By Angela Barbuti Ed Asner is still acting in his eighties. But his quick wit and unique outlook on life make him able to transcend the age gap. An entertainer for all generations, he has played endearing roles for the younger set such as Santa Claus in Elf and Carl in Up. But others will 
No one would have blamed Ruthe Ponturo for being sad when her husband of 34 years suddenly left her for another—much younger—woman. But Ponturo decided almost immediately that instead of being sad, she’d be musical. Ponturo’s subsequent divorce from her Broadway producer husband Tony Ponturo became the fodder for a brand-new cabaret show, Divorce–the Musical: 
Tracy Letts Takes on his Mentor Edward Albee in New Production By Ben Kessler Edward Albee’s classic Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? returns to Broadway in a 50th-anniversary production from Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Tracy Letts and Amy Morton will appear in the iconic roles of George and Martha, a middle-aged married couple locked in terminal, 
Max Friedlich, 17, is the youngest playwright at this year’s Fringe Fest. By Mayara Guimaraes As the youngest playwright at the New York International Fringe Festival, Max Friedlich, 17, son of media executive Jim Friedlich and artist Melissa Stern, capably wrote SleepOver, about two teens who live in New York and are dealing with issues 
It’s not every day you hear of a musical that’s both a rumination on death and a big gay extravaganza, but then again it isn’t every day that Chris Tanner creates a musical. Mr. Tanner’s latest is The Etiquette of Death, a collaborative effort that threads together scenes and songs from a long list of 
By Angela Barbuti The first Broadway show Natalie Lomonte ever saw was The Phantom of the Opera. She was visiting New York for the first time with her mother’s dance studio. After purchasing last-minute tickets, they were seated in the 11th row, in the spot where the infamous chandelier comes crashing down on the audience. 
Peter and the Starcatcher is far more fun than this knowingly clever mash-up of children’s theater and English pratfall should have been. Carefully adapted from the Dave Barry- and Ridley Pearson-penned children’s novel, Peter and the Starcatchers, by Rick Elice and directed with aplomb by the team of Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, Peter may 
Bill Bragin Bill Bragin, “curator/presenter” of Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing and Lincoln Center Out of Doors, clued into music’s transcendental effects early on. As a teen on Long Island, friends gathered after school in his record-strewn bedroom to hear his latest vinyl discoveries. Before one track had even finished, Bragin would be setting up 
