Monday, March 24, 2014
The second Broadway revival of Les Miserables opened at the Imperial Theater on March 23. The original production of the epic musical based on Victor Hugo’s novel of faith and redemption i…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:22PMFriday, March 21, 2014
You’re going to see the The Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theater and you need to know where to get a drink afterward? No problem! We’ve got just the right post-theater bar …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:56PMThursday, March 20, 2014
You’re going to see The Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theater and you need to know where to eat dinner beforehand? No problem! We’ve got just the right pre-theater restau…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:44PMTuesday, March 18, 2014
In honor of St. Patricks Day, the Irish Arts Center unveiled plans on March 17, 2014 for a new state-of-the-art headquarters to be built in Hell’s Kitchen, at 533 W. 51st St. You may n…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:40PMTuesday, March 4, 2014
There are many reasons to see a show on Broadway, the enchanting story lines, the amazing sets, the catchy music, the hot ladies … Yep, that’s right, we said it. This theater season …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:25PMTuesday, December 10, 2013
The New York theater has always been more daring than movies or television. When Hollywood was censoring itself with the Hays Office in the 1930s, Broadway was tackling then-scandalous topic…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:40PMWednesday, November 6, 2013
Dancers on a sequined chorus line kick up their heels. Charlie Brown (and his drooping Christmas tree) discover holiday cheer. And, Ralphie gets his BB gun — without “shooting hi…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:18PMFriday, October 25, 2013
The Snow Geese, the new play by Sharr White (The Other Place) set in an upstate New York hunting lodge in 1917, opened Oct. 24 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre as a joint production of Manh…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:04PMWednesday, October 23, 2013
True, Condola Rashad has showbiz lineage — her mom and aunt are legendary theater and television actresses Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen and her father is former football star and s…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:23PMMarried stars Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman will be teaming up onstage as well as off when then appear in Annapurna, a new two-character play by Sharr White, for a limited Off-Broadway en…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:39PMMonday, October 21, 2013
The New York Yankees have been nearly tantamount to the Big Apple itself. From Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig to Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Yogi Berra, the Bronx Bombers have filled their ro…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:46PMWicked, the musical based on Gregory Maguire’s novel about the “true” history of the witches of Oz, celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Broadway opening, appropriately e…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:23PMA Time to Kill, the stage version of John Grishman’s best-selling 1989 novel, opened on Oct. 20 at the Golden Theatre. Tony-winner Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) wrote the adap…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:20PMThursday, October 10, 2013
Let’s face it: Broadway is expensive and so are children. Combine the two and you’ve got a one-of-a-kind memorable (but pricey) evening, so it’s important that you pick the…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:47PMMonday, September 30, 2013
It would be easy to attend a Broadway show, be dazzled by the talents of its stars and not stop to think about the years of practice, study and hard work that performers engage in to get on …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:50PMFriday, September 6, 2013
Celia Keenan-Bolger, 35, is nothing if not versatile. Her current Broadway role, the painfully shy Laura Wingfield in the revival of Tennessee Williams’ timeless classic The Glass Mena…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:03PMFriday, August 2, 2013
Blockbuster movies aren’t the only place to see spectacular special effects. In fact, the advances in film and TV effects have pushed New York City theater companies to try to outdo th…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:12PMWednesday, June 12, 2013
One of the handsomest performers on Broadway, Andy Karl has a voice that matches his good looks. He returned to the role of charming but dangerous Tommy DeVito in the long-running smash Jers…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:05PMFriday, June 7, 2013
Tony Award-nominated Laura Osnes has given new life to such celebrated Broadway characters as Sandy in Grease, nurse Nellie in South Pacific, Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes and Bonnie in Bon…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:31PMTuesday, May 28, 2013
While only about 25 to 30 percent of all Broadway shows recoup their investment and then turn a profit, when a production hits big, it can really hit big. Here’s a breakdown of the fiv…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:46PMFriday, May 24, 2013
You won’t believe the lengths that casting directors go to in order to find the right talent– or how far some parents will go to have their kids considered. We talked with Patric…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:13PMTuesday, April 30, 2013
Musical theater actor F. Michael Haynie (known to his friends as “F”) has lived in New York City for nine years and made his Broadway debut with Wicked in September 2012 as Boq, …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:45PMTuesday, April 23, 2013
As the line Frank Sinatra made famous goes, “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere. It’s up to you, New York, New York.” More than a few Broadway hopefuls hav…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 10:31AMFriday, April 5, 2013
Kinky Boots, the new musical based on the 2005 film, opened April 4 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre and features a score by pop icon and Grammy winner Cyndi Lauper. The book by four-time Tony w…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:12PM 
