306 stories by "Jesse North"
The medical horror story of dealing with cancer is starkly depicted on stage in the Broadway debut of Wit. Cynthia Nixon stars as Vivian Bearing, a brilliant college professor, specializing …
Talking points: Godspell‘s Lindsay Mendez: Can she carry her own show? Broadway grosses What do you think, Rushers? Do you think Mendez will one day headline her own Broadway show? Do …
Although not yet a marquee name, Lindsay Mendez sits comfortably atop many Broadway fans' lists of favorite performers. For those unfamiliar with her, that's all changing thanks to her well-…
Talking points: Louis Hobson shares Next to Normal memories in his Bonnie & Clyde dressing room Stage Rush’s top 3 Broadway moments of 2011 What do you think, Rushers? What was you…
In Relatively Speaking, four-time Oscar winner Ethan Coen and two-time Oscar nominee Elaine May join with Woody Allen for a one-of-a-kind Broadway experience directed by John Turturro. Julie…
Across 733 performances, Louis Hobson played the dual role of the Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical Next to Normal. In addition to out-of-town iteratio…
Talking points: Raul Esparza, Sierra Boggess, and more sing devastatingly beautiful Christmas songs at ASTEP’s annual holiday benefit concert Broadway grosses What do you think, Rusher…
Raul Esparza shook his ass, Sherie Rene Scott compared Lindsay Mendez to her right breast, and Seth Numrich showed up to announce he can't sing. Yes, everyone was in the holiday spirit at AS…
In director Michael Mayer's revival (read: overhaul) of the Burton Lane/Alan Jay Lerner musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Harry Connick Jr. plays Dr. Mark Bruckner who hypnotizes a…
Just in time for the holidays comes Stick Fly, a new play about family members coming together with their new significant others for an oh-so-comfortable visit. Lydia R. Diamond's dramady ce…
When it comes to traditions, I’m the most stodgy when it comes to ones related to Christmas. That’s why I am thrilled beyond comprehension that one of my favorite holiday events …
One of the best and most successful new shows of the fall Broadway season has been the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies. Just in time for the holiday season, Stage Rush is giving …
Just as history saw two youths rise to infamy with their acts of crime, Broadway ushers in two fresh talents to stardom in the new musical Bonnie & Clyde. Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan s…
Talking points: Stage Rush takes a road trip to Pennsylvania to see the first-ever high school production of Spring Awakening Win tickets to see An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patink…
Two of Broadway’s biggest names are sharing the stage together in one fantastic concert. Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, who both rose to stardom and won Tonys for their performances …
She overthrew Ethel Merman as the top Mamma Rose and he avenged the death of his father while rescuing a princess. But before Patti LuPone was lauded in Gypsy and Mandy Patinkin won hearts i…
It's not fun to watch people's dreams be stomped on in real life; but for some reason, it's a heck of a lot of fun to see it done on stage. This is entirely true of Theresa Rebeck's new play…
Wedded bliss doesn't last long for two married couples in the revival of Noel Coward's Private Lives. Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross play a divorced couple, both on honeymoon with their new spo…
Talking points: Ron Raines gives the rundown on each of his Follies costars The best performances of the Suites By Sondheim benefit concert Broadway grosses What do you think, Rushers? Who i…
In this season's hit revival of Follies, Ron Raines plays the sun in which all orbiting characters collide. As Ben Stone, one fourth of two married couples crumbling under the reminiscence o…
You don't have to be into Broadway, movies, or big-band music to know who he is. Megastar Hugh Jackman is performing a 10-week concert run at the Broadhurst Theatre, in which he intertwines …
PhilDev's Suites By Sondheim benefit concert at Lincoln Center was like reaching into a cereal box of Stephen Sondheim's Lucky Charms and scooping out a handful of marshmallows. The concert,…
Tables turn fast and frequent in David Ives' new play Venus in Fur. When a down-on-her-luck actress, played masterfully by Nina Arianda, arrives for an audition for an impatient playwright/d…
A cast of cheery, gifted singers gathers to deliver the most inoffensive religious musical in the revival of Godspell. Stephen Schwartz's 1971 musical, based on the Gospel of Matthew, string…
Talking points: Seeing Chinglish Inside the meet-and-greet with Chinglish playwright David Henry Hwang and director Leigh Silverman Broadway grosses What do you think, Rushers? Have you seen…
