Right before the busiest month in New York theater " 14 shows opening on Broadway alone in April, exactly one third of all the shows for the entire season " theater critics are getting new a…
For "Latin History for Morons," John Leguizamo has come up with a sixth solo show that will be in many ways familiar to his fans , with its mix of in-your-face jokes, spot-on mimicry, candid…
Today is World Theatre Day!  How will you be celebrating? This year’s World Theatre Day  messages are from actress Isabelle Huppert and director Kwame Kwei-Armah 10 Facts a…
Lynn Nottage’s “Sweat,” opens tonight at Studio 54, marking the Pulitzer-winning playwright’s Broadway debut, as well as that  of five of its nine cast members. Â…
What is the best Broadway show adapted from a movie? Choose from the two dozen below, listed alphabetically, or add one that's not on the list. It wasn't until 1970 that a Broadway show base…
In Sarah Ruhl's new play, "How to Transcend a Happy Marriage," two middle-aged married couples, long-time friends, find themselves fascinated with a young woman nicknamed Pip ( Lena Hall, To…
The first Broadway revival of Miss Saigon is being marketed as the return of a classic. But, if the show has become an undeniable fan favorite, the production's impressive visual spectacle, …
The first Broadway revival of Miss Saigon is being marketed as the return of a classic. But, if the show has become an undeniable fan favorite, the production's impressive visual spectacle, …
Today Stephen Sondheim turns 87 and Andrew Lloyd Webber turns 69. Each has more than one show currently running on New York stages — Sondheim: Sunday in the Park with George, an…
Sam Gold, the innovative director who won a Tony for Fun Home, has cast Sally Field in a new Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie that doesn't include a glass menag…
The 50 best plays and 10 greatest musicals of the last century are all available as books to read, but what are the best books about the theater? That's the question I asked in giveaway cont…
Below are scenes from the original productions of the 11 Broadway plays and musicals that are being revived, for the second, fifth, or 16th time, this season on Broadway. Click on any photog…
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, a reposting of my 2010 review; Eleven U.S. presidents have been descendants of the Irish, including Barack Obama. An Irishman was the first to make a pia…
Danny DeVito, making his Broadway debut, gets the best deal out of The Price. Arthur Miller is not a playwright known for comically colorful characters, yet here's DeVito as Gregory Solomon,…
Danny DeVito, making his Broadway debut, gets the best deal out of The Price. Arthur Miller is not a playwright known for comically colorful characters, yet here's DeVito as Gregory Solomon,…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked New York for making Canadians at home by supplying “snow banks,” during an address to the audience at Come From Away, after he and …
.@JustinTrudeau has picked the perfect time for a Canadian head of state (& ex ski instructor) to visit Bway.@wecomefromaway pic.twitter.com/n2wkMPfWgI " New York Theater (@NewYorkTheate…
The first production photograph of Bette Midler as the 15th Dolly Gallagher Levi on Broadway, Â in the fifth Broadway production of “Hello, Dolly,” which is scheduled to begin …
As of 2:30 pm, all Broadway shows are going on tonight as scheduled, but several Off-Broadway theaters are canceling their performances because of the blizzard theatrically named Stella. For…
Come From Away tells the story of the 9,000 residents of Gander, Newfoundland who took care of some 7,000 passengers and crew of 38 airplanes which were forced to land at the local airpo…
“Come From Away” tells the story of the 9,000 residents of Gander, Newfoundland who took care of some 7,000 passengers and crew of 38 airplanes that were forced to land at the lo…
Win a free copy of the book "The Great Comet: The Journey of a New Musical to Broadway"(Sterling Publishing, 2016), which traces the improbable evolution of the musical, “Natasha, Pier…
Sam Gold, the innovative director who won a Tony for Fun Home, has cast Sally Field in a new Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie that doesn't include a glass menag…
Sam Gold, the innovative director who won a Tony for Fun Home, has cast Sally Field in a new Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie that doesn't include a glass menag…
At first glance, singing storyteller Ethan Lipton and his three-member band " the creators and entire cast of "The Outer Space" " look like middle-aged men who never outgrew their childhood …