5,370 stories from New York Theater
Some 1,200 young men auditioned to be the newsboys of Newsies, the members of the ensemble who dance, act and sing. For Playbill, I profile two of the extraordinary performers who made it &#…
For its 16th year, the New York Fringe Festival will be presenting 187 shows from August 10 to August 26th in 20 theaters in Lower Manhattan. It seems a daunting taks to pick what shows to s…
Marvin Hamlisch, best-known as composer of “A Chorus Line” and “The Way We Were,” has died at age 68. A child prodigy, he was the youngest student ever admitted to th…
August is a time for Broadway closings –Â Fela (Aug 4), Memphis and Harvey (Sun Aug 5) Ghost (Aug 18), Sister Act (Aug 26th) — but this week, two shows actually opened on Broad…
Two months ago, I got the scoop from “Slings and Arrows” co-creator Bob Martin, who Tweeted during his Twitter conversation with me: “Slings may live again.” They …
As predicted, nobody could resist making puns about “knockouts” and “heavyweights” in reviewing Mike Tyson’s one-man show, “Undisputed Truth,” which…
Twenty-seven cast members of Mamma Mia sang four ABBA songs from the hit musical. Below are four of them. And then I spend about 27 seconds interviewing one of the long-time cast members, Al…
Three of the main cast members of “Chaplin The Musical,” a new Broadway show about the life of Charlie Chaplin, which is opening at the Ethel Barrymore on September 10, sang thre…
An excerpt of my review of Bring It On is below. (The full review) Meanwhile, here are some pictures I couldn’t include in the review he first surprise of "Bring It On The Musical," wh…
Test how much you were paying attention this month to New York theater news — questions about Katie Holmes,Celeste Holm, Ernest Borgnine,….Claire Tow, Gilligan’s Island,…
New York Musical Theatre Festival has completed its ninth year, with “A Letter to Harvey Milk” and “Baby Case” (based on the Lindbergh baby abduction) dominating the …
Two shows are opening on Broadway this coming week, the middle of the summer: "Bring It On: The Musical" on Wednesday and "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" on Thursday. This past week in New Yo…
Today is National Dance Day, and the United States Postal Service today issues four new stamps pays tribute by issue stamps of four “Innovative Choreographers” — Â Isador…
Bob Fosse is shown on the set of Sweet Charity (1969) on this United States Postal Service stamp, issued today, which is National Dance Day, as part of their Innovative Choreographers ser…
Four members of the Broadway cast of Jersey Boys sang three songs from the musical, which opened Nov 6, 2005 and tells the story of Franki Valli an the Four Seasons, a 60's group whose songs…
The cast of The Fantasticks sang four songs at Broadway in Bryant Park, including child pop star Aaron Carter, and new cast member John Davidson gave a short funny speech. Davidson says in t…
The first preview of Into the Woods at the Delacorte Theater got a mixed response, none more controversial than a tweet by actress and singer Morgana James (Godspell, Wonderland, The Addams …
Here are the nominees for the New York Innovative Theatre Awards. Winners will be announced in a ceremony on September 24th. Outstanding Ensemble The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions …
Monday, July 16, 2012 One more cast addition to Sondheim’s Into The Woods this summer at the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park: Glenn Close will be the voice of the Giant. Yes, …
Ghost the Musical sent its stars to perform at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert — an unusual move for a Broadway musical; the understudies perform in most of the other mus…
Wicked, which tells the story of the witches leading up to the Wizard of Oz, opened on Broadway on October 30, 2003. Two years earlier, Bryant Park began presenting songs from Broadway shows…
Berry Gordy, founder of Motown records and producer and book writer of the planned Broadway musical “Motown,” is casting a wide net for an actor to play young versions of Michael…
The actor is Richard Fleeshman, star of Ghost the musical, reenacting the pottery wheel scene with a lascivious Sharon Osbourne in a recent appearance on TV's The Talk. His shirt is now the …
For the 14th year in a row, Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore were hosts of Broadway Barks, the organization they founded that involves Broadway performers encouraging people to adopt d…
My @BackStageCast review of @RioTheMusical from @NYMF: Propulsive beat, but has Capeman-like problems bit.ly/LOK2VM — Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) July 13, 2012
