4,063 stories from theaterlife
By: David Sheward
Martin McDonagh takes the phrase "gallows humor" a bit too literally in his new play Hangmen now at the Atlantic Theater Company after hit London runs at the Royal Court…
Broadway Bound - Not!
Every theater professional wants to be Broadway bound. But is Broadway the best place for every show? The record shows the answer to this question is often no.
By: David Sheward
Two short, explosive new Off-Broadway works depict wars of race and gender with women's bodies as the battlefield. Both are intense and earnest, challenging theatergoers' …
Eve Ensler's compelling life story is beautifully enhanced by Diane Paulus for MTC.
By: Patrick Christiano
February 8, 2018: Tony Award winner, Eve Ensler, a world-renowned author, pl…
By: Isa Goldberg
A fitting metaphor for our times, Rock, Scissors, Paper is a zero-sum game. One man wins and the other loses, so the outcome is nought. It's a strictly competitive game.
I…
BroadwayCon Panels Feted
January 26, 2018: The Drama Desk hosted a reception for critics on the BroadwayCon panels "Being a Critic of Color," organized by Drama Desk member Jose Sol…
By: David Sheward
"Does my enthusiasm exhaust you?," exclaims Douglas Hodges as Serge Diaghilev in Terrence McNally's new play Fire and Air about the volatile Russian impresario, his relati…
The amusing new musical THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS by Dorothy Marcic and directed by Tamara Kangas Erickson is a series of witty snapshots chronicling celebrated archetypical women's role mode…
By: Paulanne Simmons
British cabaret dynamo Barb Jungr grew up in Rochdale, Lancashire, just a few miles
from Liverpool. So it's not surprising she has a special attraction to the
Beatles. I…
By: Paulanne Simmons
In1957 Edith Piaf gave her second and last concert at Carnegie Hall. The concert
included "La vie en rose," "Padam Padam," and "L'Accordéoniste." Sixty years later, on …
By: David Sheward
The moment you enter New York Theatre Workshop for Sam Gold's searing production of Othello, you know it will be a startlingly different interpretation of Shakespeare's tr…
Bronco Action Hits Town as the Professional Bull Riders Buck-Off Returns
By: Ellis Nassour
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Remembering Almost Unsinkable Debbie Reynolds
By: Ellis Nassour
In 2009, legendary film star Debbie Reynolds returned to New York for her first
professional appearance in over 25 years -- p…
For one night only on January 6, 2017 @ Carnegie Hall
With over a half a million tickets sold in more than 30 countries and worldwide acclaim, PIAF! THE SHOW " a musical cele…
A Bleak January 2017 Ahead with the Closing of 12 Shows
By: Ellis Nassour
January is always a dark time for Broadway. Many shows survive by having pre-season sales to fill seats during cold,…
The 62nd Annual DramaDesk Awards will be presented on Sunday,
June 4, 2017 at 8:00 PM at The Town Hall (123 W. 43 Street).
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By: David Sheward
Margo Seibert, James Snyder In Transit
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By: Isa Goldberg
Edward Albee, 1928 " 2016, the three time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and author of the groundbreaking plays Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and The Zoo Story…
Broadway's Analisa Leaming Celebrates the Holidays on Long Island as Mary Poppins
By Iris Wiener
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By Isa Goldberg
"Smash everything." "Be ruthless," opines the central character in Richard Greenberg's new play, set in an adult creative writing class. Indeed, It's of no great surprise to …
By Isa Goldberg
The giddy revival of Ben Hecht and Charles Macarthur's The Front Page on
Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre is sheer entertainment, especially when
Nathan Lane, the…
By Paulanne Simmons
At the beginning of The Band's Visit, Dina (Katrina Lenk), the proprietor
of a cafe in a small Israeli town called Bet Hatikvah, tells the audience, "Once
not long ago gr…
By: David Sheward
A Bronx Tale
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A Visit We're Sorry to See Come to an End
By: Lauren Yarger
Ari'el Stachel, David Garo Yellin, George Abud, Tony Shaloub, Harvey Valdes, Sam Sadigursky, Alok Tewari
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Don't Call Hamilton Curtain Speech Bullying
By: David Sheward
Brandon Victor Dixon of Hamilton addresses Mike Pence
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