Harvey Fierstein is a playwright and an actor who has won Tonys for his works "Torch Song Trilogy" and "La Cage aux Folles." His show "Kinky Boots" is currently playing on Broadway. When I w…
Another play about the coming of age of an artistically inclined boy? Bor-ring. Douglas Carter Beane tries to minimize the ho-hum factor in “Shows for Days,” his own entry …
Jonathan Groff has appeared in plenty of projects onscreen and onstage "Â "Looking," "The Normal Heart," "A New Brain" "Â that seem like they've helped pave the way for the Supreme Court…
If Gurinder Chadha's Brit flick "Bend It Like Beckham," which gave the world one Keira Knightley, seems an odd choice for a musical adaptation, it actually works a lot better on stage than o…
There is some corner of a playing field that is forever England in the new play by Patrick Marber ("Closer"), his first in more than eight years, which turns a dysfunctional non-league socce…
"Gigi," the Broadway musical starring Vanessa Hudgens, will shutter June 21 after its middling sales didn't sufficiently improve following a recent Tony Awards appearance. The show earned…
The show-within-the-show became the show on June 8, when the cast of NBC series “Smash” reunited to present a song-and-dance concert version of “Bombshell,” the music…
By the reckoning of many Broadway observers, the 2015 Tony Awards had a script and largely stuck to it. A lot of wins had been predicted by pundits — as was the case with sure thing…
Off Broadway hit "Hamilton" and Tony contender "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" topped the 2015 Drama Desk Awards, with "Hamilton" taking seven awards including the title …
With the opening of Broadway comedy “An Act of God,” Jim Parsons joins the venerable pantheon of actors who have taken on the almighty role of, well, The Almighty. “It̵…
Producers decide to combine visitors' two fave things to do in Gotham: see the sights and a show.
"I resent this levity, sir." So says besuited neatnik John Simm as Gibbs, who has just been accused of plotting to murder his boss. That his line and plight are met with raucous laughter is …
Raised in the East End and trained on Saville Row, fashion designer Alexander McQueen was an icon of creative London in an era when Cool Britannia ruled the waves. James Phillips' soulless b…
Timed to mark Arthur Miller's centenary, "Death of a Salesman" proves grimly pertinent in austerity Britain. High school students are taught to see Willy Loman as a man chasing the Americ…
Despite a distinguished career spanning half a century, the celebrated 82-year-old South African playwright, Athol Fugard, still thinks of himself as an “outsider artist.” That p…
Tony contender "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" led the Outer Critics Circle Awards, taking five statues including the honor for Broadway play. Broadway musical "An Americ…
Broadway musical “Doctor Zhivago” will close at the end of the week, following the show’s shutout from the  2015 Tony nominations. “Zhivago,” which earned…
Broadway comedy “Living on Love” will make a quick exit, with producers announcing they’ll close the show Sunday after the production failed to secure a spot on the list of…
The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and the Theatrical Teamsters Local 817 have partnered to award three “Made in NY” grants to support community-based orga…
Theater union Actors' Equity Association has taken the latest step in its controversial bid to restructure the employment arrangement for actors working in Los Angeles theaters of 99 seats o…
What’s better than a standing ovation at the end of a Broadway show? A standing ovation halfway through the first act. Just ask the cast of musical comedy “Something Rotten.̶…
Bradley Cooper, Helen Mirren, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ewan McGregor, Elisabeth Moss and Bill Nighy are all in competition -- in the same category -- for the 2015 Drama League Awards.Â
Distributors Abramorama and The Orchard have teamed up to release "Lucky Stiff," a movie musical starring a slew of Broadway talent, this summer. Broadway regular Christopher Ashley ("Memphi…
Bradley Cooper, Helen Mirren, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ewan McGregor, Elisabeth Moss and Bill Nighy are all in competition — in the same category — for the 2015 Drama League Awards. For …
When Harvey Weinstein throws a Broadway opening, Hollywood shows up. There was Bryan Cranston, sporting a mustache and a full head of hair, chatting at intermission. Helen Mirren and Taylor …