Drama Desk Award Winners Announced! by Broadway's Best Shows

Winners of the 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced last night, Sunday, May 19th at 8pm, at a live event at The Town Hall (123 W. 43rd Street). Presented by TheaterMania.com, present…

‘Matilda,’ ‘Vanya and Sonia’ Score at the Drama Desks by Gordon Cox

Tony contenders including tuner “Matilda” and play “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” were among the titles to emerge as winners at the 2013 Drama Desk Awards. “Matilda” led t…

Billy Porter, Andrea Martin, Pippin, Matilda, Vanya and Sonia Win Drama Desk Awards by Adam Hetrick and Andrew Gans

Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the British import Matilda, as well as the revivals of Pippin and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? are among the winners of t…

Spankings for ‘Fifty Shades’ by Frank Scheck

Perhaps you thought you could get away with secretly reading “Fifty Shades of Grey” on your Kindles and iPads. But your naughty literary predilections will be exposed should you see “C…

58th Annual Drama Desk Awards Winners Announced! Matilda, Pippin & Virginia Woolf Big Winners by Joel Markowitz

Winners of the 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced tonight from Town Hall, in NYC. The winners are announced in bold. DC area theatergoers were so lucky to see Who’s Afrai…

Jeff Green: Leaping off the Bell Curve by Claire Condry

Jeff Green is well known to Perth audiences from a couple of stints touring with the Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow. Fans were out in force for his one night stand as part of the se…

“In The Company Of Men” As Good As Ever In Profiles Theatre’s Revival To The Stage by Joseph Hillenmeyer

  Reviewed by: Joseph Hillenmeyer Fed up with nepotism and educational elitism at work? Tired of giving women everything just to have them stomp on your heart? If you’re a real ma…

The Nightingale and the Rose by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

The Brisbane Anywhere Theatre Festival has begun and has lots on offer from cabaret, theatre, and mixed media performances in unconventional venues across Brisbane. One such production is th…

SPECIAL COVERAGE: All the 2013 Drama Desk Award Winners - MATILDA, VANYA AND SONIA, PIPPIN, VIRGINIA WOOLF and More! by BroadwayWorld

The 58th Annual Drama Desk take place tonight, May 19th at Town Hall 123 W. 43rd Street. BroadwayWorld will be updating the list of winners live, so be sure to check back to stay in the know

Photo Flash: Tony Nominee Phillip Boykin Performs at GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY! in Morristown by BroadwayWorld

Two standing ovations and a packed house greeted Tony and Grammy Award-nominee Phillip Boykin as he joined a slew of stars to salute a Century of Broadway Showstoppers in GIVE MY REGARDS TO …

You Will Never Ever Guess Vanya Nominee Billy Magnussen's Secret Talent by Broadway.com

Vanya Tony nominee Billy Magnussen confesses to sleeping in the nude, his secret dream role, his Tony dream date and more.

Photo Flash: Miss NY, ANNIE Orphans and More Perform at West Side YMCA Benefit by BroadwayWorld

On Monday May 13th, the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in the historic West Side YMCA played host to a completely sold out crowd for their 3rd annual 'Little Theater, Big Dreams' benefit c…

Drama Desk Winners 2013 — Matilda, Virginia Woolf, Vanya Sonia Masha and Spike, Pippin by New York Theater

 The big winners of the 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards included Matilda, which won the most number of awards, five, including Outstanding Musical, and Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?,…

Laura Benanti Heads Downtown, Santino Fontana Swings & Cristin Milioti Goes to the Pub in This Week's Datebook by Ryan Gilbert

What's going on in New York City this week? The short answer is...plenty! Take a look at this week's Broadway Datebook for the hottest theatrical events, including the opening of the…

Theater News: The 58th Annual Drama Desk Award Winners Are Announced! by Andy Lefkowitz

Winners of the 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced tonight from Town Hall. Eligibility and award category designations for the productions under consideration this season were dete…

Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody by Carey

It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of the Fifty Shades of Grey book series. Having read all three, I wrote a blog post sharing my opinions on the relationship in the book – which I …

Bob Sickinger, 86, director who deeply influenced Chicago theater scene

NEW YORK — Bob Sickinger, a director whose mostly nonprofessional productions in the 1960s seeded a Chicago theater scene that evolved into one of the country’s greatest, died Thursday a…

