news/stephen-schwartz-kennedy-center-pulls-out-1236622379/

Today's movie matinee

SIR Idris Elba. I like it.

Move Aside, Snowflake: ‘Theater Kid’ Is the New Go-To Political Insult

Theatre kid as pejorative enters the political arena, pissing me off no end. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...

Today's matinee, at St. Ann's Warehouse

Tonight's show, at New York Theatre Workshop

Jeremy O. Harris Released From Custody in Japan After Drug Smuggling Allegations Tony-nominated playwright Jeremy O. Harris has been released from police custody in Japan after being arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs.

“A representative for Harris told The New York Times that he had not been charged with any offense and will continue to stay in Japan to research an upcoming project.” variety.com/2025/theater...

Tonight's show at Second Stage

The Eddie Murphy film "Coming to America." Already perfectly structured for musicalization.

American playwright Jeremy O. Harris arrested in Japan on alleged drug smuggling American actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris, known for the Tony-nominated "Slave Play", was arrested last month at an airport in Japan on suspicion of attempting to smuggle illegal drugs into the c...

“Japan maintains strict drug laws with severe penalties for possession and smuggling offences. The country has some of the toughest narcotics regulations among developed nations, with even small amounts of illegal substances resulting in criminal prosecution.” www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Tonight's show

I'm making chocolate bread pudding. Where does that fall on the pie-pudding-cake spectrum?

A Show of Hands for the Muppets on Broadway More than four decades after they took Manhattan cinematically, The Muppets finally made it to Broadway. Unfortunately, their sojourn was short-lived: they lasted only three weeks before the music sto...

The Muppets' first experience on Broadway came to a rapid and ignominious end. That doesn't mean they don't belong on the Great White Way. Some thoughts, from me, at @broadwayworld.com. www.broadwayworld.com/article/A-Sh...

Today's matinee, at Playwrights Horizons

This new episode of South Park is wild.

Today's 1 pm matinee

Tonight's show

Intriguing...

The special guest was Jak Malone. No topical jokes.

Tonight's show: it's time to light the lights.

Tonight's show: Yes he loved his mother like no other/His sister was his daughter and his son was his brother.

Today's matinee, at Asylum NYC

Tonight's show, at The Public

Today's matinee at Vineyard Theatre

Tonight's show at @roundaboutnyc.bsky.social

Today's matinee: never seen it, never read it, never heard the score.

NYC pedestrian, October 31.