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Cirque du Soleil's Paramour: Sweeping Audiences Back to the Golden Age of Hollywood Panache
By: Ellis Nassour
Cirque du Soleil has come a long way baby. From humble beginnings in 1984 with …
Winners for the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this evening at The Town Hall. In keeping with Drama Desk's mission, nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, O…
World Premiere @ Bay Street Theater
The Forgotten Woman, a new play by Jonathan Tolins, opens at Bay Street.
Bay Street Theater is presenting the World Premiere of The Forgotten Woman, a cr…
By: Paulanne Simmons
Although we are told that Alan Ayckbourn's Confusions is composed of five interrelated plays connected through one of their characters, the truth is what really connects…
By: Iris Wiener
According to one of the characters in Jonathan Tolins' cleverly insightful and brilliantly funny new play, The Forgotten Woman, lovers of opera face life head on. Tolins is c…
By Patrick Christiano
When the nominations were announced the sold out hit musical Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's pop-culture phenomenon, dominated with a record breaking 16 nominations fol…
Michael Netter: CRYPTOGRAPHICS on view through July 29
ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Street in the Gallery District, hosted on opening reception for the exhibition of Michael Netter's painti…
Sean Hayes and Mo Rocca Host June 3 Stars in the Alley
By Ellis Nassour
As one of the festivities leading up to the Tony Awards, the annual free two-hour concert, featuring more…
Returning to the Tony Awards stage for the first time since 1970, legendary EGOT and show business icon Barbra Streisand will present at the 2016 Tony Awards. The telecast will broadcast liv…
On Wednesday, June 15, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Randie Levine-Miller will host her annual Showstopper Divas event at The Triad (158 West 72nd Street) to benefit The Actors Fund.
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ARF TRANSFORMS THRIFT AND TREASURE SHOP INTO STUNNING DESIGNER SHOWHOUSE
The Animal Rescue Fund of The Hamptons (www.arfhamptons.org) hosted a cocktail party and sale at the ARF Thrift …
The Drama Desk hosted a Spring Luncheon Panel, "Reviving the Revival," at the legendary Sardi's with Broadway stars GAVIN CREEL, WARREN CARLYLE, JESSICA VOSK, STEVEN PASQUALE and…
Outer Critic Circle presented their annual awards at a Gala dinner at the legendary Sardi's
By: Patrick Christiano
Celebrating its 66th season of bestowing awards of excellence in the field …
By: David Sheward
Two highly theatrical productions demonstrate that the avant-garde stage can challenge as well as mystify. Paula Vogel's Indecent at the Vineyard Theaters is a combination…
Award-winning actress Lea DeLaria returned as host of thisyear's 61st annual Obie Awards ceremony, which was held at Webster Hall (125East 11th Street).
A complete …
The 72nd annual Theatre World Awards hosted by Peter Filichia presented twelve performers making their Broadway and off-Broadway debuts. Bernadette Peters received the John Willis Lifet…
THE DRAMA LEAGUE announced the winners of the 82nd annual awards "HAMILTON" was named Outstanding production of a musical "THE HUMANS" outstanding production of a play &n…
Cole Porter's tap dancing musical comedy Anything Goesopened at The Gateway in Bellport Village and will run through June 4.
Anything Goes, a Tony Award-winning musical kick…
Whatever Happened to the Plot?
As far back as Aristotle, plot was recognized as an essential element of a play. Plot, according to Aristotle, consists of clearly defined problems the charact…
FSLC Presents La Magnani: A Series Tribute to Italian Spitfire Anna Magnani May 18 " June 1
By: Ellis Nassour
In the history of Italian cinema, there's never been a shortage of lusty …
Scott Siegel Presents Musicals' Original Stars May 20
By:Ellis Nassour
As the announcer for the Lone Ranger might say, "Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear" for a nosta…
By: David Sheward
A pair of intense lead performances illuminate two new productions on and Off-Broadway. Jessica Lange's shattered Mary Tyrone unexpectedly dominates Jonathan Kent's searing…
By: Patrick Christiano
When we first see the captivating Benjamin Walker as the Wall Street banker Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's witty mu…
BC/EFA Benefits from Auction of Signed Posters Featured
in On Broadway: From Rent to Revolution
By: Ellis Nassour
On Broadway: From Rent to Revolution (Rizzolli; 8x12 Hardcover…
By: Iris Wiener
The season is winding down for the theater community, but smart theatergoers know that award nominations are not the last word on whether or not to take in a show. Here's a …