Review: The Misanthrope/Court Theatre by Brianhey

RECOMMENDED Though its setting is seventeenth-century French aristocracy (it premiered in 1666, near the beginning of Louis XIV’s reign), Molière’s “Misanthrope” is …

Man Survives Fall Onto Broadway's Lyceum Theatre Marquee by BroadwayWorld

According to the NY Post, a man survived with minor injuries after falling out of a window above Broadway's Lyceum Theater this afternoon, May 19. He landed on the marquee, as reported by fi…

'Misanthrope': Is this Moliere? Or is it Beyonce? by Chris Jones

Either way, Court production lacks truth, consistency ★ ★ THEATER REVIEW: There is so much going on inside Charles Newell's eye-popping production in "The Misanthrope" ¿ a wild…

Photo Flash: The Red Carpet at the 2013 Drama Desk Awards by David Gordon

The 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony took place May 19 at 8:00PM at Town Hall in midtown Manhattan. An organization of theater critics, writers, and editors, Drama Desk honors excelle…

Katie Packer on directing The Wedding Singer by Karoline Rose O'Sullivan

Katie Packer on directing The Wedding Singer State:  VIC

From Prometheus Dance, the world premiere of ‘Heart of the Matter’

I usually spend a fair amount of any Prometheus Dance concert asking myself, “What exactly are the dancers doing? What does it all mean?” And for the most part, that’s exactly what co-…

Arts, Briefly: Pearl Theater Company Unveils Schedule by Compiled By Adam W. Kepler

The Pearl Theater Company, the Off Broadway troupe that mounts classic plays and new works dealing with classical themes, has announced its 2013-14 season.    

ArtsBeat: A Mad Man in Austenland by Jennifer Schuessler

Vincent Kartheiser, who plays Pete Campbell in the television series “Mad Men,” will star as Mr. Darcy in a stage version of “Pride and Prejudice.”    

‘The Full Monty’ at Silhouette Stages by Amanda Gunther by Amanda Gunther

Buffalo men go all the way! First they gave us the Buffalo wing and now they’re giving us the whole thing over at Silhouette Stages with their spring production of The Full Monty, written…

Review: Speech and Debate (American Theater Company) by Scotty Zacher

It's hard to deny the entertainment value of Speech & Debate. PJ Paparelli’s straightforward direction allows his energetic cast to execute a script teeming with humor. Add in Andrew …

Music Review: Rebecca Luker at 54 Below by Stephen Holden

The Broadway soprano Rebecca Luker performs selections from the Jerome Kern songbook in her cabaret show at 54 Below.    

ArtsBeat: Sale of Foxwoods on Broadway May Be Near by Patrick Healy

The Ambassador Theater Group, a dominant theater owner and producer in Britain, is poised to buy the theater, one of Broadway’s 40 houses and home of the musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off th…

A Staging for Vonnegut’s ‘Make Up Your Mind’ by Patricia Cohen

The playwright Nicky Silver has adjusted Kurt Vonnegut’s 1993 play “Make Up Your Mind” so it can be staged in Boston.    

Bunty Berman Presents... by StageGrade

Are critics giving it up for "Bunty Berman Presents..."?

Drama Desk Awards 2013: Complete List of Winners by Gold Derby

The 58th annual edition of these kudos took place on May 19 at the Town Hall in Manhattan. Read full report here.  Best Play Annie Baker, The Flick Christopher Durang, …

Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 by StageGrade

Are critics marveling at "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812"?

My Parents Were Tiger People: christopher oscar peña chats about writing race with A. Rey Pamatmat by HowlRound

A. Rey Pamatmat: In the lobby for a production of my play Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them I overheard a woman say, “This play would get done everywhere if the main characters weren’t…

Drama Desk Awards shun Off-Broadway shows again as Tony frontrunners dominate by Gold Derby

Off-Broadway fare accounted for more than half of the nominees (83 of 152) for plays and musicals at the Drama Desk Awards. However, as in years past, they were virtually shut out as just on…

