Broadway Stars
Today is Friday, April 26, 2024     Broadway Baby Birthdays:     Paloma Garcia-Lee     Michael Damian     Eugene Fleming     Roger Taylor     Giancarlo Esposito     Giorgio Moroder     Carol Burnett     Irving Davies     Bambi Linn     Russell Nype     Mike Kellin     Eric Sinclair     George Keane     Herbert Kubly     Nancy Cushman     John McGovern     Hamilton MacFadden     Philip Tonge     Nolan Leary     Anita Loos     Ma Rainey     Harry Sothern     Ethel Griffies     Pablo Schreiber     Arianne Phillips     Howard Davies     Donna Baccala     Robert Shattuck     Maurice Williams     Conrad Susa     Morris L. West     Shepherd Mead     Robert Downing

All stories by Lily Rothman on BroadwayStars

Go To Date:
OLDER >>
Friday, July 8, 2016

Lin-Manuel Miranda Chose an Appropriate Date for His Final Night in Hamilton by Lily Rothman

It's almost the anniversary of the end of the real Alexander Hamilton, too

SOURCE: time.com at 12:00PM
Friday, June 10, 2016

See Photos of the Original Production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

The Eugene O'Neill drama is nominated for Best Revival of a Play at the 2016 Tony Awards

SOURCE: time.com at 08:00AM
Thursday, June 9, 2016

Inside Cole Porter’s Songwriting Process by Lily Rothman

The composer and lyricist was born 125 years ago

SOURCE: time.com at 08:30AM
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Why Julie Andrews Had ‘Misgivings’ About My Fair Lady by Lily Rothman

The musical opened on Broadway 60 years ago, on Mar. 15, 1956

SOURCE: time.com at 08:00AM
Friday, January 29, 2016

The Real Sex Lives of Grease-Era Teenagers by Lily Rothman

When 'going steady' was thought to be a sin

SOURCE: time.com at 12:00PM
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

The Surprising Government Agency That Helped Launch Alvin Ailey by Lily Rothman

The choreographer and dancer would have turned 85 on Jan. 5, 2016

SOURCE: time.com at 12:00PM
Thursday, December 3, 2015

What Made the Original The Wiz ‘Wickedly Amusing’ by Lily Rothman

NBC's live telecast version of the show airs on Thursday

SOURCE: time.com at 11:00AM
Saturday, October 24, 2015

How The Diary of Anne Frank First Made It to the U.S. by Lily Rothman

Documents show that publishers were initially wary

SOURCE: time.com at 12:00PM
Thursday, October 8, 2015

Read TIME’s Original Review of Les Mis When It Opened 30 Years Ago by Lily Rothman

The musical began in London on Oct. 8, 1985

SOURCE: time.com at 09:00AM
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

The Surprisingly Controversial Plots That Almost Got ‘Little Orphan Annie’ Axed by Lily Rothman

Aug. 5, 1924: The comic strip 'Little Orphan Annie' debuts

SOURCE: time.com at 10:30AM
Sunday, June 7, 2015

This Is the Woman the Tony Awards Are Named After by Lily Rothman

TIME called Tony Perry 'the wartime guiding spirit of the American Theatre Wing'

SOURCE: time.com at 08:00PM
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Behind the Inspiration for Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles by Lily Rothman

The revival opens on Broadway on March 19, 2015

SOURCE: time.com at 10:00AM
Sunday, March 15, 2015

Things Shakespeare Got Wrong About the Ides of March by Lily Rothman

Why he erred is simple: The dramatist was thinking about the footlights, not the footnotes

SOURCE: time.com at 11:00AM
Monday, March 2, 2015

Behind The Sound of Music: Why the Real Maria Went to the von Trapps’ by Lily Rothman

When the movie of The Sound of Music premiered 50 years ago, on Mar. 2, 1965, the world learned the story of would-be nun Maria, whose superiors, at their wits’ end over her flightines…

SOURCE: time.com at 09:00AM
Tuesday, January 13, 2015

The World’s Longest-Running Musical Started Small — and Stayed Small by Lily Rothman

Jan. 13, 2002: 'The Fantasticks' ends its off-Broadway run of 42 years and 17,162 performances

SOURCE: time.com at 10:30AM
Friday, January 9, 2015

The Surprising Fact About History’s Most Famous Stripper by Lily Rothman

Jan. 9, 1914: Gypsy Rose Lee, the burlesque star famous for her wit, is born

SOURCE: time.com at 10:30AM
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The Death of Klinghoffer and What Actually Happened on the Achille Lauro by Lily Rothman

A controversial opera is based on the events of a 1985 terrorist attack

SOURCE: time.com at 03:45PM
OLDER >>

Recommended  |  viewed  |  Tags

AUTHORS  |  SITES  

LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE
Today on Broadway: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Stagecraft: Jonathan Abrams for “The Heart of Rock and Roll”
Today on Broadway: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Today on Broadway: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Today on Broadway: Monday, April 22, 2024
This Week on Broadway for April 21, 2024: Suffs
Today on Broadway: Sunday, April 21, 2024
Class Notes: Carson Stewart “The Notebook”
Today on Broadway: Friday, April 19, 2024
Today on Broadway: Thursday, April 18, 2024
MORE...
All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 22, 2023: Once Upon a One More Time - Marquis Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 20, 2023: Here Lies Love - Broadway Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Aug 03, 2023: Back to the Future - Winter Garden Theatre
Aug 10, 2023: The Shark Is Broken - John Golden Theatre
Sep 27, 2023: Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch - Music Box Theatre
Sep 28, 2023: Melissa Etheridge: My Window - Circle In The Square
Oct 03, 2023: Jaja's African Hair Braiding - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Oct 10, 2023: Merrily We Roll Along - Hudson Theatre
Oct 12, 2023: Gutenberg! The Musical! - James Earl Jones Theatre
Nov 02, 2023: I Need That - American Airlines Theatre
Nov 13, 2023: Harmony - A New Musical - Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 10, 2023: How to Dance in Ohio - Belasco Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Jan 09, 2024: Prayer For The French Republic - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Jan 28, 2024: Days of Wine and Roses - Studio 54
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Mar 14, 2024: The Notebook - Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Mar 18, 2024: An Enemy of the People - Circle In The Square
Mar 21, 2024: Water for Elephants - Imperial Theatre
Mar 28, 2024: The Who's Tommy - Nederlander Theatre
Apr 11, 2024: The Outsiders - Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 19, 2024: Stereophonic - John Golden Theatre
Apr 20, 2024: Hell's Kitchen - Shubert Theatre
Apr 21, 2024: Cabaret - August Wilson Theatre
Apr 22, 2024: The Heart of Rock and Roll - James Earl Jones Theatre
Apr 22, 2024: Patriots - Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Apr 23, 2024: Mary Jane - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Apr 24, 2024: Uncle Vanya - Vivian Beaumont Theater
Apr 24, 2024: Illinoise - St. James Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: The Great Gatsby - Broadway Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Apr 25, 2024: Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date
Apr 30, 2024: Nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards
May 05, 2024: 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards
May 23, 2024: Outer Critics Circle Awards
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards
Jun 10, 2024: The Theatre World Awards
Jun 16, 2024: The 77th Annual Tony Awards - The David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

What's Playing On Broadway