134 stories by "David Lefkowitz"
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game " that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosses …
“American Hustle” Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper begins Broadway previews at the Booth Theater tonight as John Merrick, the tortured title character of “The Elephant Man̶…
Diane Paulus's imaginative reimagining of "Pippin", which took the 2013 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival, has run out of pep. The show's box office has been declining as of late, and afte…
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game " that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosses …
Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" is back on Broadway, this time with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ewen McGregor, Josh Hamilton and Cynthia Nixon in tow. The Roundabout Theater Company’s revival s…
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game " that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosses …
Ayad Akhtar's drama, "Disgraced", which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, opens tonight, Oct. 23, at Broadway's Lyceum Theater. Preview began Sept. 27 for the drama, which tells of a su…
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game " that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosses …
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game " that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosses …
They killed in “The Producers”, and they wounded in “The Odd Couple”. How will critics react as Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick team up once more? The answer is on …
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game " that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosses …
Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" is back on Broadway, this time with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ewen McGregor, Josh Hamilton and Cynthia Nixon in tow. The Roundabout Theater Company’s revival s…
Most playwrights would kill to get a single production by Manhattan Theater Club; Donald Margulies has had 10 (count `em, 10!). Among them were such notable works as "Sight Unseen", "Time St…
Pop stars have tried their hands at Broadway musicals with varying degrees of success. Paul Simon's "The Capeman" endured a difficult time on the mainstem, whereas Cyndi Lauper couldn't have…
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game " that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosses …
Considered one of the most durable of all Broadway comedies, Kaufman and Hart's "You Can't Take it with You" has found its way to Broadway once again. Previews began Aug. 26 at the Longacre …
Ayad Akhtar's drama, "Disgraced", which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, starts previews tonight, Sept. 27, at Broadway's Lyceum Theater. The show has already enjoyed a New York run, c…
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game " that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosses …
A.R. Gurney has been a tremendously prolific playwright, especially in recent years, but his two best-known plays remain the mid-period "Sylvia" and "Love Letters". The latter is an epistola…
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game " that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosses …
Vanessa Hudgens, the breakout star of Disney's "High School Musical" film series, will make her Broadway debut in a revival of the Lerner and Loewe musical "Gigi", due on Broadway this-comin…
Elisabeth Moss, a six-time Emmy nominee for the "Mad Men" series will return to Broadway in March 2015, her first appearance since her 2008 debut in "Speed-the-Plow". She'll play the title i…
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game " that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosses …
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game " that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosses …
They killed in “The Producers”; they wounded in “The Odd Couple”. How will audiences react as Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick team up once more? The answer is now o…