Review: (Toronto) The Dumb Waiter by The Charlebois Post

l-r Mark Wilson, David Matheson (photo: Dahlia Katz)Giving Good Pauseby Jason Booker The Dumb Waiter. Pinter, eh? Pauses.Great production by Wordsmyth Theatre here, an independent Toro…

The Secret Actor on 'look at me' syndrome by The Secret Actor

Our series continues as the Secret Actor discusses what's OK when it comes to showing off – and what's pure peacockeryIn order to perform in front of people you've never met, not to mentio…

Thornton among the dinosaurs by Thomas Garvey

I don't often catch student efforts, but I was intrigued by BU's recent production (it closed last weekend) of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, an extravaganza seen about as oft…

Orphans by Broadway's Best Shows

2013 Drama Desk Award Nominations by Chris Luner

More Awards? These aren’t even the last ones! Yes, Luner on Theatre is continuing its coverage today of the 2013 Theatre Awards season with another set of nominations for another group of…

Rancho Cordova third-grader leaps into playwriting with B Street Theatre by Richard Chang

Angela Tomasello had a wide smile on her face Friday morning. The third-grader, along with 300 other students from Williamson Elementary School in Rancho Cordova, huddled inside the cafeteri…

Chicago Theater Review: THE MISANTHROPE (Court Theatre) by Lawrence Bommer

THE TITLE CHARACTER IS TOO PURE FOR PEOPLE, BUT THIS PURE PRODUCTION IS FOR EVERYONE Of all Moliere’s comedies, The Misanthrope (1666), now gloriously and faithfully revived at Court…

Shut Up, Big Theatres: Summer Is For The Fringe (Or The Beach)

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Blog: Michael Coveney: Tales from New York in Kinky Boots

Broadway is in the grip of awards frenzy, with this Sunday night's Drama Desk bonanza in the Town Hall - sponsored by Whatsonstage.com's new parent company, TheaterMania - followed in three …

‘Next To Normal’ at Act Two @ Levine by Max Johnson by Max Johnson

When approaching an issue as sensitive and pervasive as mental illness, even the most seasoned performers can underplay the massive implications of a disorder or dramatize it to the point wh…

Sac Live: Resurrection Theatre presents 'Next Fall' by Marcus Crowder

Luke and Adam are in a long-term relationship and have a lot in common except for one thing: Luke believes in God and Adam is an atheist. Rob August, left, plays Luke and Jon Jackson pl…

Females in free-fall at Capital Stage, New Helvetia by Marcus Crowder

Two powerful plays from celebrated dramatists opened in Sacramento this week – Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" at Capital Stage and Neil Simon's "The Gingerbread Lady" at the New Helvet…

Phill Jupitus – review by Brian Logan

Hazlett, MaidstoneWhen you are comfortably established in comedy's club class, no one expects you to innovate. It is to Phill Jupitus's immense credit, then, that this touring show is genuin…

This Week on Broadway for May 19, 2013: Pippin, I’ll Review You Last by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about I’ll Eat You Last, Pippin, Colin Quinn Unconstitutional, The Memory Show and On Your Toes at Encores.   Please take th…

SHLEMIEL THE FIRST • The New Jewish Theatre by Andrea

NJT's final show of its season is unique.  It's a musical adaptation of Isaac B. Singer's Chelm stories -- traditional, typically self-deprecating Jewish folk tales that involve foolish…

Hutch – review by Michael Billington

Riverside Studios, LondonIt is not often that a curtain speech is the highlight of a show, but at the end of this bio-play about the once-famous cabaret artist Hutch, his son, Chris, paid&nb…

Save The Drama: LGBTQ Youth And The Theatre of the Oppressed NYC by New York Theater

A cop bumped into Tamara Williams, frisked her, mocked her, then issued her a citation for resisting arrest — a traumatic incident from last summer that became a dramatic one this week…

New Free Resources Added! by Craig Mason

I’m thrilled to announce that we’re continuing to expand our free resources page. We’ve added seven new activity sheets, all about Romeo and Juliet. Five are under the Rome…

‘Ganesh’ a chilling theatrical experience

At one point in “Ganesh Versus the Third Reich” — the wholly astonishing and deeply provocative work by Australia’s Back to Back Theatre, at the MCA through Sunday only — Luke Ryan…

