80 stories by "Terry Flores"
In late April, theater lovers devote most of their attention to the clutch of Broadway shows rushing to open before the eligibility cutoff for Tony nominations. But this year fans should be …
If NBC were looking for a higher-stakes musical to broadcast live on TV, it's hard to imagine the Peacock landing a bigger fish than "Jesus Christ Superstar." The rock opera musical by Andre…
Few public figures have fallen as far and as fast as Joe Paterno did in 2011. A college-football titan, he led Penn State's team for 45 years, transforming a nascent athletic program into a …
For more than 30 years, Neil Patrick Harris has done a little bit of everything, tackling comedy, drama and musicals across TV, film, theater and the internet. He started acting in the fourt…
When the flying carpet at "Aladdin" gets a standing ovation, you know you've done something right. The musical, which runs at Hollywood's Pantages Theatre until March 31, boasts some spectac…
It's no secret that Disney uses lots of music in its projects, and its TV series are no exception. But new Disney Junior animated show "Vampirina" is more steeped in musical theater than mos…
It sounds like such an easy gig: Make a Broadway musical out of "Frozen," the Disney animated smash that already had a score filled with stage-ready songs. But Broadway types know that a the…
It's a big year for Andrew Lloyd Webber. "The Phantom of the Opera," the longest-running show on Broadway, just celebrated its 30th birthday, and Lloyd Webber himself turns 70 later this mon…
Movie and TV work just outside New York City conjures the vision of outdoor shoots in leafy landscapes with plenty of elbow room, compared with the cramped metropolis " but that image is a t…
You'll see a lot of Broadway at the Oscars this year. There are ties to the theater industry, of course, in nominees like Laurie Metcalf ("Lady Bird"), Denzel Washington ("Roman J. Israel, E…
"Torch Song" on Broadway this fall? It might happen " at the newly reopened Helen Hayes Theater. "They're only talking about it at this point," said Carole Rothman, the artistic director of …
There's an alternate-universe version of Broadway where "The Phantom of the Opera" closed in 2002. Mega-producer Cameron Mackintosh considered pulling the plug back then. "Not only Broadway …
Long Island City may be a quick subway jaunt from Midtown Manhattan, but for a lot of New York's Broadway-centric theater industry, it feels about as far away as Long Beach, Calif. That'll c…
You're not imagining it: Ken Ludwig is everywhere these days. The playwright's adaptation of "Murder on the Orient Express" is going into rehearsal just as a likely Broadway revival of his T…
Ben Platt, the Tony-winning original star of "Dear Evan Hansen," is leaning backward over a piano and singing scales. His head's cradled in one hand of his voice teacher, Liz Caplan, a…
Actor, dancer, singer, theater director, producer and choreographer Tommy Tune has collected 10 Tonys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. The 6'6" (and every inch irrepressibl…
"Hamilton" just opened on the West End, and it's impossible to get your hands on a ticket. Literally impossible, because ticketing for the show has gone entirely paperless " and producers ar…
It's been a year and a half since "Hadestown" was an Off Broadway hit, but fires are still burning for the folk-rock musical. They've blazed up online, where the show's streaming success poi…
An artistic director in Los Angeles is suing the nonprofit theater he led for 17 years " and the case has reverberations far beyond Southern California. That's because the lawsuit points to …
Variety declared "A Streetcar Named Desire," which opened Dec. 3, 1947, "a smash success." That was an understatement. The Tennessee Williams play became a hit on Broadway, on the road, and …
"The Lion King" turned 20 this month " but that's not the only big birthday on Broadway. When it opened on Nov. 13, 1997, "The Lion King" was an integral part of the transformation of Times …
Tracy Letts is having a busy fall. The writer-actor, who's won Tonys both for a play ("August: Osage County") and a performance ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"), not to mention a Pulitzer…
The sexual harassment headlines have touched Broadway, and Broadway is on high alert. In the cascade of public figures to face accusations in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, one na…
Looking for a Broadway theater? Get in line. That's the state of affairs in the theater district these days, where an ongoing logjam of projects looking for homes is exacerbated by a season …
Even for a filmmaker like Woody Allen, who has dabbled in his share of period pieces, from the Roaring Twenties atmosphere of "Bullets Over Broadway" and "Midnight in Paris" to the Depressio…
