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Interviews with Playwrights and Play Reviews

  • The Steppenwolf Theatre Company Presents "August: Osage County" - March 25, 2008

  • Mamet's "November" at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre - March 20, 2008

  • Take Me Along, a Musical Revival, at The Irish Repertory Theatre - March 19, 2008

  • Pinter's "The Homecoming" at the Cort Theatre - March 18, 2008

  • Political Idol - Updated, at the Triad Theatre - March 16, 2008

  • Roberta, the Musical, at Musicals Tonight! - March 13, 2008

  • Drama Desk Panel Luncheon at Sardi's - March 7, 2008

  • Glimpses of the Moon at The Oak Room, Cabaret Theatre that Bubbles! - February 4, 2008

  • Hunting and Gathering at Primary Stages - January 31, 2008

  • "2.5 Minute Ride" at Altered Stages - January 30, 2008

  • Apartment 3A at the Beckett Theatre - January 29, 2008

  • Hell's Belles: An Infernal Musical Review at the West End Theatre - January 25, 2008

  • Celia: "The Life and Music of Celia Cruz" - January 15, 2008

  • The Piano Teacher at The Vineyard Theatre - November 28, 2007

  • Abingdon at Fifteen! A Gala Benefit at Tavern on the Green - November 13, 2007

  • Sister Cities at T. Shreiber Studio - November 9, 2007

  • Political Idol at The Triad Theater: A Cast of Four Creates 22 Pop and Political Icons - November 6, 2007

  • A Feminine Ending at Playwrights Horizons - October 27, 2007

  • The Goldman Project at Abingdon Theatre Company - October 16, 2007

  • The New York City Bar Association Presents "A Killing on Broadway" - September 28, 2007

  • Angelica Torn Performs Solo in "Edge" about Sylvia Plath - September 25, 2007

  • Two Plays about Relationship Anxiety at Midtown International Theatre Festival 2007 - August 6, 2007

  • Two Plays about New-Found Success at Midtown International Theatre Festival 2007 - August 6, 2007

  • Two Plays about Husbands and Wives at Midtown International Theatre Festival 2007 - August 6, 2007

  • Two Plays about Personal and Professional Struggles at Midtown International Theatre Festival 2007 - August 6, 2007

  • Two Plays by the Wallace Team at Midtown International Theatre Festival 2007 - August 6, 2007

  • Two Plays by Luigi Jannuzzi at Midtown International Theatre Festival 2007 - August 6, 2007

  • In Search of Mozart, the Documentary Film by Phil Grabsky - August 19, 2007

  • The Greenhouse Effect at Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex - June 23, 2007

  • "New York State of Mind" at AMDA Graduation Productions - May 27, 2007

  • The 2007 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall - June 10, 2007

  • Don't Quit Your Night Job at Ha! Comedy Club - May 13, 2007

  • The President and Her Mistress at Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex - May 1, 2007

  • Legally Blonde, The Musical, at the Palace Theatre - 5/2/07

  • Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit, Appearing in Chicago - April 24, 2007

  • Picasso at The Lapin Agile at T. Schreiber Studio - April 12, 2007

  • Film Society of Lincoln Center Honors Diane Keaton - April 9, 2007

  • Talk Radio at Longacre Theatre, Starring Liev Schreiber - March 23, 2007

  • Dreams of Friendly Aliens at the Abingdon Theatre Company - March 20, 2007

  • The Frugal Repast at Abingdon Theatre Company - February 24, 2007

  • Adrift in Macao at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters - February 9, 2007

  • The Voysey Inheritance at Atlantic Theater Company - January 24, 2007

  • "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" at Chicago's Mercury Theater - February 3, 2007

  • "Betrayal" at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company - February 3, 2007

  • "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" at Chicago's Goodman Theatre - January 29, 2007

  • Grey Gardens at The Walter Kerr Theatre - January 23, 2007

  • "Get Your War On" at 59E59 Theaters - January 21, 2007

  • "Blackout" at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre - January 19, 2007

