In "This Flat Earth," 13-year-old Julie (Ella Kennedy Davis) doesn't understand why the newspaper article about the school shooting that killed nine of her classmates has the word "Another" …
Hamilton takes home seven Olivier Awards " not a record (matched by Matilda and beaten by Harry Potter), but not a bad showing. More on the Oliviers below. The Week in New York Theate…
In "Feeding the Dragon" — Sharon Washington's delightfully acted memoir about an enchanted childhood spent literally living in a branch of the New York Public Library — we learn …
You can say that Harriet Smithson, a famous Shakespearean actress, is the star of the Symphonie Fantastique by composer Hector Berlioz; she is also in a way the star of the Symph…
The nominations for 33rd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards are: Outstanding Play Cost of Living Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club in association with Williamstown Theatre Festival Written by Mar…
The theater community always takes April Fools Day seriously: “The Lion King Will Become First Musical to Play Seven Continents- Antarctic Production Will Open in 2019"Â BroadwayWorl…
Miss Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live” on NBC on Sunday, April 1st? Watch it below:
The nine shows opening on Broadway in the month of April include four musicals and five plays " the old ones among the most beloved (Carousel, My Fair Lady) or respected (by Eugene O’N…
Jesus Christ Superstar Live, the Andrew Lloyd Webber, Andrew Rice musical that was broadcast live on NBC Sunday, April 1, 2018, has received ecstatic reviews — 100 percent on the tomat…
Below are a dozen images from the dress rehearsal of the NBC live broadcast tonight at 8 p.m. ET of “Jesus Christ Superstar” the rock opera about the final week in the life of Je…
"I was tall and I was strong," recalls the oldest woman in Edward Albee's Three Tall Women, and you believe it, because it is Glenda Jackson, who commands even as she winces in pain or cries…
How well were you paying attention to New York theater in March? Answer these 14 questions to find out.
"Lobby Hero," which presents a quartet of characters (two security guards and two cops) in the lobby of a high rise apartment building in Manhattan, is more than just the modest comedy it in…
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tribute to a Superstar, NBC’s celebration of the the 70th birthday of the composer of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Jesus Christ Supe…
"Imagine Mozart and Beethoven talking, and suddenly Freddie Mercury arrives," singer Rob Evans said (in the only words anybody spoke all evening) about halfway through "Rocktopia." If imagin…
Has My Fair Lady turned its source material, Pygmalion, into an outdated curiosity? Bedlam dares you to compare, deliberately mounting its production of George Bernard Shaw's century-old pla…
Today is World Theatre Day. Created in 1961,it  is celebrated annually on March 27. How will you be celebrating? This year, five different artists from five continents are deliveri…
This week, “Frozen” opened on Broadway the day after the latest blizzard, and  “Angels in America,” which includes scenes from Antarctica and co-stars Nathan Lane …
"The great work begins!" Prior Walter, a character with AIDS who stays defiantly alive, proclaimed at the end of “Angels in America” when it debuted 25 years ago on Broadway. By …
13 dead at Columbine. 26 dead at Sandy Hook. 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas. What those figures about the most infamous school shootings over the past two decades fail to capture, write…
They’re touting the National Theatre production of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes,” which will open at Broadway’s N…
What most engaged me about Frozen, if I'm honest, is Sven the reindeer. This said more than I initially realized about the Broadway musical adaptation of the highest-grossing animated film o…
Today Stephen Sondheim turns 88 (the number of keys on the piano!) and Andrew Lloyd Webber turns 70. Â Sondheim made his Broadway debut at the age of 26 in 1956 , Lloyd Webber at 23 in 197…
With a winter storm that is expected to coat New York City with four to eight inches of snow, city schools have been shut down, but all Broadway shows (matinees and evenings) will play as sc…
Cynthia Nixon, two-time Tony winning actress best-known for portraying lawyer Miranda Hobbes in the “Sex and the City” TV series and movies, has officially entered the race for g…