The Public Theater hosted a 40th Anniversary Benefit Reading of The Normal Heart on Monday, April 27. Directed by Tony Kushner, the reading featured Michael Cyril Creighton, Billy Eichner, David Greenspan, Jeff…

Billy Eichner, Ben Stiller, Ali Stroker, and more star in the landmark Larry Kramer play, celebrating its 40th anniversary.

The cast has been revealed for The Public Theater's one-night-only reading of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart. In honor of the groundbreaking play's 40th anniversary, Tony Kushner will direct the benefit readin…

Tony Kushner is directing the performance, which marks the Larry Kramer play's 40th anniversary.

The one-night-only event will mark the Larry Kramer play's 40th anniversary.

The Public Theater will present a one-night-only reading of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart in honor of the groundbreaking play's 40th anniversary. Tony Kushner will direct the benefit reading on Monday, April …

A private presentation of a new Broadway-bound production of Douglas Carter Beane's Tony-nominated 2006 play, The Little Dog Laughed, will be held on Wednesday, March 4 in New York City. Beane's savage comed…

The National Theatre today releases production images for Man and Boy, Terence Rattigan's tale of fatherhood and corruption, marking Director Anthony Lau's (The Crucible) National Theatre debut. As previously a…

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Charles Kirsch is the 17-year-old host of the theater podcast Backstage Babble, where he has conducted over 250 in-depth interviews with some of Broadway's best. In "Stage Direction," he will be using material …

Ainsley Melham will return to Broadway's Aladdin in the title role on August 26. Melham originated the role in the Australian production in 2016 and joined the Broadway company for several months in 2019, ma…

Make way! Ainsley Melham will return to Broadway's Aladdin in the title role from August 26 through November 30. Melham originated the role in the Australian production in 2016 and joined the Broadway company f…

Aladdin has announced that Ainsley Melham will return to the Broadway production in the title role Tuesday, August 26 through Sunday, November 30. Melham originated the role in the Australian production in 2016…

Casting has been revealed for the upcoming 2025 Pride Plays festival, playing the Capitol next month.

The production is part of Pride Plays 2025, which also includes a Will Davis-helmed Pony.

AIDS activist Larry Kramer's seminal work took 26 years to get to Broadway.

Message plays are a pillar of western theater. Our entire theatrical ecosystem is unthinkable without works such as Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House or Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart…

"The Normal Heart" is an important addition to the collective consciousness regarding the historic event of the AIDS crisis and a strong start for the next evolution of Redtwist Theatre.

On July 27, 1982, as editor of Chicago GayLife newspaper, I attended a meeting in Washington, D.C., between government health officials and a group of LGBTQ+ activists and leaders of organizations representing …

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Daryl Roth (Kinky Boots, The Normal Heart) and Karyl Lynn Burns (The Best is Yet to Come) present the New York premiere of Wiesenthal, the award-winning play written by and starrin…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Ellen Barkin is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Normal Heart. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the star immediately followin…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: As BroadwayWorld sadly reported yesterday, legendary playwright, author, and activist, Larry Kramer passed away this morning. With his passing, Kramer leaves behind a legacy of imp…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Broadway premiere of Larry Kramer's ground-breaking play The Normal Heart officially opened last night, Wednesday, April 27, at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). The l…

Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch and Katie Holmes will lead the starry cast of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, directed by Kenny Leon. The show will begin performances at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre on September 17, with …

Mark Lamos and husband Jerry Jones sit on the stone wall in the backyard of their colonial home on a rolling green lawn off a winding countryside road in Litchfield County.  Bella, their English Springer Spa…

The reading will commemorate World AIDS Day and benefit the LGBT Community Center.

