Fans gave a rousing sendoff to Nathan Lane (Max Bialystock) and Matthew Broderick (Leo Bloom) as the two triumphantly capped their return engagement to the St. James Theater in "The Producer…
It's wonderful to have an old-fashioned comedy back on Broadway in the form of "Sly Fox," Larry Gelbart's 1976 retelling of Ben Jonson's 1606 comedy about avarice.
The story of Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg is coming to the stage - as a musical.
The 76-year-old Barbara Cook is back on Broadway.
The production is amusing, but the comedy has yet to jell.
The astonishing thing about New York theater in the last six months is the volume of plays produced as commercial ventures, rather than the "pigs in a poke" presented by not-for-profit compa…
Tony winner Charles S. Dutton is still bitter over Broadway almost a year after the revival of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" closed.
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'Sopranos' star Michael Imperioli launches a theater for new writers telling accessible stories
'Small Tragedy," the title of Craig Lucas' new play, is a misnomer. "Minuscule Tragedy" might be more apt. Come to think of it, so might "Nonexistent Tragedy."
Sometimes it's easier to build up tension in a play than to resolve it. That's the case with Bryony Lavery's "Frozen," a riveting, chilling examination of a man who molests and murders young…
Inside a cold classroom with peeling paint and a dangling lightbulb, playwright Juan Shamsul Alam intently watched actors run through the lines to his newest play, "Fuego."
In David Wise's nostalgic one-man show "Momma's Knishes," the Dodgers are still playing in Brooklyn, the Nazis are rising in Europe, actual knishes are baking in the oven.
And Wise is performing in an audience member's apartment.
The Korean cast of "Cookin'" suffers for their art, with everything from sore muscles to a fractured neck.
The title Robby Benson has chosen for his quasi-autobiographical musical, "Open Heart," suggests both the event that prompted the show - open-heart surgery - and the psychological state that…
After 15 years of lending her voice to spunky Lisa Simpson on the hit cartoon series "The Simpsons," Yeardley Smith is telling her own story.
In finale, art imitates art - brilliantly by David Bianculli
Larry David & David Schwimmer as 'The Producers' in a double-twist wrap.
What underused Broadway understudy...
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"Embedded," written and directed by Robbins, is just a screed against the war in Iraq. To be a drama, there would have to be believable characters and some semblance of conflict.
When the city's Colombians get a craving for home-style cooking, they often flock to Natives Restaurant, a popular spot that also features live music. Now patrons are being served a steady d…
After 23 years and two open-heart surgeries, Robby Benson is returning to the New York stage with his own musical.
After earning four Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, Marsha Mason made a bad career move.
She turned 40.