While Broadway is reacquainting audiences with Shuffle Along, Off-Broadway is opening our eyes to another landmark Broadway show from the 1920s " this one an all-Jewish, lesbian-themed drama…
While Broadway is reacquainting audiences with Shuffle Along, Off-Broadway is opening our eyes to another landmark Broadway show from the 1920s " this one an all-Jewish, Lesbian-themed drama…
The choreographers for Shuffle Along, Hamilton AND On Your Feet all won the 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Award, which also awarded Jane Krakowski for her tango in She Loves Me. Shuffle Alo…
There is one odd and persistent lapse in a Broadway season just ended that is being touted as the most inclusive in memory. Many of the Broadway shows that opened this season focus on what u…
Daphne's Dive, a play about a family of regulars at a North Philly bar, is put together by a family of exciting artists: Samira Wiley (Poussey in Orange is the New Black) and Daphne Rubin-Ve…
Daphne's Dive, a play about a family of regulars at a North Philly bar, is put together by a family of exciting artists:Â Samira Wiley (Poussey in Orange is the New Black) and Daphne Rubi…
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton has been a phenomenon for more than a year now. How much have you been paying attention? Answer these 20 questions and find out. …
Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote 11 Broadway musicals; five remain among the most popular ever written. Rodgers and Hart wrote some three dozen. Rodgers and Sondheim wrote only one, which neith…
Rodgers and Sondheim wrote only one, which neither of them liked. Do I Hear A Waltz? is a perfect selection of the Encores! concert series at New York City Center. The late Richard Rodgers s…
There are  many theater awards, which makes the most talented performers extra busy in May, appearing at ceremonies and receptions, such as the one for the 2016 Drama Desk Award nominees …
Do you remember which play or musical made you fall in love with theatre? Yesterday, Jonathan Mandell attended the Drama Desk Awards reception and asked this year’s nominees �…
Here are the results of the survey in which I asked you to pick your personal preferences (not predictions) in 15 of the 22 categories in the 70th annual Tony Awards. Best Play Nominated: Ec…
She Loves Me, Long Day’s Journey into Night, The Humans, and Bright Star were among the winners of the 66th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards. Complete list below. OUTSTANDING NEW BRO…
Hamilton received more Tony nominations than any show in its 70 year history. Other things are happening besides the Tony Award nominations, and other theater awards " including some two doz…
The title character in the musical Dear Evan Hansen is a clinically anxious high school student who is so friendless that he can't get any classmates to sign the cast on his broken arm, exce…
The title character in the musical Dear Evan Hansen is a clinically anxious high school student who is so friendless that he can't get any classmates to sign the cast on his broken arm, exce…
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle has named Stephen Karam’s The Humans as 2016 Best Play and George C. Wolfe’s Shuffle Along as Best Musical. New York Drama Critics’…
Make your pick for 15 of the 22 categories in the 70th annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway's best. The awards ceremony will take place on June 12 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City,, a…
From now until the Tony broadcast on June 12th, theater fans will undoubtedly sound like baseball fans, as they weigh in with predictions, protests and probabilities. This is true every year…
Hamilton leads the the 70th annual Tony Awards with a record 16 nominations. Best Play Eclipsed Author: Danai Gurira Producers: Stephen C. Byrd, Alia Jones-Harvey, Paula Marie Black, Carole …
The Theatre World Awards for outstanding New York stage debuts during the 2015-2016 theatrical season have been given to: Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple Carmen Cusack, Bright Star Khris D…
Below is the list of nominations for 2016 Fred and Adelle Astaire Awards for Broadway (and Off-Broadway) dancing. Winners will be announced May 16 and the NYU Skirball Center for the Perform…
The Tony nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, Tuesday, May 3, which will launch weeks' worth of predictions, preferences and objections. Let's start a day early! Below is the list…
Futurity, Guards at the Taj and The Robber Bridegroom were big winners at the 31st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. Complete list of winners Outstand…
May may be seen as the month when theater people are awaiting the Tony Awards in June, but there are also nearly two dozen plays, musicals and “unique theatrical experiences” ope…