20 stories by "Janine Lew"
The Force was strong at Monday’s American Theatre Wing Gala at New York City’s Plaza Hotel. “Star Wars” creator George Lucas and Samuel L. Jackson took the s…
VARIETY-ENTERTAINMENT-SCENE/VPAGE:Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair Reunite at 'Cruel Intentions' Musical
The annual Gracie Awards celebrated its 40th year at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday night. The Alliance for Women in Media event feted women from all facets of media, including news, te…
It was a night of celebration for the cast of the Disney-produced musical "Into The Woods," at the world premiere at the Ziegfield on Monday. Director Rob Marshall's adaptation of the …
The newly reimagined and reworked "Side Show" " the cult hit that fizzled out when it first opened on Broadway 17 years ago " reopened on Monday night to an enthusiastic audience of friends,…
The Manhattan Theater Club's production of “The Country House,” written by Donald Margulies, directed by Daniel Sullivan and starring Blythe Danner, debuted to a star-studded aud…
WASHINGTON " Riding the popularity of Netflix' "House of Cards" in the nation's capital, actor/producer Kevin Spacey staged a boffo benefit concert here Sept. 29 to support his Kevin Spacey …
When Fran Kranz was cast in the 2012 revival of “Death of a Salesman,” his first role on Broadway, his dad called him up to tell him he was now playing for the Yankees. This didn…
If it hadn’t been for The New Yorker, A.R. Gurney’s 1988 play might have never made it to the Great White Way. At the show’s Broadway opening on Thursday at the Brooks Atki…
Kevin Kline was on double duty Tuesday night in New York City. Before jetting off to an Academy screening of his latest film, "My Old Lady," the star swung by the MoMA for pic's premiere. Af…
Camaraderie, positivity and lots of theater love filled the air at the 29th annual Lucille Lortel Awards Sunday at the NYU Skirball Center in downtown Manhattan. Hosts Nick Offerman and Mega…
For one small moment, in the middle of The Actors Fund annual gala at the sold-out New Amsterdam Theater on Monday night, it seemed like the fun-filled evening was going to turn serious and …
"Who is Kevin Spacey? The man's talent has more facets than a diamond," said Chazz Palminteri at Museum of the Moving Image's salute to the "House of Cards" actor Wednesday night on the Uppe…
More than a few of the brightest stars in the Broadway firmament came out on Monday night to celebrate the opening of Terrence McNally's “Mothers and Sons,” which opened not-inci…
Reviving a beloved property like “Les Misérables” can be a fraught undertaking but to Nikki M. James, who takes on the role of Éponine after her Tony-winning run in “B…
Broadway legend Elaine Stritch had only been in New York a few short days before managing to find herself at the center of a very perplexing controversy. A day after saying f-word on the …
It was a Brooklyn-style high-powered crowd of fur hats and shiny shoes on Feb. 6 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's semi-annual theater gala at the Skylight One Hanson building, a converted …
It was a theater lovefest for the ages on Feb. 3 at the Pierre Hotel in New York, where a bevy of stars pulled out all the stops to honor their friend and co-worker, modern Renaissance man N…
The applause was long and loud for 92-year-old Broadway legend Carol Channing, who lit up the stage at The Town Hall on 43rd street on Monday night as part of "Gentleman Prefer Blondes: An I…
It was a feel-good evening full of smiles, hugs, and Disney songs. But this wasn’t a child’s sleepover, this was the New Victory Theater in Times Square, a space devoted to educa…