“ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN” … WHERE PAST IS PRESENT
July 30, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
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MONTGOMERY CLIFT ON STAGE
Credited with bringing a bold and newfound realism to the big screen, Montgomery Clift distinctively transformed movie acting in the mid-20th century, but his training was purely in the theatre. Today, marking 60 years since Clift’s death, is a repeat of a column from 2020.
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WE'LL JOIN THE ASTORS AT TONY PASTOR'S
July 19, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROBERT PRESTON
The actor Robert Preston was born 108 years ago today. His name has snuck his way into a number of the columns I’ve been writing over the years due to my ample admiration and affection for him, serving as he did for my inspiration to become an actor. I wrote extensively of the effect his performance in The Music Man had on me in my book Up in the Cheap Seats, when as a five-year old I first saw him in the 1962 film version of the fabled Broadway production. I was awestruck at how the intense energy of his “Professor” Harold Hill leaped off the screen of the Radio City Music Hall and how I wished that he would have come to my hometown of Great Neck, Long Island to start a band. Believe me, this five-year-old would surely have followed him to the ends of the earth.
Ron Fassler
BREAKING RECORDS ON BROADWAY
July 8, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
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2026 - 1776 = 250
July 4, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
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MY LIST OF 25 OUTSTANDING BROADWAY MUSICALS FROM THE FIRST 25 YEARS OF THE 21st CENTURY
July 1, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
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DISPATCH FROM LONDON, PART TWO
June 24, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
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DISPATCH FROM LONDON, PART ONE
June 23, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
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“EVERY KIND OF LIGHT: THE LOVE & LYRICS OF ALAN & MARILYN BERGMAN" AT 92NY
June 7, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
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"THE DAZZLER": WHEN LAURENCE OLIVIER WAS ATOP THE WORLD
June 1, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Ron Fassler
MORE TONY TALK: THE RECORD HOLDERS
May 15, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
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THE 2026 TONY NOMINATIONS: CONGRATS AND CONDOLENCES
May 5, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
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"SCHMIGADOON!" EASILY EARNS ITS EXCLAMATION POINT.
April 28, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Ron Fassler
"FOLLIES" OPENED FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TONIGHT (I was there the day before)
April 4, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Ron Fassler
A FOND FAREWELL TO JONATHAN GROFF AS BOBBY DARIN IN "JUST IN TIME"
March 30, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
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“THE WILD PARTY” IS WILDER THAN EVER
March 25, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Ron Fassler
ALL ABOUT BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL
March 24, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
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“SONDHEIM: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE” — A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
March 11, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
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CHARLIE
February 28, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
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