As we noted here some time ago, Henry Miller's Theater in New York is being renamed the Stephen Sondheim. This Mr. Miller was not the famous author. This one was a theatrical entrepreneur and actor when the place opened in 1918. It subsequently went through many ownerships and names and functions. It was a porn theater for a time. It was a disco. When a revival of Cabaret played there for a time, the hall was rechristened The Kit-Kat Club, same as the nightclub in the play. After that in 2001 when Urinetown played there, that name didn't seem appropriate so it went back to its old name…and now this Wednesday, they'll unveil the new marquee making it the Sondheim. The Pee Wee Herman Show will be its first tenant, followed by a revival of Anything Goes. Perhaps someday, something by Stephen Sondheim will play there.
Broadway author Fred Landau is the guy who was responsible for that great parody of "In Buddy's Eyes" that made it about Betty White. He's back now with another song from Follies rewritten for the occasion and this one, he sings himself…