The highly anticipated new Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman — which, with every passing year, and every Broadway production, seems more and more to have…
Leonardo Cimino, a character actor whose distinctive, wizened features kept him in demand throughout his long stage and film career, died March 3 at his home in Woodstock, NY. He was 94.
Donald Smith, a major figure in the cabaret world who produced the engagements for the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room for the decade beginning in 1982, died the morning of March 13, accordin…
Tom Murrin, the long-time theatre critic for Paper magazine, and a downtown playwright and performance artist, has died, following a battle with cancer.
Jesus Christ Superstar director Des McAnuff reveals his rock 'n' roll heart over a glass of wine at the upstairs bar of Manhattan's famed theatre-district restaurant. Turns out, …
Jesus Christ Superstar director Des McAnuff reveals his rock 'n' roll over a glass of wine at the upstairs bar of Manhattan's famed theatre-district restaurant. Turns out, his he…
Scott Shepherd is closing the chapter on Blood Knot at Signature Theatre and opening the book of "The Great Gatsby" — literally — in Gatz at The Public Theater. He talk…
Lincoln Center Theater announced new productions of plays by Clifford Odets — with whose work they've had some recent success — and Christopher Durang — with whom …
Milton Stanzler, a founding member of Trinity Repertory Company in Rhode Island, has died. He was 91.
Robert B. Sherman, the American songwriter who, with his brother Richard, wrote the cheerful, upbeat scores to several memorable family films — most notably "Mary Poppins" &m…
Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare adapted Homer's Trojan War classic with director Lisa Peterson. Now they're sharing it with New York — and Stephen Spinella.
Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare adapted Homer's Trojan War classic with director Lisa Peterson. Now they're sharing it with New York — and Stephen Spinella.
The loosely affiliated community of American theatre geeks had a Mecca this week. It was the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, where MCC Theater opened its retooled pro…
Davy Jones, who gained lasting worldwide fans as the cute, diminutive, self-effacing English member of the manufactured 1960s pop group The Monkees — but was also the original Artful D…
Howard Kissel, a critic who covered New York's theatre scene for nearly four decades, died Feb. 24. He was 69.
Howard Kissel, a critic who covered New York's theatre scene for nearly four decades, died Feb. 24. He was 70.
Theodore Mann, who, as the co-founder of Circle in the Square Theatre, was one of the foremost figures in the birth of the Off-Broadway theatre movement, died Feb. 24 following a brief illne…
Broadway learned of an unexpected, late edition to the Broadway spring-season play sweepstakes this week.
Dick Anthony Williams, a stage and film actor who was twice nominated for a Tony Award, died Feb. 16 in Los Angeles. He was 77.
Producers of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark reached a settlement with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society this week. And the agreement was probably to the liking of the musical'…
Daniel C. Gerould, a professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at CUNY's graduate Center who held the Lucille Lortel Chair in Theatre, died in his sleep in the early hours of Feb. …
Dory Previn Shannon, a lyricist, composer and singer who wrote songs for film soundtracks in the 1960s, often in collaboration with her then husband, Andre Previn, and later became a noted r…
Zina Bethune, a dancer and choreographer who worked with children who had disabilities, died Feb. 10. She was 66.
Phil Bruns, a supporting player in theatre, television and film, perhaps best known for his role on the 1970s cult series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," died on Feb. 8 in Los Angele…
Istvan Csurka, a Hungarian playwright whose achievements on the stage were overshadowed and undermined by his vocal advocacy of nationalistic and bigoted politics, died Feb. 4 in Budapest. H…