2,031 stories by "Theatermania"
Academy Award-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal is a big believer in going big when it comes to artistic choices. But even the star of Donnie Darko knows that sometimes it's best to throw in t…
Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher are about to make their long-awaited returns to Broadway in Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green's musical…
If you're feeling a little down in the dumps this holiday because your Christmas celebrations don't have the romantic flair you've been wishing for, TheaterMania has just what you need. This…
If you've been wondering why Rosie O'Donnell, noted Broadway lover and possessor of personality, doesn't step onto the boards more often, just know, it's not for lack of trying. The televisi…
The legendary musical Gypsy has seen its share of leading ladies, from Ethel Merman to Patti LuPone. Who wouldn't want to play Rose, the tyrannical stage mom who just wants the spotlight for…
Norm Lewis made history in May 2014 when he became the first African-American actor to star as the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical at the Majestic Theatre. …
Twenty-seven years after it first appeared on Broadway, Stephen Sondheim's classic musical Into the Woods has finally gotten a film adaptation from Walt Disney Pictures. The movie interweave…
Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Morrison took Carnegie Hall by storm on December 19 and 20 with their holiday concert featuring the New York Pops orchestra and the Essential Voices USA choir. As pa…
This spring, Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher return to Broadway in the first-ever revival of the classic Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green musical ''On the Twentieth Century''…
Emily Blunt and James Corden Eat Candy and Talk About Disney's Into the Woods
James Corden and Emily Blunt play The Baker and Baker's Wife in Into the Woods, Disney's brand-new …
I Hope I Get It: Stories From the Audition Room With Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City, The Real Thing) is a beloved favorite of the stage and screen. But there was a time when …
At last night's world premiere of the movie musical Into The Woods, TheaterMania joined the film's stars on the red carpet at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre. For many attendees, even some of th…
Despite phrases like "quantum multiverse" and "Eames' Power of Ten," Constellations, a new play by Nick Payne that stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson in their Broadway debuts, is a simple…
When Bradley Cooper was a student at the Actors Studio, his thesis project was a production of Bernard Pomerance's The Elephant Man, in which he played the leading role of John Merrick. Cut …
The Illusionists on Broadway is "the world's most spectacular magic show," says The Futurist, one of the production's seven unique performers. That could be because it "will rekindle your se…
Michael C. Hall, star of TV's Dexter and Broadway's Hedwig, is a multitalented performer. But apparently his skills don't extend to off-the-cuff scatting (but, seriously, whose do?). Composi…
"If given the choice, who would be your conjoined twin?" In the spirit of Broadway's Side Show (which features a pair of leading ladies playing conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton), we p…
James Moye, Heidi Blickenstaff, and more talk about the surprising heart in this silly-fun musical.
Elf, a new classic holiday musical based on the 2003 film starring Will Ferrell, will p…
Magicians Andrew Basso and Adam Trent thrill some lucky TheaterMania audience members with their sleight-of-hand skills.
Tiler Peck, now playing ballerina Marie van Goethem in Ahrens and Flaherty's new musical Little Dancer, enthralls the famed "Little Dancer" sculptor Edgar Degas (played by Boyd Gaines) on a …
The New York City Center Encores! special presentation stars Brian Stokes Mitchell, Laura Osnes, Tracey Ullman and Michael McKean.
Honeymoon in Vegas is the "perfect f**king Broadway musical," says Jason Robert Brown, the songwriter behind this new musical, which begins performances November 18 at the Nederlander Theatr…
New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck and three-time Tony nominee Rebecca Luker crossed paths before in Susan Stroman's 2000 Broadway revival of The Music Man. Now, they share the…
Side Show, the Henry Krieger-Bill Russell musical about the lives and vaudeville careers of conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, celebrated its Broadway return last night at the St. Jame…
Jez Butterworth's latest mind-bending play, The River, opened last night at Broadway's intimate Circle in the Square Theatre. The production stars Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman, joined in h…