Letter: Paul Shane and Alan Bennett's day out

Paul Shane was too modest in his summary of his performance in Alan Bennett's A Day Out ("All I had to say was, 'My bum's numb!'"). In a scene at Fountains Abbey, in North Yorkshire, his cha…

Review: Ariadne auf Naxos ***

News leaked out about Glyndebourne’s season-opener, a new production of Richard Strauss’s delicious confection Ariadne auf Naxos, a few days in advance of the first night, settin…

Fuse Visual Arts Review: “Convergence: Boston Sculptors Gallery Exhibits on the Christian Science Plaza” by Arts Fuse Editor

The show was like topping a delicate wedge of artisanal cheese with a handful of artisanal trail mix. Both the Christian Science Plaza and the sculptures themselves are exquisite on their ow…

‘Orphans’ Concludes Broadway Engagement May 19 by Broadway's Best Shows

The Broadway production of Lyle Kessler’s Orphans, starring Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge and directed by Daniel Sullivan, plays its last performance today, May 19 at the Gera…

STAGE TUBE: KINKY BOOTS Media Montage - Billy Porter, Cyndi Lauper and More! by Stage Tube

The Tony nominated Kinky Boots put together a montage of the media craze since the announcement of its 12 nominations last month. Click below to watch interviews and clips featuring stars St…

Press Intern – The Metropolitan Opera by Producer

WHO: The Metropolitan Opera POSITION: Press Intern DESCRIPTION: The Metropolitan Opera seeks a press intern for Summer 2013. The internship is unpaid and the intern must receive school cred…

‘Underground Railroad: An Evening with Kathleen Battle’ at Strathmore by Lauren Katz by Lauren Katz

Last night, soprano Kathleen Battle performed a concert of spirituals that rang throughout the rafters at The Music Center at Strathmore with the help of pianist Cyrus Chestnut, the Heritag…

New York Review: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 by Toby Zinman

Ticket Offer: £5 tickets to see Black-Out at The Simulacra Studio by A Younger Theatre

Strapped for cash? We have the perfect ticket off for you: £5 tickets to see Fox Trotter Theatre Company’s Black-Out. A brand new show and made up of different plays, Black-Out weaves…

PICF Tom Gleeson — Hello B*tches by Craig Dalglish

Tom Gleeson is the thinking persons comedian. While using his life, family and the audience for comedic relief he can touch on subjects that require you to think debate and question life. Ar…

2013 Drama Desk Awards Are Tonight; Check Out the Nominees! by BroadwayWorld

The 58th Annual Drama Desk awards will take place tonight, May 19th at Town Hall 123 W. 43rd Street. Scroll below for the full list of nominees, and be sure to check back later for BWW's liv…

‘Shakespeare with a Twist – Revisited’ at The Greenspring Players by Eric Denver by Eric Denver

Shakespeare’s famous quote – “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves” certainly rings true to the Greenspring Players. Within the Greenspring Retirement Communit…

August Wilson's words came straight from his soul by Chadwick Boseman

Stagecraft: The revered playwright had a talent for capturing how people really spoke, and his advice — 'keep your hands moving' — have hit home.Stage and film legend James Earl …

Cock Takes Hard Look At Nature of Love; GableStage Production Rises to the Occasion by Bill Hirschman

Sex, despite the title at GableStage, and despite the plot, is not what Cock is about. And guess what? It’s sexy. It’s very sexy. But this is a story about love, labels and the press…

'Lion King' spiritual guide ends Broadway run to take the show on the road by Ronni Reich

Actresses Tshidi Manye and Buyi Zama will trade places, as one leaves for the national tour and the other comes to New York

InDepth InterView: Susan Stroman Talks PBS Mel Brooks Doc, BIG FISH, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, SCOTTSBORO BOYS In LA/UK, BLAZING SADDLES & More by Pat Cerasaro

Today we are talking to a five-time Tony Award-winning directorchoreographer celebrated for her stupendous work on CRAZY FOR YOU, THE PRODUCERS, CONTACT, THE FROGS, THOU SHALT NOT, YOUNG FRA…

The Lunch and Judy Show: ‘M Is For the Many Things She Gave Me’ by Judy Stadt by Judy Stadt

I am the host and creator and writer and editor of The Lunch and Judy Show. For six years DCMTA’s Joel Markowitz  and I have been schmoozing about theatre in DC, Philly, and NYC and o…

