Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Clifford Odets' Hollywood drama The Big Knife, starring Bobby Cannavale, C.J. Wilson, Marin Ireland, Chip Zien, Richard Kind, Brenda …
THEATER REVIEW: "Woman in Mind" by Eclipse Theatre Company ★★★ KERRY REID reviews "Woman in Mind" by Eclipse Theatre Company ★★★ ... Gardens can be dange…
“The Nance,” a new play that deals in sexual identity on and offstage, opened Monday at the Lyceum Theater.
Douglas Carter Beane's The Nance, a new dark comedy starring Tony Award winner Nathan Lane as an embattled gay entertainer during the dwindling days of New York City's burlesque era,…
"Motown: The Musical" -- the new Broadway jukebox musical that resurrects the Temptations, the Four Tops, Martha and the Vandellas and many more -- opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New…
Motown, the new hit-filled jukebox musical about the life and career of music mogul Berry Gordy, starring Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon and Valisia LaKae, opened on Broadway April 14 at …
The concept of embedded criticism is still in its early days, but it seems to be gaining momentum. Matt Trueman wonders what the effects might be on critics and artists alike
On Monday evening, April 8th at the finale of Marty Richards' star-studded-sold-out Memorial to benefit his beloved New York Center For Children, which he co-founded with his wife Mary Lea J…
According to Variety, DIRECTV and Momentum Television are close to settling on a deal for the 10-episode series 'Full Circle', a drama penned by Neil LaBute, on its AUDIENCE Network channel.…
“Matilda: The Musical,” the stage incarnation of Roald Dahl’s famed storybook, made its Broadway debut Thursday at the Shubert Theatre.
Matilda The Musical, the Olivier Award-winning production based on the beloved Roald Dahl children's book, opened on Broadway April 11 and the reviews are now in.
The Boston Theater Critics Association has announced its nominations for the 31st Annual Elliot Norton Awards. The awards, which recognize excellence in Greater Boston theater, will be prese…
John Tiffany's production of multiple Tony Award-winning screen-to-stage musical Once received its West End premiere at the Phoenix Theatre last night (9 April 2013). When an Irish busker a…
The West End transfer of the NT's production of Untold Stories opened at the Duchess Theatre last week (2 April 2013).Comprising of two autobiographical recollections by Alan Bennett, the sh…
Broadway vets Robert Cuccioli and Laila Robins are set to announce the nominees for the 63rd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards on April 22 at the Friars Club in New York City. Nominations w…
The best reason for teaching students of acting about theatre criticism is preparing them for failure " and failing betterI've just finished a stint of teaching. But it wasn't a journalism c…
When I opine and argue about the state of criticism and arts journalism, as I have often in this space and which I had occasion to do last week on HowlRound, I realize I speak from a po…
The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected Robert Schenkkan's meditation on power and pragmatism, All The Way, as the recipient of the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Th…
Tom Hanks and Cyndi Lauper had their Broadway debuts this week — working in very different capacities, of course — and faced sentencing by the local judiciary, i.e., the critics.
Tom Hanks and Cyndi Lauper had their Broadway debuts this week — working in very different capacities, of course — and faced sentencing by the local judiciary, i.e., the critics.
The NYT Critic Watch project was designed to gives us some numbers about modern theater criticism. We are awash in opinion, in curiosity, in hurt feelings, in hopes for a hit, and in the dua…
“Kinky Boots,” a new Broadway musical about a sole-saving drag queen, high-stepped Thursday night into the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
Tickets are now available for the forthcoming production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, starring Christopher Lloyd. The production will begin previews at off-Broadway&…
The complete cast has been announced for Classic Stage Company's new production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Previews begin at the off-Broadway theater on May 3. D…
Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, will present a new production of Bertolt Brecht's THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE…