242 stories by "Dei Lewison"
Lupita Nyong’o (Eclipsed), John Krasinski (Dry Powder) and Ben Whishaw (The Crucible) are among the 2016 Theater World Award winners for outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway debut perf…
I first experienced the movie and then the book, The Color Purple by Alice Walker. I thought it was such wonderful storytelling that we don’t often get to see. I was attached to it …
The Tony Awards nominations were announced this morning, Tuesday, May 3, 2016, and, as everyone expected, Hamilton made history with a record-setting 16 nominations.The awards will be …
Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, a reimagined version of the 1921 hit, opened April 28 at the Music Box Theatre. The stellar cast is headed…
Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Eugene O’Neill’s towering Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, opened April 27 at the American Airlines Theater as part of the Roundabout Theater Co…
She Loves Me, the hit revival of the 1963 romantic musical from the Roundabout Theatre Company, received the most nominations for the 2016 Drama Desk Awards with nine including Outstanding R…
Tuck Everlasting, the new musical based on the fantasy novel by Natalie Babbitt about a young girl who befriends an immortal family, opened April 26 at the Broadhurst Theatre. The show featu…
Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, a reimagined version of the 1921 hit, opens tonight on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre. The stellar …
The Off-Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing professionals, has announced the nominees for its sixth annual O…
Waitress, the new musical based on the 2007 film, opened on Broadway, at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on April 24. The show features a score by five-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles and a b…
Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Eugene O’Neill’s towering Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, opens tonight at the American Airlines Theater as part of the Roundabout Theater Comp…
Much to the relief of Hamilton fans across the country, the “ten-dollar founding father without a father” is staying on the musically recognized American currency. Earlier in 201…
Fully Committed, the solo play by Becky Mode about New York’s cutthroat restaurant scene, is at the Lyceum Theater for a limited run through July 24. Five-time Emmy nominee Jesse Tyler…
Tuck Everlasting, the new musical based on the fantasy novel by Natalie Babbitt about a young girl who befriends an immortal family, opens tonight at the Broadhurst Theatre. The show …
Fully Committed, the solo play by Becky Mode about New York’s cutthroat restaurant scene, opens tonight on Broadway at the Lyceum Theater for a limited run through July 24. Jesse Tyler…
American Psycho, the musical based on Bret Easton Ellis’ controversial novel about a yuppie serial killer, opened on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on April 21. Benjamin Wal…
Hannah Elless stars as Margo Crawford in the new Steve Martin and Edie Brickell musical Bright Star. I moved to New York four years ago. I had been touring with a show and then got an…
Scott Zeiger always knew he would work in entertainment — especially in live entertainment. Barely out of his teen years, he was already booking rock concerts and other successful live…
Award season continues as the Drama League announces its nominees for outstanding productions and performances of the 2015-16 theater season. The 82nd annual awards will be presented on M…
Photos get touched up. Films can make anyone look good. But for sheer, genuine, mercury-soaring sizzle, you’ve gotta go to Broadway. That’s especially true right now, as the stag…
Award season continues after the Lortel nominations and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama have been announced. Two musicals with vastly different styles and subjects top the list of nods for the …
Tony winners, Liev Schreiber and Janet McTeer will star in the Donmar Warehouse revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses with preview performances beginning October 8 at the Booth Theatre in adva…
Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s phenomenally successful rap/hip-hop musical about the controversial first Secretary of State Alexander Hamilton, has won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Dram…
Recently nominated for a Lucille Lortel award for his work in the New Group’s riveting production of Buried Child, Paul Sparks co-stars in the new TV drama The Girlfriend Experience on…
Ryan Vona (Once) co-stars as the passionate composer Joey in the new Broadway musical Cirque du Soleil Paramour. The groundbreaking production merges singing and dancing with the magic of Ci…