FELLOW TRAVELERS is the epic love story and political thriller led by Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart, The Boys in the Band) and Jonathan Bailey (Company, Wicked movie). The series also stars Jelani Alladin (Froze…

40 Years of Broadway: Creative Influencers: The Designers I've been so fortunate to see some of the greatest stage designs of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Many of the master influencers of their t…

Fellow Travelers, Showtime's upcoming limited series starring Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart, The Boys in the Band) and Jonathan Bailey (Wicked movie, Company) has announced a Showtime premiere date. The series a…

Happy Fourth of July Weekend!  Time has been so slippery over these past three pandemic years and global warming is now playing such havoc with the weather that on some days just breathing the air is risky. …

by Terri Roberts Fountain audiences know Tim Cummings as an impassioned actor who brings gritty depth and honesty to every role he undertakes. From his searing work as political activist Ned Weeks in The Normal…

Historically, HIV has been a hugely misunderstood and stigmatized virus and the media has been none too kind to folks who've contracted it. Only relatively recently, with plays like "The Normal Heart" and "Ange…

The eight-episode drama is created by Oscar nominee Ron Nyswaner (HOMELAND) and stars Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart, The Boys in the Band), Jonathan Bailey (Wicked movie), Jelani Alladin (Frozen on Broadwa…

Joel Grey and John Kander have been announced as recipients of 2023 Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Both theater veterans will be honored at the 76th annual ceremony on June 11. Gr…

Following his critically-acclaimed production of Cyrano de Bergerac, Jamie Lloyd brings Anya Reiss' new adaptation of Chekhov's tale of love and loneliness to stage. This 21st century retelling s…

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Larry Kramer's epic Tony Award-winning drama The Normal Heart will transport audiences to 1980s New York when it opens at

It is difficult to review Reverse Transcription, an evening of plays covering AIDS and covid, as theatre. The first piece, Robert Chesley's Dog Plays, is a story of despair and death written by a despairing …

Jim Parsons is returning to the New York stage. The four-time Emmy winner will star in the Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Terrence McNally musical A Man of No Importance at off-Broadway's Classic…

The Olivier winner on how activism has helped her deal with online abuse, her two years of shielding " and why her life is amazing For most of the past two years, Liz Carr has been shielding or, at the very lea…

After seeing how moved gay men were by The Inheritance, the playwright wanted to write something that would strike a chord with women " so came up with The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs A group of women are singi…

Monica Dolan presents the award for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role to Liz Carr, for the Normal Heart, at the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard. Established in 1976, the Olivier Awards celebrate the wo…

I love the theaters on 45th Street. I've seen some of my favorite shows on that block. The Golden Theatre is probably the one of those that I have been in the fewest times, but those times have yielded some …

Casting has been anounced for the upcoming world premiere of Joshua Harmon's Prayer for the French Republic. Directed by Tony winner David Cromer, the new play is set to run at MTC Theatre's New York City Cente…

Plus, watch Jeremy Pope as Felix and Sterling K. Brown as Ned in a clip from the show.

In-person theatre is back in NYC, both on Broadway and beyond. But there are still wonderful shows to stream at home. Below are performances you can watch online this weekend, Friday, December 3 to Sunday, Dece…

Plus, watch Jeremy Pope as Felix and Sterling K. Brown as Ned in a clip from the show.

ONE Archives Foundation, in collaboration with Invisible Histories Project, announced today that a brand-new Q&A will follow an encore and final presentation of the historic virtual reading of Larry Kramer'…

Hypocrisy. Is this the right word? I don't mean the play, but the audience. Of course, in the middle of the current COVID-19 crisis, there's bound to be a certain amount of discomfort when watching Larry Kra…

First staged in 1985, just before the AIDS epidemic had fully entered public consciousness, Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart rails against the refusal of US authorities to acknowledge anything was wrong.

Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart receives a masterful revival courtesy of Dominic Cooke at the National Theatre, starring Ben Daniels.

