Fathom Events, BY Experience, and National Theatre Live are presenting a special encore screening of the uproarious play, One Man, Two Guvnors on Tuesday, June 21. For a list of participa…
By Steve Schonberg (@CntrOnTheAisle) On June 16 and 17, singer, songwriter and composer, Rufus Wainwright will head back to Carnegie Hall to revive his wildly acclaimed tribute to Judy Garla…
By Shari Lifland (@shariontheaisle) / Photo credit: Walter McBride In the 1960s a cigarette manufacturer tried to woo women customers with the somewhat condescending slogan: "You've come a l…
Biopix is a series by CenterOnTheAisle.com (#COTA), offering an inside look at the life of celebrities " curated by celebrities " through their own photos. By Steve Schonberg (@CntrOnTheA…
Photo credit: Jerritt Clark Last night, a line-up of Broadway and TV stars came out to help Center On The Aisle (#COTA) celebrate Tony winner, Laura Benanti, at Feinstein’s/54 Below. P…
By Adam Cohen How lucky we are to have Encores! at New York City Center, with its mission that celebrates America's greatest art form and helps keep it vibrant for today's audiences. The ven…
On Thursday, the New Dramatists honored six-time Tony award winner, Audra McDonald with the 2016 Distinguished Achievement Award at its 67th Annual Spring luncheon. Held at the Marriott M…
The 61st annual Drama Desk Awards will be held on June 5 at Town Hall, hosted by Michael Urie. The nominees were announced recently, and this week, Drama Desk members and the media had a cha…
By Steve Schonberg, editor-in-chief (@CntrOnTheAisle) "The blues ain't nothin' but a black crepe veil, ready to wear," Duke Ellington wrote back in 1942. But rocker, Storm Large says it's st…
By Steve Schonberg, editor-in-chief (@CntrOnTheAisle) I created Center On The Aisle (#COTA) in 2014 with the simple mission of helping connect theater fans with stars and shows they'll love.…
By Mary E. Allen It’s a hit of the season, and those who wildly appreciate this 90-minute one-acter about dementia want to make sure you don’t somehow miss seeing a Frank Lang…
By Erik Jonathan Shuler (@ErikJShuler) Both a Broadway and television star, with an impressive resume of voice-over and recording work, Megan Hilty is in no short supply of vehicles and venu…
By Shari Lifland (@shariontheaisle) It was a starry, starry night at Carnegie Hall on Monday as the New York Pops celebrated its 33rd birthday gala with "Do You Hear the People Sing," …
By Steve Schonberg (@CntrOnTheAisle) Is Miss Saigon a criticism of the refugee crisis today, as much as it is about a love story decades ago during the Vietnam War? Does Les Misérable…
By Erik Jonathan Shuler (@ErikJShuler) Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s latest musical creation, Bright Star, which opened on Broadway in late March, presents a sweeping tale that s…
By Doug Strassler "You got to know how to lose to know how to win," is a refrain that should be familiar to the hapless Sister Mary Downey, the nun among those trying to survive numerous con…
By Erik Jonathan Shuler (@ErikJShuler), with #COTA’s editor-in-chief, Steve Schonberg (@CntrOnTheAisle) Paul Gordon and John Caird’s musical, Daddy Long Legs kicked its spi…
By Anne Lauren Carr One thing is very clear – Wendy Osserman is feeling the merciless tick of the clock. Her company, The Wendy Osserman Dance Company, celebrated its 40th Anniversary …
By Adam Cohen So, it’s the mid-1980s and you're in the balcony of the Shubert Theatre taking in A Chorus Line with your mother, after waiting on the TKTS line in Duffy Square, wonderin…
By Steve Schonberg, Editor-in-Chief (@CntrOnTheAisle) Now, through just May 1, Tony nominee Montego Glover (Memphis, It Shoulda Been You, Les Miserables) is winding down her run in The Ro…
By Rob Jones Highway 57, callin’ me home, no matter how far I may roam. In my youth, I did Pump Boys and Dinettes a number of times. Audiences never really knew what it was about until…
By Shari Lifland (@shariontheaisle) It's said that when The Crucible was first performed on Broadway, in late January 1953 at the Martin Beck Theater, Arthur Miller deemed the production …
By Katherine Kitt Katherine Jenkins, the Welsh classical crossover Singer made her Café Carlyle debut this week with "Viva La Diva." Complete with movie star looks, warm personality, and a …
By #COTA Staff Beginning on April 12, Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award winner, Lea Salonga will kick off six nights at Feinstein’s/54 Below in her much-antic…
By Steve Schonberg, video by Laura Heywood and Anne Carr There’s no lack of love at Center On The Aisle (#COTA) for Joe Iconis and his work, so when it comes to a show called “Jo…