News & Features
- The Pause
The shutdown of Broadway in March of 2020 was the first time that Broadway went ...
- Broadway Reopening & Covid Protocols
Broadway is reopening this fall. People are once again thinking about the excitement of live ...
- Tired Old Jokes
In the university where I teach theatre, we had a student who would not follow ...
- The Bottle Conjuror
Advertisements for an anonymous magician appeared in English newspapers in January of the year 1749. ...
- Oliver Herford & Celebrities of Yore
The Players’ Club, #16 Gramercy Park Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 https:// creativecommons.org/ ...
- Old World Spectacle
Our methods of producing spectacle evolve across the decades. New technology is not necessarily ...
- Quotable Reviews
“I’ve knocked everything in this show except the chorus girls’ knees, and there God anticipated ...
- Know Your Agreements!
A scene from “Avenue Q” @ Noel Coward theatre.(recast 12-07)©Tristram Kenton When I left college, I ...
- Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast was my favorite Disney movie as a child. I loved the ...
- Another Star of the Stage and Screen Lost
After the passing of Carrie Fisher, we were dismayed to learn that her mother, Debbie ...
- Zorba! turns 48!
On this day in 1968, a new musical by Kander and Ebb opened at the ...
- Satire through the Centuries
Sarah Siddons as Euphrasia in The Grecian Daughter, 1782 Sarah Siddons was born in Wales in ...
- Broadway Musical Spring Awakening Leaving Broadway
There are only a handful more performances of Deaf West’s production of Spring Awakening before it ...
- At the Theatre: To the Lady Behind Me
Dear Madam, you have seen this play; I never saw it till today. You know the details ...
- Bad Behavior by American Theatre Audiences is Nothing New
Hand to God recently had an incident with an audience member. So many reviewers, columnists, and ...
- Old New York
This composition of 28 clips of New York City ranges from 1896 to 1905. They are “the ...
- On the Twentieth Century: Peter Gallagher Misses the Train Again
Peter Gallagher is still recovering from a serious sinus infection and that means that he ...
- Larry David’s Fish in the Dark Opens to Mixed Reviews
Yes, it is true that Larry David’s Fish in the Dark is booked solid. It ...
- Rebecca Naomi Jones Replaces Lena Hall in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Rebecca Naomi Jones will be in Tony-winner Lena Hall’s stead and play Yitzhak in the ...
- Clive Owen Opens Roundabout’s 50th Season In Old Times
Clive Owen will star as Deeley in Harold Pinter’s dark and mysterious drama Old Times. ...
- On the Twentieth Century’s Off Track Again
Once again, On the Twentieth Century has experienced a schedule snag as producers have decided ...
- 2014-15 Broadway Season: 4 Shows Open on Broadway in March 2015
Late April marks the deadline for Tony nominations and that means there will be a ...
- On the Twentieth Century Still on Track Despite Gallagher’s Illness
Peter Gallagher has been out of On the Twentieth Century since last Saturday (February 21) ...
- Feb. 27, 2015: Latest London Theatre Notes, Orts, and Doings
There’s theatre news from London regarding Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Oppenheimer, and Golem. Here’s ...
- Classic Stage Company’s Hamlet Directed by Austin Pendleton
Recently announced players for the Classic Stage Company’s Hamlet, which will be directed by Austin ...
- Lisa D’Amour’s Broadway Debut of Airline Highway Features Tony Winner Julie White
The Broadway premiere of Lisa D’Amour’s Airline Highway will include a stellar cast. Tony winner ...
- Broadway and Theatre News Notes: Spacey Gets Olivier
Kevin Spacey, who’s a Tony and Oscar winner, will receive a Special Award at the ...
- Robert De Niro to Direct A Bronx Tale for Paper Mill Production
Oscar winner Robert De Niro will be part of the creative team that brings the ...
- Hamilton & Lin-Manuel Miranda Headed to Broadway
Lin-Manuel Miranda, a Tony, Drama Desk, Grammy, and Emmy winner, has a new musical and ...
- The Heidi Chronicles Previews Tonight at the Music Box
Four shows, including The Heidi Chronicles, will open on Broadway in March. The other three, ...
- Quotable
Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. – Tom Stoppard I like ...
- On the Twentieth Century Derailed Saturday Night Back on Schedule for Sunday
It’s been announced that the Roundabout’s revival of On the Twentieth Century at the American ...
- Finding Neverland Preps for Broadway Opening and Pushes for West End Transfer
Finding Neverland, with a score by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy and a book by ...
- Broadway Grosses for Week Ending 2/15/15 Reveal New Strength
Helen Mirren in The Audience had a big first week, selling at 101.1%. That number ...
- Clinton The Musical Off-Broadway Premiere at New World Stages Announces Leads
Clinton: the Musical, a satire that spoofs the eight years our 42nd president and his ...
