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The Tony Awards are more dramatic than ever this year, with a bounty of new musicals vying for only four or five nominations, which will be announced Tuesday.
After performances of Mark Judelson's play about a Montana community's response to a spate of hate crimes, discussions inevitably turned to this Rockland County town's own social divisions.
With three new shows opening this week in which cross-dressing figures prominently, Broadway's new motto seems to be "All Transvestism, All the Time!"
Celebrating Ervin Drake at 95, a memorial for Stephanie Stone, Tommy Tune takes the stage and more in this week's Jazz Scene.
James Franco's depiction of George in "Of Mice and Men" has earned mixed reviews, but critics have largely applauded fellow Hollywood actor Chris O'Dowd's portrayal of Lennie.
Peter Frampton, the classic rock star behind "Baby I Love Your Way" composed seven new songs for the Cincinnati Ballet in a performance called "Hummingbird in a Box."
When Danny Burstein steps on stage as Herr Schultz Thursday night for the opening of "Cabaret," it will be the first time in a long while that the actor isn't juggling the performance of one…
Creating a Broadway musical is risky business, but two shows this season, "After Midnight" and "Violet," eased the challenge by following the path set by the Tony Award-winning "Chicago": Th…
As New York's museums are once again starting to present dance performances, choreographers are finding that they are not easy spaces to adapt to.
Ticket sales for "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" topped $1 million for the first time since the Broadway production opened, boosted by a much-publicized visit by Ms. King herself earlie…
Fighting to overcome the handicaps dealt by life in "The Cripple of Inishmaan," starring Daniel Radcliffe, and "Violet," starring Sutton Foster. Also reviewed: "The Velocity of Autumn."
When eight actors sing Tupac Shakur's "Dear Mama" in the coming Broadway musical "Holler If Ya Hear Me," they will be mere feet away from some audience members.
Most musical theater performers moonlight on the cabaret circuit. But Lena Hall, currently starring as Yitzhak opposite Neil Patrick Harris in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," moonlights as a he…
Playwright Moss Hart's "Act One" is the best Broadway memoir ever written. Now, finally, a thrillingly well-staged adaptation that does the book justice.
New Broadway show 'The Cripple of Inishmaan' discounts tickets to attract a younger audience.
Neil Patrick Harris, who just completed a nine-season run on "How I Met Your Mother," stars in the Broadway production "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," the story of a transgender rock star.
It's probably safe to say that every boy with an interest in musical theater dreams of playing Gavroche in "Les Misérables." Gaten Matarazzo and Josh Colley currently alternate the role in …
Sutton Foster knows how to play outsize personalities who fill up the stage. Now in 'Violet.' she's taking on a character who's the exact opposite"and it's her most challenging role yet.
A documentary having its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, 'Ballet 422' follows the young choreographer Justin Peck as he creates the 422nd new ballet, later titled 'Paz de la Jol…
Why is the singing of the national anthem so much better in the NHL?
Two modern-dance companies struggle to bridge the gap between movement and meaning.
More so this season than in recent memory, major theater stars are sharing the stage with canines. From 'The Threepenny Opera' to 'Bullets Over Broadway,' canines are help bring up the curta…
David Hyde Pierce and Joyce DiDonato host the Opera News Awards, the annual event that honors opera luminaries.
Recreating Eugene O'Neill's notes, Harvey Fierstein's new play, 'The Mystery of Irma Vep' and more in this week's On Stage.
Michael C. Hall starred in two long-running television series, but fans of the "Dexter" and "Six Feet Under" actor may not know that his roots are in theater.
