The oldie musicals came to Broadway in Bryant Park this week to show the newbies who's boss. The lively casts of The Phantom of the Opera, The Fantasticks, Hair, and Anything Goes performed …
Chester Gregory has remained a steady Broadway fixture since making his debut in 2003 in Hairspray. A replacement in the role of Seaweed, the Gary, Indiana native began a streak of supportin…
The fall Broadway season is already packed with new, exciting shows. Here at Stage Rush, we are so stoked about all the new plays and musical revivals about to open that we want to give you …
Talking points: Sarah Roberts from Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment co-hosts! Kate Baldwin’s album-release party at Feinstein’s Memphis‘ Bryan Fenkart and…
This week's acts at Broadway in Bryant Park couldn't match the scorching heat of Kerry Butler and Aaron Tveit from last week, so Mother Nature sent down an excess of UV rays to make up for t…
Talking points: Kevin Daly of The Theatre Aficionado at Large co-hosts! Broadway in Bryant Park triumphs in its second week Kevin attends Kate Baldwin’s album release party at Feinstei…
After a ho-hum kickoff, the Broadway in Bryant Park concert series returned Thursday to its second week with a roar. Big Broadway players like Chicago and Catch Me If You Can showed up with …
Talking points: Lucky and The Mick from The Craptacular co-host with me this week! Broadway in Bryant Park kicks off with a not-so-stunning set Hair returns to Broadway at the St. James Thea…
Manhattan's summer lunch breaks just got extended. There's only one event that could justify an hour-and-a-half reprieve from the office, and that is the Broadway in Bryant Park concert seri…
Cirque du Soleil has swooped back into New York in its second attempt to mount a successful semi-permanent show"Zarkana at Radio City Music Hall. After the financial and critical disaster th…
Talking points: Stage Rush hasn’t been in Los Angeles since Episode 3! Jesse’s California theater adventure What I missed while I was in LA Broadway grosses What do you think, Ru…
Greetings from Los Angeles, Rushers! I’ve been out here on the west coast for over a week participating in the National Endowment for the Arts’ Theater Journalism Institute, and …
Happy Tony night, Rushers! The most exciting event of the Broadway season has arrived. As you gear up for the ceremony, watch the stars arrive at the Beacon Theater’s red carpet below!…
Talking points: Stage Rush’s Tony Award predictions Attending the opening of Desperate Writers Stage Rush TV will be coming to you from Los Angeles next week Broadway grosses What do y…
One of my favorite parts of the summer is the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park series. One of my least favorite parts of the summer is waiting in line for free tickets to Shake…
The back-and-forth chatter of who will go home a winner on Tony Awards night must come to and end, as the ceremony this Sunday draws closer. Stage Rush predicts the winners below! Best Play …
Talking points: Lucky Guy‘s unexpected, early closing almost derails Stage Rush giveaway winners The Phantom of the Opera ticket giveaway concludes The four Tony-nominated Book of Morm…
Talking points: Word association with Wonderland‘s Kate Shindle Acrobats tumble at Cirque du Soleil’s Zarkana press event Win a pair of tickets to see The Phantom of the Opera Br…
It only lasted two months on Broadway, but the cast of the new musical Wonderland was never without water-cooler material. Actors of the show, based on Lewis Carroll's characters, were hande…
There are lots of shiny, new musicals on Broadway this season, and while a lot of them have superior star power to offer, it's hard to top that of an institution. Stage Rush is giving a way …
Coming off the heals of the flop that was Banana Shpeel, which ran just over a month at the Beacon Theatre last year, the Cirque du Soleil company would not want to see the performers of the…
Talking points: Playwright Jez Butterworth quotes Stage Rush’s Jerusalem review on Theater Talk. [Full TV clip here] The Book of Mormon Tony nominee Rory O’Malley gives his best …
The Independent Theater Bloggers Association has announced the winners of the 2011 Patrick Lee ITBA Awards! Watch the [title of show] gang"Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaf…
When Rory O'Malley called his mother in Ohio to tell her the happy news that he had been nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in The Book of Mormon, she suggested that he double ch…
Talking points: Scottsboro Boys producer Catherine Schreiber discusses the show’s 12 Tony Award nominations and what she thinks the show can win on the big night The Broadway softball …