Freddie Hendricks accepts the 2026 Excellence in Theatre Education Award at the 79th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday June 7, 2026 presented by Carnegie Mellon University. -- The 79th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 7, 2026 -…
There are few musicals that possess the elegance, wit, and timeless charm of My Fair Lady. On Monday evening, Irish Repertory Theatre brought that magic back to life with a concert presentat…
“Once upon a time“, she walks in, suitcase in hand. There’s “a special kind of man,” she sings, smooth and haunting, as her voice rises in a melody that is forever warm, inviting, …
Credit: CBS If there was any question whether Pink could command Broadway’s biggest night, it was answered within seconds of the 2026 Tony Awards opening number. Suspended high above the s…
Before the stars arrive, before the gowns hit the red carpet, before Broadway’s biggest names clutch a Tony Award or deliver an acceptance speech that will be replayed for years to come, t…
“Matt McGrath doesn’t play Halston. He becomes him.” Fashion icon, celebrity, visionary, narcissist, survivor and victim. In Raffaele Pacitti’s beautifully crafted Mister Halston, al…
Broadway loves a record breaker, but somehow it feels fitting that the man who has quietly become the most Tony-nominated male actor in history is one of the most respected—and least flash…
BRYSON PASSES — We lost singer Peabo Bryson this week from a stroke. He was 75. Currently, six of his singles from the 1980s are in the iTunes top 20. They include “If Ever I’m in Y…
Broadway heads to Radio City Music Hall Sunday night for the 79th Annual Tony Awards, where glamour, ambition, gratitude, politics and panic will all be wearing formalwear. This year’s cer…
It’s a great month for cabaret aficionados — here’s a few suggestions for wonderful ways to begin the summer season: The great Jeff Harnar is reprising his acclaimed show, The 1959 Bro…
Costume design is often one of the most overlooked storytelling tools in theatre. Great costumes do far more than dress actors; they reveal character, social status, emotional journeys, and …
Can’t make it to Broadway before the Tony Awards? BroadwayHD has the next best thing. Roundabout Theatre Company’s acclaimed revival of Noël Coward’s sparkling comedy Fallen Angels wi…
Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but today we went on the Red Carpet for the 4th Annual Theatre World Awards. Owner Suza…
As the Tony Awards approach, the creative categories often reveal where Broadway artists make their most lasting impact. Great scores become cast albums we listen to for decades. Great books…
Producers Ruth and Stephen Hendel welcomed members of the press this week for an intimate first look at A Walk on the Moon, the highly anticipated new musical beginning performances June 15 …
Dinner theater can be a tricky proposition. Audiences expect a good meal, great music, engaging performers, and enough entertainment to justify spending an evening in Times Square. Thankfull…
Direction is often the category that reveals how Tony voters are viewing the season as a whole. Great direction is more than staging actors and scenes. It is about creating a world, finding …
Somewhere between fan fiction, musical comedy, hockey romance, and pure camp, Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody manages to pull off a surprising feat: it delivers exactly what …
The Best Featured Musical acting categories often reveal where voters’ hearts truly lie. Unlike the lead races, these categories reward scene stealers, breakout stars, and performers who e…
For nearly three decades, Celebrity Autobiography has enjoyed a devoted following by doing something wonderfully simple: allowing talented performers to read unintentionally hilarious excerp…
THE X-FILES MEETS THE BIBLE — Early reviews of director Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day came out this week. One wag compared it to a meeting of The X-Files and The Bible. Another said …
The featured acting categories are often where some of the season’s finest work can be found. These performers may not carry the title role, but they frequently provide the emotional heart…
If the play races are defined by narrative, the musical acting categories may be defined by sheer excellence. This is where Ragtime could have a very big night. The Lincoln Center revival ha…
June is Tony season and vacation time but the cabarets, talks and concerts coming to the stage make you want to hit the clubs. Here are our recommendations. 54 Below: 254 West 54 St. 6/1: Th…
The annual New Dramatists Spring Luncheon always delivers one of the season’s strongest theater rooms, though this year’s gathering felt especially stacked. Held at the New York Marriott…
The play acting races are a reminder that Tony Awards are never just about who delivered the single best performance. Narrative matters. Visibility matters. Momentum matters. Industry relati…
