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…
UPDATED: The Classic Stage Company has released complete casting for its upcoming off-Broadway revival of Bertolt Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle. Joining the previously announced Christophe…
Tony Award nominees Mary Testa and Elizabeth A. Davis have joined the Classic Stage Company production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, starring Christopher Lloyd, which w…
The Boston Theater Critics Association BTCA is pleased to announce Broadway icon CHITA RIVERA will be the recipient of the 2013 Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's awards…
While I was the theater critic for The Denver Post , I never quite understood the malicious glee so many seemed to be taking in the irreversible downward slide of the corporate newspaper ind…
Matthew Dunster's production of Before the Party opened at the Almeida Theatre last week (28 March 2013, previews from 21 March).Based on a short story written by W Somerset Maugham, th…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tom Hanks impressed critics with his Broadway debut in "Lucky Guy", Nora Ephron's final play, but the late Hollywood writer and director did not fare so well with her ne…
A much-anticipated first and last happened Monday night when Tom Hanks made his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron’s final play, "Lucky Guy," at the Broadhurst Theatre.
Outer Critics Circle Award Winners © OCC With the beginning of Spring, the New York theatre scene is a-buzz with a bevy of new shows all trying to open before the eligibility cut-offs f…
Dominic Cooke's production of Bruce Norris' The Low Road opened at the Royal Court last night (27 March 2013). Billed as a "a fable of free market economics and cut-throat capitalism", the …
David Farr's new Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet starring Jonathan Slinger in the title role opened in the RST this week. The production, which runs in Stratford until the end…
The Guardian (UK) 03/26/13
The South Park creators' musical was much lauded in the US, but its satirical sensibility may be lost in translation to LondonThe Book of Mormon, the much-applauded musical from the creators…
Cast members from Broadway's Annie, Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Phantom of the Opera and Rock of Ages joined Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for the annual Inner Circle dinner March 23 i…
At Saturday night's rendition of the Inner Circle dinner " the annual revue and sendup of New York City politics " Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg decided that parodying one Broadway musical, the…
Mayor Bloomberg performed last night, March 23rd, with the casts of ROCK OF AGES, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and ANNIE at the 2013 Inner Circle charity dinner, 'Last G…