THEATRE'S LEITER SIDE

Monday, July 28, 2025

For my review of THEATER KID: A BROADWAY MEMOIR please click in THEATER PIZZAZZ.

For my review of ROLLING THUNDER: A ROCK JOURNEY please click THEATER LIFE.

For my review of Tracy's DIANA RIGG and Pilato's ONE TOUGH DAME please click on

For my review of HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL please click on THEATER LIFE.

Samuel L. Leiter: Howard Beach, New York, United States; Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre), Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. Drama Desk voter. Author/editor of 31 books. Most recent: BROOKLYN TAKES THE STAGE (2024); MEIJI KABUKI (2022); KABUKI AT THE CROSSROADS (2014). Selected others: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950; SHAKESPEARE AROUND THE GLOBE; FROM BELASCO TO BROOK; FROM STANISLAVSKY TO BARRAULT; THE GREAT STAGE DIRECTORS; FROZEN MOMENTS; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASIAN THEATRE; HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE TRADITIONAL THEATRE; THE ART OF KABUKI; KABUKI PLAYS ON STAGE (4 vols.), etc. “Back-translations”: THE LION KING, AIDA, and WICKED for Tokyo productions. Blogs: KABUKI WOOGIE and THEATRE'S LEITER SIDE. Regular contributor: THEATER PIZZAZZ, THEATER LIFE. slleiter@gmail.com