- Broadway in Brief
The Lyceum is the oldest, continuously operating Broadway theatre in New York City. Along with the Lyceum ...
- The Audience with Helen Mirren Previews Tonight on Broadway
Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience on Broadway has been much anticipated. ...
- Truth in Advertising
In the year 1840, the following very clever advertisement was used to promote a production ...
- The Iceman Cometh: Nathan Lane as Hickey in O’Neill Classic
In 2012, Robert Falls directed Eugene O’Neill’sThe Iceman Cometh with Nathan Lane, Brian Dennehy, and an ...
- Frozen Broadway Bound for 2017 as Alex Timbers May Direct
Frozen, the hit Disney film musical, is eyeing Broadway for 2017. Disney Theatricals will produce ...
- Film Stars and Oscar Nominees Bring Broadway Grosses Up
Emma Stone and Bradley Cooper, both Oscar nominees this year, are doing big box office ...
- Broadway at the NBA All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden
Broadway comes to Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets host ...
- Audra McDonald to Play in Spamalot at Hollywood Bowl
Audra McDonald, who won her sixth Tony for her portrayal of Billie Holliday in Lady ...
- Broadway Grosses and Capacity for Week Ending February 8
It’s been an interesting week on Broadway, as four of five top shows in terms ...
- Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2015 Season
Williamstown Theatre Festival’s, new artistic director Mandy Greenfield has announced the theatre’s 2015 season. The ...
- Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Scores Grammy Award
This time it’s a Grammy for Jessie Mueller and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Muellar, ...
- On Broadway
About me young careless feet Linger along the garish street; Above, a hundred shouting signs Shed down their ...
- Patti LuPone on Broadway in Shows for Days by Douglas Carter Beane
Patti LuPone, star of numerous Broadway shows and Tony winner, returns to Broadway in a ...
- Broadway Revival of On the Twentieth Century Delays First Preview
The weather has not been kind to On the Twentieth Century, the Roundabout’s revival starring ...
- An Act of God on Broadway with Jim Parsons
Emmy winner and Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons will play the ultimate roe, God, ...
- Allegiance, a New World War II Musical with George Takei Coming to Broadway
The Broadway musical Allegiance treats a subject matter that has been investigated in books and ...
- Quotable
I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. ...
- The NY Theatre Guide Voting Ballot for 2014 Readers’ Choice Awards Is Open
It’s that time of year again, as the NY Theatre Guide has opened voting for ...
- Musical about James Cagney to have New York Premiere
Cagney!, a high-powered musical about an equally high-powered performer, James Cagney, will receive its New ...
- Musical Falsettos by Finn & Lapine Returns to Broadway
James Lapine, who directed the original 1992 Broadway production of Falsettos, will direct the show ...
- Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical Premiere Set for Dallas
Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical will have its world premiere at the Dallas Theater Center ...
- First Wives Club Pre-Broadway Run Opens Soon in Chicago
The new musical, First Wives Club, which is based on the hit 1996 movie and ...
- Quotable
To me, what is important in the theater is that we don’t want to make ...
- Broadway Openings in February Are Nil But Ramp up in March and April
There are no shows scheduled to open on Broadway in February. Since the start of ...
- Poetry
New York Haiku “Excited tourists stop and stare, awed by Times Square – forget they have feet.” Madeleine Begun ...
- Larry David’s Fish in the Dark First Broadway Preview Sold Out
Larry David was christened last night, Monday, February 2, 2015. Symbolically, that is, as the ...
- Broadway Ticket Sales and Grosses Down Due to Juno
Box office numbers for the week ending February 1, 2015 published by The Broadway League ...
- Tonight Chicago, The Musical, Welcomes Country Girl Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles, who formed the band Sugarland in 2003 with Kristian Bush and Kristen Hall, ...
- Will Broadway Ticket Sales See an Uptick This Week?
As noted in an early story, the months of January and February can be especially ...
- Broadway Snark
Robert Benchley was the theatre critic for Life Magazine. He wrote weekly capsule-reviews for ...
- Andronicus Roll-Ups
on stage in “The Beard of Avon,” a farce. I was playing the role ...
- Subways are for Sleeping
It was January of 1962. The Broadway production of Subways are for Sleeping at the St. James Theatre was ...
- Webber Musical School of Rock Open Call for Kid Musicians
The new Andrew Lloyd Webber show School of Rock, The Musical, which he has developed ...
- Broadway Grosses Unpredictable During January
The ‘dead months” for Broadway begin in January with the start of the calendar year ...
- Quotable
I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. ― Al Pacino Acting is behaving truthfully under ...
- New Broadway Musical Mrs. Doubtfire Has Premium Creative Team
The hit film Mrs. Doubtfire, in which Robin Williams starred as a dad who cross-dresses and becomes ...
