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How well were you paying attention to New York theater news in June, including the 72nd annual Tony Awards? Answer these 11 questions and find out.
When Carmen Jones opened on Broadway in 1943, one critic hailed it as "something more than a major theatrical event." Seventy-five years later, the Classic Stage Company is presenting what i…
When Carmen Jones opened on Broadway in 1943, one critic hailed it as "something more than a major theatrical event."Â Seventy-five years later, the Classic Stage Company is presenting wh…
In "Cyprus Avenue," Stephen Rea portrays Eric Miller, a proud, profane bigot from Belfast, Northern Ireland who considers himself "exclusively and non-negotiably British." He is shock…
Near the beginning of Log Cabin, four old LGBT friends are so struck by their sudden societal acceptance that one of them jokes "It's here, the gay takeover we've been plotting all this time…
Watch the 10th annual Jimmy Awards, in 80 high school students from across America are competing for Best Performance by an Actor and Actress as well as other honors and scholarships.
Near the beginning of Log Cabin, four old LGBT friends are so struck by their sudden societal acceptance that one of them jokes "It's here, the gay takeover we've been plotting all this time…
"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are." C.G. Jung Repping, supporting, & marching with grand marshal @LambdaLegal today! Happy #Pride â¤ðŸ§¡ðŸ’›ðŸ…
The latest show presented by En Garde Arts, "Red Hills," a play about the Rwandan genocide, takes place on the entire empty ninth floor of an office building in the Financial District, as I …
The Broadway composer Richard Rodgers found four things invariably gratifying: "eating, a warm bath, making love and having a successful show." But how gratifying is it to read about succ…
To judge only from Broadway, New York theater is experiencing a Renaissance of old gay plays, with starry revivals of three landmark dramas that are now period pieces: The Boys in the Band f…
La Mama ETC, Off-Off Broadway’s only Tony-winning theater, has announced a 57th season that features more than 50 premieres, dizzyingly eclectic as usual, including a 50th anniversary …
For the 18th year in a row, Bryant Park is the site of free lunchtime concerts by cast members of current Broadway (and some Off-Broadway) shows  on Thursdays in July and August between 1…
The new Broadway season is shaping up into something familiar — lavish revivals, jukebox musicals, musical adaptations of movies, a musical about a diva and about a giant ape — b…
There ARE straight plays on Broadway, contrary to the impression left by the 2018 Tony Awards, which showcased only the musicals. Maybe not a Scandal exactly, but Kerry Washington can set th…
My favorite moments in the 72nd Tony Award broadcast were moving, inspiring, funny and weird. Â Click on any of the photographs to read the captions explaining the moment.
Below is the complete list of the winners of the 2017 Tony Awards, listed in red with an asterisk* (Highlighted show titles link to further information. Also listed are my personal preferenc…
The American Theatre Wing’s 72nd Annual Tony Awards, with hosts Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles, will broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS Â tonight, Sunday, June 10, 2017…
Now is the time when interest in Broadway is at its peak, piqued by the annual three-hour TV commercial for Broadway known as the Tony Awards broadcast. I regularly get asked for recommendat…
These three new short plays written by Eve Ensler about women and the use and abuse of their bodies arrive on stage just four months after her last play, In the Body of the World , turned me…
Below are my preferences " not my predictions — for the 72nd Annual Tony Awards. See my article in DC Theatre Scene for an explanation for each of my choices. Best Musical Nominated: T…
The 2018 Tony Awards will be presented Sunday, June 10 at 8pm (ET) on CBS. Despite the Broadway League's crowing about the 2017-2018 season being "the highest-grossing and highest-attended s…
Do the Tony nominees feel like best friends from high school you've never actually met, given all the photographs and interviews and….celebrations over the past six weeks? It feels just li…
At the 74th annual Theatre World Awards, luminous performers, including this year’s winners — a dozen honored for their New York stage debuts — talked about when they first…
Performers from some 20 current Broadway shows offered a free concert in Shubert Alley, to celebrate the Broadway season just past, and whet appetites for the Tony Awards on Sunday, June 10t…
