The Break-Up! A Latina queer torch song

Watch: Robyn Hurder and Jay Armstrong Johnson Celebrate Halloween With an I Put a Spell On You Sneak Peek by Logan Culwell-Block

The October 10 performance was part of Playbill's Torch Song Series for RiseNY.

Robyn Hurder and Jay Armstrong Johnson Bring Halloween to RISENY's Playbill Torch Song Series by Playbill

New York City’s immersive attraction RiseNY hosted an unforgettable Playbill Torch Song performance on Friday, October 10, to celebrate the one-night-only benefit I Put a Spell on You, fea…

At This Theatre: The Hayes by JK

At This Theatre: The Hayes Home to the most recent Best Play Tony Award winner (Purpose), The Hayes Theatre, renamed to honor the first lady of the American Theater, Helen Hayes, started it…

Kerry Butler Performs 'Shine a Light' From Heathers for RiseNY’s Playbill Torch Song Series by Playbill

Times Square’s immersive attraction RiseNY hosted an unforgettable Playbill Torch Song performance on Wednesday, August 21, featuring Broadway favorite Kerry Butler (Heathers the Musical, …

Video: See Kerry Butler Perform 'Shine a Light' From Heathers and 'Home For You' From Bat Boy by Playbill Staff

The performance was part of the Torch Song Series, presented by RiseNY and Playbill.

The Golden Girls' Broadway Connection by JK

 The Golden Girls' Broadway Connection Lately, I've been enjoying a binge watch of The Golden Girls which is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary! As I've been watching, it strik…

Harvey Fierstein’s Latest ‘TORCH SONG’ Lights a Fire of Fury, Laughter, and Hope at The Foundry by Mindy Leaf

We can all use a little more Harvey Fierstein in our lives. The multi-Tony (and more) award-winning actor and playwright who many of us recognize from recent local productions of “La Cage …

Torch Song Is Not What We Expected  At Plays of Wilton by Bill Hirschman

Fair warning to anyone going to The Foundry for Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song because they want to see a play about a drag queen. Other than the lead works in drag for a living, but he cou…

Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Urie and Jenn Harris to Join Jinkx Monsoon in Oh, Mary! on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Urie and Jenn Harris will join the Broadway cast of Oh, Mary! as Mary’s Husband, Mary’s Teacher and Mary’s Chaperone, respectively. Alongside Jinkx Monsoon,…

Star Ilalaole brings fresh perspective to Harvey Fierstein’s ‘Torch Song’ by Alex Miller

The actor discusses portraying the iconic drag queen in Vintage Theatre’s production and why the story feels more relevant than ever.

Video: Harvey Fierstein Responds to Special Tony for Lifetime Achievement

Earlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Harvey Fierstein took the stage to accept a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, he …

Harvey Fierstein to Receive Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre by Darryn King

Four-time Tony-winning playwright, actor, author and quilter Harvey Fierstein will receive the 2025 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre at this year's Tony Awards. �…

Harvey Fierstein to Receive Lifetime Achievement Special Tony Award by Logan Culwell-Block

Already a four-time Tony winner, Fierstein holds medallion statuettes for his work on Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage aux Folles, and Hairspray.

Harvey Fierstein to Receive Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre by Caitlin Huston

Fierstein has won four Tony Awards, including two for his ground-breaking play 'Torch Song Trilogy'

RiseNY | We were thrilled to team up with @playbill to kick off our Torch Song Series ... - Instagram

4 likes, 0 comments - risenyofficial，April 21, 2025 : "We were thrilled to team up with @playbill to kick off our Torch Song Series with ...

SIX Queens Najah Hetsberger and Kelsie Watts Perform "No Way" and "Heart of Stone"

Times Square's immersive attraction RiseNY has teamed up with Playbill on a new co-branded Torch Song Series, which will host performances from a ...

SIX Queens Najah Hetsberger and Kelsie Watts Perform "No Way" and "Heart of Stone" by Playbill

Times Square’s immersive attraction RiseNY has teamed up with Playbill on a new co-branded Torch Song Series, which will host performances from a different Broadway musical every month. �…

Video: SIX Queens Najah Hetsberger and Kelsie Watts Perform 'No Way' and 'Heart of Stone' at RiseNY by Playbill Staff

The performance is part of the new monthly Torch Song Series, hosted by RiseNY and Playbill.

Best Songs From Best Scores: 2005 - 2006 by JK

Today, we return to our series, Best Songs From Best Scores, in which we take a look at the numbers from a season's Best Original Score Tony nominees. Of course, "best" is in the eye ear …

The Adam Lambert Connection on X: "Watch: Broadway Cabaret Star @adamlambert ...

Watch: Broadway Cabaret Star @adamlambert Sings 'I Don't Care Much' https://t.co/yt7qZwMl1M via @playbill < a torch song dealing with indifference ...

Play It Again: Oliver!'s "As Long As He Needs Me" by JK

Play It Again: Oliver!'s "As Long As He Needs Me" For this new series, Jeff has invited me to choose some classic Broadway show tunes and compare versions of these songs from several differ…

Why "Empire" Failed to Win My Allegiance by Jan Simpson

Those of us who love musicals root hard for each new one that comes along. And we root extra hard when we know that a new creative team is getting its first big break or that the show is bas…

NEWSIES Open Call in New York City! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Paper Mill Playhouse will open its 2011-2012 season with the premiere of a new Disney stage musical, Newsies. Featuring music by eight time Academy Award®-winn…

Highlights of Harvey Fierstein in BELLA BELLA! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Manhattan Theatre Club's World premiere of Bella Bella, written and performed by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein (Casa Valentina, Torch Song, Hairspray) and …

Michael Urie to Join Sutton Foster in Once Upon a Mattress on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Michael Urie will join Sutton Foster in the Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress this summer. Urie returns to the role of Prince Dauntless while Foster reprises her performance as Winn…

Highlights of MTC'S DAN CODY'S YACHT; Opens June 6 by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Dan Cody's Yacht is now in previews ahead of a Wednesday, June 6 opening night at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). The cast of Dan …

Marin Theatre lights timely flame with queer love story ‘Torch Song’ by Zack Ruskin

Season-closing production is a showcase for lead actor Dean Linnard as neurotic drag queen Arnold Beckoff.

“Torch Song”: A Gay Jewish Drag Queen Triumphs!—at Marin by Bdhorwitz

Harvey Fierstein’s Classic Gay Comedy Touches Our Hearts by Barry David Horwitz Lend an ear and you will hear an authentic argument between a gay, New York drag queen son and his disappoin…

The Deep Blue Sea review – Tamsin Greig adds bite to Terence Rattigan by David Jays

Ustinov, BathAs a woman who has left her husband for a dissolute younger man in postwar London, Greig’s quiet despair compels The torch song Stormy Weather sobs between scenes in this revi…

1812 Productions presents Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song by Josh Herren

The new version of Harvey Fierstein’s classic comedy, revised from the original into a shorter two-act production, gets its regional premiere at 1812 in a show that aptly emphasizes the wr…