No one saw it coming. Reworking Goldoni's 18th-century comedy "A Servant of Two Masters" didn't look like the recipe for a transatlantic comedy smash, but that was before Richard Bean turned…
When cinematographer Polly Morgan and director Olivia Newman were brought on to adapt Delia Owens' bestselling novel, "Where the Crawdads Sing," the story spoke to them on a natural level. T…
In true Billy Porter fashion, the multi-hyphenate superstar didn't hold back while delivering a politically-charged speech Thursday night at the opening of this year's Outfest. "Fuck SCOTUS!…
Colman Domingo says his younger brother gave him the best compliment about his new autobiographical animated short, "New Moon." "He was overcome," Domingo tells me on this week's episode of …
"Funny Girl" producers are attesting they knew about Beanie Feldstein's earlier-than-expected exit from the Broadway musical. Amid the whirlwind drama over the actor's abrupt departure " and…
Hello, ticket sales! Looking to be among the first to hear Lea Michele's dulcet tones take on the legend of Fanny Brice? Not to rain on your parade, but a seat to the "Glee" alum's opening n…
It's been 20 years since "Into the Woods" was last on Broadway, but it's the first time that Stephen Sondheim won't be there in person to witness his show being revived for new audiences. "I…
After months of speculation, rumors and memes, it's official: Lea Michele is Fanny Brice. Starting Sept. 6, the former "Glee" star will perform the lead role in "Funny Girl" in the current B…
The rumors are true: Lea Michele is replacing Beanie Feldstein in Broadway's revival of "Funny Girl." Feldstein on Sunday night announced she would be leaving the show on July 31, roughly tw…
In Shakespeare in the Park's new production of "Richard III," Danai Gurira plays the title role less as a politician than as a performer. Gurira's Richard is a mastermind of chaos at the cou…
"Paradise Square," a Tony Award-winning musical set in Civil War-era New York City, will close on July 17, citing soft ticket sales. The show's producers say that the closing will take place…
Fairy tales have always been a strange and unlikely source of comfort. Children are orphaned, cruelty is king, and happy endings lead to perpetual disappointment with real life. Stephen Sond…
Beanie Feldstein will leave the Broadway revival of "Funny Girl" on July 31, roughly two months before she was slated to depart the production. In a statement on Instagram, Feldstein attribu…
"I'm looking forward to a play with a character urging us to drink bleach,"Â Hillary Clinton joked in front of an audience of New York theatergoers July 8, flanked by Vanessa Williams, who…
The aesthetic is austere, the emotional range fiercely compressed and the intent is relentlessly pure, but that's only to be expected in Samuel Beckett's "The Seagull." Wait, what? Obviously…
A place for everything and everything in its place. Although that maxim about neatness might apply to the intentions of the characters living in the English country vicarage in "The Southbur…
The playwright James Ijames is no stranger to audacious choices. His adaptation of "Hamlet," "Fat Ham," sets the story at a backyard barbecue thrown by a Black family in the South " and reim…
Peter Brook, the British-born director who won Tonys and Emmys but is best known for his theater work ranging from Broadway's "Marat/Sade" and "Irma La Douce" to experimental productions lik…
Robert O'Hara, the Tony Award-nominated director and acclaimed playwright, sat beneath a tree near the side of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. On the opening night of "Richard III," a…
Denzel Washington can now add Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient to his list of accolades. President Joe Biden announced the 17 honorees on Friday. Presented annually, the medal recogni…
Mark L. Perthel, vice president of Ambassador Theatre Group's North American music division, died on June 24 at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, the company has confirm…
"Plaza Suite," the hot-ticket Neil Simon revival that stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, has been a box office juggernaut since debuting last spring. The show has become the t…
Jonathan Groff is opening up about his early days in New York City and his first same-sex kiss. The future "Frozen" and "Hamilton" star was only about 19 years old when he was a waiter at th…
According to Stephen Schwartz, nothing can follow "Defying Gravity." And for the "Wicked" songwriter, that's one key reason why the movie version of his blockbuster Broadway musical has to b…
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Antonio Banderas are teaming to create a joint company Amigos Para Siempre (APS) aimed at producing musicals, stage plays and live entertainment for major markets in …