2,695 stories by "Gordon Cox"
Broadway box office surged up 9% in the final week of summer before the Labor Day holiday, with major gains at closing shows — particularly “Les Miserables” — helping…
“The Entertainer” is not a great play, but a historical one. Not only did John Osbourne's portrait of clapped-out vaudevillian Archie Rice encapsulate the England of its time, it…
“Queen of Katwe,” the Disney film directed by Mira Nair and starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, is among the films lined up to screen at the 20th Urbanworld Film …
No theater producer or creator likes to face the critics. Even worse? Seeing their Broadway baby, the show they've slaved over for years, rated with a number. Which means that Show-Score, th…
The world premieres of two theater documentaries — Alex Horwitz’s “Hamilton’s America,” a behind-the-scenes look at the history of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Br…
The Broadway box office continued its late-August deflation last week as nearly every show on the boards saw sales decline — except for a few productions including “Finding Never…
Annie Golden, the theater veteran and regular on TV's "Orange Is the New Black" (playing inmate Norma), isn't precisely "Annie Golden," protagonist of Joe Iconis's new musical "Broadway B…
The Manhattan District Attorney has indicted a former theater agent, Roland Scahill, for stealing $165,000 from investors in a phony Broadway play that would have starred Lupita Nyong'o.Acco…
The Manhattan District Attorney has indicted a former theater agent, Roland Scahill, for stealing $165,000 from investors in a phony Broadway play that would have starred Lupita N’yong…
Most theatrical road movies take a trip through the landscape; this one goes on a journey through time. Directed by Rachel Chavkin, “Anything That Gives Off Light,” part of the E…
Even war has its blue-sky days. Opening with Brecht's question — "In the dark times, will there also be singing?" — Kneehigh, the company behind Broadway's "Brief Encounter," res…
This one will run and run. And run. And run… Reuniting the Tony Award-winning team behind "Matilda," "Groundhog Day" cracks open Danny Rubin's story for the 1993 Harold Ramis film to…
“Come From Away,” inbound for Broadway this spring, has locked in its New York dates, setting a March opening night after pre-Broadway runs in Washington, D.C. and Toronto. The c…
Jason Sudeikis will take on the Robin Williams role in “Dead Poets Society,” a new stage adaptation of the 1989 movie opening in November at Off Broadway’s Classic Stage Co…
The play that won the crown at the 2016 Tony Awards, “The Humans,” played its first week in its new home at the Schoenfeld Theater last week, and the bigger venue helped the prod…
John Turturro, Tony Shalhoub and Jessica Hecht will star in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s “The Price,” cued up for spring at the Roundabout Theater Company. Tu…
The 20th annual New York International Fringe Festival launches tonight, and somewhere in this year’s crop you might find the next “Urinetown,” the 2002 Tony Award winner t…
A new signature acrobatic sequence, rechoreographed flying machines, a trimmed climax, and deeper backstories for the lead characters are all among the creative changes that Cirque du Soleil…
Seth Gelblum, the entertainment attorney who was widely respected and much admired in the Broadway community, died Aug. 8 at 62 following a long illness. A partner at Loeb & Loeb, whe…
Did Shakespeare really write “Troilus and Cressida”? Â That’s fair to ask of a play with unlovely lovers, listless poetry, and a fractured plot that staggers from romanti…
With the summer slate winnowed down to 25 shows — 23 of which were musicals — all three of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s shows notched spots in the Top 10 at the Broadway box offic…
The Second Stage Uptown production of “Engagements” is typical of the work done by this top-drawer house. The acting is polished. The direction is smart. And the production value…
The upcoming revival of “Miss Saigon” will land its helicopter in the same Broadway venue where it played the first time around: the Broadway Theater, where the show will open in…
Disney Theatrical Productions and director Alex Timbers have parted ways on the brewing Broadway production of “Frozen.” “Making the tough calls when creating a new Broadwa…
James Houghton, the founder of Off Broadway’s Signature Theater, died at his home in Manhattan Aug. 2 following a battle with stomach cancer. He was 57. Houghton had a 25-year tenure a…
