1,755 stories by "Joe Dziemianowicz"
Dinner theater is a whole lot sexier thanks to "Queen of the Night," the latest in a line of immersive theatrical works that put you in the middle of the action.
Philip Seymour Hoffman was famous for winning an Oscar for "Capote." But for nearly two decades he has been a fixture on New York stages as an actor and director.
That old story about film and TV stars coming to Broadway to revive droopy careers is getting a major rewrite this season. Two words to start with: Denzel Washington. He won a Tony in 2010 f…
Transformation motors Bertolt Brecht's "A Man's a Man."
A thoughtful uptown revival of Jean Anouilh's "Antigone" snaps instantly into focus, thanks to a simple but striking visual.
David Anzuelo really puts himself out there for his art in "Intimacy."In one scene, his character sits at a desk, browsing porn. A phone call interrupts him, and he swivels to face the audie…
Another Thomas Bradshaw play at the Ne
w Group, another boinkathon with full-frontal nudity.
Sears isn't just where America shops, it's also where Broadway dreams. Ask Catherine Zuber, whose latest venture on the Great White Way is designing costumes for the new musical "The Bridges…
The love bug has stung John Patrick Shanley again.
Fresh from his award-winning final season of "Breaking Bad," Bryan Cranston met the press Wednesday morning in advance of his Broadway debut as Lyndon Baines Johnson in the political drama "…
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we remember the optimist and orator behind the "I Have a Dream" speech " but a new play bids us to remember the rugged realist and bare-knuckled politician.
Daniel Radcliffe is ready to cast another spell on Broadway audiences. The actor known as Harry Potter will star in title role of Martin McDonagh's 1996 dramedy, "The Cripple of Inishmaan."
Back on Broadway for the first time since 1928, "Machinal" draws loose inspiration from real-life husband-killer Ruth Snyder to tell a story of a desperate young woman who resorts to homicid…
Frank Langella cuts a commanding presence on stage. With his strapping stature and booming voice, it's hard not to.
It's hardly a surprise that the songs in "Beautiful " The Carole King Musical" are some kind of wonderful. Too bad a great musical isn't only about the music.
They've rebuilt it. But will audiences come? For the producers of "Bronx Bombers," a dramatic pinstripers salute blasted last fall for its sentimentality and schizophrenic storytelling, that…
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The person sitting next to you at a Broadway show is most apt to be white, female and from out-of-town.
Demographic stats released on Thurs…
It's a common showbiz lament: No good roles for women. While there's always room for improvement in this area, Broadway's 2014 roster of musicals is jammed with juicy female characters.
He's a California Yankee in King Richard's court.
Matt Harrington plays multiple roles in the repertory production of "Twelfth Night" and "Richard III," now through Feb. 16 at the B…
There are only nine days until 2013's final curtain. What went down, and up, this year? Lots.
The headline said "DEAD!" " but the play is getting a new life.
"Machinal," journalist/playwright Sophie Treadwell's 1928 drama loosely based on the real-life husband killer Ruth Sn…
If you like a circus that balances "Holy Cow!" physical feats with Shakespearean poetics, step right up to "Cirkopolis."
The highly polished and stylish show is the latest work fro…
Days after that awkward Nelson Mandela funeral selfie, another portrait of Barack Obama is developing " and it's a psychological one.
When I asked Siri to go out with me " for research, relax " my ever-amiable iPhone aide politely turned me down, noting, "I'm not really that kind of assistant." Oh well.
The world knows her as Carole King.
But to her alma mater she'll always be Carol Klein, a distinguished member of the class of '58 at Brooklyn's James Madison High School.
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