"Well, where can I charge it?" the theatergoer at Hand to God allegedly asked after the usher gave him back his phone. It had been confiscated because he had tried to plug it into a (fake) o…
Shows for Days, starring Patti LuPone as a ruthless regional diva and Michael Urie as a sweet stand-in for playwright Douglas Carter Beane, dramatizes Beane's memories of his introduction to…
It is her 41st birthday, and Jess Stockton, who never thought she would live so long, has invited her two younger sisters and their mates to spend the weekend at their famous dead father's C…
There seems to be a resurgence in interest in American history on stage, although musical theater that takes American history as its subject has been called a "vastly underexplored genre.…
It’s hard to come up with a comprehensive list for July — not because there are so little to see, but so much — summer theater festivals, FREE theatrical concerts like the …
Tony winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell reflects on bringing On Your Feet, the Estefan story, to Broadway. This is the fourth in a series of 12 videos that offer a behind-t…
Jennifer Hudson makes her Broadway debut as Shug Avery in the revival of The Color Purple, which is scheduled to open at the Bernard B. Jacobs on December 10. The production originated at Lo…
How well were you paying attention to the New York theater news in June? Take these 13 questions and find out. Tagged: 2015 Tony Awards, Annaleigh Ashford, Barack Obama song, Broadway and ma…
Shows For Days is a new play by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by Jerry Zaks. with a six-member cast including Patti LuPone and Michael Urie, based on the Beane’s fond memories of h…
In "Happy Days," Samuel Beckett's bleak but compassionate 1961 play being given a witty, compelling production at The Flea, Brooke Adams as Winnie is buried in a mound of dirt, sometimes wit…
The day-long New York City Gay Pride Parade presented in 90 seconds in this video.
In the midst of this week of momentous change, the New-York Historical Society has opened an exhibition, Art As Activism, of graphic art from the 1930s to the 1970s that promoted various cau…
The Supreme Court ruled today, by a 5 to 4 vote, that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage. The decision mentions the word “dignity” 30 times. The decis…
The mass shooting in a Charleston, S.C. church occurred on the same day that a play opened Off-Broadway featuring a mass shooting. This provoked a number of questions, which I attempt to add…
For the 15th year in a row, Bryant Park will be the site of free lunchtime concerts of current Broadway shows, on Thursdays in July and August between 12:30 – 1:30 p.m Thursday, July 9…
"The purpose of art is to wake us up," playwright Paula Vogel said over the weekend, and that's true even during the summer. Week in New York Theater Reviews My review of The Qualms Chris's …
In Rajiv Joseph's new two-character play, which a hyperbolic Hollywood agent might describe as Abbott and Costello Meets Game of Thrones, we learn that the emperor who had commissioned the T…
Is it the deadening office atmosphere, or is it their own ambition, that have warped most of the cubicle workers who have artistic aspirations in "Gloria," Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' shocking d…
If The Tempest that has now opened in Central Park feels too earth-bound, one can lay much of the blame on forces beyond its control. The production at the Delacorte of Shakespeare's mystica…
"I'm not that kind of person," Chris (Jeremy Shamos) says right before the orgy is set to begin, in "The Qualms," the latest comedy by Bruce Norris. What Chris means is he is not the kind of…
Here is the list of winners of the 2015 Tony Awards. Here is a seven-minute video of highlights of the three hour broadcast. Entire 3 1/2 minutes on Tonys to Best Play nominees — less …
At "10 out of 12," Anne Washburn's new ambitious and exasperating backstage play set during a technical rehearsal for a new play, the audience was full of theatrical royalty, including playw…
The Fall season on Broadway has begun unusually early this year – – so early it's hard to call the new season "Fall 2015." with the opening in May of An Act of God, and planned J…
2015 Tony winning best actor Michael Cerveris, Beth Malone and Sydney Lucas do “Ring of Keys’ from Fun Home at the 2015 Tony Awards. In the song, Alison, a lesbian cartoonist (Be…
There’s a kid in the middle of nowhere sitting there, living for Tony performances singin’ and flippin’ along with the Pippins and Wickeds and Kinkys, Matildas and Mormo…