History
Your guide, David Sheward's knowledge of Broadway is encyclopedic and he's excited to share it with you. This insider and licensed NYC tour guide will take you on a memorable tour detailing the history, gossip, and glamour of the most dazzling theater capital in the world. David is a Tony Award voter, respected TV commentator, theater critic, editor, and a published author of three books on show business. He served as Executive Editor and theater critic for Back Stage, The Actors' Resource, for over 20 years. He has interviewed countless famous actors including: Ben Kingsley, Jennifer Connelly, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgewick, David Hyde Pierce, Denzel Washington, Holly Hunter, Frank Langella, Edie Falco, Patti LuPone, Liza Minnelli, Brooke Shields, Daniel Radcliffe and numerous Broadway stars. He has commented on the New York theater scene on television and other media in such outlets as New York-1 News, New York Daily News, Newsday, USA Today, and Entertainment Tonight
Specialties
Have you ever wanted to know how Broadway works, what it takes to mount a multi-million dollar production or how dazzling performers like Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters and Sutton Foster achieved their star status? Critic's Choice Tours offers you an insider's view behind the brilliant lights and the thunderous applause. Led by working theater critic David Sheward, our fascinating walking tour will reveal the real story behind the glamour. Find out why it's called the Great White Way, which theaters are haunted, how the shows are cast, what makes a hit or a flop, who votes for the Tony Awards and why, how Disney cleaned up the district, and the history behind the most exciting theater capital in the world from the nineteenth century to the Jazz Age to today. We'll visit the sites of such legendary triumphs as Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, A Chorus Line, Cats, A Raisin in the Sun, and A Streetcar Named Desire, and the infamous Studio 54. David has seen every show on Broadway, votes for the Tony Awards, has reviewed for TV, newspapers, and the Internet for over 20 years, written three books, and offers his unique insight and encyclopedic knowledge. As a Broadway insider, David knows all the current backstage gossip as well as the rich history of the New York theater.