650 stories by "Kathy Henderson"
There’s no wintertime lull at the theater district’s favorite hot spot: January at 54 Below is packed with exciting concerts from big name performers, with a couple of campy even…
Happy New Year, everyone! We can’t think of a better way to ring in 2014 than with an evening at the theater—and luckily, there’s are plenty of exciting productions to choo…
Age and Hometown: 10; New York City
Current Role: A tour-de-force off-Broadway debut as Small Alison in the Public Theater’s acclaimed new musical Fun Home.
Dynamic Debut: When S…
Every year, a new crop of actors—some famous, some unknown—subject themselves to the ultimate challenge: Broadway! Looking back at 2013, we’re struck by the depth and varie…
Broadway theatergoers were blessed with a long list of outstanding performances in 2013. Five actors, however, deserve special recognition for their achievement in leading the casts of two n…
David Mamet has never shied away from presenting bad behavior in plays like Glengarry Glen Ross, American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow, and now he’s turning his attention to the Bible&rs…
The new musical Fun Home takes audiences inside the Bechdel Funeral Home, where precocious Alison is growing up with her closeted father, unhappy mother and two siblings. Tony winner Michael…
After you’ve emptied your stocking on Christmas morning, tune in to hear Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of Newsies introduce an original holiday song on the Disney Parks Christmas Da…
Tony winner Hugh Jackman may be headed to the big screen as lead villain Blackbeard in Pan, according to Variety. Jackman is in negotiations to join the forthcoming Peter Pan origin fil…
Two-time Tony nominee Brian d’Arcy James is on a short list of stage stars who have earned equal acclaim in plays and musicals. His soaring baritone is a composer’s dream, but Ja…
Two-time Tony winner Nathan Lane will reprise his acclaimed performance as Theodore “Hickey” Hickman in the Goodman Theatre’s 2012 revival of Eugene O’Neill’s T…
When Cyndi Lauper headlines a benefit cabaret performance, you’d better believe she’ll get stalwart support from the cast of Kinky Boots! On December 16, the pop icon and Tony-wi…
There's a midwinter treat headed to Broadway: The musical adaptation of Robert James Waller's bestselling novel The Bridges of Madison County is set to begin previews on January 17 a…
When it comes to charmed experiences on Broadway, no one can top Samuel Barnett’s one-two-three punch of The History Boys in 2006 and the current SRO run of Twelfth Night and Richard I…
A new play by Conor McPherson is always an event, and the Irish-born playwright’s latest drama about Dublin strivers, The Night Alive, has landed at Atlantic Theater Company after an a…
Jeff Goldblum is a master at the art of seduction. For almost 40 years, the 6'4" actor has used his sly comic delivery and throwaway charm to steal scenes in movies ranging from Jur…
As the universe knows by now, country music star Carrie Underwood is starring in a live telecast of The Sound of Music on December 5. We have absolutely no doubt that Underwood will sing and…
There’s a lot more to Mary Beth Peil than her elegant stage presence in musicals and maternal roles in TV's The Good Wife and Dawson’s Creek. Peil spent two decades as a…
The original leads of Spring Awakening have gone on to stardom on stage and screen—but they have never forgotten their off-Broadway roots! On December 2, Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, J…
After two high-profile forays into network television (The Playboy Club and Go On), Laura Benanti is back where Broadway fans want her: in New York City, juggling projects on stage and scree…
For a holiday treat, you can’t beat a night out at 54 Below. The month of December is packed with great attractions at the theater district hot spot —sometimes three in one night…
The swinging sounds of Duke Ellington are thrilling Broadway audiences at After Midnight, which features a dozen tunes by the legendary composer. On November 26, Mercedes Ellington, granddau…
A full cast list of NBC’s live presentation of The Sound of Music has been released, and Broadway fans will have a field day spotting veteran performers as nuns, Nazis and socialites o…
We’re excited to see Tony nominee Jessie Mueller rock out as Carole King in the new Broadway musical Beautiful, which charts the pop icon’s rise as a singer/songwriter in pa…
A grand theatrical experiment has come to a close with the opening of Regular Singing, the fourth and final play in Richard Nelson's saga of the Apple family of Rhinebeck, NY. Set on Nov…