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The newly announced Broadway transfer of “Hand of God” came accompanied with a sly advertising campaign to turn their “weaknesses” into strengths. But some of the bes…
They look as if they could be refugees from The Addams Family, dressed in black and standing under ghoulish white light in the middle of the stage at BAM's Harvey Theater, these six characte…
Three Broadway shows — The River, Side Show and A Delicate Balance – are opening in November, as are some two dozen Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway# plays and musicals.  …
How well were you paying attention to the theater news in October? Answer these 10 questions to find out.
Both Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal are making their Broadway debuts in 'The Real Thing," Tom Stoppard's trickster meditation on what is reality versus artifice in art, politics and abo…
When Amir was a child, he spit in the face of a Jewish classmate, a girl he had a crush on, he says in "Disgraced," Ayad Akhtar's bluntly provocative play that has now opened at Broadway's L…
Lift, a play about a man and a woman stuck in an elevator after a terrorist attack, is written by Walter Mosley, who has had three decades of success as a novelist, especially with the Easy …
The first time I saw "Angels in America," the awe-inspiring 1993 play about intermingled lives during the AIDS crisis, I was thrilled by the confrontation between Louis, the Jewish word proc…
Both Tatiana Maslany and Keira Knightley announced they would be making their Broadway debuts, the rock star Sting made his debut this week as a Broadway composer, and an Off-Broadway play o…
Sting's songs are haunting and lyrical, the creative team is made up of Broadway royalty, the acting helps lend a sense of authenticity to this heartfelt tale based on the struggles of the s…
The first photograph of Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher in Roundabout Theatre Company's On the Twentieth Century, which opens March 12, 2015 at the American Airlines Theatre. This will…
The Phantom of the Opera Art Gallery and Pop-Up Shop is open for business — as of noon, Friday October 24th — showcasing the 26 winners of the nation-wide contest “PHANTOM:…
Click on any photograph to see it enlarged "The Fortress of Solitude" begins with a sensory overload of song…the sounds of a Brooklyn block, circa 1975. That sets the tone for this ener…
"No killing, no dead body, no sex, no nothing. Just talk." That line is uttered near the end of "Billy & Ray," a play about the collaboration of director Billy Wilder and writer Raymond …
Eugene O’Neill, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller and Angela Lansbury and Linda Lavin all had birthdays last week, “On The Town” was reborn on Broadway to the biggest raves since …
Whatever else the great American writers Emily Dickinson and Dorothy Parker have in common, they are each by coincidence the subject of solo stage plays that are opening tonight, "The Belle …
Theater producer Ken Davenport looked at the shows that won the Best Musical Tony over the past 20 years, sliced and diced facts about them, and produced the infographic below. Most interest…
The “freaks” (cast) of Side Show, which opens at Broadway’s St. James Theater November 17th.
The audience at "On The Town," the thrilling Broadway revival of the 1944 musical that brought us “New York, New York, it’s a helluva town,” doesn’t wait until the…
Win a speaker from Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights, Hamilton), Christopher Jackson (The Lion King, In The Heights, Holla If Ya Hear Me) and the rest of the cast of Freestyle Love Su…
Davy Rothbart was having a weird day " his boss fired him; a mugger took his wallet and shoes; he couldn't get his car to start – when he found a slip of paper that changed his life……
Outside, on a shingle hanging from the marquee of the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater, Ben Brantley is quoted as saying: "Deliriously Dishy…It's a Hit." But inside, on the stage, Brantley is quo…
While we wait for Stephen Sondheim’s new musical — which the Public Theater has already committed to producing, although there is not even a title yet (see “11” be…
Tonya, the cheeky daughter in "While I Yet Live," has a problem with God (He's "a wee bit passive aggressive, and vindictive") and the Bible ("It's the most violent book I've ever read.") an…
There are three shows on Broadway this season that are theater about theater — The Country House, It’s Only A Play, The Real Thing. What’s your favorite theater about theat…
