(Howard Bryant’s article appeared in the Guardian, 1/21/2026.) The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished In Augu…

The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished In August 1972, the front page of the New York Times arts section publis…

A FIRST-HAND REPORT ON NEW YORK THEATRE . . . FROM A HALF-CENTURY AGO Alan Bates in the title role of Simon Gray’s “Butley,” which played the old and venerable Morosco Theatre (1972).December 10, 2025…

The world premiere of The Disappear, a new comedy about relationships and art by Erica Schmidt, has completed casting. Performances begin January 8, 2026, ahead of a January 15 opening night at Audible’s Mine…

Austin Pendleton is an actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor. His six-decade career has included roles in films including Catch-22, What’s Up, Doc?, The Front Page, The Muppet Movie, Short Circ…

Sherie Rene Scott has joined The Queen of Versailles as the standby for the role of Jackie Siegel for select performances. The musical, starring Kristin Chenoweth, will begin performances on October 8 with…

John Niven’s debut play explores rivalry between the two British bands who vied for the No 1 spot in the charts in 1995 It was the great Britpop showdown in the summer of 1995, billed as a contest between che…

Like television journalist Edward R. Murrow’s historic broadcasts, the stage adaptation of the 2005 film “Good Night, and Good Luck” has a seriousness of purpose that is again dramatically stark, soli…

George S. Kaufman, as photographed by Edward Steichen (1930).January 23, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler It’s a pity that today, for the most part, George S. Kaufman is largely forgotten. …

Terry Baum Affirms A Woman’s Love for Eleanor Roosevelt by Robert M. Gardner Lorena Hickock, the first woman reporter to have her by-line on the front page of the New York Times, meets Eleanor Roosevelt durin…

Emmy Award winner and Tony nominee Holland Taylor and Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominee Ana Villafañe will star in the world premiere of the new play N/A. Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (Jagged Lit…

The director Jack O’Brien and the writer, director and producer George C. Wolfe will each receive the 2024 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. A Tony Award-winning director for All My…

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Robert Morse as Jerry/Daphne and Tony Roberts as Joe/Josephine in “Sugar” (1972). Photo by Martha Swope.April 9, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Fifty-two years ago tonight, the first m…

A Crisis in America’s Theaters made the front page this week: “There is less theater in America these days. Fewer venues. Fewer productions. Fewer performances,” Michael Paulson wrote at the start of a b…

Michael Bennett (1943–1987).April 8, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Had he lived, today would mark Michael Bennett’s 80th birthday. He died in Tucson, Arizona in 1987 from complications …

As an inveterate theatergoer since the age of twelve, I’ve chronicled in these columns and elsewhere about the days when I saw shows on a weekly basis in the late 60s and early 70s. I’ve also made it known …

Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker are returning to the Broadway stage next year. They will star in Pictures From Home, a new play based on the photo memoir by Larry Sultan and adapted for the stag…

The show: “42nd Street” at Goodspeed opera House in East Haddam …

Known for her turn as Candy Ferocity in the series Pose, Angelica Ross is now taking center stage as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway and making history in the process. Ross, who is the first openly transge…

Self-portrait of Al Hirschfeld at his drafting table in his Koken barber chair.The artist Al Hirschfeld, a theatrical treasure of the highest order, was born 119 years ago today. Chronicling shows and stars fo…

With her gripping sea-bound thriller Corinna, Corinna, playwright Chloë Moss shines a spotlight on the dangers faced by women working in the shipping industry Playwright Chloë Moss grew up watching container …

Morse, while appearing on Broadway in the revival of THE FRONT PAGE in 2016, appeared on THEATER TALK with co-stars Holland Taylor and Lewis J. Stadlen. The Broadway legend reminisced about working with Jackie …

Robert Morse as J. Pierrepont Finch in “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” (1961).It’s with a heavy heart I attempt to put into words what Robert Morse meant to me as an actor and as a fri…

Tony Walton, the prolific Oscar and Tony Award-winning set and costume designer of Broadway shows, off-Broadway productions, film, television, ballet and opera, has died at the age of 87. The cause was complica…

Photograph by Milton Meltzer depicting Hilda Haynes as Millie, James McMahon as Al Manners, Stephanie Elliot as Judith Sears, and Charles Bettis as John Neville. NYPL Digital Collections, Image ID: 58155605 …

Leeds PlayhouseDeveloped between teams in Leeds and Tokyo, this spectacular reimagining brings new complexity to JM Barrie’s story Ella Hickson’s adaptation of JM Barrie’s world-famous story of “the boy…

