The world premiere of Derek Ahonen's The Bad and the Better, a new dark detective tale from The Amoralists, officially opens Off-Broadway June 19 after previews that began June 14 in mid…
Earthquakes in London playwright Mike Bartlett has penned his first television series, a drama for ITV called The Town.
A mouth-watering menu of theater is set for summer stages across the city. Consider: Cate Blanchett acting in Chekhov, Amy Adams singing Stephen Sondheim, a musical about the Littl…
The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park celebrates its 50th anniversary at the al fresco Delacorte Theater in Central Park this month. More than five million people have enjoyed pro…
End of the Rainbow, Peter Quilter's play that imagines a behind-the-scenes look at the final months in Judy Garland's life, has extended its Broadway run through Jan. 6, 2013.
Chicago's Profiles Theatre Company says it has changed the first show of its upcoming season. In place of the previously announced "Blood From a Stone" by Tommy Nohilly, Profiles now will st…
Two of the UK's foremost performing arts training organisations have merged to create a body responsible for championing and improving drama training at all levels across the country.
4000 Miles director Daniel Aukin stages the world premiere of Derek Ahonen's The Bad and the Better, a new dark detective tale from The Amoralists, which premieres Off-Broadway June 14 a…
Broadway faves John Gallagher, Jr. (Spring Awakening), Alison Pill (The House of Blue Leaves) and Thomas Sadoski (Other Desert Cities) are gearing up to star in the eagerly awaited HBO …
Louis Ozawa Changchien, Katharine Powell and David Rasche will star in the world premiere of Kenneth Lin's Warrior Class in Second Stage Theatre's Uptown Series. The play, billed as …
Slightly unnerved by his eccentric British hostess, Manhattan foodie Matt Roddan gingerly accepts one of her exotic-looking hors d'oeuvres. "I call them Sylvie's Devilish Eggs," gushes Sylvi…
RAY DONOVAN, a one-hour drama starring EmmyR and Golden GlobeR Award nominee Liev Schreiber, and MASTERS OF SEX, a one-hour drama starring Emmy and BAFTA Award nominee Michael Sheen and accl…
"Welcome to just Yale and just an hour," Ron Van Lieu said. He was standing on the stage of a small theatre at Playwrights Horizons, on West Forty-second Street, addressing about a hundred a…
We just discovered that Stage Money was reviewed in the Winter 2011 issue of Modern Drama, a fifty-plus year old journal published by the University of Toronto Press. Written by Anne B…
Playwright Adam Rapp shares Beckett's indifference to whether audiences comprehend his idiosyncratic depiction of his dark vision. But in Mosaic Theatre's The Edge of Our Bodies, he also is …
Tracie Bennett, James Corden, Judy Kaye, Judith Light, Audra McDonald and more share their reaction on their historic victories.
There's no doubt that Shakespeare is the jewel in the crown of the London 2012 Festival, but there's plenty more on the programme, too. Ruth Mackenzie, the project's director, gives Simon Ta…
Broadway and record producer Bruce Kimmel will be at the Drama Book Shop for a celebration of his latest book, Album Produced by…. , 5pm-7pm on Friday, June 15. Kimmel's…
From its startling opening image of a naked prisoner to its climactic reading of a jury's verdict, "Murder in the First" is the sort of juicy courtroom drama we rarely get these days. Dan Go…
The Broadway musical Once, based on the Irish film of the same name, was the big winner at the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards, picking up four awards.
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Regular theatergoers confront the same question over and over: Do I feel like meat tonight or do I feel like cake? Am I looking for substance or pure entertainment?
What? The 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards; June 3, 2012 Where? Town Hall, with its very cushy seats; The Liberty Theater, in all its random-hidden-secret location glory, decked for a party Wit…
The biggest stars of the New York stage aligned at the Town Hall on June 3 for the 2012 Drama Desk Awards, a fun, festive event honoring the best of Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadw…
Tracie Bennett, James Corden, Judy Kaye, Judith Light, Audra McDonald and more share their reaction on their historic victories.