As everyone knows, big name movie and TV stars have been invading Broadway this spring (click here for a rundown of who is doing what) and theatergoers are paying big bucks for the bragging rights to say that t…

The stars came out to celebrate last night at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and the high profile guest list included President Joe Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden. Check out photos from their visit.

The stars came out to celebrate last night at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where Shakespeare's Othello took its first Broadway bow in the 21st century. The revival is helmed by Kenny Leon and features Denzel Wa…

The stars came out to celebrate last night at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where Shakespeare's Othello took its first official Broadway bow in the 21st century. Go inside opening night as President Joe Biden, J…

The stars came out to celebrate last night at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where Shakespeare's Othello took its first Broadway bow in the 21st century. The revival is helmed by Kenny Leon and features Denzel Wa…

The play starring Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal officially opened Sunday at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and marks the third project Washington and Leon have collaborated on.

Othello, starring Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Tony Award nominee and Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal is now officially open at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. See photos of the opening nigh…

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York The record-breaking take on the Shakespearean tragedy might already be a smash, but it’s disappointingly muddled With the smell of doom and regression in the air, perhaps it�…

If there is an American leading man better-equipped to bring Shakespeare to the masses than Denzel Washington, I can’t think of him. Well, “the masses” may be a stretch — the new production of “Othell…

Tony Award winner and two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Tony Award nominee and Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal go toe-to-toe in Broadway's latest production of Othello, directed by Ke…

Andrew Burnap is having a career-defining week, transitioning seamlessly from Disney fantasy to Shakespearean tragedy. Having finished his duties as Jonathan in the live-action Snow White, the Tony winner is n…

Hansberry's seminal drama about the experiences of a Black family in Chicago opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

As both a director and a performer, David Cromer has been drawn to awfully cramped spaces. Though he won his Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for The Band's Visit—staged in the reasonably spaci…

Othello, the new Broadway production of Shakespeare’s tale of power and envy starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal broke four house records at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last week, grossing a whoppi…

“Our Town” by Thorton Wilder is recognized as a classic, and the revival now playing at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway, directed by Kenny Leon is the perfect example of why it has achieved that sta…

Katie Holmes visited The Tonight Show to discuss the new production of Our Town, which is currently running at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. On the show, she shared some of her pre-show rituals that help her get…

Review of the Saturday, November 9, 2024 matinee performance at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City. Starring Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Katie Holmes, Billy Eugene Jones, Ephraim Sykes, Richard Thomas, …

By: Samuel L. Leiter October 25, 2024: The minute I walked in the door at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre to see director Kenny Leon’s much-lauded revival of Thornton Wilder’s beloved 1938 classic, Our Town, …

Small town USA is coming to big city NYC this fall. Tony winning director Kenny Leon has assembled a cast of 28 for the fifth Broadway revival of Our Town, which opens on October 10 at the Ethel Barrymore Theat…

Broadway is gearing up for a blockbuster revival of Othello, featuring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal in leading roles. Directed

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this video, we are continuing Kid Critics with Vivi (11), Lilah (8), and Lennon (9), who recently headed to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre to check out El Mago Pop. Curious about w…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The marquee for the first Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, which comes more than 30 years after the seminal, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama’s premiere, is n…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: On Tony night, promptly after giving a dazzling performance onstage at Radio City Music Hall, Joaquina Kalukango took home the 2022 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress i…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Paradise Square opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last night, Sunday, April 3rd. Prior to the curtain rising, New York City Mayor Eric Adams made opening remarks on…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Paradise Square is currently in previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where it is getting ready to open on Sunday, April 3. A.J. Shively, who plays Irish immigrant Owen Duignan …

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: After a year and a half without Broadway, Waitress fans will get a rare chance to revisit their favorite musical- they'll just have to travel across the street for it. A limited e…

Previews will begin September 17, 2024 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Opening night is set for October 10" (Playbill). Read more in the article below ...

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: It was a big night yesterday at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. That because Harmony, Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's decades-in-the-making new musical, official took its first …

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Peter Pan Goes Wrong, the international sensation from Mischief, is now open at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway for a limited engagement. BroadwayWorld was on the red carpe…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The critically acclaimed new Broadway musical THE BAND'S VISIT opened officially just last night, November 9, 2017, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street). BroadwayW…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The first-ever performance of the Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson is now in previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Get a first look at photos and video her…

According to a Deadline report, Peter Morgan's next project for Netflix is likely to be a film adaptation of his political drama Patriots, now running at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Morgan is best kn…

“One person’s patriotism is another person’s treason.” Point anywhere on the globe and you’ll find that exact tension stirring up headline-making controversy. It’s also how director Rupert Goold su…

Patriots, a political thriller that tracks the rise of the Russian leader Vladimir Putin, opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 22. “It is kind of like a modern Shakespeare play,” Michael Stuhlbar…

Director Rupert Goold discusses Putin’s rise to power in Peter Morgan’s acclaimed Broadway drama, now on stage at Ethel Barrymore Theatre. At a climactic moment in “Patriots,” the Russian billionaire Bo…

Peter Morgan has written any number of excellent plays, movies and TV series about world leaders, from Richard Nixon to Idi Amin to Queen Elizabeth II. But Patriots, his latest piece directed by Rupert Goold an…

The engaging but emotionally fallow Patriots opened this week at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre asking the question, What exactly is a “patriot?”

Previews are now underway for Patriots, which began performances on April 1 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The cast took their first bows, and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the moment. Check out photos he…

Michael Stuhlbarg will perform at tonight’s first preview performance of Patriots on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, as scheduled. Learn more about Patriots.

