970 stories by "Michael Portantiere"
The young Broadway veteran, now co-starring in Next to Normal, is honored with a Sardi's caricature.
Back on stage in Hairspray at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Broadway vet Lee Roy Reams dishes about great dames, legendary composers, and other fun stuff.
Even as gay people celebrate the achievement of marriage equality in the state of New York and the repeal of the U.S. military's ridiculous "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, it's important to …
Stephen Bienskie talks about playing a serial killer in SILENCE! THE MUSICAL
As Patricia Morison herself remarks, "I really had two careers, one in film and one in the theater. I was lucky." The lady made her Broadway debut in 1933 and logged appearances in two shows…
The Minskoff Theater was filled with glee on Monday, June 27 as 50 of the most talented young performers from around the country competed in the third annual National High School Musical The…
Robert Cuccioli and Linda Eder of JEKYLL & HYDE fame join with original cast members of other shows that opened in 1997 for a terrific Broadway by the Year concert at The Town Hall.
The Phony Awards are usually given out before the Tonys, but I'm a little late this year, because I wanted to wait for Spider-Man to officially open. (I strongly suspect it will be long gone…
With the cancellation of the beloved TV series Ugly Betty, Michael Urie is no longer employed to assume the colorful persona of Marc St. James, but that doesn't mean he's sitting at home and…
This year's winners of one of the theater's most cherished honors include Ellen Barkin, John Larroquette, Patina Miller, Zachary Quinto, and Tony Sheldon.
You can take the boy out of Scotland, but...Euan Morton has not forgotten whence he came. Having received a Theatre World Award as well as Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama L…
Danny Burstein and Christian Delcroix play middle-aged Buddy Plummer and his fresh-faced younger self in the Kennedy Center production of the legendary Sondheim/Goldman musical FOLLIES.
The cabaret veteran and star of HGTV's Selling New York returns to singing in a new show at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.
The 25th annual Easter Bonnet Competition -- the result of six weeks of intensive fundraising by 52 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies -- raised a whopping $3,706,085 for …
Tom Wopat on Catch Me If You Can, John Schneider, and his upcoming appearance in a star-studded New York Pops salute to Bob Hope at Carnegie Hall.
Stephen Schwartz on the New York premiere of his opera "Seance on a Wet Afternoon" and the upcoming gala concert of his musical theater songs.
The Metropolitan Opera fields a strong production of a less than great opera, Rossini's Le Comte Ory, as a vehicle for star tenor Juan Diego Flórez.
Mel Miller's invaluable company offers the rarest of rare musicals in staged concert presentations at the McGinn-Cazale Theatre.
Do you need a super-talented, boundlessly energetic actor to play a character with zero inhibitions in your musical? If so, you've probably already thought of Will Swenson, one of theater's …
Some quality time with Jill Paice, a.k.a. Kitty Verdun in the City Center Encores! presentation of Where's Charley?, and John Scherer, who's playing Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on th…
