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March 14, 2014
William Wolf reports on Drama Desk’s February panel featuring a bevy of press agents talking shop. How do you make a show a hit and keep it running? Do you always need a major star? Can publicity ploys give a … Continue reading “Selling Out: Stars, Gimmicks, or Great Ideas?”
March 7, 2014
The transcript of Drama Desk’s panel, “You Gotta Have a Gimmick,” was transcribed by David Kaufman and edited by Edward Karam. The panel took place on February 10, 2014, at Stage 72/Triad. It was moderated by Randie Levine-Miller and included critic … Continue reading “Puttin’ on the Hits: PR Panel Compares Scars”
February 23, 2014
Doug Strassler continues a series of interviews with Drama Desk Award recipients whose work has returned to a New York City stage. For more than a half-century, playwright Terrence McNally has proven himself to be one of the most fertile voices … Continue reading “FROM THE WINNER’S CIRCLE: Terrence McNally”
February 3, 2014
Ellis Nassour will never forget one of the New York theater’s greatest sketch artists. Sam Norkin, renowned caricaturist, illustrator, long-time colleague and beloved friend, created more than 4,000 published drawings by the time of his death in 2011 at age … Continue reading “Theatre Artist 101: Remember Sam Norkin?”
January 26, 2014
Arts journalist and Drama Desk board member Randy Gener is still recovering from an incident in which he was violently assaulted on his way home on the morning of January 17, 2014. According to family and friend sources, he is scheduled … Continue reading “Drama Desk Board Member Randy Gener Recovering”
December 14, 2013
For several years now, longtime Drama Desk member and past President David Sheward has offered members a handy and helpful list of each season’s major New York openings. Sheward offered to answer a few questions and share his list with DramaDesk.org, a list that he … Continue reading “Sheward’s Show List: Updated!”
October 9, 2013
John Istel kicks off a series of interviews with Drama Desk Award recipients whose work has returned to a New York City stage. For a satchel of seasons now Jayne Houdyshell performances have imbued all manner of matriarch with a … Continue reading “FROM THE WINNER’S CIRCLE: Jayne Houdyshell”
August 30, 2013
Drama Desk board member Elysa Gardner shares her sneak peak at three new Broadway musicals that was first published in USA Today, for whom she is a reporter and critic. To read the original piece, click here. John August and Andrew … Continue reading “Serious Songs: A Broadway Preview”
August 23, 2013
Edward Karam reminds us that much of each season’s theatrical magic occurs away from Time Square in dazzling Off- and Off-Off Broadway productions. Here are a few of Karam’s highlights. In a Broadway season that promises to be memorable—four Shakespeare productions, … Continue reading “The Great Beyond: An Off- & Off-Off Broadway Preview”
July 30, 2013
For several years now, longtime Drama Desk member and past President David Sheward has offered members a handy and helpful list of each season’s major New York openings. Recently, Sheward offered to answer a few questions and share his list with DramaDesk.org (see below … Continue reading “David Sheward’s Opening Dates”
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