Brian Herrera — former UNM professor, New Mexico native and local theater’s favorite intellectual (even though he’s now at Princeton) — published an article in …

   What does it take for you to get comfortable with a play?

   Do you want the sets and costumes to look realistic, or are you okay with shapes and colors to…

   Rewind to 1984.

   Early that spring, I felt like pretty hot stuff. I was working for Rick Johnson & Company on the Paramount Pictures account. We were one of…

   Q Smith started her Wednesday early, especially for an actress. She was up by 7 to get ready for her first full day in Albuquerque.

   She was transported to the…

   On Tuesday night, I spoke for a few people over at Bookworks about Mary Poppins. I had been invited to give a talk about the differences between the book, the movie and the musical. The…

   Not long after I arrived here in 1980, theater people were telling me they wished I had seen someone named Patti something. They wished I had heard her sing. ‘She's…

     Tomorrow, I’m giving a talk at Bookworks on Rio Grande.

     No, I haven’t written a book. Nor am I signing copies of…

     I love talking to people about theater, especially people who do it on bigger stages than I, so to speak. I got that opportunity last spring when I interviewed Jeff Moss, director for both …

     When my daughter, Nina, was almost three, her favorite movie was Disney’s Cinderella. She also liked the black and white made-for-TV version starring Leslie Ann Warren. She had learned how to operate the VCR and would play the tapes at…

Next year, Musical Theatre Southwest (MTS) will produce Miss Saigon, Footloose and Me and My Girl. They've also announced Legally Blonde for their new 100-seat space, currently under construction. All these shows were on…

Richard Adler, composer for Damn Yankees, wrote about the first audience that show ever had — an afternoon run-through for other people in show…