Nina Ariadna and Michael Esper in Tales From Red Vienna (Photo: Joan Marcus) Playwright David Grimm has takes on some weighty topics in Tales From Red Vienna, which opened last night at Ci…
If Our Town were to be crossed with Oklahoma! and infused with a dose of opera, the resulting hybrid might look and feel something like the new musical, The Bridges of Madison County, which …
Steven Pasquale and Kelli O'Hara in The Bridges of Madison County (Photo: Joan Marcus) If Our Town were to be crossed with Oklahoma! and infused with a dose of opera, the resulting hybrid …
Let's face it - theater folk know that their talents have the ability to help people heal. And when artists like Nicky Blonsky, Phillip Boykin, Michael Cerveris, Robin De Jesus, Micky Dolen…
Austin Cauldwell and Déa Julien in Intimacy (Photo: Monique Carboni) There's a lot of sex in Thomas Bradshaw's new play Intimay, which opened last night at the Acorn Theatre at Theatr…
Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector in Machinal (Photo: Joan Marcus) For anyone who's ever felt trapped by their job, their relationships, or just life in general, there's always a good possib…
Last year, there was a lapse in a tradition, I'd grown really fond of. A "12 CDs of Christmas" column. I'm so happy to bring it back this year. Below you'll find a dozen discs - all relea…
Herman Cornejo and Alessandra Ferri in Chéri (©Joan Marcus) Martha Clarke's new dance-theater piece Chéri, which opened last night at the Pershing Square Signature Center, ve…
Nathaly Lopez, Laura Dreyfuss, Kyle Riabko (front row) James Williams, James Nathan Hopkins, Daniel Woods, Daniel Bailen (back row) in What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined (©Eric R…
Ruben Santiago-Hudson in How I Learned What I Learned (©Joan Marcus) Fans of Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's plays know that he has both a keen sense of history and an extraordin…
Harvey Gardner Moore and DeWanda Wise in Sunset Baby (©Monique Carboni) Sunset Baby, the rather innocuous title of Dominique Morisseau's new play that's just opened in a Labyrinth Thea…
Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker in The Commons of Pensacola (Photo: Joan Marcus) Ripped-from-the-headlines drama meets situation comedy in Amanda Peet's The Commons of Pensacola, whi…
Tom O'Keefe, Eric Tucker, and Andrus Nichols in Hamlet (Photo courtesy of the company) New York has been awash in productions of William Shakespeare's plays this fall: from Romeo and Julie…
Stephanie J. Block, Rory O'Malley, Hannah Nordberg, Logan Rowland, David Rasche, and Will Swenson in Little Miss Sunshine (Photo: Joan Marcus) In the latest of transfers from film to the m…
Bill Pullman and Glenne Headly in The Jacksonian (Photo: Monique Carboni) Beth Henley takes audiences on a creepy rollercoaster ride in The Jacksonian, a grisly Southern Gothic memory play…
Hamish McCann in La Soiree (Photo: Max Gordon) Chances are you've seen acts like those found in the new age circus burlesque La Soiree, which opened last night at the Union Square Theatre…
Adriane Lenox in After Midnight (Photo: Matthew Murphy) Take a host of standards from the American songbook mix them with some jazz classics and a few forgotten gems from nearly a century …
Noah Hinsdale, Griffin Birney, and Sydney Lucas in Fun Home. (Photo: Joan Marcus) To give you an idea of the daring new musical Fun Home, which opened last night at the Public Theater, let…
Charlotte Parry and Roger Rees in The Winslow Boy. (Photo: Joan Marcus) A pair of masterful performances from Tony Award winner Roger Rees and his co-star Charlotte Parry are just enough o…
Today and tomorrow a who's who of musical theater professionals will converge on New World Stages in Midtown Manhattan for the National Alliance of Music Theatre's 25th Annual Festival of Ne…
Jason Pinter, Will Callahan, and Lou Bolster in Orphan Train. (Photo: Richard Finkelstein) Over the weekend, Orphan Train, a new musical about a simultaneously inspiring and disturbing sli…
Rob McClure and Tony Danza in Honeymoon in Vegas. (Photo: T. Charles Erickson) The question that most likely is on everyone's mind as they contemplate the idea of a musical version of the 1…
Molly Ranson, Tracee Chimo, and Michael Zegen in Bad Jews. (Photo: Joan Marcus) Death can bring out funny things in people. Playwright Joshua Harmon demonstrates his understanding of this …
Il Divo meets the press at Sardi's. (Photo: ATW) The global phenomenon known as Il Divo - the vocal quartet that seamlessly blends classical and pop sounds - is going through a metamorphosi…
Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad in Romeo and Juliet. (Photo: Carol Rosegg) At intermission of a recent press performance of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which officially opened night at…