Daveed Diggs! He's taking this horse by the reins, making sport of Tony campaigns! Daveed Diggs! And he's never gonna stop wearing those cool tops and rapping totally insane! …
If you missed Darren Criss warbling his way through Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway back in 2015, you're in luck: The New York Times reports that Criss will return to the title role in…
Thespians, they're just like us! They forget, they blank, they freeze! We all have those days, but in the case of Andrew Rannells, the stakes were a little bit higher " he was playing K…
It's a juggernaut musical that follows two youthful friends (one is more image-conscious; one is loaded with raw talent) as circumstances bigger than them corrupt their mutual respect and ma…
Amidst the moping and dramatic pfft-ing in Shakespeare's Hamlet, the beautiful, kind, seemingly chill Ophelia loses her marbles over Hamlet, a 30-something man-child. It's a haunting ch…
When the Tony nominations were announced this morning, most people were quick to analyze just exactly how well Hamilton fared. (Record breaking! Surprised?) But when the initial excitement d…
Does Hamilton have a chance to beat the record set by The Producers for the most Tony wins " 12? Mathematically, yes. But to do this it would have to sweep all 13 categories in which it…
In any Tony season, the idea of snubs is a little ridiculous; there's never been a conspiracy to deny Sutton Foster her next award. Among the nominators, who are generally not affiliated wit…
Lin-Manuel Miranda will be in the room where it happens once more " that is, at the Beacon Theater, site of the 2016 Tony Awards. Andrew Rannells and Nikki M. James read off the nominees thi…
When Prince died last week, two of the most extraordinary shows on Broadway immediately paid tribute: Hamilton with an onstage "Let's Go Crazy" dance party and The Color Purple with a specta…
Musicals are uniquely adept at telling large stories about individuals in conflict with society"so capable of doing so that we sometimes forget how smart they can be about individuals in con…
When Rent began rehearsals in December 1995, it hardly looked like a phenomenon in the making. Composer Jonathan Larson had only recently quit his job at a Soho diner, its stars for the most…
The first thing Blanche DuBois does when she arrives at her sister's "sort of messed up" flat in New Orleans is to locate the liquor and avail herself of a stiff one. Like many characters in…
Peggy Olson may have been the most famous Elisabeth Moss character to live in a society that devalues women, but she certainly won't be the last " and not just because today's world is alrea…
Dear Eleanor marks Kevin Connolly's second time directing a feature-length film, and it's a far cry from his antics on Entourage. The movie, which can be viewed now on DVD and…
The Broadway musical season that began with a Hamiltonian bang last August has now ended with another historical explosion, this one detonated by the playwright and director George C. Wolfe.…
Apparently, Jessica Lange had a path in mind. You might call it the Tandy Trajectory: that sequence of classic American roles, all memorably played by Jessica Tandy, from Blanche DuBois in A…
The age of a show's protagonist often provides a clue to the age of the audience the show is pitched to: Patrick in American Psycho is 27; Jenna in Waitress is "in her thirties"; the charact…
Tina Fey gave a touching speech honoring NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt at the Actors Fund gala on Monday, praising the executive's genuine love for television and theater. Even t…
I don't know if it qualifies as part of Broadway's ongoing diversity initiative, but in Fully Committed, the one-man comedy opening tonight at the Lyceum, that Ginger-American Jesse Tyler Fe…
It's going to be awfully hard to snark about the nicest kids in town, though Twitter will surely find a way to try. Jennifer Hudson and Harvey Fierstein will headline Hairspray Live!, NBC's …
Madeleine Sherwood, who was best known for playing the serious Reverend Mother Superior Lydia Placido, opposite Sally Field, on the 1967"1970 sitcom The Flying Nun, has died at 93. Sherwood …
With jokes and rhymes, John Oliver and Lin-Manuel Miranda teamed up Sunday night to address Puerto Rico's economic crisis. Above, the duo explains how the federal government has done more to…
A lot of the preview press for the new Broadway musical Waitress, which opened tonight at the Brooks Atkinson, concerned its groundbreakingly all-female creative team: Sara Bareilles (songs)…
Baz Luhrmamn's soundtrack for 2013's The Great Gatsby is a wonderful mélange of artists across various genres, ranging from Jack White, The xx, Beyoncé, to Florence + the Machi…