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Three decades after The Phantom first dropped his chandelier in New York and Jean Valjean took up pursuit here, along comes another Paris-based musical spectacle and prospective blockbuster.…
Alan Fox's Safe Space at Bay Street Theater is a provocative exploration of academic freedom in our call-out culture " and a three-character cage match to control the narrative during a …
The Prom, Â the $13.5 musical comedy that developed a cult following but not a mass audience since opening in November, will close on Aug. 11. It's the first musical to announce its closur…
Did he really just say that? And sing that? Scott Rudin, Tyler Perry, Disney, critics, and the composer-lyricist-librettist Michael R. Jackson himself are among those skewered and s…
EXCLUSIVE: With investors to repay and resellers on the prowl, the producers of Hadestown  increased ticket prices by as much as 47 percent, coinciding with the show's best musical win…
Halfway through the first act of Shakespeare in the Park's Much Ado About Nothing, I found myself on Danielle Brooks' lap. The exemplary performer, of Netflix's Orange is the New Black…
Hadestown's strong sales and its Tony Award for Best Musical may advance the cause of female theater artists more effectively than any speech advocating for industry inclusiveness. The in…
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive Tony Awards contest, can producers who vote for their own show make a difference? I obtained a list of voters in the 2017-18 season " which I'm told is largely cu…
EXCLUSIVE: Broadway's oddest and most enduring financing-scandal-turned-courtroom-drama has closed. After six years, 471 legal filings, one trial and another that had been on tap, Rebecca…
Thanks to Hamilton, Â The Lion King, Â Harry Potter and other blockbusters that draw fans from around the world, Broadway reported a record $1.8 billion in sales " up 7.8 percent " for t…
What the Constitution Means to Me and Hadestown,  two of the most of the acclaimed Broadway shows of the season, were both developed at New York Theatre Workshop. Last night, Artistic …
While accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Obies last night, Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz described how an apartment fire helped him create the nonprofit Theatre for …
"I always thought that my lot in life was to help people en masse," pontificates Susan Sarandon as an unbearable community theater diva in Jesse Eisenberg's half-baked new play, Happy Talk. …
For female musical theater composers, this season has been a mixed bag. Of eight original Broadway scores, just one, Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown, was written by a woman. Yet with its st…
LONDON " Man of La Mancha  is being revived at the London Coliseum, starring Kelsey Grammer as a blustery Don Quixote. Directed by Lonny Price, with the English National Opera's 30-piece …
It's been a few years since an old-fashioned mainstream comedy won best musical at the Tony Awards. Tootsie  could change that. Its primary challenger appears to be the acclaimed New O…
Students of Rupert Murdoch may wonder why an 88-year-old multi-billionaire would devote his last years to destabilizing democracy, promoting division and thwarting efforts to slow climate ch…
Disturbing, timely and leavened by dry wit, What the Constitution Means to Me is an impassioned play about American governance that may renew your faith in Broadway. Heidi Schreck, wh…
Ain't Too Proud isn't too original, but it should appeal to fans of the Temptations, the most successful African-American recording group in history. The musical's five leads gorgeously …
Cementing his position as Broadway's most prolific and arguably most powerful producer,  Scott Rudin said today that he's reviving The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman, in October 2020…
Set in suburban Jersey and based on Ned Vizzini's out-there 2004 novel, Be More Chill  is about a frustrated high school junior named Jeremy (Will Roland, best-known for Dear Evan Hans…
Morrissey's seven-night engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre sold well in the first hour of general public availability, suggesting a bright future for rock stars on Broadway. As of 11 am…
LONDON " Following Network, Ivo van Hove's disappointing star vehicle now packing them in on Broadway, the writer/director is back in peak form with his adaptation of All About Eve …
EXCLUSIVE:Â Ben Sprecher's six-year campaign to hold his former press agent accountable for the collapse of his musical and reputation has been cleared for another courtroom showdown. Earl…
After 33 days, Actors’ Equity has ended its strike against the Broadway League over how its members are compensated for developing new work. Actors sought revenue or profit share when …
