66 stories by "Lmichonski"
The Tony Awards are just around the corner, marking the end of the current Broadway season, which means it's already time to start thinking about next season. Several new shows have recently…
Meryl Streep and Cyndi Lauper were among the presenters at the 58th annual Village Voice Obie Awards which were given out May 20 at Webster Hall. The ceremony, which honors excellence in Off…
My, my, how can we resist Mamma Mia!, the international musical sensation which has been captivating audiences around the world for 14 years. Employing the chart-topping catalogue of Swedish…
Matilda and Pippin were the big winners at the 58th annual Drama Desk Awards, held May 19 at Town Hall. Matilda took the most awards with five, including Outstanding Musical, Lyrics, Book of…
A musical with an unlikely title, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, will be coming to Broadway this fall. Tony winner Jefferson Mays (I Am My Own Wife) stars in a tour de force perform…
Kinky Boots and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike were the big winners at the Drama League Awards, presented at a star-studded gala luncheon on May 17 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.…
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang's wild comedy satirizing elements of the plays of Anton Chekhov, will be making Broadway audiences laugh a bit longer. The original li…
Everyone's favorite Oscar host Billy Crystal will return to Broadway with his Tony-winning autobiographical solo show, 700 Sundays. Previews begin Nov. 5 at the Imperial Theatre in advance o…
The hit revival of Pippin worked its magic on the voters of the Outer Critics Circle Awards, taking seven honors when the winners were announced May 13. The new production of the Stephen Sch…
The Beatles are hitting Broadway this summer. Well, a reasonable facsimile of the Fab Four anyway. Let It Be, the hit London production recreating the rise of the legendary pop group, is mov…
The hit revival of The Trip to Bountiful, Horton Foote's tender drama of finding home, will be extending its trip on Broadway. Originally scheduled to play a limited, 14-week run through Jul…
Two big shows announced impending closings this week. Jekyll & Hyde will end its run Sunday, May 12, while Orphans shutters the following Sunday, May 19. While we extend our sympathies t…
Reeve Carney not only shoots webs as your favorite wall-crawling superhero in the hit Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, he's also the front man of the up-and-coming rock band C…
Jersey Boys‘ continued success selling 1960s tunes on the Great White Way may strike some as a parlor trick. But this week’s grosses, released by the Broadway League, belie that …
Kinky Boots, the musical based on the 2005 film about a drag queen saving a failing English shoe factory, kicked the competition to the curb by taking the most Tony Award nominations with 13…
The musical version of Rocky is getting ready to go the distance on Broadway. The production will open at the Winter Garden Theatre in the spring of 2014. The current occupant, the smash hit…
Producers have announced a limited engagement on Broadway of the highly praised revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie that played American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massac…
The first Broadway revival of Pippin opened on April 25 at the Music Box Theater. Featuring a score by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson, the musical focuses on the titular char…
I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers by John Logan (Tony winner for Red), opened April 24 at the Booth Theatre. The solo play stars Bette Midler as superagent Sue Mengers in an evening…
Producers of Broadway's Nice Work if You Can Get It announced today that the Gershwin tuner, which opened a year ago today, would close this summer on June 15. The show sets well known stand…
These days, the undisputed king of the Great White Way is the great Tom Hanks. According to figures released by the Broadway League, Tom's Broadway debut in Lucky Guy grossed a heft…
One of the most dazzling aspects of the new Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the gorgeous set — the grand palace with its sweeping staircase, the qu…
The revival of The Trip to Bountiful, Horton Foote's play about the search for home starring Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Vanessa Williams, Condola Rashad, and Tom Wopat, opened April 23…
The Testament of Mary, Colm TóibÃn's one-person play about the latter days of the mother of Jesus, opened April 22 at the Walter Kerr Theater. Based on TóibÃn's book, the play ta…
Tony-winning set designer Derek McLane has had a busy season. He celebrated his 30th Broadway show with Breakfast at Tiffany's, the adaptation of Truman Capote's classic novella centering on…
