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The late musical rabbi Shlomo Carlebach is at the center of the Broadway show entitled "Soul Doctor."
A new Broadway musical called "First Date" looks at the trials and tribulations of, appropriately, a first date.
The New York International Fringe Festival kicks off Friday, and NY1's Frank DiLella has a preview of what's on tap for this annual theatrical event.
The new musical "Shida" is a solo show that is based on the true story of a young African-American girl in New York City who yearns to become a writer.
NY1's Queens Week series continues with a community theater group in Breezy Point that is reopening after Hurricane Sandy, and its actors, after they "made it through the rain," ar…
A Brooklyn theater group is a surprisingly hip spin to Moliere's classic "The Misanthrope."
Tony and Academy award winner Denzel Washington will appear in a spring revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin In The Sun."
A new play called "I Forgive You, Ronald Reagan" deals with the aftermath of a 1981 labor dispute that involved our 40th president.
The Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada made its debut in July of 1953 with a production of "Richard III", and 60 years later, the celebrated company is going strong, presenting …
The music of the Beatles returns to Broadway with the arrival of the new show, "Let It Be."
City Center is currently playing host to a theater series dedicated to off-Broadway musicals, and NY1's Frank DiLella has a preview of the final show in the series, the musical "I'm Get…
"Bill W. and Dr. Bob," a play that deals with the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous, has been presented in 35 states as well as in Australia, Canada and England. The show was last s…
A new theatrical spectacle based on a 16th century Chinese folktale, "Monkey: Journey To The West," is a pure, mind-blowing summer blockbuster.
There is much praise to sing about Tarell Alvin McCraney's "Choir Boy." The 90-minute drama with music is an extremely engaging work featuring a gifted ensemble comprised of stella…
Watching "The Fallen" is a refreshing reminder of the raw power a good play possesses in the hands of an astute director. A big budget is not necessary, nor are star actors or fanc…
Birdland is best known as a jazz club in the heart of the Theater District, but on Monday nights, it becomes a second home and a second stage for many in the Broadway community.
Off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre is currently presenting a new staging of the ghostly Olivier Award winning play "The Weir."
"Buyer and Cellar" starring Michael Urie is a new solo show inspired by the unusual contents of Barbra Streisand's basement.
The Roundabout Theater Company debuts "The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin," the latest offering from its New Play initiative aimed at producing new work by both emerging a…
The final performance of Nora Ephron's "Lucky Guy," starring Tom Hanks, on July 3 will wrap up a record-breaking limited engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre.
The marquees of Broadway theaters were dimmed for one minute Wednesday night in honor of late stage and screen actor James Gandolfini, who died of a heart attack in Italy last week at age 51.
Discount ticket seller TKTS celebrated its 40th anniversary Wednesday with a party in Times Square.
An artist behind the hit Broadway musical "Legally Blonde" brings a new comedy to the off-Broadway circuit with the world premiere of his play "The Explorers Club."
NY1's Frank DiLella recently caught up with Tony and Emmy nominated performer Matthew Morrison to chat about "Where It All Began", a new album that pays tribute to his Broadway pas…
Stars of stage and screen Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Hamish Linklater lead Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors," now playing at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park.
