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This season, on and off Broadway, is turning into an especially good one for monsters Mom and Dad.
A sold-out performance of the musical "The Lion King" that had been modified for children with autism and their families.
On Saturday gay-friendly lyrics to "Sunrise, Sunset," approved by Sheldon Harnick, the "Fiddler on the Roof" lyricist, were sung officially for the first time at the nuptials of Richard Skip…
Jonas Hassen Khemiri, the author of the play "Invasion!," shares his playlist titled "How to Write a Play Using Nine Hip-Hop Songs and One Stand-Up Skit."
The photographer Jason Bell talks about what inspired his provocative photo for the poster of the play "Venus in Fur."
Bruce Norris's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about race relations and neighborhood gentrification is looking for its own real estate on Broadway.
Ellen Burstyn will star in the LAByrinth Theater Company's Off Broadway production of David Bar Katz's "The Atmosphere of Memory."
Some unusual sound recipes for three scenes from Elevator Repair Service's stage adaptation of "The Sun Also Rises." Cue David Lee Roth.
With so many shades of red on the color spectrum, what's a poster designer to do with a show called simply "Red"?
Kelli O'Hara will be the leading lady in the new Broadway musical "Nice Work If you Can Get It,'' the producers announced on Wednesday.
The Autism Theater Initiative intends to make theatergoing accessible to children and adults living on the autism spectrum.
JT Fridsma talks about the postcard he designed for the musical "The Disorientation of Butterflies."
"Greenland" is the story of a family being broken apart.
An e-mail exchange with Kristen Kinstrey, who designed the postcard for the improv show "As the Boat Approaches."
Christine Lahti and Reed Birney will star in the Atlantic Theater Company's production of Adam Rapp's play "Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling."
"End of the Rainbow," Peter Quilter's popular London drama-with-music about the final months of Judy Garland's life, will come to Broadway next year.
Following are excerpts from an e-mail exchange with the Dublin-based artist Aidan Kelly, who created the postcard art for "Never Look in the Mirror When You're Dancing."
Taylor Hamilton talks about the artwork he designed for "Fourteen Flights," a show in the New York International Fringe Festival.
Christopher Sieber will play Albin (aka the drag queen Zaza) in the national tour of "La Cage aux Folle."
The Roundabout Theater Company's production of Athol Fugard's play "The Road to Mecca" will begin previews in December.
ArtsBeat was abuzz last week with two theater posts that sharply divided many readers.
"Clybourne Park," Bruce Norris's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, is set in a Chicago neighborhood, but it could be about any American city.
Brian Friel's Tony Award-winning play "Dancing at Lughnasa" will return to New York at the Irish Repertory Theater.
"One Night Stand" is a documentary about casting, rehearsing and performing a musical, all in 24 hours.
Luckily for aspiring musical theater performers in New York, some big Broadway names offer encouraging, tough-love-based 10-minute apprenticeships.
