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Gordon Edelstein, the Connecticut theater leader who was accused of sexual harassment and misconduct during his tenure at the Long Wharf Theater, has been terminated from his position as the…
John Lithgow may have won two Tony Awards, six Emmys, and a couple of Golden Globes, but even he doubts his own skills sometimes. Take, for instance, every time he’s in a musical. R…
One pop star can be a good thing for the Broadway box office. But two pop stars? That can be a great thing. Current case in point: “Waitress.” Sara Bareilles, the singer-songwrit…
Gordon Edelstein, the artistic director of the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn., has been accused of sexual harassment and misconduct, with the theater placing him on administrative le…
"The Birthday Party" is sixty years young. Harold Pinter's first full-length play might be showing its age here and there, but it still seems more punk than it does pensionable. At least, it…
The Repertory Theater of St. Louis confirmed the political power of theater when it commissioned this one-person show written and performed by Dael Orlandersmith to capture the reactions of …
Bruce Springsteen was back on Broadway, Bette Midler was making her exit, and the two together kept the Broadway box office buoyant in the middle of the usual January slowdown. “Spring…
“I don't think there are a lot of performances on Broadway right now that are this fluid.” That’s Keegan-Michael Key talking about “Meteor Shower,” the Broadway…
John Lithgow is the most personable of performers, and his chatty solo piece "John Lithgow: Stories by Heart" finds him in a mellow mood, sharing loving memories of his family and of the sto…
Celebrities, servicemen and entertainment industry insiders came together Jan. 11 for the inaugural Salute to Service luncheon, paying tribute to those in the media and entertainment communi…
Lin-Manuel Miranda will receive the 18th annual Monte Cristo Award from the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the new-work development organization of which Miranda is one of the highest-…
The dresses had a little more color, but the National Board of Review’s 2018 Awards gala — honoring Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele and “The Post,”…
The playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis may have a Pulitzer Prize under his belt, but his latest honor — the Residency One retrospective season at Off Broadway’s Signature Theater &#…
In Playwrights Horizons’ “Mankind,” playwright-director Robert O'Hara envisions a future society when women have vanished from the face of the earth and men must shoulder t…
The Broadway box office fell more than 35% in the wake of the Christmas-New Year’s boom — but really, it could have been worse. Sales have always fallen off a cliff in the first …
Ben Vereen, the Tony Award-winning actor who starred in musicals including “Pippin” and “Jesus Christ Superstar,” has issued an apology following allegations of sexua…
Four women have accused Albert Schultz, the artistic director of Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre Company, of sexual harassment and assault in four separate civil lawsuits, according to a …
A pack of ultra-hot shows, combined with the rising prominence and price tags of premium seats, will push the Broadway box office to a new calendar-year record of more than $1.6 billion in 2…
Remember when a $2 million week was a big deal at the Broadway box office? That not-so-long-ago time is looking a little quaint these days, when “Hamilton” stands poised to break…
The Broadway box office has a new high-water mark: $1,150, the top premium price for a ticket to “Hamilton” during the high-demand week between Christmas and New Year’s. Th…
“Hamilton” is going to be just fine here in London. In the Broadway smash’s first outing beyond American soil, there's a lot riding on the West End transfer of Lin-Manuel M…
“The Jungle” does everything theater does best, and more. It takes us to places we would never otherwise go, brings us face to face with people we wouldn't ordinarily encounter, …
Blair Brown is back on Broadway for the first time in more than 15 years. But “The Parisian Woman,” the new D.C.-set play by “House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon, c…
Rachel Bloom, the Golden Globe-winning star of CW series “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” has the book and songs for a full-length stage musical sitting in her drawer. “It's basicall…
“Summer,” the bio-musical about Donna Summer now playing its world premiere run at the La Jolla Playhouse, has locked in a Broadway plan that will see the production move in to N…