Chaotic life, lots of sex, little sense of purpose … the Anglo-Aussie’s hilarious takedown of Fleabag and the booming ‘messy-woman genre’ was halted by Covid. Now, after a year and a half of worry, it�…

Tony winner Michael McGrath has joined the cast of the world premiere of the Britney Spears musical Once Upon a One More Time. McGrath takes over the role of Narrator from the previously announced Tony winner J…

Some top-tier Broadway stars have joined the cast of Disappointment Blvd. According to Deadline, Hereditary and Midsommar director and scribe Ari Aster's forthcoming A24 film will star Oscar winner Joaquin Pho…

Halston, the Ryan Murphy-produced series that stars Ewan McGregor as the famed fashion designer, will arrive on Netflix on May 14. As previously announced, Broadway's Krysta Rodriguez plays Liza Minnelli. Kr…

Sherie's Broadway credits include The Front Page, Everyday Rapture, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations; Drama League honor), The Little Mermaid, Elton John and Tim Rice'…

We started off this month's Musical of the Month, Hairspray with a look back at the origins and facts behind the original Broadway production. This week, we take a closer look at that cast and what they've b…

Two time Tony winner Robert Morse, who most recently appeared in the play revival The Front Page, starred in the original Broadway cast of the Frank Loesser workplace musical How To Succeed In Business Without …

Lily Savage, The League of Gentlemen, Fleabag and a host of telly sensations started out on tiny stages at the extravaganza. In its absence, who will be next? Paul O’Grady’s first night at the Edinburgh fri…

Curtains was a unabashed old-fashioned Broadway musical. Big sets, lots of costumes, splashy production numbers and a large cast. The book boasted an impressive twelve principal roles and a sizable ensemble. Fu…

John Slattery had a moment after college where he was offered a great job in the hotel business and it was tempting - financial security, travel  and lots of other perks. He sat down with his father and aske…

Once again, I’m getting the chance to catch up with the award-winning singer/songwriter, Michele Brourman. After a sold-out solo debut at Birdland Theatre in 2019, 2020 has started off with many high notes. …

Producer Ryan Murphy has released the first look at his upcoming Halston series on Netflix, starring Ewan McGregor as the famed fashion designer who designed for Jackie Kennedy and who then died in 1990 at t…

The 38 Degrees petition is a response to a report on the front page of Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper The Sunday Times, in which sources close to prime minister Boris Johnson set out a blueprint for how the BBC…

Broadway Update: Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf to Star in ‘Death of a Salesman’ By: David Sheward February 11, 2020: Two of the biggest names on Broadway will headline one of the greatest plays of …

“The artist’s return to Belgrade after nearly a half-century has been an event. … On Saturday, the day the show opened, her face was on the front page of nearly every national newspaper in Serbia. When yo…

Predictable results of the homophobic censorship attempt (which was headed off by the judge as an issue of freedom of expression): “Copies of the comic book, Avengers: The Children’s Crusade, quickly sold o…

A foursome of Tony-winning stars have joined the upcoming main-stem production of Meredith Willson's The Music Man. Jefferson Mays will play Mayor Shinn, with Jayne Houdyshell as Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, Shul…

What really makes this Front Page feel fresh is its social, gender, racial and character complications — things that a mainstream audience in 2019 is much more equipped and eager to investigate, writes Carly …

The Vineyard Theatre has announced the highly anticipated New York premiere of Dana H., a new work by Tony-nominated playwright Lucas Hnath (A Doll's House, Part 2), slated to appear at the off-Broadway nonprof…

Casting is here for the highly anticipated Broadway revival of West Side Story from Tony-winning director Ivo van Hove and internationally acclaimed choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. The previously ann…

The Shaw and Stratford festivals have been busy adapting the C.S. Lewis story and the Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur comedy for modern audiences, writes Carly Maga.

Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas will play the role of Atticus Finch in the previously announced national tour of To Kill A Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin’s new play, directed by Bartlett Sher, and based on…

By: Paulanne Simmons May 1, 2019: From Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s The Front Page to Nora Ephron’s Lucky Guy, the newsroom has proven to be fertile grounds for theater. James Graham’s Ink is the…

In today’s Wall Street Journal I review the Broadway transfer of Ink. Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * The newspaper movie used to be an established genre in Hollywood, and a consistently popular one. No more…

These portraits are hot off the presses after James Graham's Ink's opening night on April 24 at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Led by Jonny Lee Miller as Larry Lamb and Bertie Carvel reprising his Olivi…

Long before the term clickbait entered into pop culture infamy, Chief Editor Larry Lamb of the Fleet Street tabloid The Sun was offering his staff a bonus every time the eye-catching words 'Win,' 'Free' and 'Lo…

Broadway.com #LiveAtFive is a daily news show on Facebook Live, in which Broadway.com editors discuss what's going on in the theater community and chat with stage stars about their current and upcoming proj…

Scott Wakefield-Broadway:  Hands On A Hardbody, Ring Of Fire, and It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues.Off Broadway includes Paint Your Wagon (City Center), Texas In Paris …

Three-time Tony winner Nathan Lane and two-time Tony winner Andrea Martin will head to Broadway this season in Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, a new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Taylor Mac. Five-t…

1928 satire will be adapted by Michael Healey and directed by Graham Abbey.

Casting is complete for Bernhardt/Hamlet, a world premiere play written by Pulitzer finalist Theresa Rebeck. The new work is slated to arrive at Broadway's American Airlines Theatre beginning on Septem…

The Front Page actor steps into the role of Zoltan Karparthy, replacing Manu Narayan.

Stage alum Clarke Thorell returns to Broadway on June 26, stepping into the role of Zoltan Karparthy in Lincoln Center Theater's acclaimed revival of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady at the Vivian Beau…

Clarke Thorell is returning to Broadway. The stage alum will step into the role of Zoltan Karparthy in the acclaimed revival of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady at the Vivian Beaumont Theater beginning on …

The Front Page actor will take on the role of Zoltan Karparthy, replacing Manu Narayan.

Broadway legend Nathan Lane has won his third Tony Award! His searing performance as Roy Cohn in Angels in America earned him the trophy for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play. The win wa…

There are few perfect things in life, let alone in theater. But Providence Players’ The Front Page comes darn close. Every aspect of the production is first-rate. The newspaper world created for this 1928 scr…

Tony nominee Marin Ireland (Three Sisters) will take on the central role of Alma Winemiller alongside Nathan Darrow (Richard III) as John Buchanan in a new production of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke…

Bobby Darin was the most captivating and versatile entertainer of his time, a singersongwriterarranger who effortlessly bridged the gap between rock 'n' roll, sophisticated nightclub swing, and folk. Lyrics amp…

Reviewed by Judd HollanderElevator Repair Service, known for taking literary classics and adapting them to the stage - with results ranging from somewhat interesting to completely astonishing - makes their firs…

Lin-Manuel Miranda has never shied away from expressing his political views on social media, but he is well known for his diplomatic approach to the subject. Yesterday, however, Donald Trump's unbelievable 'res…

I write as an occasional verse writer and constant poetry lover. Also one-time teacher of poetry in a writing course. Further, poetry reciter of great distinction according to my wife, though not given sufficie…

John Magaro is set to play Joseph Papp, co-founder of off-Broadway's Public Theater, in Illyria, the new work written and directed by Richard Nelson, which will debut at the Public. Previews will begin on O…

Tony nominees Sherie Rene Scott and Mary Testa, along with Pico Alexander, will appear in John Patrick Shanley's new play The Portuguese Kid, set to play Manhattan Theatre Club's off-Broadway venue, New…

Almeida theatre, LondonFirst-rate drama about Rupert Murdoch’s move into British newspapers in the 1960s gives us no sermons about press ethics ‘People like stories.” So says Rupert Murdoch in James Graha…

Just last night, the Acting Company held a one-night-only benefit reading of British drama The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold, starring Angela Lansbury. Completing the cast were Tedra Millan Present Laughter, The…

Michael Aronov has won his first Tony Award! He takes home the prize in the Best Featured Actor in a Play category for his performance as Uri Savir, director-general of the foreign ministry, in J.T. Rogers'…

2017 DRAMA DESK AWARDs (winners in bold) Outstanding PlayIf I Forget, by Steven Levenson, Roundabout Theatre CompanyIndecent, by Paula Vogel, Vineyard TheatreA Life, by Adam Bock, Playwrights Hor…

This year's Tony nominations, announced earlier this month, brought a slew of renowned names. Performers such as Kevin Kline PRESENT LAUGHTER, Nathan Lane THE FRONT PAGE and Patti LuPone WAR PAINT are no strang…

Director Jerry Zaks already owns four Tony Awards and one of the most eclectic careers on Broadway. He does musicals: Smokey Joe’s Café, La Cage aux Folles. He does plays: Six Degrees of Separation. Hous…