The Big Shutdown on Broadway
By Robert Heide Just before the fear of the spread of the coronavirus shut down all 41 of the Broadway theatres in New York […]
Charles Busch—The Confession of Lily Dare
By Robert Heide The melodrama play by the prolific writer, actor, director, novelist and super-drag performer and cabaret star Charles Busch produced by the production […]
Money Mad Mickey Mouse
In our recent visit to the 65th anniversary of the Winter Antiques Show (now just called ‘The Winter Show’) at the splendid Seventh Regiment Armory […]
Jerry Herman(1931-2019)
By Robert Heide In the mid-1950’s I was attending prep school—the Carteret School for Boys in West Orange, New Jersey—which was set on a hilltop […]
James Fitzgerald — 1948-2019
West Village Resident and Top New York Editor By Robert Heide and John Gilman We first met Jim Fitzgerald in the lobby of the Algonquin […]
Long Live WestView News!
Dear Editor: In the New Year of 2020 I have been reminiscing and thinking about my involvement in writing articles for Westview News for the last […]
Horton Foote: American Master Playwright
By Robert Heide The first time I met Horton Foote was at a Christmas party in Greenwich Village, at an old-time apartment building on Washington […]
Centennial for Uta and Ellen
By Robert Heide 2019 is the year that both Uta Hagen and Ellen Stewart, two great ladies of the theater, have been honored and celebrated […]
The Normalization of Gay
From Oppression to Legalization By Robert Heide In New York the “World Pride” month of June, 2019, was given over to celebrate gay life worldwide […]
A Night Out with Noel Coward, Steve Ross and KT Sullivan
By Robert Heide The great New York singer Steve Ross—dubbed the “Crown Prince of New York Cabaret”—with the dynamic, amazing KT Sullivan—the artistic director of […]
Magic Time! Art & Ephemera of the Caffe Cino
By Robert Heide Following on the heels of my last article entitled “The Legendary Caffe Cino Designated a NYC Landmark” for the August 2019 edition […]
Lizabeth Scott, The “Hubba Hubba” Girl
By Robert Heide August 6th is the date to mark down on your calendar to go to the air-conditioned Film Forum on Houston Street to […]
The Legendary Caffe Cino Designated a NYC Landmark
By Robert Heide In 2015 the Stonewall Inn was granted landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. On June 18th of this […]
Praise from Terrence McNally
To the editor, I received a very positive email from Terrence McNally about my article ‘A Banner Year for Terrence McNally’ in the July, 2019 edition of […]
A Banner Year for Terrence McNally
By Robert Heide The year 2019 has certainly been a banner year for playwright Terrence McNally. He won a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, has a […]
Robert Heide At The Newark Museum
By John Gilman WestView News writer Robert Heide will be featured on a panel about Pop Art at the Newark Museum in downtown Newark on […]
The Kate Smith “God Bless America” Controversy
By Robert Heide Before every performance at the legendary Caffe Cino coffee house theatre on Cornelia Street, Joe Cino, the proprietor and guiding light for […]
Stonewall Uprising, 1969: A 50-Year Celebration
By Robert Heide and John Gilman Yes, we were there the night of June 28th, 1969, and all the rest of those famous nights whose […]