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An interview with sound effects editor Lee Gilmore
One off-Broadway venue is offering fans a Hail Mary chance to see cast members perform songs for free.
December is a red-letter month for Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, a pair of musical millennials who are so new to the game that they are still checking off firsts.
Their first film musical, …
Welcome to "Behind the Screens" a new feature where we interview the people who make the decisions about what the most influential arthouse and indie theaters in New York and beyond put on t…
Chazz Palminteri's budding career as a nightclub doorman slammed swiftly shut the night he refused admission to super-agent Swifty Lazar, but another door sprang open, and it's still open 28…
With all the talk about how the country needs to come together, maybe a celebration of those we've lost is the path to get there.
This new Off-Broadway revival of 'Sweet Charity' stars the brassy but lackluster Sutton Foster. Mediocre is its middle name.
It includes catchy tunes by former Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Right now, the frontrunner, Toronto audience award winner La La Land, is the poster child for the whiter-shade-of-pale Hollywood bubble movie, which may work against it.
Writer, actress, singer, Golden Globe winner, and amazing at slumber party games.
The latest in a long line of dust-offs is the current production of 'Dead Poets Society' off Broadway.
Post breakup style changes are not out of the ordinary, so on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, an extreme reaction is to be expected.
Broadway Backstory brings listeners behind the scenes of hit Broadway musicals like In the Heights.
Welcome to Behind the Screens, where we interview the people who decide what the most influential indie theaters in NY put onscreen.
John Brenkus, host of Sports Science, went behind the scenes to test the stamina, quickness, balance and power of Lion King cast members.
Lynn Nottage's 'Sweat' is an evening of sobering, well-crafted food for thought.
The fellow in the upper-lobby lounge of the of the Vivian Beaumont Theater fielding press questions is sitting very pretty indeed. These days, he's being quizzed on two literary fronts.
On behalf of Actor's Fund, Hamilton author introduces Hamilton musical
Enter Netflix's new drama 'The Crown', the (mostly) true story about some very real people.
"I don't know about you, but I spent  election night with my family," wrote Ben Brantley in The New York Times two days after Barack Obama was re-elected president. Â
"The Apples a…
With a new album, a series of Broadway concerts and a role on Hairspray Live, the Tony winner is more popular than ever.
I've seen excellent productions of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, including five movies. This is not one of them.
Welcome to "Behind the Screen," a new feature where we interview the people who make the decisions about what the most influential arthouse and indie theaters in New York and beyond put on t…
Creating the ultimate "you had to be there moment" with your band is just good business.
Broadway's 'The Front Page', with John Goodman and Nathan Lane, is directed with forced energy that makes it feel phony as a wooden nickel.
