Herbert Wolff

Yes…a few of us ventured to New York City in our mid-30s to seek careers, friendships, and come what may on our road to age 40. Never mind how we survived…

I was a bit apprehensive about attending a performance of the play Children of a Lesser God. Certainly, I was aware of the positive reviews and awards it…

The award-winning musical Ragtime is receiving an award-winning revival by Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.The title Ragtime refers…

If you are fortunate enough to find yourself at the Glimmerglass Festival this summer, you will not soon forget the onstage character of a “thieving…

I have to apologize for this review of the opera The Crucible…now having an outstanding presentation at Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, New York.The…

There are various ways to differentiate musical theater from opera. But when one encounters Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, simplistic labeling doesn’t…

There were these two blokes in England, about 150 years ago…who started writing the stories and composing the music for what were at the time called comic…

Most Shakespearean scholars – of which I am not – classify The Merchant of Venice as a comedy. This play was written following a period when William…

A decade or so ago…in reviewing a production of a play by Tennessee Williams…I quoted Steve Lawson, a scholar who has written extensively on the…

About a month ago, a full-page story appeared in the Sunday travel section of the New York Times. Entitled The Roman Seasons of Tennessee Williams…the…