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Friday, July 18, 2025

The Moves That Make ‘Chicago’ and ‘A Chorus Line’ So Special by Brian Seibert and Vincent Tullo

To celebrate the shows’ golden anniversaries, the Broadway star Robyn Hurder demonstrates what makes their choreography so special.

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Monday, June 23, 2025

Democrats to Protest Trump’s Takeover of Kennedy Center With Pride Event by Michael Paulson and Javier C. Hernández

“This is our way of reoccupying the Kennedy Center,” said Jeffrey Seller of “Hamilton,” who was asked to stage the invite-only concert hosted by five senators.

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Friday, May 30, 2025

From Sketch to Stage: Inside the Minds of the 2025 Tony Nominees for Best Costume Design of a Musical by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

From the dancers and musicians that lit up the social clubs of 1950s Havana, to robots sitting idle in a near-future South Korea, to undead divas with a thirst for glamour, this year's Tony …

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Dozens of Festival Plays Worth Traveling to This Summer by Laura Collins-Hughes and Elisabeth Vincentelli

Across the country, you’ll find Shakespeare in amphitheaters, exciting new works on intimate stages and many regional repertories in bucolic settings.

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Monday, May 19, 2025

Trump’s Kennedy Center Comes Into Focus With Theater and Dance Plans by Michael Paulson and Javier C. Hernández

Some big shows and troupes will perform, while others will stay away. And in a shift, the center will present some Broadway shows with nonunion casts.

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Friday, May 16, 2025

Darren Criss Does the Robot by Rachel Sherman and Vincent Tullo

He trained as a movement actor. Now he’s leaning into physical theater as a Helperbot in the Tony-nominated “Maybe Happy Ending.”

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Broadway.com’s 25 Big Moments, Movements and Milestones of the Last 25 Years by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

When Broadway.com came on the scene 25 years ago, long-running hits like Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon were neighbors with new musicals like Aida, Contact and Th…

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Monday, May 12, 2025

To Play Betty Boop, Jasmine Amy Rogers Had to Transform by Elisabeth Vincentelli and Dana Golan

The Broadway rookie has a Tony nomination and star power, but inside she’s still this “weird little girl.”

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Ragtime, Starring Caissie Levy, Joshua Henry and Brandon Uranowitz, Is Coming to Broadway by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

The New York City Center production of Ragtime, mounted in 2024 in a two-week gala presentation, will transfer to Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Tony nominee Joshua Henr…

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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Unpacking the 2025 Tony Nominations: Surprises, Standouts and Takeaways by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

The countdown to the Tony Awards is officially on! New musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending lead the pack with 10 each. Close behind with seven are De…

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Climate Activists Interrupt New York City Ballet Performance by Javier C. Hernández, Rachel Saltz and Amanda Webster

Protesters interrupted an all-Balanchine program on the company’s spring season opening night, which coincided this year with Earth Day.

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Saturday, March 29, 2025

Last Tango in the Guggenheim by Annie Aguiar and Vidhya Nagarajan

Members of the dance company Ballet Hispánico weren’t the only ones who swirled amid the art in the museum’s rotunda during a recent presentation and tango class.

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Friday, March 14, 2025

‘Song of the North’ Uses Puppets to Help a Persian Epic Spring to Life by Jennifer Schuessler and Gavin Doran

Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.

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Monday, March 3, 2025

Why Does Every Play Seem Political Now? by Mark Harris and Jennifer Livingston

Theater about current events — both literally and abstractly — is changing the conversation between playwrights, directors and their audiences.

