THE MOST HAPPY LOESSER
June 29, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
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GOOD GOLLY! “HELLO, DOLLY!” AT 61!
June 24, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Ron Fassler
“ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL” IN A SUPERB OUTDOOR PRODUCTION
June 12, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED: THE 78TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS
June 9, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Ron Fassler
CHARLES STROUSE IN SONG & STORIES
May 16, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
The Show Goes On
How is a suitable replacement chosen to take over on Broadway? What goes into an actor making a role their own in the shadow of another's highly lauded performance? What happens when someone hops on the moving train that is a multi-million dollar production and replaces a flailing actor during an out of town tryout? Filtered through the lens of 50 years of theatregoing, Ron Fassler, author of Up in the Cheap Seats: A Historical Memoir of Broadway is back with The Show Goes On: Broadway Hirings, Firings and Replacements featuring stories of absurdity, backstabbing, catastrophe, decency, endurance—and that's just A-E.
Ron Fassler
Up in the Cheap Seats
In this touching and often hilarious theatrical memoir, Ron Fassler tells the stories of how over a four-year span, between the ages of 12-16, he saw 200 Broadway plays and musicals for as little as $1.
Ron Fassler
MAY DAY! THE TONY NOMINATIONS ARE HERE!
May 1, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
AL PACINO: A LIFE IN THE THEATRE
April 25, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
DONNA MCKECHNIE SINGS SONDHEIM AT 54 BELOW
April 22, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
"BYE BYE BIRDIE" AT 65: THAT'S A LOT OF LIVING
April 14, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
“SMILE” IS BACK AFTER 40 YEARS IN LIMBO
April 13, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
"GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK" IS SMOKING GOOD
April 5, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Ron Fassler
AFTER 77 YEARS: "LOVE LIFE" RETURNS TO THE NY STAGE
March 28, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
"MOMENTS": A BIRTHDAY SALUTE TO STEPHEN SONDHEIM
March 22, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Ron Fassler
MEMORIES OF "1776" 56 YEARS AFTER SEEING ITS SECOND-TO-LAST PREVIEW
March 16, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Ron Fassler
JOHN GARFIELD: STAND UP GUY AND A HELL OF AN ACTOR
March 5, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
THE LEGEND THAT WAS GENE HACKMAN
February 27, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.
Ron Fassler
ON HAL HOLBROOK'S 100TH BIRTHDAY
February 18, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler
ON KIM STANLEY'S 100th BIRTHDAY
February 11, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Ron Fassler