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"Venus in Fur" Tony winner Nina Arianda will play Janis Joplin in a biopic about the late singer-songwriter, a publicist for the Brooklyn actress confirmed on Monday.
Thanks to 26 plays over the last 50-plus years, Tom Murphy is one of Ireland's best-known and influential dramatists.
Who? That's apt to be the reaction in New York, where the 77-year-old w…
Low expectations tend to come in handy for high-concept shows. Like "Macbeth" " set in a loony bin with Alan Cumming playing all the big parts " at the 2012 Lincoln Center Festival.
Tony winner Donna Murphy is living a fairy tale " one with a lesson about patience being a virtue. The actress has been itching for some 25 years to play the Witch in "Into the Woods." Now, …
1. "Fela"
(Al Hirschfeld Theatre)
The contagiously exuberant Afrobeat musical is back through Aug.…
Ask Rich Sommer for three words to describe his Broadway debut as a quirky loony bin orderly in Mary Chase's 1944 comedy "Harvey" and he fires them off: "Exhilarating. Scary. Wonderful.''
"The Sensational Josephine Baker
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(Through Sept. 8, Beckett Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St.)
A Jersey Shore romance with jazzy pop songs but no Snooki is a hotly anticipated show at the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) launching Monday.
The York Theatre Company wraps its 15-month look back at Off-Broadway musicals with a wonderfully performed revival of "Closer Than Ever, a two-act revue that opened in November 1989 at the …
A California girl who channeled Lola from "Damn Yankees" and a Florida boy who got romantic as Raoul in "The Phantom of the Opera" sang their way to Best Actress and Best Actor and $10,000 s…
Trends have a funny way of popping up practically overnight. That includes the avuncular avalanche that tore across Off-Broadway stages uptown, downtown and in Central Park.
1. Brian d'Arcy James (54 Below) The Broadway vet goes cabaret pop June 26-30.
Award-winning composer and lyricist Richard Adler, a bright star of Broadway's Golden Age, has died. He was 90.
Adler is best-known for co-writing the music and lyrics for the 1954 show "Th…
Shakespeare in the Park's new "As You Like It" strikes stirring and memorable chords.
Tragedy plus time equals comedy. The 1977 sitcom "Three's Company" plus time equals David Adjmi's new play "3C," a work that wants to be biting parody but ends up a gummy stunt.
The…
Reality TV alum and rising Broadway star Laura Osnes made her cabaret debut at the Cafe Carlyle on Tuesday in an evening that showcases a beautiful voice, personality and style. She sings he…
All's fair in love and war. As it turns out, the feisty female correspondents who brave battlefields in "Love Goes to Press" are seasoned on both fronts in this low-flying comedy at the Mint…
Lincoln Center launched a winner with its world premiere of Greg Pierce's "Slowgirl." The play is as captivating as the Claire Tow Theatre atop the Vivian Beaumont.
Every "Uncle Vanya" " and there's certainly no shortage of them in New York " comes with its own defining hallmarks.
A mouth-watering menu of theater is set for summer stages across the city. Consider: Cate Blanchett acting in Chekhov, Amy Adams singing Stephen Sondheim,
a musical about the Littl…
1. Laura Osnes (Cafe Carlyle) The "Bonnie & Clyde" Tony nominee's cabaret debut runs June 19-30.
Sunday's Tonys looked back at the best of last season, but it wasn't all about hindsight.
The telecast also gave a glimpse of what's coming down the pike this fall.
It was…
If you're mad for Jim Parsons as the brainy oddball Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory," odds are you'll be just as crazy about his Broadway star turn in "Harvey."
In it, he pl…
New York is famous for gutsy reinvention. The latest example of a bold redo is a new nightclub forged from a Studio 54 cellar space that comes with a dubious past from the cocaine- and disco…
It's last call to see Jon Robin Baitz's terrific play "Other Desert Cities" on Broadway.
The comedy-drama about deep bonds and deeper se…
