“…when I was seven years old, Woody Allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim, closet-like attic on the second floor of our house. He told me to lay on my stomach and play …
You almost have to admire the chutzpah of the producers of "Bronx Bombers," a dramatically inert play about the Yankees that was poorly received when it ran briefly Off-Broadway but neverthe…
Almost, Maine, returning triumphantly to New York City for the first time since it flopped here in 2006, is one of those plays that has reached such legendary status that it's a must-see for…
Win two tickets to see The Realistic Joneses, by Will Eno, which the New York Times called “a tender, funny terrific new play with the Spring’s most enticing cast” — …
Pete Seeger and Philip Seymour Hoffman both died this week, one’s life more than twice as long as the other; one the quintessential optimist, the other an unwavering pessimist; both ta…
Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the most talented stage and screen actors of his generation, was found dead in his Greenwich Village apartment today, at the age of 46. The cause of death is a…
More than 100 million people will be watching the 2014 Super Bowl game: How many will be watching for the ads? Here are some Super Bowl XLVIII commercials: Animals Puppy Love — Budweis…
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"Intimacy," the latest provocation by Thomas Bradshaw, begins with promise and ends in pornography. A fresh-faced teenager, Matthew (Austin Caldwell), delivers a heartfelt monologue about hi…
February a fallow month for theater? Feh. While it’s true there are only two plays scheduled to open in February on Broadway, there are far more Off-Broadway, part of a vibrant Off-Bro…
"Pool Play" is immersive theater taken to a literal extreme " everybody, actors and audience, is immersed in water. Conceived and directed by Erin B. Mee, the fully-scripted play will take p…
Click on any photograph to see it enlarged "Stop Hitting Yourself," playful chaos brought to you by the acclaimed Austin theater collective Rude Mechs, is the first stage show I could call c…
It’s that time of year: trees thrown out, critics on overseas trips, snow covering cityscape, few shows opening " and ticket bargains! Now through Feb 6 — #BroadwayWeek. …
If you didn't speak English, or could somehow turn off the sound of "Outside Mullingar," John Patrick Shanley's charming, wonderfully acted and overly weird romantic comedy, the final scene …
Win two tickets to see the Valentine’s Day broadcast of the Broadway production of “Romeo and Juliet,” starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad. Â The film will run in m…
Broadway responds satirically to official LGBT discrimination in Russia, and a specific Russian law, enacted in June, 2013, punishing citizens “who disseminate information aimed at min…
As I wrote during the blizzard scare earlier in January, dubbed Hercules: The two questions theatergoers want answered whenever a big snowstorm threatens are: Will the shows be canceled? Wil…
Disney is turning its animated film “Frozen” into a Broadway musical, and NBC has chosen “Peter Pan” as the successor to “The Sound of Music” for its Dece…
Has there ever before been such a touching love scene between poultry? A young rooster named Odysseus Rex, played by Bobby Moreno like an angry punk with a knife, is introduced to Lucky …
"Why does sex exist?" asks Isabella Rossellini, the Parisian-bred actress, model and director, the glamorous daughter of the Hollywood star Ingrid Bergman and the European filmmaker Roberto …
Click on any photograph to enlarge it As King Lear, Frank Langella goes through four distinct and remarkable phases. He begins, brightly lit, in gold crown and red robe, in voice and gesture…
Machinal, now opened in a stunning production at the American Airlines Theater, is the first Broadway revival of Sophie Treadwell’s haunting 1928 play, inspired by the murder trial of …
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"We do hope we stay open, because we do save lives," Â said the intake receptionist at Interfaith Hospital said. "We do serve a purpose." "Promises, nothing more. I am personally sick of p…
Valisia LeKae has left the cast of Motown to focus on her battle against ovarian cancer, but the cast hasn’t left her. Here they sing “I Am Here,”a song written by Julius T…