On November 13, The New York Pops will celebrate the groundbreaking work of great ladies of song ranging from Billie Holiday to Ella Fitzgerald. Maestro Steven Reineke has once again convoke…
Everyone knows The Nutcracker. But what a lot of people don't know about is that its original staging (by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov in 1892) was a flop. Critics were confused by its story…
Perez Hilton is what you might call a Jack of All Trades for the Internet age. A pioneer in the world of blogging through his eponymous dot com, he's been supporting and skewering pop cultur…
I could have talked to Erin Dilly forever! The Tony-nominee is the kind of person who instantly makes you feel like you're talking to a dear friend, and it's precisely that warm quality that…
The Widow of Tom's Hill, currently onstage at 59E59 Theaters, tells the story of an increasingly dangerous encounter between two people, a young widow and a sailor, set against the worst pan…
Tony winner Laura Benanti (i.e. the hardest working woman in the industry) will be performing at NJPAC on November 21, in between shooting CBS’ Supergirl and preparing for Roundabout&#…
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Tony Roberts’ new memoir Do You Know Me? is that suggested by the title itself; that is to say, the parts of the narrative that have to do with p…
One need not even care about Broadway or know who this author/musical director/TV and stage actor/voice coach/Sirius XM Broadway channel host/playwright/New York native/columnist/pianist/(I'…
On November 1st, Broadway’s finest will get together to honor Tony and Oscar winner Joel Grey with the very first annual Humane Society of New York‘s Sandy Award presented to an …
In Ripcord, Holland Taylor plays Abby, a stern, oft-judgmental woman, living in a retirement home, who refuses to share her room with the newly arrived Marilyn (Marylouise Burke) who threate…
The 1970 Tony Award season was a real curio for the musicals in good ways and bad ways. It was a year of limited options: there were only three musicals nominated for Best Musical " the same…
Perhaps no one else on Earth knows as much about the Great American Songbook as Michael Feinstein, which is why it was a pleasure to converse with him about his upcoming show at the Brooklyn…
How many of us sit in the audience secretly wishing that we had the courage to be up on stage, sharing that same passion as our favorite star? Well, now you can! With New York serving as …
We talked to Three Day Hangover co-founder David Hudson and director Kristin McCarthy Parker about their immersive production of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and what they think is the futur…
The lovely Montego Glover took time out of her very busy schedule – she had a five show weekend! – to answer some questions we had for her. The Tony nominated actress can current…
In 1850, news of the California Gold Rush reached China, leading 300,000 Chinese immigrants to settle in the United States — a few of whom settled in the American South. After th…
At age 10 Avi Hoffman (born Avrum Ber, in 1958) made his theatrical debut in a Yiddish Folksbiene Theater production called Bronx Express. In the decades that followed, the performer, a son …
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 27th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 15 and 16 at New World Stages. We caught up with Jeff Talbott (book/lyrics) and Will V…
Elena, a new play by Roark Littlefield, tells one of the strangest true love stories of all time. It will be given two staged readings, both open to the public, at The Medicine Show Theatre …
Interpreting the work of Samuel Beckett is for some, an undertaking as formidable and imposing as the contours of the playwright’s granite features. For others, his trademark …
Ann Hampton Callaway’s The Hope of Christmas arrives in stores today. We spoke to the multi-talented composer about working with lyricist William Schermerhorn, getting into the h…
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 27th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 15 and 16 at New World Stages. On the Eve, by Michael Federico (book) and Seth and Sha…
Trivia nights turns me into a monster. Ask any of my friends and you’ll discover how much they fear being in my team on trivia nights, because I will undoubtedly become a combination o…
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 27th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 15 and 16 at New World Stages. Lift, by Daryl Lisa Fazio (book/lyrics) and Aaron…
After gaining critical acclaim at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her play Belfast Boy, Kat Woods returned to the annual festivities this year with a new hit, Wasted, starring Britis…