3,560 stories by "Brian Scott Lipton"
Comic timing " the perhaps innate ability to have a word or physical gesture elicit an even greater laugh than might be expected " is a particularly valuable resource to possess in the theat…
What do you get when you put together Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Taye Diggs and dozens of other great Broadway stars on one stage? The answe
The sad, often shocking history of racism in America has produced some of this country's greatest plays, including A Raisin in the Sun, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and Clybourne Park. Kirsten …
Bertolt Brecht's Baal, with its bleak portrait of a dissolute poet who shows a complete disregard for the rules of civilized society, shocked audiences at its premiere nearly 90 years ago. B…
Mary Zimmerman is one of the theater world's most acclaimed directors, known for her inventive productions of everything from Candide to The Arabian Nights. But the piece that has brought he…
Not everyone is in the mood for love this month, despite the best efforts of Hallmark, Kay Jewelers, and that blond guy on The Bachelor. But Amanda McBroom, the Golden Globe-winning singer/s…
Fear not, the Fanilows will get what they came for. And trust me, I know what I'm talking about. It's not only that I have (finally, after two cancellations) experienced Manilow on Broadway…
Hamish Linklater has spent so much time over the past few years dazzling us on stage and the small screen, it's hard to fathom when he even found time to write The Vandal , now receiving it …
It may not equal "What happened to the lost city of Atlantis?" as one of the world's great mysteries, but many a musical theater geek has spent part of a sleepless night wondering how Fiorel…
On paper, the idea of a world-famous opera singer taking to the stage at the intimate 54 Below to perform musical theater and jazz standards might seem like the thoughts of a woman flirting …
As Christine Andreas explains shortly after taking the stage at 54 Below, the title of her stunning new cabaret show, Bemused, has many definitions in the Merriam-Webster dictionary"from con…
It's been over 35 years since Broadway has seen a production of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's classic musical, Pippin, but that oversight will be corrected on March 23, when Diane P…
When you've won a Tony Award for your Broadway debut " and you're one of Hollywood's hottest stars (in every sense of the word) -- what do you for an encore? If you're Scarlett Johansson, yo…
The ups and downs of love have fascinated musical theater's greatest songwriters (and all of humanity) for the past century, so Tony Award-winning musical director Ted Sperling (South Pacifi…
David Greig's quirky, charming two-hander, Midsummer [A Play With Songs] now playing at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre four years after its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, is so often…
Given Sam Gold's recent quasi-experimental stagings of Look Back in Anger and Uncle Vanya, one would hardly be surprised if the entire stage of the Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre was…
If you're a performer who's also writing a play, here's a valuable lesson: create a good part for yourself. That's what the delightfully daffy Sari Caine has done in The Chess Lesson, her 6…
They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste, but as Sharr White's The Other Place, now at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, proves it's an even more terrible thing to los…
JONATHAN GROFF IS WORKING AGAIN! And, to blow your mind even more, he's joining (vocal) forces with Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell! Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening) will…
Complete casting has been announced for the Broadway production of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, which begins previews on March 4 in advance of an April 11 opening at the Shubert Theatre…
John Lloyd Young -- who won Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World awards for his performance as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys -- will return to the role for another limite…
Theatre World Award winner and film star Molly Ringwald will release her debut CD, Except…Sometimes, on Concord Records on April 9. In addition, she will play Manhattan nightspot 54 Below …
What do we do when faced with an almost unthinkable incident from our past -- or an unexpected dilemma in our present? Do we just, as Stephen Sondheim urged, move on? If Amy Herzog had all …
The fans have been heard, and they want more multidimensional swimming pools. Due to the overwhelming support of fans, the long-running off-Broadway hit Fuerza Bruta: Look Up has extended …
The Mint Theater will present a rare production of Teresa Deevy's Katie Roche, to run January 26-March 24. The production, to be directed by Jonathan Bank, will open officially on Monday, Fe…
