677 stories by "Alexa Criscitiello"
This season, Manhattan Theatre Club stunned and excited theatregoers when it was announced that Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon, two of the most formidable females of stage and screen, would …
Broadway's brightest have infiltrated fashion's biggest night. From stage veterans to Hollywood's frequent visitors to the stage, the talent of the Great White Way is turning it out on the s…
Following the stunning success of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical, 'Hamilton', renewed interest in the life and history of the nation's first Treasury Secretary has taken hold among its legion …
Michael Riedel of the New York Post has reported that the recent concert version of the Gershwin jukebox musical, Crazy for You, starring Broadway favorites, Laura Osnes and Tony Yazbeck may…
This season welcomed the very first Broadway production of theAugust Wilson drama, Jitney. Based on the real-life cab services of the 1970's which would service clients of color when regular…
A jointcoalition of 12 national unions,Actors Equity Association among them,has penned an appealto members of Congress in defense of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Disney is hard at work figuring out what comes next for the Frozen franchise. Entertainment Weekly recently spoke to the film's producer, Peter Del Vecho, and asked him to ask how are things…
Emilio Criscitiello is a musician, published author, and resident music teacher at The Hungerford School in Staten Island, New York. A veteran teacher of students with special needs for over…
The Daily Mail has reported that Game of Thrones resident Khaleesi, Emilia Clarke, is set to visit the West End to star in a play Five Times In One Night, by American playwright, Chiara Ati.
The question of gender parity in the theatre is a matter that has long been explored within our community. While recent Broadway seasons have taken encouraging steps toward better female rep…
ActorBen Plattand Tony Award nominated directorMichael Greifcome to 92Y onSunday, April 16for a conversation about their groundbreaking and critically acclaimed showDear Evan Hansen.
At tonight's exciting opening of the brand-new revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Lapine's, 'Sunday in the Park with George', BroadwayWorld correspondent, Richard Ridge, got the inside s…
The overall assumption regarding an interest in the arts seems to be one of partisan politics. Its value is an often debated topic in a divided nation whose idealistic chasm grows wider by t…
After a warm welcome at 'In Transit', former presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton received another standingovation from an enthusiastic Broadway houseat the Wednesday night performance of…
'We starve, look, at one anotherShort of breath.Walking proudly in our winter coatsWearing smells from labrotoriesFacing a dying nationOf moving paper fantasy Listening for the new-told lies…
A new casting notice from Actors Equity has revealed that a springstaged reading is of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge is currently in the works.
Big Brother may be watching, but soon Broadway fans will have the opportunity to watch right back.In a move that is as timely as it is eerie, the laudedstage adaptation of George Orwell's cl…
It was announced this afternoon that Emmy and Tony Award-winner, Bryan Cranston will be sitting at the news desk of HowardBealein Ivo van Hove's stage adaptation of the 1976 satirical classi…
A tangible stillness hovered over New York City in the hours following the inauguration of Donald J. Trump. A deafening hush that seemed to permeate every crevice of our small island.
When I first met Joe, my Missouri-born boyfriend, he had never before encountered the term, 'stoop.' 'Let's sit on the stoop,' I'd say. 'Go wait for me on the stoop.' 'I was standing on the …
Tonight. the nation took the first in a series of long and sad steps in acknowledging the forthcoming departure of President Barack Obama. As the current Commander in Chief took to the stage…
Each night at the Longacre Theatre, enthusiastic audiences are teleported to the mean streets of New York City in the 1960's. Telling the story of Calogero, an Italian kid coming of age in t…
Tony Award-nominee for 'Hamilton', Christopher Jackson, will be swinging by Live with Kelly, Monday, January 9thto discuss his role on the CBS television drama, 'Bull.'
At the end of every 'backstage' interview, BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge asks his guest, 'What is the best bit of advice that you've been given, either personally or professionally, that you…
The weeks leading up to the New Year are often a time of reflection and recognition of the preceding twelve months. In that spirit, BroadwayWorld is taking a moment to look back on the brigh…