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Thursday, February 20, 2025

At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising by Robin Pogrebin and Javier C. Hernández

For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private dona…

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Friday, February 14, 2025

Romance Your Broadway Valentine with Tix to a Hit... And a Rhyme by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

For Valentine’s Day this year, why not give the gift of Broadway? To help you woo your plus one of choice—Valentine, galentine or whomever—Broadway.com offers up six poems tailor-made …

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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Blue Man Group’s 34-Year New York Run Comes to an End by Melena Ryzik and Vincent Tullo

Over 34 years, the show gave Fred Armisen a drumming gig, “Arrested Development” a hilarious story line and more. Now the cultural sensation comes to an end in New York.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Against All Odds, a Vegas Theater Scene With a ‘Sense of the Wild West’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli and Mikayla Whitmore

Local artists straddle aesthetic and artistic worlds in the land of mega-spectacles and oversize flash.

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

For These Teenagers in Ukraine, Hope Arrived at the Stage Door by Kim Barker and Dzvinka Pinchuk

The students in a summer acting course performed a play set in America, called, “It’s okay!” And it gave them hope that their lives would be OK, too.

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Friday, December 13, 2024

Beyond Broadway: It's Christmastime in the City (and the Theater) by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

New York City is a veritable immersive production this time of year: dazzling lights, singing in the squares and a supporting cast of too many tourists. There’s plenty of Christmas spirit …

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024

Beyond Broadway: A Mad King, A Spritz of Hairspray, A Lonesome Cowboy and More by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

This November and early December, as leather-jacket weather turns into puffer-jacket weather, New York’s most appealing non-Broadway offerings include a first-date comedy, a performance-ar…

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Two Climate Change Plays Keep the Flames of Hope Alive by Laura Collins-Hughes and Elisabeth Vincentelli

“Hothouse,” at Irish Arts Center, fends off despair with loopiness; “In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot,” at Playwrights Horizons, is a fuzzy world lacking depth.

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Friday, October 18, 2024

Beyond Broadway: Sink Your Teeth Into a Horror Musical, a Drag Show, a Trip to Space and More by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

Broadway isn't the only place boasting big names. Off-Broadway stages are also getting their fair share of star power this month, with favorites from the silver screen telling fresh stories …

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Friday, September 27, 2024

Maggie Smith, Grand Dame of Stage and Screen, Dies at 89 by Anita Gates and Robert Berkvist

She earned an extraordinary array of awards, from Oscars to Emmys to Tonys, but could still go almost everywhere unrecognized. Then came “Downton Abbey.”

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Monday, September 23, 2024

Four Reasons We Can't Wait for Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal to Go Head to Head in Othello by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

Shakespeare’s Othello is a play overflowing with passion, rage and intrigue. In the upcoming Broadway revival, it will also have two of the most magnetic leading men around pitted against …

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Beyond Broadway: A Political Thriller, a Sexy Rom-Com, Musical Spoofs and More by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

The launch of Broadway’s fall season gets all the buzz but, as ever, some of the city’s must-see shows are taking place a bit farther afield. From the sublime to the sexy to the willfull…

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Fall Preview 2024: Get to Know the 15 Shows Opening on Broadway Before Year's End by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

On Broadway, back-to-school season means an influx of must-see shows destined to fill out your fall calendar. The next few months promise a mixture of original plays and musicals, beloved re…

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Monday, August 5, 2024

Fat Ham's Calvin Leon Smith to Replace Ato Blankson-Wood in Cabaret on Broadway by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

Calvin Leon Smith will return to Broadway this fall as Clifford Bradshaw in Cabaret. He takes over the role from original cast member Ato Blankson-Wood, who plays his final performance at …

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Friday, July 19, 2024

Everything We Know About Redwood, the Musical Bringing Idina Menzel Home to Broadway by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

Of the new musicals slated for the 2024-25 Broadway season, Redwood has the greatest air of mystery. It’s a brand-new title with a brand-new score, and not only brings Tony winner Idina Me…

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Thursday, July 11, 2024

Back by Popular Demand: Aaron Tveit, Ariana Madix, Sutton Foster and More Are Doing It Again, Bigger and Better by Darryn King and Hayley Levitt

FOMO is a familiar feeling for theater fans. But of course, it's impossible to catch everything—or to even know what's unmissable until you've already missed it. Fortunately, New York City…

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