  • "Radio Golf" at Chicago's Goodman Theatre - January 22, 2007

  • The Three Musketeers at Chicago Shakespeare Theater - January 9, 2007

  • New Year's Eve 2006-2007 Party at 59E59 Theaters - December 31, 2006

  • Desirée at the Dahesh Museum of Art, with Brando as Napoleon - December 17, 2006

  • Roberto Rossellini, The Director and the Man, in Film and Photography at the Museum of Modern Art - November 27, 2006 - December 10, 2006

  • Chicago - 11/6/06

  • The Fantasticks at Snapple Theater Center - November 5, 2006

  • Southern Comforts, a Parlor Play, at Primary Stages - October 28, 2006

  • "Lorca in a Green Dress" at Repertorio Español - October 29, 2006

  • New York Philharmonic and New York Choral Artists Stage "Alexander Nevsky", The Film and The Music - October 20, 2006

  • Dahesh Museum of Art Presents Art Films from Montreal's Film Festival - October 22, 2006

  • The Pillowman at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company - September 26, 2006

  • Wasps in Bed at the Beckett Theatre - October 7, 2006, Matinee

  • The Producers Revisited at The St. James Theatre - September 27, 2006

  • The Drowsy Chaperone at the Marquis Theatre - September 13, 2006

  • Foggy Bottom at Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex - September 15, 2006

  • The Capitol Steps in Songs from "I'm So Indicted" at The Supper Club - July 26, 2006

  • Chekhov and Maria at the Barrow Group Theatre - July 21, 2006

  • Bridge & Tunnel at The Helen Hayes Theatre - June 8, 2006

  • The 2006 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall - 6/11/2006

  • The Color Purple at Broadway Theatre - May 30, 2006

  • The Wedding Singer at Al Hirschfeld Theatre - May 25, 2006

  • Tony Award Nominations Announced for 2006 - May 16, 2006

  • Film Society of Lincoln Center Honors Jessica Lange - April 17, 2006

  • Opening Reception: 60 Years of Tony Award-Winning Plays and Musicals in Window Cards - April 17, 2006

  • Farenheit 451, The Play, Is Presented by Godlight Theatre Company - April 13, 2006

  • Jacques Brel Returns to New York at The Zipper Theatre - April 2, 2006

  • A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop at Primary Stages - March 27, 2006

  • Dame Edna at Broadway in Chicago - March 14, 2006

  • Tuesdays with Morrie at Cadillac Palace Theater in Chicago - February 28, 2006

  • Charles Grodin's The Right Kind of People at Primary Stages - February 5, 2006

  • The Well-Appointed Room Premieres at Steppenwolf Theatre - January 24, 2006

  • The Odd Couple at Brooks Atkinson Theatre - January 1, 2006

  • Edward Albee's Seascape - December 4, 2005

  • Master Harold and the Boys at Steppenwolf Theatre Company - October 14, 2005

  • "Bush is Bad" at The Triad - October 27, 2005

  • Beyond Glory at The Goodman Theatre - October 9, 2005

  • Latinbeat 2005: The Devil's Backbone - September 13, 2005

  • In the Wings at The Promenade Theatre - October 11, 2005

  • Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams at Primary Stages - September 27, 2005

  • The Talk of the Town at The Oak Room - September 12, 2005

  • The Constant Wife at Roundabout Theatre Company - August 5, 2005

  • Dollhouse at The Goodman Theatre - June 16, 2005

  • 2005 TONY Awards, Part I - June 5, 2005

  • 2005 TONY Awards, Part II - June 5, 2005

  • Red Light Winter at Steppenwolf - May 28, 2005

  • After the Night and the Music - May 28, 2005, Matinee

  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - May 31, 2005

  • Glengarry Glen Ross - May 19, 2005

  • Lost Land at Steppenwolf Theatre Company - May 24, 2005

  • Silk at The Goodman Theatre - May 17, 2005

  • Sweet Charity - May 17, 2005

  • 2005 Meet the Tony Nominees Press Reception - May 11, 2005

  • 2005 Tony Award Nominations - May 10, 2005

  • Who_s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - May 15, 2005, Matinee

