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Richard Chamberlain has signed on to the New Group’s upcoming revival of David Rabe’s “Sticks and Stones,” the Vietnam-era tale already set to star Holly Hunter…
Disney Theatrical Prods. is having something of a magic moment on Broadway this summer: As the long-lead closing announcement of “Newsies” has yielded a spike of last-minute sale…
If it’s true there was much at stake for the early kings of Scotland as they tried to establish order in turbulent times, it is equally true that everything is riding on playwright Ron…
As showpieces go, they don’t get much showier than Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert in the Sydney Theater Company production of Jean Genet’s “The Maids,” the theat…
The 1978 musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" will get its first Broadway revival next year in a new staging directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford (pictured above).Few details h…
The 1978 musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" will get its first Broadway revival next year in a new staging directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford (pictured above). Few details …
Last season's Off Broadway hit "Fun Home" has found its home on Broadway, where the well-received musical will open at Circle in the Square in April. With music by Jeanine Tesori ("Violet") …
Larry David will make his Broadway debut this winter in "Fish in the Dark," a new play that he also wrote.Produced by Scott Rudin, the play is a comedy about a clan dealing with a death in t…
Larry David will make his Broadway debut this winter in “Fish in the Dark,” a new play that he also wrote. Produced by Scott Rudin, the play is a comedy about a clan dealing with…
Daniel (Geoffrey Streatfeild) is tormented by the possibility that Reg, his late partner, may not have been truthful: "I think he was having an affair." That's not the half of it. As stealth…
The freaks will invade Broadway this fall, with the high-profile regional revival of cult 1997 musical “Side Show,” directed by Bill Condon, booking the St. James Theater for …
John Lithgow has a great gift for playing comedy high ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") and low ("3rd Rock from the Sun"). So who would think he'd give us such a piteous Lear?
John Lithgow has a great gift for playing comedy high (“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”) and low (“3rd Rock from the Sun”). So who would think he’d give us such a pite…
Disney's Broadway staging of "Newsies" seems to be reaping the rewards of its rabid fanbase, with its imminent Aug. 24 closing adding sales momentum to weekly box office figures that had beg…
Disney’s Broadway staging of “Newsies” seems to be reaping the rewards of its rabid fanbase, with its imminent Aug. 24 closing adding sales momentum to weekly box office fi…
Anyone with an eye on the Middle East this summer will recognize the importance of dialogue and mediation. That seems to have been something implicitly understood by Jane Fonda in 1988 when …
There's a delicious moment in the reworked musical "The Visit" when Chita Rivera, playing Claire Zachanassian, the world's richest woman, speaks of her eventful, much-widowed life and her ne…
Placing 1968's "Hair" in the cavernous Hollywood Bowl poses a trap. A flamboyant celebration of Aquarius, even at this 50-year remove, couldn't be easier, but emotionality is diminished when…
Stephen Adly Guirgis is such a quintessentially New York playwright, it’s incredible how popular his plays are outside the city limits. You have to wonder what those out-of-towners wil…
When James Franco directs, he calls Scott Haze. The actor (named one of Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch last year) not only stars in Franco’s movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy nov…
Mia Farrow, Brian Dennehy and Carol Burnett are among the actors lined up to star in the revolving-door cast of "Love Letters," the incoming Broadway revival of A.R. Gurney's 1988 play. Alan…
Ever notice how many Hollywood actors have a special affection for stage work? Either they're like Neil Patrick Harris or Daniel Radcliffe -- who got their starts on screen but like to chall…
Ever notice how many Hollywood actors have a special affection for stage work? Either they’re like Neil Patrick Harris or Daniel Radcliffe — who got their starts on screen but li…
“Sex With Strangers” sounds like fun. Â Scribe Laura Eason certainly tries hard to make it so, with a cunning plot about a callow young author of bestselling dreck who seduces …
Broadway Across America and Lifetime morning show “The Balancing Act” have teamed for a series of six TV segments that will highlight Broadway titles that are currently on the ro…