Broadway’s biggest night may still be days away, though Rockefeller Center already smells like victory, butter, sugar, and Wagyu beef. Held on the 10th floor at 1270 Sixth Avenue, today’…
This category has become the season’s most politically charged race. For weeks, the industry rumor has been that Cats: The Jellicle Ball is the frontrunner for Best Revival of a Musical. C…
There are musicals built around spectacle, then there are musicals built around ache. A Walk on the Moon appears determined to become the latter. Producers Ruth and Stephen Hendel welcomed p…
Some seasons produce a crowded revival race. This year feels different. One production entered the conversation early, tightened its grip, then proceeded to remind audiences exactly why cert…
There are Broadway gatherings that feel obligatory, then there are rooms that remind you why the theater community still matters. The annual New Dramatists Spring Luncheon has long belonged …
Awards season always reveals the same uncomfortable truth: critics love to position themselves as tastemakers while often missing the very work audiences carry home with them. This year’s …
Memorial Day may unofficially begin the Hamptons season, though the real social calendar explodes between now and the end of June. This is the sweet spot before July traffic becomes psycholo…
The Outer Critics Circle Awards continued their celebration of the 2025–2026 Broadway and Off-Broadway season with an afternoon that felt equal parts theatrical reunion, victory lap, and e…
Atlantic Theater Company and Rattlestick Theatre Off-Broadway premiere of Indian Princesses arrives carrying the weight of multiple conversations before the lights even dim. Written by Elia…
The Outer Critics Circle Awards celebrated the best of the 2025–2026 Broadway and Off-Broadway season yesterday afternoon at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, bringing together nominee…
At this year’s Chita Rivera Awards, dance was not treated as supporting material to theater. It was theater. The evening, hosted by Charlotte d’Amboise and Robyn Hurder at NYU Skirball, …
Outside the Chita Rivera Awards, the red carpet moved with the exact kind of electricity only theater dancers generate — glamorous, kinetic, slightly chaotic, and fueled almost entirely by…
The interviews at Sunday’s Drama Desk Awards revealed a theater community both exhilarated and exhausted after one of the most creatively ambitious seasons in recent memory. Conversations …
There are shows that entertain. There are shows that impress. Then there are the rare theatrical experiences that seem to bypass logic entirely and go somewhere buried far deeper inside the …
Sunday’s Drama Desk Awards red carpet reflected the mood of the season itself: theatrical, glamorous, slightly chaotic, and deeply celebratory. Broadway favorites, downtown innovators, leg…
Some entrances are met with applause. Others stop a room cold. At this year’s Chita Rivera Awards at NYU Skirball, the arrival of Ann-Margret did something far rarer. The audience rose ins…
The Drama Desk Awards have always occupied a uniquely democratic position within New York theater. Unlike the territorial separation that defines most awards seasons, the Drama Desks remain …
On Monday night, Broadway celebrates the artists who understand one essential truth: movement is storytelling. The Chita Rivera Awards return to honor the dancers, choreographers, directors,…
There are award shows that celebrate celebrity, and then there are award shows that celebrate the heartbeat of Broadway itself. This Monday, the Chita Rivera Awards once again shine a spotli…
The The Drama League Awards have always carried a slightly different energy than the rest of awards season. Less frantic campaigning. Less television polish. More industry heartbeat. The roo…
There is something deeply old-fashioned about Bubba Weiler’s Well, I’ll Let You Go — and I mean that as the highest compliment. Like Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, the play understands …
Steven Pasquale, Conrad Ricamora, Tala Ashe, and so many more featured in Classic Stage Company’s 2026-27 season The Off-Broadway theatre company will present three productions between Oct…
With the death of Rex Reed, New York loses not simply a critic, but an entire era of cultural life that may never exist again. Rex Reed was one of the last great celebrity critics — a figu…
The Outer Critics Circle winners have officially landed, and while the results solidified several frontrunners in this year’s Tony race, they also revealed where the season may still hold …
In an age where celebrity culture has become its own form of performance art, Celebrity Autobiography feels less like a comedy gimmick and more like a perfectly timed Broadway event. The cul…
