Jesse Green
Culture Reporter, New York Magazine
Jesse Green appears in the following:
Celebration of Sondheim
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Composer Stephen Sondheim turned 80 last month and the musical theatre world is pull out all the stops to celebrate. The Roundabout Theatre Company announced it is renaming a Broadway theater for him. Starting today, the non-profit is staging a new musical revue, "Sondheim on Sondheim," featuring many of the ...
Broadway's Big Night
Monday, June 08, 2009
Last night the Tony Awards honored the best of Broadway. How is New York theatre weathering the economic downturn? Jesse Green, who reports on culture for New York Magazine, joins John to take a look at what won, what lost, and what didn’t even get acknowledged.
Watch last night's opening number in the video below.
Watch last night's opening number in the video below.
Broadway’s crippling case of bombast
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Broadway has had its strongest season ever in ticket sales. But artistically, all is not well. According to New York magazine theater critic Jesse Green, this year’s biggest musicals were loud, bombastic and visually assaulting. With the Tony Awards this Sunday he’ll tell us what’s ailing the Great White Way.