"Whenever I say I wrote the book," Norman says, "they think that I'm claiming I'm Frances Hodgson Burnett or Alice Walker. So I say I wrote the musical book." Continued... Veteran musical book writers Marsha Norman, Harvey Fierstein and Douglas Carter...

The music is by John Bucchino and the book is by no less than Harvey Fierstein. But that pedigree did not stop director John Doyle's New York production from lasting barely more than three months. I saw this show at the Walter Kerr Theatre in the...

The event opened with a Q&A featuring Jeremy Jordan and the ensemble of newsboys, hosted by Disney Theatrical Productions president Thomas Schumacher. Jordan stars in the musical, which features a book by Harvey Fierstein and a score by Alan Menken and...

Yet the production values were never what made La Cage the enduring, audience-friendly hit that it is. As audiences are discovering for themselves this week at the Kravis Center, the hummable, heart-tugging score by Jerry Herman still packs an...

Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Newsies, with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein, tells the story of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged 'newsies,' who...

Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will be celebrated in Patti's Turn, an all-star evening of song and memories, presented by the Acting Company on Monday, March 12 at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College. The salute will feature Kevin Kline, Kristin...