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Tony Award winning actor feted by Drama League
The Drama League presented the 33rd Annual Musical Celebration
of Broadway by honoring Tony and Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce in the
Gra…
By: Paulanne Simmons
Although songwriter Cole Porter was born into wealth and raised by a doting mother, he was not destined for a happy life. First, he realized at an early age that he…
By: David Sheward
Christian Borle, Andrew Rannels in Falsettos
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Judy Collins Weaves Her Magic at Café Carlyle
By: Sandi Durell
Slim in glittery black sequins, with a mane of silvery white hair, the iconic Judy
Collins took the stage at the legenda…
"On Such a Night as This," a celebration of African American Art.
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Curtain Up on Imelda Staunton in Olivier Winning London Production of Gypsy - November 11 on PBS
By: Ellis Nassour
Curtain up! Light the lights!Here she is, world! Rose's back! Ac…
A captivating solo concert, "My Love Letter to Broadway," at the Lunt
Fontanne Theatre through Nov. 13 is an eclectic selection of songs and personal reminiscences.
By: Patrick Christi…
Michael Vincent Liuzza at Rockwell Music Hall
By Paulanne Simmons
New Orleans came to New York City on Nov. 6 just in time to help us shake off the
election blues. That was when Michae…
Best Seats In The House
Orchestra seats. We all want them. And many of us are willing to pay top dollar to get
them. However, it's remarkable how a $200 seat can turn into a fiasco, making
…
By: Paulanne Simmons
Since 39 Steps crossed the Atlantic to premiere at Boston University Theater
in 2007, the comedy/melodrama has been produced both on Broadway (Roundabout
Theatre at…
By: David Sheward
Rachel Weisz, Byron Jennings in Plenty
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Gripping adaptation of John Fowles' The Collector opens at 59E59 Theaters
Matt de Rogatis, Director Lisa Milinazzo, Jillian Geurts
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By: Paulanne Simmons
At the beginning of Vietgone, before he steps into another role, Paco
Tolson, as the play's author, Qui Nguyen, tells the audience, with a wink and a
nod, that the…
A new version of The Wizard of Oz opened at the Harlem Repertory Theater for
children from 4 to 104.
The Harlem Repertory Theatre staging of "The Wizard of Oz," co-produced
by the Yip Harbu…
By: David Sheward
If you think of the new revival of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's The Front
Page as an all-star baseball game, then Nathan Lane is the closing relief
pitcher, hurling p…
By: Paulanne Simmons
On her Oct. 26 performance of Carried Away at Don't Tell Mama, Amy Beth
Williams walked onto the stage singing the World War I marching song,
"Pack Up Your Trouble…
Three Time Tony Award-winner Glenn Close returns to Broadway in her most iconic role as Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning Best Musical Sunset Boulevard with ope…
By: David Sheward
The new production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (1904) is pretty to look at and listen to. Scott Pask's spare, evocative set, Michael Krass's elegant costumes, and Dona…
By: Paulanne Simmons
After the boisterous creativity released by Restoration comedy, English theater sank into the doldrums of sentimental comedy and domestic tragedy prevalent during the 1…
PUT ON YOUR TUESDAY CLOTHES!
TWO-TIME TONY AWARD®-WINNER Donna Murphy will step into the starring role in "Hello Dolly!" on Tuesday Evenings starting June 13, 2017
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Farah Alvin, Roger Bart, Haven Burton, Eden Espinosa, Capathia Jenkins, Andy Karl, Orfeh, Gabriella Pizzolo, Keala Settle, Margo Seibert, Rob McClure (Chaplin), Charles Strou…
The Drama Desk and their President, Charles Wright, hosted a "Members Mingle" Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at the Episcopal Actors' Guild Hall on East 29th Street where Drama Desk members …
The Flea presents The Every 28 Hours project Tuesday, October 25th
A black man and a white man stand on a cliff, overlooking a vast expanse of land representing America. A family builds a bu…
Jamie deRoy & friends, 2016 Mac Award winner, benefits The Actors Fund at Birdland.
Jamie deRoy brought her award winning show, Jamie deRoy & friends, to Birdland on Sunday Oct…
By: Paulanne Simmons
Hatshepsut, the second female pharoah, came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 BC. The chief wife of Thutmose II, she ruled jointly with her son, Thutmose III, for twenty-t…
