8,082 stories from TalkinBroadway
The Healing, the new play by Samuel D. Hunter that just opened at the Clurman Theatre, could - on the surface, anyway - not be a better match for the company producing it.
The production reunites original star Michael Urie, original director Stephen Brackett, and original scenic designer Andrew Boyce from the 2013 Off-Broadway production. What's more, it has b…
There are goodly amounts of backstage lore and music appreciation surrounding her memories of Candide, The Music Man, She Loves Me and Follies"catnip for theater buffs. Her descriptions of w…
But anyone who's sat through a slavishly literal production of a kitchen-sink play can tell you that it's not always a pleasant experience. How wonderful, then, to watch I Remember Mama and …
Not all ghost stories are created equal.
Young love needn't always be confined to adolescents....
If laughter really is the best medicine, the afflicted looking for the next, best miracle cure are well advised to stay away from the Lucille Lortel Theatre. ...
Six thousand years is a pretty long run, so who can blame the Powers That Be for calling in a replacement? Wait, sorry, He is the Powers That Be, so... Oh, forget it....
Lovers of literature rightly treasure the works of James Joyce ....
His (superb) Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist from last year, Gloria, notwithstanding, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's works are among the most compelling that new playwrights are producing about …
Through June 26 she'll be appearing as Hortensio in Shakespeare in the Park's all-female production of The Taming of the Shrew.
This 95-minute drama is performed by two amazing actors, David Strathairn and Dan Clegg, who give vivid performances. I was spellbound by their presentation of this tale of a young man named…
David Huntington has a problem: He doesn't know when he is.
It's an unusual"but wonderful"conceit of the theatre that a blatant falsehood often leads to a deeper truth....
The scope of the panoramic musical encourages all willing theatergoers to be transported, along with the actors, on a prolific journey. The production elements are, throughout, boldly impres…
Through its four thoroughly original inner-city dwelling characters and a plot that, like Disney's theme park ride Space Mountain, never lets you know exactly where the next turn or free fal…
... it is a show about illusion, reality, and the lives of a family of magicians and others ... Eric Price provides book and lyrics and Joel Waggoner the music.
East-West relations have just improved a lot on Broadway.
The title of Friend Art, the play by Sofia Alvarez that just opened at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre as part of the Second Stage Theatre Uptown series, refers in large part to the type of work y…
In Passing Strange, the 2007 Off-Broadway musical (that moved to Broadway the following year), Stew, who coauthored the show with Heidi Rodewald, told the story of a young black man several …
On paper, Paramour sounds like a billion-dollar idea.
It's a sturdy, entertaining, mystery set in the heyday of silent filmmaking and in the early days of the Hays Code, which limited how commercial filmmakers would tell their stories
At one time or another, we've all had our minds play tricks on us. But how often does someone else's mind play tricks on us?
The 72nd annual Theatre World Awards, honoring "outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway significant, reviewable debut performances," were presented last evening in a ceremony at Circle in the S…
The Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of Salomé and the Constellation Theatre Company's production of Avenue Q each received seven Helen Hayes Awards at the 32nd annual ceremony, May…
