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“A life in the theater is. a way of life….a passion…a spiritual choice. It's not a rational choice .” –  Sarah Benson ‪of Soho Rep Yes, New York theate…
Ten patriotic songs by some of America’s great composers, from Irving Berlin to John Philip Sousa to Woody Guthrie, performed by Leonard Bernstein, James Cagney, Ray Charles,�…
Anthony Rapp, best-known as the performer who originated the role of Mark in "Rent," is starring in a new musical that will give only three performances, for a ticket price no higher than $2…
Ticket Giveaway:Â Win two tickets to see "Soul Doctor,"Â Â a musical that tells the story of Shlomo Carlebach, the “Rock Star Rabbi” of the 1960′s. Â After his esca…
Jerry Mitchell, now a Tony-winning choreographer (most recently for “Kinky Boots”), remembers dancing naked on a drum in “The Indian of the Dawn” number in “Wil…
June was the month of the Tony Awards, but it also marked something of a 1960′s revival on Broadway, and was in general a very weird month for the theater. See how well you were paying…
The week in New York theater seemed full of news about the 1960's. With a musical officially scheduled for Broadway about Janis Joplin and another by Woody Allen, and the cast announced for …
Next week’s cover of the New Yorker Magazine Tagged: Bert and Ernie, gay marriage, gay rights, Muppets, New Yorker, Supreme Court
There's something that seems innately decent about actor David Morse — Â best-known to TV viewers for his roles on St. Elsewhere and Treme, and for portraying George Washington in th…
Number one play of the past 100 years is Arthur Miller’s 1949 play “Death of A Salesman,” according to Entertainment Weekly’s issue of July 5/12, 2013. Â Number 50 …
Ticket Giveaway:Â Win two tickets to see "Forever Tango,"Â Â a compilation of Argentinian music and dance on its third go-round on Broadway — the first show of the 2013-2014 Broa…
Didn't Broadway just end? Yet here it is again. Yes, Ann and I’ll Eat You Last are both closing this week, with Lucky Guy and The Assembled Parties soon to follow. But the first show o…
From Tennessee Williams and Shakespeare to the Beatles and the “Rock Star Rabbi”; revivals of works by Pinter and Beckett; the return to Broadway of Billy Crystal, Idina Menzel, …
It is easy to claim Savion Glover as the best tap-dancer of his generation. Who else is there? He was a child prodigy and an exciting Broadway performer, debuting on Broadway at age 10 in "T…
The drinks are flying in "The Explorers Club," and I don't mean at intermission. The bartender slides them so forcefully off the dark wood bar on stage and in such rapid succession that it a…
James Gandolfini, best known for his role as an angst-ridden mob boss on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” has died at age 51 while on vacation in Italy, reportedly due to a possible h…
Is it an error to move "The Comedy of Errors" from Ancient Greece, where Shakespeare placed this early play of his, to upstate New York in the 1940's? That is the setting of director Daniel …
Buy tickets to Broadway It's hard to believe it was only a week ago that so many theatergoers felt euphoric after the Tony Awards " not so much for the winners (though there were surprises, …
An announcement on the Tony Awards website means that the Tonys, which has never honored Off-Broadway, may finally begin to do so, at least in a small way. “The Awards Administration C…
Jenna Fischer's last day as Pam Beesley in the TV series "The Office" was her first day on an Off-Broadway stage, in what could be called a play series. She portrays Steph in Neil LaBute's "…
Neil Patrick Harris french-kissed Sunny, the dog playing Sandy in “Annie” (did they both get their shots?) but there was little love that American Tony voters showed the British …
Buy tickets to Broadway shows The winners of the 67th annual Tony Awards, will be in  bold face with asterisk *,  as they are announced tonight. There are already more than a dozen …
Yet another actor sheds his clothing and takes a bath in "Enemies: A Love Story," a theatrically rewarding stage adaptation of the Isaac Bashevis Singer sad and funny short story, the se…
Ryan Holsopple gets mad when he goes to a show and the sound is not loud enough. But what really disturbs him — “I get kind of nauseous” — is when the production only…
Cyndi Lauper, a pop star whose first big hit was Girls Just Want To Have Fun 30 years ago, has been embraced by Broadway, undergoing the ritual known as posing with your caricature at Sardi&…