In the lyrical new play Birthday Candles, playwright Noah Haidle dares to imagine 90 years in the life of Ernestine Ashworth, a woman he describes as “a daughter, a girlfriend, a wife, a m…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:53AMOne night in the early 1970s, David Mamet sat in on a poker game played by crooks — and emerged with the idea for a play. Little did he know that American Buffalo would become a modern cla…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:49AMIn a Broadway-musical landscape that skews heavily toward movie adaptations and jukebox shows, the arrival of an original musical written and directed by three-time Tony Award winner James L…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 08:09AMHumor, heart, and a larger-than-life heroine: Sift those ingredients together with a lively original score, and the result is Mrs. Doubtfire, one of the most anticipated new musicals of the …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 07:42PMWhen Caroline, or Change opened on Broadway in 2004, critics hailed its unique blend of personal history, gorgeous music, and a title role with the epic scale of Gypsy’s Mama Rose. Set in …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 07:11PMThe Tony Award–winning phenomenon Harry Potter and the Cursed Child continues to make headlines as the epic stage production expands its reach from Broadway and London to Melbourne and now…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 08:11PMJamie Harrison is a master magician, theater director, and renowned artistic director. But none of that mattered the day he had to demonstrate a moment of magic to J.K. Rowling. “I was ter…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 08:02PMChris Cox looks like your friendly next-door neighbor, with boyishly messy hair, oversized eyeglasses, and a wardrobe of colorful suspenders. But don’t underestimate this self-described �…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 06:03AMProfessional magicians tend to begin practicing their craft as kids, but Paul Dabek was extra-precocious, imitating the magicians he saw on TV when he was just three years old. “I would gr…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:06AMThe acclaimed Broadway revival of Burn This serves as a welcome reminder of playwright Lanford Wilson’s exploration of immense talent and humanity. Nominated for three 2019 Tony Awards, in…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:01AMFor theater artists, a Tony Award nomination is the ultimate recognition, an honor that’s especially exciting the first time it happens. This season, seven composers and writers — six ma…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:54AMFor theater artists, a Tony Award nomination is the ultimate recognition, an honor that’s especially exciting the first time it happens. This season, seven composers and writers — six ma…
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