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Life, in all its messy glory, overflows the stage of the Atlantic Theater Company in this dynamically staged production of “Tell Hector I Miss Him.” Paola Lazaro’s animated…
The usual mid-January slowdown gave the Broadway box office a chill last week, as a reduced slate and a drop in traffic precipitated tumbles at most shows — including big ones at shows…
“It’s like Woodstock for theater nerds,” quipped one theatergoer at “Concert for America,” the afternoon of songs, stand-up and speeches performed Friday aft…
With August Wilson’s “Fences” playing in movie theaters and Andre Holland attracting Oscar buzz for his star-making performance in “Moonlight,” Manhattan The…
Fascism doesn't kick the door down on arrival. It waits for an invite, then makes itself at home. A response to the rise of the far-right in Europe " or, more accurately, its re-rise " but e…
The Broadway lineup continued to thin out last week as three more shows — “Jersey Boys,” “The Humans” and “Holiday Inn” — played their final b…
“Oh, Hello on Broadway,” the stage show based on characters created by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, has recouped its $2.9 million capitalization, according to producers, moving t…
Brandon Victor Dixon has been nominated for two Tony Awards, but it took the election of Donald Trump to put him in the national spotlight. The New York actor, currently playing the role of …
Brandon Victor Dixon has been nominated for two Tony Awards, but it took the election of Donald Trump to put him in the national spotlight. The New York actor, currently playing the role of …
With a new director and a new star, the Broadway transfer of the West End musical "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was always going to be a different show from the London original. Just h…
In an age of austerity, Britain's dramatists are putting poverty onstage — with mixed results. Like Ken Loach's film "I, Daniel Blake," the stories often center on those that fall thro…
The Tony Awards are moving back to Radio City Music Hall, returning to the venue after being held last year at the Beacon Theater on the Upper West Side. Organizers of the Tonys Awards have …
Joe Tracz is having a pretty good week. The first season of “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” the Lemony Snicket TV adaptation on which he served as a story editor, bows Friday o…
Khaled Hosseini's debut novel "The Kite Runner" remains a literary sensation, tender, personal narrative that weaves through 25 years of Afghanistan's history and has sold more than 30 milli…
The first full week of January brought the Broadway box office crashing down to earth, with sales plunging by 40%, or a whopping $20 million, compared to the previous week, when numbers were…
Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh lead the Sydney Theater Company in a sparkling production of “The Present,” Andrew Upton’s free-form treatment of Anton Chekhov's …
The $3 million week, which just a few years ago had seemed a faraway milestone for Broadway, is starting to become more common not just in New York but on the road as well, with “Wicke…
Broadway marquees will dim this weekend to memorialize the deaths of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, who made their Broadway debuts together in the 1973 production of the musical “I…
Cate Blanchett is making her Broadway debut in "The Present," an adaptation, directed by John Crowley, of an early Chekhov play. For her, the production " now in previews for a Jan. 8 ope…
Mark Ruffalo will appear on Broadway for the first time in more than a decade, signing on to headline the Roundabout Theater Company’s upcoming revival of Arthur Miller’s “…
Powered by megahits like “Hamilton,” “Wicked” and “The Lion King,” Broadway box office hit a new high last week, ringing in just slightly less than $50 mi…
Alexander Hamilton never became president, but he was the king of the Broadway box office in 2016 as “Hamilton” nudged past Disney blockbuster “The Lion King” to top …
Michael Mayer and Tom Kitt are working on a new version of "As You Like It" in Tokyo. In the same city, Broadway stars like Ramin Karimloo and Emily Skinner all starred in the 2015 world pre…
George Bernard Shaw was adamant that "there are no villains" in his play "Saint Joan." Those who wrongly convicted Joan of Arc on heresy charges did so in good faith, he contended. But direc…