Two Readings of my play Mercy by Adam Szymkowicz

I have two readings in June of Mercy, the play which was the first runner up for Yale's Horn Prize this year. First MCC Theater in New York presents it as part of Playlabs. Ethan McSweeney …

Review: Fallen in Love: The Secret Heart of Anne Boleyn by Alice Longhurst

The moody overcast sky and the anniversary of the execution of George Boleyn in 1536 seemed fittingly portentous for the opening night of Fallen in Love in the Tower of London. The Suffolk-b…

Artist installs new penguin sculpture at St. Louis Zoo

A.J. Obara's interest in animals started when he was a child.

Review: Phantom by Veronica Aloess

Many people aren’t aware that there’s more than one musical adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s novel The Phantom of the Opera. Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit’s musical Phantom was composed…

Opera Theatre's 'Pirates' promises to swash and buckle

Season opener is an audience favorite.

Maria Zifchak shows comedic side in 'Pirates'

Mezzo-soprano played Witch in “Hansel and Gretel” in 2006 and Herodias in “Salome” in 2009.

Ryan McAdams comes home to conduct 'Pirates of Penzance'

McAdams performed here as a teenager; Zifchak does comedy.

BWW's On This Day - May 19, 2013

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Competition: Win tickets to Music Impossible at St.Paul’s Church by A Younger Theatre

Here at AYT, we are quite excited because we have managed to get a pair of tickets to each night of Iris Theatre’s production Music Impossible at St.Paul’s Church in Covent Gard…

ACT II: A second look at area stages — ‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’

Neil Simon might not be the darling of the avant-garde theater crowd. But anyone who doubts the enduring power of his plays to generate a surefire mix of tears and laughter should pay a visi…

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Split…BIG SURPRISE by Suzanna Bowling

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Split…BIG SURPRISE: Robert Pattinson doesn’t show up at his own birthday party and informs his girlfriend hours before, he’d rather hang with the b…

Nixon in China by Anne-Marie Peard

I’ve loved Nixon in China from the time I curiously listened to a highlights recording, and John Adams became one of my favourite contemporary composers at its opening chorus. Opera Vict…

When lyrics get lost in the song by Joe Dziemianowicz

I know the words to “The Way We Were” the way they are. Finally. It only took 40 years to get them right. The well overdue wakeup call, which struck me like a bolt last month, came court…

Audra McDonald back at Lincoln Center for concert by David Hinckley

A few days before she creates another moment at Lincoln Center, Audra McDonald says yes, she can remember some of the earlier ones. Like back in the early 1990s, when she was a student takin…

ORPHANS, Starring Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster & Tom Sturridge Closes on Broadway Today by BroadwayWorld

The Tony Award-nominated play ORPHANS will play its final Broadway show TODAY, MAY 19 after 27 previews and 37 regular performances at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street. The…

LES MISERABLES' Jason Forbach Performs A NEW LEADING MAN Concert at Madden Theater Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Jason Forbach, currently appearing as Enjolras in the 25th Anniversary National Tour of Les Miserables slated for Broadway next season, will present a one-night-only concert 'A New Leading M…

Interviews: Emma the enabler by Natasha Tripney

Emma Rice, joint artistic director of Kneehigh talks to Natasha Tripney about her projects for 2013 and how she has managed to bring the Cornish atmosphere to the city

Anne-Marie Duff: 'I wondered if I should lie about my background' by Kate Kellaway

On the day the actor bids farewell to her character in the last episode of Shameless, she will open in a very different role in Eugene O'Neill's marathon, Strange Interlude, at the NationalA…

From the editor: Shakespeare in Forest Park sparks Post-Dispatch tradition

Theater critic Judith Newmark teams with artist John Telford to help explain classic plays.

