Bette Midler: The people's diva
From Dolores De Lago to "Dolly!" to "Beaches," the stellar career of Kennedy Center honoree Bette Midler spans decades and genres.
From Dolores De Lago to "Dolly!" to "Beaches," the stellar career of Kennedy Center honoree Bette Midler spans decades and genres.
"He's the reason so many of us got into this line of work."
The Broadway giant shaped lives, with words and music on a whole other plane of invention.
The new Broadway play by the two-time Pulitzer winner gives actress Uzo Aduba another terrific role.
Ham-handed and unfocused, a show based on the life of Princess Diana relinquishes the crown.
"Assassins" and "Caroline, or Change" enliven a vibrant season of shows.
A laissez-faire attitude prevails in London's theaters, unlike those in New York and Washington.
Jonathan Larson's 1996 hit musical remains fresh and vivacious in first live production at Signature in months.
A stage director and political junkie rises in Washington's theater world.
Anemic ticket sales initially led producers to cancel "Is This a Room" and "Dana H."
As show openings pile up, there's a flurry of deadline, behind-the-scenes work for Neil A. Mazzella's Hudson Scenic Studio.
The first musical in 19 months starts up in the Opera House.
The epic saga of Lehman Bros. becomes a sublime 3 1/2-hour dash through the history of American capitalism.
Individual perspectives are at the heart of crowd-pleasing works by Keenan Scott II and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
The gut-grabbing drama stars Emily Davis as the NSA contractor convicted of leaking classified documents.
Deborah Brevoort's "My Lord, What a Night" restarts a hallowed D.C. institution, while at Woolly Mammoth, "Teenage Dick" reimagines Shakespeare.
A theater company in Virginia shifts to introspection about equity and diversity issues.
The long-delayed musical, minted in Britain, gets its New York opening night.
"The whole energy of it is different," a co-director says. "The whole experience is going to be bigger."
Amid calls for inclusivity and equity, these Tony Awards campaigned hardest for the return of theatergoers.
The delayed awards celebrate Broadway shows that opened in the 2019-20 season before the coronavirus shutdown.
"It was always about when we come back. It was never about if," producer Sue Frost says of the Tony-winning musical, which shut down with the rest of Broadway in March 2020 and reopens Sept.…
Tuesday was the biggest night yet for theater's revival, with five shows starting up in Times Square.
A stirring free concert performance of "Come From Away" draws a crowd of thousands.
With a revival of "Rent," a new play by Lynn Nottage and the Broadway opening of "Six," the fall season is poised to crackle.