2,689 stories by "Gordon Cox"
A number of major regional theaters are changing artistic leaders at the moment. Over the last few months, that number has only grown as charges of sexual harassment and misconduct roil the …
"Do you have any idea who I am?" Eve Ensler tells a doctor from the Mayo Clinic after he suggests radiation therapy on her vagina as a preventative against the return of uterine cancer. The …
Lea Salonga wants to get “hit in the gut.” That’s what gets her to Broadway, the busy international performer says in the latest episode of “Stagecraft,” Var…
A huge hit in London, this Royal Court production of the black farce "Hangmen” — by Martin McDonagh, currently an awards-season darling as writer-director of “Three Billboa…
Hayley Atwell is the one person whose stock rises in this financial dud about zombie capitalism and its race to the bottom. Sarah Burgess's play “Dry Powder,” first seen at the P…
Laurels are so last year. Today's Caesars come crowned with combovers. In Central Park last year, the Public Theater's Oskar Eustis caused controversy by drawing too definite a line between …
Jennifer Lawrence will host “Unrigged Live!,” appearing alongside Tig Notaro and Nikki Glaser in a politically charged variety show of comedy, music and other acts that will cap …
After several seasons playing half of the superhero Firestorm in Arrowverse TV shows like “Legends of Tomorrow,” Victor Garber is loving making his Broadway return in “Hell…
Mark Ruffalo invoked a positive vision for America's future, Common rapped about Trayvon Martin and Michael Moore called for a cultural clean-sweep at "People's State of the Union," the Manh…
The Go-Go’s musical “Head Over Heels” has booked a Broadway opening this summer, lining up the Hudson Theater for a run that begins previews in June. Already set for a pre-…
Bernadette Peters may not be raking in Bette Midler-level numbers for “Hello, Dolly!” — but she’s still doing plenty of business, to judge from her first full week in…
One of the producers of “Rock of Ages” on Broadway is hoping to get the 80s-rock musical up and running in a new L.A. venue that will host additional music and comedy programming…
It starts with a silence and a glassy-eyed stare. At the end of a housewarming party in north London, the last two left standing look at one another. Hostess Laura — fortyish, svelte &…
“Tootsie” is on its way to Broadway, setting a pre-Broadway run in Chicago this fall, with producers hoping to open the show in New York in the spring of 2019. Santino Fontana, t…
Gordon Edelstein, the Connecticut theater leader who was accused of sexual harassment and misconduct during his tenure at the Long Wharf Theater, has been terminated from his position as the…
John Lithgow may have won two Tony Awards, six Emmys, and a couple of Golden Globes, but even he doubts his own skills sometimes. Take, for instance, every time he’s in a musical. R…
One pop star can be a good thing for the Broadway box office. But two pop stars? That can be a great thing. Current case in point: “Waitress.” Sara Bareilles, the singer-songwrit…
Gordon Edelstein, the artistic director of the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn., has been accused of sexual harassment and misconduct, with the theater placing him on administrative le…
"The Birthday Party" is sixty years young. Harold Pinter's first full-length play might be showing its age here and there, but it still seems more punk than it does pensionable. At least, it…
The Repertory Theater of St. Louis confirmed the political power of theater when it commissioned this one-person show written and performed by Dael Orlandersmith to capture the reactions of …
Bruce Springsteen was back on Broadway, Bette Midler was making her exit, and the two together kept the Broadway box office buoyant in the middle of the usual January slowdown. “Spring…
“I don't think there are a lot of performances on Broadway right now that are this fluid.” That’s Keegan-Michael Key talking about “Meteor Shower,” the Broadway…
John Lithgow is the most personable of performers, and his chatty solo piece "John Lithgow: Stories by Heart" finds him in a mellow mood, sharing loving memories of his family and of the sto…
Celebrities, servicemen and entertainment industry insiders came together Jan. 11 for the inaugural Salute to Service luncheon, paying tribute to those in the media and entertainment communi…
Lin-Manuel Miranda will receive the 18th annual Monte Cristo Award from the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the new-work development organization of which Miranda is one of the highest-…
