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The Tony Awards Administration Committee made short work of the season’s outstanding eligibility questions, officially clearing the way for a crowd of actors — including David Hy…
Stories shift, depending on their art-form. Luchino Visconti transformed James M. Cain's twitchy crime thriller “The Postman Always Rings Twice” into a classy black and white rom…
So, did Godot ever show up? Were George and Martha able to save their marriage? And whatever happened to Nora after she slammed the door? In “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” Lucas…
Tony predictions were easy last year: One word " "Hamilton" " and you're done. The race for the 2016-17 Tony Awards is far less cut-and-dried, with plenty of strong contenders but no clear, …
James Earl Jones, the Tony and Oscar-winning actor whose long career includes the iconic voice role of Darth Vader, will be given the 2017 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the …
Paula Vogel, the Pulitzer-winning playwright who recently made her Broadway debut with the play “Indecent,” will be given the lifetime achievement at the 2017 Obie Awards, the an…
The mega-selling revival of “Hello, Dolly!” led the pack of nominations for the 2017 Drama Desk Awards, racking up 10 nods in categories including outstanding revival, lead actre…
There's a different "band of brothers" on stage in "Bandstand," the earnest and often-entertaining musical that, set immediately following WWII, never quite achieves its noble ambitions. …
Despite the vitalizing presence of Allison Janney in director Trip Cullman's elegant revival, "Six Degrees of Separation" lacks the comic bite of the original production. In its time, John G…
Baayork Lee, the actor-director-choreographer who originated the role of Connie in “A Chorus Line,” will receive the 2017 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award, which honors a member …
New musical “Anastasia” and the megaselling revival of “Hello, Dolly!” with Bette Midler took the lead in the nominations for the 2017 Outer Critics Circle Awards, wi…
Young women and girls in search of a new Broadway role model need look no further than the title character in "Anastasia," the sumptuous fairy tale of a musical that should please the kids, …
After the previous week’s boom, sales slowed predictably last week at the Broadway box office — although there were still plenty of strong earners on the chart, and one show in p…
The Tony Awards will bring back two awards for sound design next season, restoring categories that had been summarily dropped in 2014. The move comes after a long review by the Tony Awards A…
When good playwrights are unable to write, they sometimes write bad plays about being unable to write.  Annie Baker, who is normally a very good writer (of plays including Pulitzer Pri…
It was easy to spot the dash of Hollywood glam at the Broadway opening night party of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” There were the chocolate fountains and the all-you-can-…
It’s hard to predict how grownups might feel about this inflated musical adapted from previous stage and film treatments of Roald Dahl’s beloved novel, “Charlie & the C…
The producers of Broadway musical "Anastasia" knew they had a big built-in audience for their show. They just didn't know how big. As the team behind the production discovered early, the app…
The audience claps at the overture and whistles at the set; and when Bette Midler makes her entrance, everyone falls into a dead swoon. “Hello, Dolly!” is back on Broadway, and i…
Two veteran Broadway stage managers, Nina Lannan and Alan Wasser, will be awarded the 2017 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater, recognizing long careers and work that has been integral…
Chris Evans will make his Broadway debut in Kenneth Lonergan's play "Lobby Hero," starring opposite Michael Cera in a production that will reopen the newly renovated Helen Hayes Theater and …
The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference has set its 2017 lineup of eight plays to be developed during the center’s summer season, including new …
It wasn’t trick casting on the part of director Daniel Sullivan to have Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternate lead roles in “The Little Foxes,” Lillian Hellman’…
Daniel Craig, Cate Blanchett, Allison Janney, Josh Groban, Daniel Radcliffe, Sally Field and Corey Hawkins are among the actors nominated for the performance trophy at the 2017 Drama Leag…
The title of this engaging dark comedy by Tracy Letts ("August: Osage County," "Superior Donuts"), "Linda Vista," refers to the San Diego community in which protagonist Wheeler (Ian Barford)…