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In the days leading up to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the cast and crew of "Matilda the Musical" were perfecting their show routine.
The Journal's theater critic called "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" "wickedly witty, wonderfully well staged and as pleasing to hear as it is to see." Composer and co-lyricist Steve…
Among the choreographers participating in this year's Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music are two women who have been involved with the festival almost since its inception.
While the theater world is abuzz over Mark Rylance and Patrick Stewart wearing multiple hats this season, the Metropolitan Opera has a high-wattage version all its own.
When Maile Okamura designs costumes for dance pieces, she doesn't have to go far to get a performer's perspective"she's one herself.
For theater patrons, it was all happening Monday night, from a screening of "Six by Sondheim" to the New 42nd Street recognizing former Disney honcho Michael Eisner for his contributions to …
New York City Ballet said four of its principal dancers, all of whom have been with the company since the 1990s, will retire during the 2014 winter and spring seasons.
Our roundup of notable area shows including "Beautiful" at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre and "Our Planet" at Japan Society.
The popular yet troubled $75 million Broadway musical fell short of the break-even point for weeks, sources say
The popular yet troubled $75 million Broadway musical fell short of the break-even point for weeks, sources say
Florida Grand Opera's new production of a Eugene O'Neill classic expends much energy to little effect.
Before the City Center gala, guests were treated to a performance of "A Bed and a Chair: A New York Love Affair," in which the music of Stephen Sondheim was performed by the Jazz at Lincoln …
In New York, producing a podcast can cost as little as the price of a good computer. But the amount of labor that goes into the production can be the equivalent of a full-time job.
The movie moves fast; here the action slows to a crawl.
The actress talks about the show, which reinterprets the heyday of New York's 1920s Cotton Club.
The Jazz Scene: Our roundup of notable area shows including Andrea Marcovicci's 65th Birthday Celebration and ESP-Disk's 50th Anniversary Concert.
Composer's work is not only physically demanding"full of notes, rhythmically complex and taking ample advantage of the forces of a symphony orchestra"but mentally taxing as well.
The actress Emma Thompson led a spirited sing-along of songs from "Mary Poppins" at a lunch for her new movie, "Saving Mr. Banks."
Wynton Marsalis plays Stephen Sondheim in a tribute to New York, a play based on Watsons and more in this week's On Stage.
It's worth visiting the Belasco Theatre, where Globe Shakespeare is giving near-authentic stagings of "Twelfth Night" and "Richard III," complete with all-male casts.
The Public Theater will have the premiere of the fourth and final play, "Regular Singing," of Richard Nelson's tetralogy, The Apple Family Plays: Scenes from Life in the Country."
Julie Taymor, whose reputation was bruised two years ago on "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," has returned to the green pastures of high art with "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The results are …
Isabel Toledo's atelier is filled with black ostrich feathers, swatches of cheetah-print and sketches of zoot suits, which she used to make the costumes for the new Broadway musical "After M…
American Ballet Theatre's current season includes two notable works: Twyla Tharp's "Bach Partita," which ABT premiered 30 years ago, and the world premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's "The Tempest…
When Hal Prince produced hits like "West Side Story" and "The Pajama Game," the business of Broadway wasn't quite the high-stakes gamble it is today.