New Voices to be heard in Matthew Robinson’s The Singing Actor Workshop, Melbourne by Erin James

Attention all Melbourne Musical Theatre and Cabaret Performers: Matthew Robinson’s special new workshop is for you. No, really. Acclaimed performer and composer Matthew Robinson has been p…

Sunday Feature: Andrew Wade on The Hatter (Fringe: London, Ottawa, Toronto, Saskatoon) by The Charlebois Post

Theatre Production 101 – Don't Do It Alone. Don't. Seriously.by Andrew Wade@AndrewActs That's all I wish someone had told me. Though I admit that if someone had, I would have sunnily ignor…

Sunday Feature: Bryce Alexander Dudley on Excuse You! (Fringe: Toronto) by The Charlebois Post

The Small Town Boy and the Mobby Bryce Alexander DudleyBryce Alexander Dudley was born in Cobourg Ontario. Since moving to Toronto he has worked for, Fringe, Next Stage, SummerWorks, Yo…

Sunday Feature: Laura Moore on The Matchmaker of Montréal by The Charlebois Post

Finding the Findby Laura MooreLaura Moore, Associate Producer of The Matchmaker of Montréal, is a Vancouver based Stage Manager and Freelance Writer who has worked with numerous theatre com…

THE DVD SHELF: Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux," Olivier's "Richard III" and Douglas Fairbanks as "The Thief of Bagdad" by Steven Suskin

This month's column looks at Blu-ray releases of the Chaplin classic, "Monsieur Verdoux"; Laurence Olivier's stunning "Richard III"; and the Douglas Fairbanks swa…

STAGE VIEWS: Tony Award Winner BD Wong by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more. Here, via email, we hear from Tony-wi…

Will Chase and Jenn Colella Reunite for High Fidelity Concerts at 54 Below May 19-20 by Michael Gioia

Will Chase and Jenn Colella, original cast members of the short-lived Broadway musical High Fidelity, reunite for a concert staging of the Tom Kitt-Amanda Green-scored musical at Manhattan n…

A Person Could Develop a Cold: Readers Cast Role of Adelaide in Film Adaptation of Guys and Dolls by Carey Purcell

Musical theatre fans began rejoicing when Deadline.com recently reported that 20th Century Fox had acquired the rights to a film remake of the musical Guys and Dolls.

Shoshana Bean, Cathy Rigby, Kenny Ortega and More Present at the Jerry Herman Awards May 19 in L.A. by Michael Gioia

The Nederlander Organization and the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, present the second annual Jerry Herman Awards, celebrating achievement and excellence in high school musical theatre in Los …

The Master Builder, Starring John Turturro, Opens at BAM May 19 by Adam Hetrick

Emmy Award winner John Turturro stars in a new production of Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder, which officially opens May 19 after previews that began May 12 at the Brooklyn Academy of …

58th Annual Drama Desk Awards Presented May 19 in NYC by Andrew Gans

The 58th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which honor outstanding achievement by professional theatre artists on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway, are presented May 19 at 8 PM at The Tow…

Off-Broadway Run of Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody Opens May 19 by Michael Gioia

Entertainment Events presents the Off-Broadway premiere of Cuff Me: The Fifty Shades of Grey Musical Parody, officially opening May 19, following previews that began March 27, at the Actors …

Off-Broadway's The Drawer Boy Closes May 19 by Andrew Gans

The SoHo Playhouse production of The Drawer Boy, which began performances April 19 at the Off-Broadway venue, plays its final performances May 19 at 3 PM and 8 PM.

Orphans, Starring Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster and Tom Sturridge, Ends Brief Broadway Run May 19 by Andrew Gans

Lyle Kessler's three-person drama Orphans, which officially opened on Broadway April 18 following previews that began March 26 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, plays its final perf…

Little Murders Reading, With America Ferrera and Caroline Rhea, Presented May 19; Cynthia Nixon Directs by Carey Purcell

Cynthia Nixon makes her directorial debut with a benefit reading of Jules Feiffer's 1967 comedy Little Murders May 19 at Off-Broadway's Acorn Theatre.

Interviews: Pas de Trois: Michael and Marisa Cerveris' Family Dance with George Balanchine by Kimberly Kaye

Marisa Cerveris is fixated on the man in the ribbon tie. She examines his greying hair, receding and combed back off the forehead, a sloping nose, and two delicately poised hands. "It's like…

Interviews: Self-Proclaimed "Musical Theater Nerd" Laura Benanti is In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention by David Gordon

Laura Benanti loves musical theater. Laura Benanti loves popular music. Laura Benanti combines the two in her new cabaret act, In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention, at Broadway …