Is it better to be dramatic than theatrical? That's what the thesaurus seems to be saying: Synonyms for “theatrical” in online thesaurus: affected, artificial, campy, exaggerated…
Here is a list of Broadway shows, alphabetically, that have “love” in the title, more than 200 in all. The earliest is “Love for Love” by William Congreve in 1750, a …
Leslie Odom Jr. was a huge fan of Rent when he was cast in the musical at the age of seventeen, the youngest performer ever hired for the Broadway production. "It was getting cast in that…
Although she had already performed in four Broadway shows before she joined the cast of "Beautiful," Anika Larsen says that, without the Carole King musical, she would not now be 1. Pregnant…
Playwrights Horizons has announced another promising season, which includes new works by Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns), Taylor Mac, Lucas Hnath, Jordan Harrison, Gregory S. Moss,  Danai Gu…
Animation of the cartoon by Alison Bechdel about seeing her graphic novel, Fun Home, turned into a musical.
Given the seven-week gap between the last Broadway opening and the next one, there’s an awful lot of talk about Broadway this week — talk (two weeks before it even opens a…
“I've gotten a lot of nice e-mails and phone calls congratulating me for being a great bad actor,” Jeremy Shamos says. “It makes me feel good. That was my job in the film.&…
Nothing is opening on Broadway in February, which gives center stage to some very exciting Off-Broadway shows, including: Hamilton at the Public, Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop take on Alex…
How well were you paying attention to the theater news this month? Answer these 10 questions – most of which also involve television or the movies in some way — and find out. Tag…
Fans of Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) or Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black) drawn to the Classic Stage Company's production of “A Month in the County” surely don't exp…
Below are the first photographs of Hamilton, the musical about Alexander Hamilton written by and starring  Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights),which opens at the Public Theater on Februar…
Act of God is coming to Broadway. That’s the name of a new comedy by David Javerbaum, who among his other accomplishments (Emmy-winning former Daily Show writer) is the man behind the …
Here are snow day discounts and deals to Broadway and other New York theater now that the Blizzard of 2015 has turned out NOT to be the crippling historic storm it threatened to be in New Yo…
Here I stand In the light of day Let the storm rage on The cold never bothered me anyway Easy words from a cartoon character. But given the weather forecast, New Yorkers are sure to be bo…
AÂ Â “Blizzard Warning” has been issued by the National Weather Service for a "crippling and potentially historic" storm in New York City and much of the Northeast pre…
“Film Chinois,” a new play by Damon Chua presented by the Pan Asian Repertory Theater that takes place in Beijing in 1947, follows many of the basic rules of film noir, translate…
“Into The Woods,” Stephen Sondheim has told us, was in part inspired by his desire to create  “a quest musical along the lines of The Wizard of Oz,” and although t…
James Franco sent out an Instagram of a bloodied Taylor Mac in an evening dress, urging his followers to see “‘A 24 decade history of popular music’ any chance you get! But…
Here’s a surprise — recent research indicates that theatergoers don’t mind spoilers at all; they WANT to know what the play is about before they see it. That may prove a…
"Constellations" is a kind of stage version of the film "Groundhog Day" except instead of Bill Murray endlessly repeating a single day, Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson " both making their Br…
James Earl Jones, currently appearing in “You Can’t Take It With You,” his 19th Broadway production, was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi on January 17, 1931 – 84 years…
“Putting together an evening of Sondheim material has become almost impossible,” explained David Loud, who just put together an evening of Sondheim songs — some of the most…
These images flash across the marquee of Broadway’s Music Box Theater where a revival of The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein, starring Elisabeth Moss, Jason Biggs and Bryce Pinkh…
When mid-way through "Honeymoon in Vegas," Tony Danza is handed a ukulele and serenades Brynn O'Malley, there's something so charming about him, in a low-key way — although he plays a …