306 stories by "Jesse North"
Stage Rush wants you to get your new musical theater on, so we’re giving away three free pairs of tickets to the new off-Broadway musical Play It Cool. This new play at Theatre Row tak…
Talking points: A week of change on Broadway and at Stage Rush Broadway on Broadway concert cancelled in lieu of 9/11 10th anniversary Broadway Flea Market moves out of Shubert Alley I join …
If you had to choose, would you say your life most resembled a cartoon or a carnival? Drawn by the hand of fate or propelled by the chaotic momentum of the midway? Rendered in meticulous Ind…
The New York Post‘s Michael Riedel made every member of the Broadway community collectively wet themselves Thursday with the surprising revelation that he had joined Twitter. A forum t…
It's double trouble with Killing Nellie and Victor and Victoria's Terrifying Tale of Terrifying Things. Each show stars a duo"in Killing Nellie, it's Mark Storen and Oda Aunan as unhappily-w…
Talking points: Our Fringe Festival correspondent, Nicole Gluckstern, co-hosts! FringeNYC vs other cities’ Fringe Rent off Broadway. How it stacks up and who is best in the cast Broadw…
A theme rapidly made itself known during my second day of the Fringe Festival, and that theme was boobies. Yep, boobies; as in hooters, knockers, melons"a thousand names abound for these two…
My Fringe Friday started off with a bang, or at any rate, a birthday. Mark Sam Rosenthal, writer and star of the solo show I Light Up My Life: The Mark Sam Celebrity Autobiography at Dixon P…
It's the first day of the 15th annual New York International Fringe Festival, and already the air around 45 Bleecker Street (FringeCENTRAL) is thick with buzz. With over 200 shows from aroun…
Talking points: We welcome our first correspondent for the New York Fringe Festival"Nicole Gluckstern Catch Me If You Can announces closing date. No more “Fly Fly Away” from Kerr…
Talking points: Linda Buchwald from Pataphysical Science co-hosts! Simba and Rafiki get it on at Broadway in Bryant Park Seeing War Horse front row for $30 Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin an…
The big boys came out to play in Bryant Park Thursday. This week's outdoor concert featured some of Broadway's biggest box-office hitters: Jersey Boys, The Lion King, Rent, and Wicked. Death…
Talking points: Adam Rothenberg from Adaumbelle’s Quest co-hosts! Sexy Performers Week at Broadway in Bryant Park Word Association with Chester Gregory‘s best roles One Night Sta…
The oldie musicals came to Broadway in Bryant Park this week to show the newbies who's boss. The lively casts of The Phantom of the Opera, The Fantasticks, Hair, and Anything Goes performed …
Chester Gregory has remained a steady Broadway fixture since making his debut in 2003 in Hairspray. A replacement in the role of Seaweed, the Gary, Indiana native began a streak of supportin…
The fall Broadway season is already packed with new, exciting shows. Here at Stage Rush, we are so stoked about all the new plays and musical revivals about to open that we want to give you …
Talking points: Sarah Roberts from Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment co-hosts! Kate Baldwin’s album-release party at Feinstein’s Memphis‘ Bryan Fenkart and…
This week's acts at Broadway in Bryant Park couldn't match the scorching heat of Kerry Butler and Aaron Tveit from last week, so Mother Nature sent down an excess of UV rays to make up for t…
Talking points: Kevin Daly of The Theatre Aficionado at Large co-hosts! Broadway in Bryant Park triumphs in its second week Kevin attends Kate Baldwin’s album release party at Feinstei…
After a ho-hum kickoff, the Broadway in Bryant Park concert series returned Thursday to its second week with a roar. Big Broadway players like Chicago and Catch Me If You Can showed up with …
Talking points: Lucky and The Mick from The Craptacular co-host with me this week! Broadway in Bryant Park kicks off with a not-so-stunning set Hair returns to Broadway at the St. James Thea…
Manhattan's summer lunch breaks just got extended. There's only one event that could justify an hour-and-a-half reprieve from the office, and that is the Broadway in Bryant Park concert seri…
Cirque du Soleil has swooped back into New York in its second attempt to mount a successful semi-permanent show"Zarkana at Radio City Music Hall. After the financial and critical disaster th…
Talking points: Stage Rush hasn’t been in Los Angeles since Episode 3! Jesse’s California theater adventure What I missed while I was in LA Broadway grosses What do you think, Ru…
Greetings from Los Angeles, Rushers! I’ve been out here on the west coast for over a week participating in the National Endowment for the Arts’ Theater Journalism Institute, and …
