306 stories by "Jesse North"
For over 20 years, Blue Man Group has been the only show in New York to require the 'You may get wet' disclaimer. Now, theatergoers can go from blue to red as they get sprayed with blood fro…
The streets are filled with shady politicians and rebel-rousing anarchists in Derek Ahonen's new play, The Bad and the Better, which plays at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater through July 21. …
Get transported into a noir-ish New York City in Derek Ahonen’s twisty new crime thriller The Bad and the Better. The Lang Brothers, whose family tree is deeply rooted in the NYPD, bot…
The streets are filled with shady politicians and rebel-rousing anarchists in Derek Ahonen's new play, The Bad and the Better, which begins performances at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater on Jun…
The streets are filled with shady politicians and rebel-rousing anarchists in Derek Ahonen's new play, The Bad and the Better, which begins performances at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater on Jun…
Now that the Broadway season has come to a close, summer is a a time for traveling off the Great White Way and exploring some riskier theater. Stage Rush is giving readers a head start by gi…
In two acts each taking place in different eras, the new play Clybourne Park demonstrates how race issues haven't changed much in 50 years. Jeremy Shamos plays Karl in Act I during 1959 and …
On May 1, Elaine Paige, the actress who originated the roles of Eva Peron in Evita and Grizabella in Cats could likely be nominated for her first Tony Award. Despite a lauded stage career th…
Duncan Sheik is still knee-deep in theater projects. The Tony-winning composer is getting ready to mount the first staged production of his new musical The Nightingale this June in San Diego…
If you give Andrew Keenan-Bolger a bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos, he will give you a Crutchie trading card. Disney has given each cast member of its new Broadway musical Newsies, based on the 1…
The energy at Joe's Pub was infectious on April 9 as the short-lived, but much loved, Lysistrata Jones cast performed their Class Reunion concert. The quirky Douglas Carter Beane musical, a …
Evita hasn't been seen on Broadway in over 30 years, but this Andrew Lloyd Webber classic is making up for it now with a grand-scale revival starring Ricky Martin, Elena Roger, and Michael C…
The only thing better than an improv show is an improv show with Jim Henson puppets, right? That's why Stuffed and Unstrung exists. Featuring six comedians and over 80 puppets, Stuffed and U…
It is not a happy time for the "Get Happy" singer. In the new play End of the Rainbow, Tracie Bennett plays the unraveling Judy Garland, just six months before her fatal overdose. The famous…
The year might be 1960, but not much has changed in the arena of dirty politickin’ in this revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man. Eric McCormack and John Larroquette face off as t…
The most raucous version of Sunday mass is back on Broadway with the new revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. Andrew Lloyd webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera has been brought back to the s…
Broadway musicals have been a home for many heroes throughout history and this season is ushering in a whole bunch of them in the tightly-wound package of Newsies. The new Disney musical bas…
Broadway turns it down a notch (or two or three) for the low-key stage musical adaptation of the 2006 indie film hit Once. A pair of fresh faces (Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti) play Guy an…
Do you remember when your parents told you that life is full of disappointment? Well apparently, that was a lesson never taught in the Loman household. Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as Willy …
Stage Rush’s favorite leading man is returning to Broadway this spring in the new musical Leap of Faith! Yes, the man who showed us that Christmas could be both sexy and depressing at …
Two of Broadway’s biggest stars headline the new musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It, which features the classic songs of George and Ira Gershwin. Matthew Broderick pla…
Joshua Henry opened his solo concert at the Triad Theater on February 20 singing the words "I'm livin' my life like it's golden." The chorus to Jill Scott's hit certainly describes Henry's g…
If there was to be a revival of The Most Happy Fella on Broadway, Robert Creighton should be cast as the lead right now. I actually have no idea what the show is about, but what I do know is…
A new Finch has flown into into Broadway! Nick Jonas is the new star of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Stage Rush is giving away two pairs of tickets to see the Jonas B…
Intense struggle is on display in Diane Paulus' revival (and retooling) of the classic opera Porgy and Bess. Adapted for a more standard evening of Broadway (ahem, running under four hours) …