Patriots, a political thriller written by The Crown creator Peter Morgan, begins its limited Broadway engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 1, with an official opening set for April 22. Running thr…

78th Annual Theatre World Awards – Patriots/Ethel Barrymore Theatre – Herself/A.R.T. – Gun & Powder/PaperMill Playhouse – Yoga for Billionaires/FrigidFestival The Drilling Company‘s 25 year annive…

Patriots, starring Tony and Emmy Award nominee Michael Stuhlbarg, has completed casting for its Broadway run. The play, written by The Crown creator Peter Morgan and directed by Rupert Goold, tells the true s…

Harmony, the Bruce Sussman-Barry Manilow-penned Broadway musical that ended its run earlier this month at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, is survived by a companion podcast, Who Were the Comedian Harmonists? The …

Check out photos of the new Broadway marquee at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where Patriots will open later this season.

The Barry Manilow-Bruce Sussman musical runs through Feb. 4 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Today is International Holocaust Memorial Day, which was created to commemorate the six million Jews and others who were systematically slaughtered by the Nazis. But New York theater makers aren’t limiting th…

Tony Award nominee Michael Stuhlbarg, last seen on Broadway nearly 20 years ago in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman, will lead Peter Morgan’s Olivier Award-nominated play Patriots on Broadway this spring. D…

Harmony, the long-incubating musical by Barry Manilow (music) and Bruce Sussman (book and lyrics), will play its final performance at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on February 4. At the time of its closing, the s…

The Barry Manilow-Bruce Sussman musical opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Nov. 13.

What we have here on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre is a consortium of over FIFTY “producers” who gathered together to sponsor a musical comedy–something to which they could take their mothers-in…

Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's new musical plays the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

The Comedian Harmonists was an internationally famous all-male German singing group that was formed during the Weimar period and was forced to disband in the early 1930’s when the Nazi regime came into power.…

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) “Harmony: A New Musical,” the Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman work is hardly a “new” musical, having simmered off the Broadway range for mor…

Brrr! It sure has been cold lately. But even as the winds topple Christmas trees and snows have already slowed traffic, Broadway remains hot. Well, at least pretty warm. Though only a few new shows will be open…

The Broadway Opening Night Legacy Robe Ceremony honoring Lee Zarrett for Harmony at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 13, 2023.

All the stars came out to celebrate earlier this week at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where Harmony, finally celebrated its opening night. In this video, watch as the cast tells us all about the new musical!

Harmony officially opened on Broadway on Monday night, November 13, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there and we're bringing you along on the red carpet as the guests arrived! Check out the ph…

Harmony officially opened on Broadway on Monday night, November 13, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. BroadwayWorld was in attendance and snapped some exclusive shots at the opening night party. Check out the pho…

This new musical about the Weimar-era musical group the Comedian Harmonists doesn't have enough of either comedy or harmony. Lorin Wertheimer reviews. The post Review: Harmony at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre ap…

It was a big night yesterday at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. That because Harmony, Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's decades-in-the-making new musical, official took its first Broadway bow. In this video, w…

Harmony, the new musical by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, opened on November 13 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The show tells the remarkable true story of The Comedian Harmonists, whose close-harmony singin…

The best of Broadway was on hand at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last night to celebrate the opening of Broadway's newest musical,  Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's Harmony. BroadwayWorld was backstage wit…

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York The period musical about a German singing group stumbles to the big stage after a troubled decades-long journey, arriving a little worse for wear Harmony, a sort-of new Broadwa…

Chip Zien, Sierra Boggess, and Julie Benko star in the new Barry Manilow-Bruce Sussman musical at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Chip Zien, Sierra Boggess, and Julie Benko star in the new musical at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Chip Zien, Sierra Boggess, and Julie Benko star in the new musical at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

A sold-out, cheering crowd welcomed the new Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman musical Harmony to Broadway last night.  The first preview performance took place on the stage of the Ethel Barrymore Theatre…

Chip Zien, Sierra Boggess, and Julie Benko star in the new musical at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Autumn is my favorite time of year, especially in New York. The weather is nice and the theater season is ramping up. This year is no different, with half a dozen shows on our immediate radar, and another pair …

Illusionist Antonio Díaz completes his limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre today.

El Mago Pop, the eponymous Broadway show from Antonio Díaz, “El Mago Pop,” opened on Broadway on Sunday, August 20th at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Check out photos from opening night party here!

In this video, we are continuing Kid Critics with Vivi (11), Lilah (8), and Lennon (9), who recently headed to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre to check out El Mago Pop. Curious about what they thought of the show? …

El Mago Pop, the eponymous Broadway show from Antonio Díaz, “El Mago Pop,” opened on Broadway on Sunday, August 20th at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Check out photos from the red carpet at opening nig…

Antonio Díaz, the most successful illusionist the continent of Europe has ever produced,  comes direct from Barcelona with of his highly anticipated, eponymous Broadway show, El Mago Pop. The production offi…

The limited engagement runs through August 27 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

El Mago Pop, the eponymous Broadway show from Antonio Díaz, “El Mago Pop,” opens on Broadway tonight, Sunday, August 20th at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, making Antonio the youngest illusionist to hav…

European illusionist Antonio Díaz makes his Broadway debut in the limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

The upcoming Broadway production of Harmony has shared its full cast and creative team. The previously announced musical, which features music by Barry Manilow, lyrics by Bruce Sussman and a book by Sussman, w…

European illusionist Antonio Díaz makes his Broadway debut in a limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

European illusionist Antonio Díaz will make his Broadway debut in a limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.