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"Privacy," a play exploring the death of privacy, is inspired by Edward Snowden's revelations about surveillance; Snowden even appears on stage (via video.) But, for all its alarming info, t…
What is the most magical moment you ever witnessed on stage? Answer to win a chance for two free tickets to Wicked on Broadway. New York Musical Festival preview The Week in New York Theater…
“Oslo,” a fascinating play about the surprising story behind the first peace accord between the Israelis and Palestinians, arrives at Lincoln Center at a time when we can use som…
An icon sings about an icon. AÂ self-declared "ghetto-hippie-Arab-commie"China doll"Â sings about her mysterious Muslim father. Tinkerbell stars in one musical. Another is based on a rea…
"Small Mouth Sounds," Bess Wohl's play about six characters who are attending a silent retreat , contains almost no dialogue, but it speaks volumes. It is a satire, but it treats its subject…
Ticket Giveaway: Win two tickets to see Wicked for free. The long-running Broadway musical tells the story of "The Wizard of Oz" from the witches' perspective, more specifically from the …
On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr engaged in their deadly duel " recreated nightly on Broadway for the foreseeable future. Four members of the original cast of Hamilton hav…
The original cast of “Hamilton” is breaking up. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and Phillipa Soo play their final performances in “Hamilton” today. (Jonathan Grof…
Below is the overture and opening number of the Roundabout’s Broadway production of “She Loves Me,” as live streamed by BroadwayHD on June 30, 2016. The musical starring La…
Now, 38 years after that its Broadway run " and six months after Swados' death at the age of 64 " Runaways has been revived as part of Encores Off Center, the summer version of the long-runn…
Broadway musicals that take American history as their subject have been called a "vastly underexplored genre"…until recently. Which is your favorite?
Four New York museums are taking advantage of a certain Broadway musical's success to offer summer-long exhibitions and programming focused on Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton is not the only sh…
"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel," Samuel Johnson famously said in 1775, one year before America's first Fourth of July, the day that Congress officially adopted the De…
The list below includes two Broadway shows but only a handful Off-Broadway. If July looks sparser than most months, that's because the list below doesn't the summer theater festivals, the FR…
Barbara Cook, who is now 88 years old " the exact number of keys on a piano " has three distinct stories to tell in her new memoir, "Then and Now" (HarperCollins.) The first is about a poor,…
How well were you paying attention to the theater news in June? Answer these 11 questions to find out.
For the 16th year in a row, Bryant Park will be the site of free lunchtime concerts of current Broadway shows — and forthcoming Broadway musicals (this year, Holiday Inn; Natasha, Pier…
Bette Midler made her New York stage debut in Tom Eyen's "Miss Nefertiti Regrets" at La MaMa in 1965. Photographs of her performance, and of a young Sam Shepard, and Harvey Fierstein and …
Grey's Anatomy actor Jesse Williams, in accepting BET's Humanitarian Award on Sunday, gave a speech about racist oppression and appropriation, police violence and even the Magical Negro. The…
The 46th annual Gay Pride Parade, aka LGBTQ March, comes exactly two weeks after a man shot dead 49 people in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and the marchers carried pictures of the de…
Shuffle Along, Fun Home and An American in Paris all announced their closing dates this week — all, in my view, prematurely, Shuffle Along shockingly so. Three more Broadway shows are …
In the video below, President Barack Obama announces he is designating the area around the Stonewall Inn in New York City as the country’s first national monument to lesbian, gay, bise…
New York Spectacular, a new summer show at Radio City Music Hall that features the Radio City Rockettes and some terrific sets, aims to tap into a similar demographic as Broadway, where more…
New York Spectacular, a new summer show at Radio City Music Hall that features the Rockettes and some terrific sets, aims to tap into a similar demographic as Broadway, where more than two-t…
We peek at the new Broadway season, which promises Cate Blanchett’s Broadway debut; Â the last remaining play from August Wilson’s celebrated American Century Cycle to make it …