  • Romeo and Juliet at Chicago Shakespeare Theater - May 5, 2005

  • A Streetcar Named Desire - April 29, 2005

  • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - April 30, 2005, Matinee

  • On Golden Pond - April 12, 2005

  • Interview with Michael F. Goldberg - Actor: Kabuki Lady Macbeth - April 13, 2005

  • Kabuki Lady Macbeth - March 29, 2005

  • All Shook Up - March 30, 2005

  • Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed - March 29, 2005

  • The Glass Menagerie - March 23, 2005

  • We_re Still Hot! The Musical - March 9, 2005, Matinee

  • The Lonely Way - March 15, 2005

  • Fiddler on the Roof: Cast Two - February 22, 2005

  • Modern Orthodox - February 1, 2005

  • Good Vibrations - February 4, 2005

  • Little Women, the musical - January 26, 2005 Matinee

  • Measure for Measure - January 29. 2005

  • Intimate Apparel - January 25, 2005

  • I Am My Own Wife - January 18, 2005

  • Billy Crystal In 700 Sundays - December 15, 2004, Matinee

  • Mario Cantone: Laugh Whore - December 16, 2004

  • La Cage Aux Folles, December 15, 2004

  • Pacific Overtures - Matinee, December 5, 2004

  • Democracy - December 2, 2004

  • night, Mother - November 17, 2004

  • When Aunt Daphne Went Nude - October 23, Matinee

  • Jewtopia - October 17, 2004, Matinee

  • The Culture Project Presents: White Chocolate - Matinee, October 10, 2004

  • The Oldest Profession - October 7, 2004

  • String of Pearls - October 9, 2004

  • Twenty Fingers, Twenty Toes - October 16, 2004

  • >_night, Mother; Conversations on an Upcoming Revival - October 14, 2004

  • Brian Dykstra: Cornered and Alone - September 9, 2004

  • Latinbeat 2004 -- Film Society of Lincoln Center - September 17 – September 29, 2004

  • Cirque Jacqueline - July 31, 2004

    Check out the Tony Awards Winners on the Tony Awards Official Site.
    See reviews for several of the production and performance contenders below!

  • 42nd Street - June 23, 2004

  • Bombay Dreams - June 09, 2004

  • I Am My Own Wife - Matinee, May 22, 2004

  • I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change - April 19, 2004

  • I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change - April 10, 2004

  • Fiddler on the Roof - March 9, 2004

  • Maggie May - February 20, 2004

  • Wonderful Town - January 21, 2004

  • Anna in the Tropics - January 20, 2004

  • The Thing about Men - January 17, 2004

  • Girl with a Pearl Earring - January 2, 2004

  • Mona Lisa Smile - December 22, 2003

  • The Company - film review 12/29/03

  • Never Gonna Dance - December 9, 2003

  • Bedroom Farce - November 30, 2003

  • The Cook - November 14, 2003

  • Laughing Room Only - Starring Jackie Mason - 11/15/2003

  • Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks - 11/4/2003

  • The Retreat from Moscow - 10/29/2003

  • Le Divorce - 9/6/03

  • Capitol Steps - 7/22/03

  • The Colonel's Wife - 7/15/03

  • Manhattan Tao of Art - 7/2/2003

  • Nine - The Musical - 6/6/2003

  • Enchanted April - 5/14/2003

  • Interview with Mario Fratti - Writer of the musical Nine - 5/5/2003

  • Bill Maher - Victory Begins at Home - 5/4/2003

  • Valentino - The musical - 4/26/2003

  • Tea at Five - Kate Mulgrew as Katherine Hepburn - 4/8/2003

  • Polish Joke - A Play within a Polka - 3/30/2003

  • Preview of Assassination Tango - 3/25/2003

  • God and Mr. Smith - 3/20/2003

  • Backstage with the Playwrights - Enzo Capua, author of Event Horizon - 2/24/2003

  • A review of Chicago, the musical - 10/18/2002

  • I'm Taking Tango Lessons - A PBS Special - 9/13/2002

  • Contact - 8/10/2002

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    For more information, contact Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower at zlokower@bestweb.net