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Muhammad Ali, who died Friday at 74, was among “one of the most famous faces on Earth” as the world heavyweight boxing champion. Fewer know he also starred on Broadway. In 196…
Broadway knows how to finish a song, judging from these songs by ten current shows, sung at the 2016 Stars in the Alley concert by cast members from Aladdin, An American in Paris, Chicago, F…
Actors train to get into character, but how do they get out of it? What happens at the end of a night's intense performance, or at the conclusion of a run? Watch the videos below for answers…
This you’ve got to see: @TheSavionGlover joins cast of @shufflealongbwy in tap dance on @MayaAndMarty showhttps://t.co/4rC4su5IPZ " New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) June 2, 2016 …
Below is a schedule of June theater organized chronologically by opening date. Each show title is linked to a relevant website. Keep in mind that some of the hottest theater this month is at…
How well were you paying attention to the theater news and reviews in May? Answer these dozen questions and find out.
In "Incognito," a pathologist steals Albert Einstein's brain; a man who has no short-term memory keeps on asking for his wife, whom he doesn't realize had died; two women meet on a blind dat…
This season's Broadway stats, according to The Broadway League: 13,317,980 visitors (up 1.6 percent from 2015) $1.373 billion gross (up .6 percent from last year) Average ticket price: $103.…
In “Paramour,” its first musical produced specifically for Broadway, Cirque du Soleil grafts a Hollywood love triangle onto its high-flying acrobatics. Jeremy Kushnier portrays �…
Some two-thirds of the way through "The Total Bent," Marty Roy, the musical prodigy son of the charismatic gospel-singing, faith-healing, white-hating Papa Joe Roy, struts up on a stage that…
For Ana Villafañe, the New York theater season just ended can be summed up in a line from “On Your Feet,” the show in which she stars: “This is what an American looks li…
Rajiv Joseph's “Guards at the Taj “won Best New American Play and $1,000 at the 61st annual Obie Awards. The Humans won for playwriting and best performance. Eclipsed won for …
Has Hell ever sounded so thrilling? Hadestown, a sung-through musical derived from the myth of Orpheus and expanded from a concept album by Anais Mitchell, mixes sweet and sexy folk, rocking…
The three short plays that Signature Theater is reviving together in a single production " Edward Albee's The Sandbox, Maria Irene Fornés' Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a N…
“What we do deeply, deeply matters,” George C. Wolfe, director and book writer of Shuffle Along, told a group of out-of-town theater owners and presenters in another week focused…
Gabe meets Annie for the first time in the bar of a bowling alley. He asks her to watch him bowl in the tournament the following Saturday. "No! Definitely no. " "Why not?" "Because if it's b…
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hamilton won 2016 Drama League Awards, for  distinguished performance and Outstanding Musical, respectively. The Humans won for Outstanding Play. The Colo…
"Don't get me wrong, I do care about this country," Joe Morton as comedian Dick Gregory says in Turn Me Loose. "Where else but in America can a poor black boy like Michael Jackson grow up to…
“Don't get me wrong, I do care about this country," Joe Morton as comedian Dick Gregory says in Turn Me Loose. "Where else but in America can a poor black boy like Michael Jackson grow…
There are so many theater festivals in New York during the summer  that there is arguably more theater to see during the "off season" than during the regular theater season, and it is oft…
While Broadway is reacquainting audiences with Shuffle Along, Off-Broadway is opening our eyes to another landmark Broadway show from the 1920s " this one an all-Jewish, lesbian-themed drama…
While Broadway is reacquainting audiences with Shuffle Along, Off-Broadway is opening our eyes to another landmark Broadway show from the 1920s " this one an all-Jewish, Lesbian-themed drama…
The choreographers for Shuffle Along, Hamilton AND On Your Feet all won the 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Award, which also awarded Jane Krakowski for her tango in She Loves Me. Shuffle Alo…
There is one odd and persistent lapse in a Broadway season just ended that is being touted as the most inclusive in memory. Many of the Broadway shows that opened this season focus on what u…
Daphne's Dive, a play about a family of regulars at a North Philly bar, is put together by a family of exciting artists: Samira Wiley (Poussey in Orange is the New Black) and Daphne Rubin-Ve…
