There is something about a cast album that keeps theatre alive long after the curtain comes down. This late-summer crop is particularly eclectic: vampires, Eva Perón, 1979 New York nightlif…
New Yorkers have been looking up lately. From renewed fascination with Artemis to Hollywood’s continuing obsession with what waits beyond our atmosphere, space is once again capturing the …
If you are a regular reader of mine you know that Eda and I will follow gifted talent wherever they are. Meet Hershey Felder. If you are an avid theater goer in NYC you’ll be aware he just…
September arrives with the U.S. Open in full swing at Flushing Meadows, followed almost immediately by Fashion Week, Broadway Week, major art fairs, Harry Styles taking over Madison Square G…
“Dusting off the old robes. New York — see you all in February,” Grint announced on Instagram. It took 25 years, eight films and one very famous redheaded wizard, but Rupert Grint is h…
Broadway history, Marc Shaiman and the man who apparently invented that little tab on your coffee-cup lid walk into a theatre. No, this isn’t the beginning of a joke. It’s what’s happe…
September in New York is when the city snaps back to life, and the cabaret rooms and conversation stages are already filling with some seriously intriguing names. Sylvester Stallone, Heated …
Tim Curry, the deliciously subversive British actor whose Dr. Frank-N-Furter changed popular culture forever, died Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 80.For millions, Curry wil…
There is no question that Sydnie Christmas can sing. That was never really the issue Sunday night at Sony Hall. The winner of Britain’s Got Talent possesses a formidable instrument, charis…
Broadway packed a weekend bag, left Times Square behind and headed north. On Friday, August 14, the inaugural The Festival opened at Hutton Brickyards Riverfront Hotel + Venue in Kingston, N…
For most of musical theatre history, getting a Broadway musical onto the big screen meant Hollywood had arrived to transform it. Sets became locations. Stage actors were frequently replaced …
Some Broadway friendships end when the final curtain comes down. Others apparently turn into a rock-and-roll band. The Midtown Men brought their irresistible combination of Broadway polish, …
One of New York’s favorite summer traditions continued this week as Broadway in Bryant Park once again turned the Midtown lawn into an open-air theatre, bringing together performers from T…
The curtain may come down, a production may close, and a performance may disappear into theatrical memory, but the cast album is where musical theatre gets its second life. This summer and f…
Broadway never really sleeps anymore, but the 2026–2027 season is beginning to reveal itself as something considerably more interesting than another procession of movie adaptations and cel…
If New York theatre has been looking for a way to turn the coming season into an event, it may already have found it. The marquees are beginning to resemble an unusually eclectic awards cere…
Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but today we went Zoom Style. Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles is a podcast…
Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but today we went Zoom Style. Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles is a podcast…
Dakin Mattews and Mary Beth Peil. Joan Marcus There is something fascinating about reviving a play whose central premise should feel more relevant now than when it was written and discoverin…
There are few playwrights better equipped than George Bernard Shaw to remind us that politics can be deadly serious and extremely funny at exactly the same time. On Monday evening, August 10…
There are Broadway musicals set in New York, and then there are musicals that belong to a particular piece of New York. In the Heights has always belonged to Washington Heights. Now, as New …
Broadway has always reflected the emotional pulse of its time. During the Golden Age, audiences escaped into sweeping romances and lavish musical spectacles. The rock musicals of the 1960s c…
CATS The Jellicle Ball – Broadway. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Broadway has a peculiar way of making a great theatrical season feel temporary. Just when the marquees seem full of productions …
There are Christmas traditions, and then there are New York Christmas traditions. Nothing signals the arrival of the holiday season quite like the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio Ci…
After months of keeping their relationship largely out of the spotlight, Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster are letting the summer unfold on their own terms—one performance at a time. The Broa…