The first thing we know about Sally is that she likes guns. She also likes to read books about four figures in American history with whom she identifies — John Brown, Nat Turner, Harri…
Below is a transcript of the speeches by the writers of the Oscar-winning song “Glory,” from the film Selma: Lonnie Lynn (Common): First, I would like to thank God, who lives in …
Graham Moore, 33, Â in accepting the 2015 Oscar for adapted screenplay for The Imitation Game, gave the following acceptance speech: “When I was 16, I tried to kill myself because I …
Below in red with an asterisk, are the winners (so far) of the 87th Academy Awards. BEST PICTURE American Sniper Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Pet…
Eleven of the 20 performers nominated for 2015 Oscars have performed (or will soon perform) on Broadway, one of the many ways that Broadway connects with Hollywood this year, as it does in a…
The leggy dame who has hired private investigator Ben Farrell wants him to find a missing person — Tommy Dickie, the chief writer for Murder Monthly, a crime magazine. But there are co…
“A Chorus Line” original cast members, including Priscilla Lopez, and others talk about the beginnings of the landmark Broadway musical in this 25-minute video posted by filmmake…
The Subtle Body is inspired by the actual historical figure of British physician John Floyer, who  came up with a method of taking a patient's pulse that is still standard practice hundre…
“Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking new musical about the life and times of the Founding Father whose face is on the ten dollar bill, is thrilling on at least three l…
Is it better to be dramatic than theatrical? That's what the thesaurus seems to be saying: Synonyms for “theatrical” in online thesaurus: affected, artificial, campy, exaggerated…
Here is a list of Broadway shows, alphabetically, that have “love” in the title, more than 200 in all. The earliest is “Love for Love” by William Congreve in 1750, a …
Leslie Odom Jr. was a huge fan of Rent when he was cast in the musical at the age of seventeen, the youngest performer ever hired for the Broadway production. "It was getting cast in that…
Although she had already performed in four Broadway shows before she joined the cast of "Beautiful," Anika Larsen says that, without the Carole King musical, she would not now be 1. Pregnant…
Playwrights Horizons has announced another promising season, which includes new works by Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns), Taylor Mac, Lucas Hnath, Jordan Harrison, Gregory S. Moss,  Danai Gu…
Animation of the cartoon by Alison Bechdel about seeing her graphic novel, Fun Home, turned into a musical.
Given the seven-week gap between the last Broadway opening and the next one, there’s an awful lot of talk about Broadway this week — talk (two weeks before it even opens a…
“I've gotten a lot of nice e-mails and phone calls congratulating me for being a great bad actor,” Jeremy Shamos says. “It makes me feel good. That was my job in the film.&…
Nothing is opening on Broadway in February, which gives center stage to some very exciting Off-Broadway shows, including: Hamilton at the Public, Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop take on Alex…
How well were you paying attention to the theater news this month? Answer these 10 questions – most of which also involve television or the movies in some way — and find out. Tag…
Fans of Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) or Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black) drawn to the Classic Stage Company's production of “A Month in the County” surely don't exp…
Below are the first photographs of Hamilton, the musical about Alexander Hamilton written by and starring  Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights),which opens at the Public Theater on Februar…
Act of God is coming to Broadway. That’s the name of a new comedy by David Javerbaum, who among his other accomplishments (Emmy-winning former Daily Show writer) is the man behind the …
Here are snow day discounts and deals to Broadway and other New York theater now that the Blizzard of 2015 has turned out NOT to be the crippling historic storm it threatened to be in New Yo…
Here I stand In the light of day Let the storm rage on The cold never bothered me anyway Easy words from a cartoon character. But given the weather forecast, New Yorkers are sure to be bo…
AÂ Â “Blizzard Warning” has been issued by the National Weather Service for a "crippling and potentially historic" storm in New York City and much of the Northeast pre…