2,689 stories by "Gordon Cox"
How did Michael Urie shake the memory of original actor Harvey Fierstein when he took on the lead role of “Torch Song”? He didn’t even try. “He’s always there,&…
Some prisoners go out of their minds when confined to the 23-hour isolation wing of Rikers Island prison. In the Signature Theater revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “Jesus Hopped …
A careful blend of sincerity and insults made for a raucous tribute to retired late-night TV host David Letterman at Washington, D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center on Sunday night, when …
Broadway musicals are already beginning to line up for next season, with comedy "The Prom" now signed up to hit New York in a production that opens in November 2018 following a 2016 debut in…
In "Torch Song," an affectionate if ill-considered revival of Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy," Michael Urie makes a brave but bizarre effort to channel the playwright's own groundbre…
“Get Out,” writer-director Jordan Peele’s surprise smash of a scary movie, led the pack of nominations for the 2017 Gotham Awards, Independent Filmmaker Project’s ann…
The Tony-winning actor Tracy Letts only discovered acting because somebody blackmailed his father into starring in a community theater play. Letts, who as a writer (“August: Osage Coun…
“Springsteen on Broadway” had the megabucks launch — and continues to do huge business — but the other show to begin previews around the same time, “The Band…
“War Paint,” the musical that stars big Broadway names Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole, will go dark earlier than expected, setting an imminent closing for Nov. 5. The show, …
"I’ll handle it myself, thanks." That was The Boss himself, jovially dressing down the few people in his Broadway audience who had begun to clap along to "Dancer in the Dark." This was…
Broadway, mark your calendar: The Tony Awards have set the date for the 2018 ceremony, locking in June 10, 2018 for the CBS telecast, live from the stage of Radio City Music Hall. At the sam…
Can you zap old material into new life? The perennial problem of the family Frankenstein is the same one facing the comedian Mel Brooks. Exhuming “Young Frankenstein,” his classi…
Elizabeth McGovern, until recently the gracious mistress of PBS's "Downton Abbey," has a far more fractious household to manage in "Time and the Conways," J.B. Priestley's 1937 drawing-room …
It’s official: The Boss is a Broadway blockbuster. “Springsteen on Broadway” ($2,332,108) exploded out of the gate with a huge first week, easily topping $2 million for jus…
“Come From Away,” the musical that surprised Broadway last spring when it turned into the season’s sleeper hit, has managed to recoup its $12 million capitalization costs i…
Even those who are favorably inclined toward nostalgic recreations of beloved TV shows will find their affections tested in "The Honeymooners," the lumbering, scattershot musical premiering …
Lauren Ambrose will star as Eliza Doolittle in Lincoln Center Theater’s much-anticipated revival of “My Fair Lady,” one of the biggest titles in the Broadway canon. She lea…
Tony voters are still anxiously awaiting invitations to “Springsteen on Broadway” — which means that Bruce Springsteen’s much-anticipated blockbuster isn’t elig…
Dustin Hoffman and Sofia Coppola will be honored at the 2017 Gotham Awards, joining a lineup of tribute recipients that already includes Nicole Kidman and Al Gore, among others. Handed out a…
Molly Barnett and Chelsea Nachman, two theater press agents who have worked together for years at DKC/O&M, have stepped out on their own to launch Grapevine Public Relations, a PR firm t…
A slow final week of September kept the Broadway box office humble last week, except at the biggest of hits like “Hamilton” and “Hello, Dolly!” In the aftermath of th…
Something's rotten in the state of, er, Britain. A country known for its unerring stability and sense looks, to all the world, like it's lost its marbles of late, and director Jonathan Mumby…
Cinema has long been Ivo van Hove's treasure trove. In turning to its old masters " Pasolini, Visconti, Cassavertes " the Belgian director has found new stories for the stage. He's made Ingm…
Jason Mraz, the Grammy winner known for hits including “I’m Yours,” will join the cast of the Broadway musical “Waitress” for 10 weeks beginning in November. He…
The musical adaptation of the smash 1990 romantic comedy “Pretty Woman” has laid out its route to Broadway, with a creative team that includes musician Bryan Adams and Garry Mars…