The Normal Heart is a play of fights. Set in the early 80s, in New York, gay men are dying, but gay activist Ned Weeks (Ben Daniels) is struggling to get anyone to do anything. Only Dr Emma Brookner (Liz Carr)…

Larry Kramer's modern AIDS classic retains all of its passionate glory Hypocrisy. Is this the right word? I don't mean the play, but the audience. Of course, in the middle of the current COVID 19 crisis, there'…

Olivier; Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonLarry Kramer's 1985 response to the Aids crisis resonates with new force. And Dublin ghost stories unfurl slowly in a fine Conor McPherson revival Only days after S…

Olivier theatre, LondonThe first London production of the Larry Kramer play since 1986 captures the fear and anger in the gay community of that decade " and its heartbreaking personal losses Comparisons have be…

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Larry Kramer's play The Normal Heart which is getting its first London revival since 1986 at the National Theatre. This post REVIEW: The Normal Heart, National Theatre Lon…

Creating socio-political change and even recognition doesn't just happen, somewhere, sometime, someone has to fight for it, and history is full of organisations who since the end of absolute monarchies (and arg…

THE LAST GREAT PLAGUE        If you lived as an adult alongside the onset of AIDS forty years ago you don't forget it: the lost friends and workmates , the rumours of ignorance which had the macabre…

The Inheritance star and director of the upcoming Plaza Suite John Benjamin Hickey is heading to the big screen! According to Deadline, Hickey will play Father Callahan in the big screen adaptation of Ste…

The Fictionhouse co-production of Larry Kramer's seminal drama plays in the Olivier.

The Fictionhouse co-production of Larry Kramer's seminal drama plays in the Olivier.

By Douglas Mayo The National Theatre has released rehearsal images for their upcoming production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart starring Ben Daniels. This post FIRST LOOK: Rehearsals for The Normal Heart at…

The co-production of Larry Kramer's seminal drama is set to begin September 23.

The National Theatre, returning to performances with full capacity audiences from later this month, has announced further casting details for forthcoming productions of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, original…

 This Week in Broadway History: June 22 - 28 🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭  June 22, 1976: One of the most produced and beloved musicals of all time, Godspell, debuted on Broadway at the Broad…

More details for The Normal Heart, Wuthering Heights, and Paradise have been revealed.

A cast of predominantly LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC artists present the play by the late Larry Kramer.

ONE Archives Foundation will be presenting virtual reading of Larry Kramer's 'The Normal Heart' on May 8, 2021 5pm PT, followed by a live Q+A with cast members. This presentation will be the first after Kramer'…

In a 1985 feature, Playbill spoke to the playwright of groundbreaking As Is before its May 1 Broadway opening, and reported from a rehearsal of the Off-Broadway premiere of The Normal Heart.

Highlights include concerts by Melissa Errico and Sutton Foster, and an adaptation of Virginia Woolf's "The Waves."

This Week in Broadway History: April 13 - 19 🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭  April 13, 2000: Queenie was a blonde and her age stood still. Well for 68 performances, anyway. The Michael John LaChiusa v…

(Ryan Gilbey's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/5; Photo: The Guardian.) 'You couldn't phone it in' … Andrew Garfield and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett in the National Theatre's 2017 revival of Angels in America.…

The pandemic inspired many works of art but two furious, turbulent plays written at its onset still tower over the rest. As both return, we explore their enduring power On 3 July 1981, a single-column item appe…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently. Sterling K. Brown & More to Star in The Normal Heart Virtual Benefit Emmy winners Sterling K. Brown and Laverne Cox, Tony nominee Jeremy Po…

ONE Archives Foundation will be presenting virtual reading of Larry Kramer's 'The Normal Heart' on May 8, 2021 5pm PT, followed by a live Q+A with cast members. Tickets will be available for purchase on Apri…

A cast of predominantly LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC artists will present the play by the late Larry Kramer.

Further details on the return of pantomime, for one year only, at the National Theatre. Plus, details on upcoming production of The Normal Heart. The post National Theatre announces The Normal Heart and Dick W…

For the first time since its European debut in 1986, London audiences can see Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart on stage. The Normal Heart will play at the National Theatre beginning in February 2021 as part of t…

Dominic Cooke will direct the late Larry Kramer's AIDS crisis drama.