How much were you paying attention to theater news and views, on stage and online, in the month of March? Answer these 14 questions and find out.
Playwright Terrence McNally, 81, wrote 36 plays and 10 musicals, Theatre changes the heart, then it changes the mind, and that makes people get off their asses and do something. I’m a great believer in theatre as a socially-active force.
McNally as a young man
Stephen Sondheim, wearing a t-shirt with a line from his “Sunday in the Park with George”
The cast in the “playground of mud” — the pit full of brown balls — in “The Fre,” at The Flea.
Governor Andrew Cuomo announcing the shutting down of Broadway theaters on March 12th
“Don’t Look Back” by Stephen Adly Guirgis, performed by William Jackson Harper (and his dog) from 24 Hour Plays’ Viral Monologues online series
Which of these awards is still going on as scheduled, albeit online?
Fun Home reunion on #StarsintheHouse online series
Empty Broadway March 2020
Question #13 “Sondheim’ itself is shorthand for erudite musical theater,” Margaret Lyons wrote in one of a package of Times articles in March celebrating his birthday. But his presence in popular culture is remarkably widespread, including every one of the following television series (as Lyons points out.) In which one is every episode title a Sondheim lyric?”
It’s most, but not every episode. Season One: “Anything You Can Do,” Season Two: “My Heart Belongs to Daddy,” Season Four: “Smiles of a Summer Night” – clearly a Sondheim reference, but not a Sondheim lyric…