As Beatrice in the Public Theater's all-black production of "Much Ado About Nothing," Danielle Brooks proves herself a Shakespearean actress of a high order " and at the same time redefines …
From Ali Stroker tearfully dedicating her Tony to "every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability" to Elaine May's wry explanation for her win to Andre De Shields' three rules of lon…
"This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation, who has a challenge, who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena. You ar…
Hadestown won best musical and seven other awards, The Ferryman best play, the Boys in the Band best play revival of a play, Oklahoma best musical revival musical at the 73rd Annual Tony…
The American Theatre Wing's 73rd Annual Tony Awards, with host James Corden, will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS Â tonight, Sunday, June 9, 2019 from 8:00 to 11:00 PM,…
In her stage version of Louisa May Alcott's beloved 19thcentury novel, Kate Hamill promises a "radical adaptation" and a "conscious explosion" of "the archetypes found in the novel."Â But…
Following up on her play "The Cake," about a baker in North Carolina who struggles to accept her lesbian goddaughter, playwright (and "This Is Us" producer-writer) Bekah Brunstetter now give…
Now is the time when interest in Broadway is at its peak, piqued by the three-hour TV commercial for Broadway known as the 2019 Tony Awards. Get tickets to attend the Tony Awards in person! …
This was an adventurous year for Broadway, with several unconventional works that seemed a more comfortable fit Off-Broadway or even Off-Off Broadway. This is a welcome development, albeit a…
Below are my preferences " not my predictions " for the 73rd Annual Tony Awards. See my article in DC Theatre Scene for an explanation for each of my choices, and shout-outs to other nominee…
In its ultimately lovely if overlong Broadway revival, "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" begins with loud grunting and shrieking, amid glimpses of breasts and buttocks in the dim lig…
Casual theater lovers might think that there's nothing else happening beside the Tony Awards in June. They would be wrong! June calendar of theater openings: Stonewall 50 on Stages! Fairview…
A dozen luminous first-time New York stage performers, plus Nathan Lane, were honored at the 75th annual Theatre World Awards. Some spoke on the red carpet about when they first realized the…
Christopher Shinn's "Dying City," which was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in Drama after it received an admired production at Lincoln Center in 2007, is being revived here at the same t…
The Play On! Festival is presenting staged readings through June 30 of all 39 of William Shakespeare's plays "translated" into "contemporary modern English" by 36 American playwrights. Their…
The Ferryman and The Prom were winners for best play and best musical of the 64th annual Drama Desk Awards, which honors achievement by professional theater artists on Broadway, Off-Broadway…
Broadway is busy with the Tony Awards on June 9th, but June is bustin' out all over with new shows on other New York stages. A good number of the openings mark the 50th anniversary of the…
"Underground Railroad Game," a much-praised 2016 play from Ars Nova that is being revived for just two weeks, is inspired by an actual game that co-creator Scott Sheppard was forced to play …
How well were you paying attention to New York theater news, views and previews in the month of May? Answer these 10 questions to find out. Â
Before he was a poet, Walt Whitman, who was born two hundred years ago today " on March 31, 1819 " was a theatergoer, and an opera fan, and a drama critic…and, some argue, a dramatist. "I …
Can life be lived offline anymore? That's what the eight characters are exploring as part of an Internet addiction support group in "Octet," a beautifully sung a cappella chamber musical by …
Yeah that was Lin-Manuel Miranda as Bob Fosse, at the end of "Fosse Verdon," sort of. In the finale of the eight-episode series on FX, Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) is writing and directing "All …
As the theater awards season enters the home stretch " what's left: Drama Desk Awards, Theatre World Awards, the Tonys " the question arises once again:How does one determine, or even define…
Fosse Verdon, the FX TV series about the marriage and artistic collaboration between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, ends its eight-episode run on May 28, 2019. What other theater couples from th…
 On Memorial Day, we remember and honor the approximately 1.1. million Americans who have been killed in U.S. Wars  Memorial Day has its origins in the Civil War, which incurred the …