533 stories by "Lauren Yarger"
The musical adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel combines riveting performances with a haunting score and lyrics to create a creepy and sad atmosphere that draws us in and repels us at the …
Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadwayworld.comInvite You and A Guestto a Conversations on BroadwayQ&A withMichael Cerveris (2015 Tony Nomination forBest Performance by an…
Lin-Manuel Miranda (center) and the company of Hamilton. Photo: Joan Marcus.The Public Theater's Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (including special citations for Andy Blankenbuehler, Thomas K…
Broadway's Michael Cerveris, Nick Cordero, Raúl Esparza, Katie Finneran, Montego Glover, William Ivey Long and Jefferson Mays will serve as gala award presenters at the upcoming 65t…
An Old Fashioned, Wowser of a Musical With a a Modern FlareBy Lauren YargerI wasn't expecting much more than getting to hear excellent Gershwin tunes. I came away thinking I had just experie…
A Play By Any Other Name -- Like A Musical -- Would Smell As SweetBy Lauren YargerShakespeare's a rock star, but his closest rivals, the Bottom Brothers, have come up with a great new …
Matthew Morrison (center) and Kelsey Grammer (Captain Hook, front right) with the ensemble of Finding NeverlandA Magical Journey for Peter Pan -- and for the AudienceBy Lauren YargerThe stor…
The cast of The Visit. Photo: Joan MarcusIt's Always Wonderful to Visit a Kander and Ebb ShowBy Lauren YargerWhich is sweeter, love or revenge, asks the tag line promoting The Visit, the las…
Lora Lee Gayer - Photo by Matthew MurphyDr. ZhivagoBook by Michael Weller based on Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning novelDirected by Des McAnuffMusic by Lucy SimonLyrics by Michael Kor…
A Group of Airline Highway Characters That Never Take FlightBy Lauren YargerA group of down-on-their-luck people gather for the funeral of a close friend in Manhattan Theatre Club's presenta…
A Visual Delight, but Not Enough Intellectual StimulationBy Lauren YargerIn what is the biggest snub of the 2015 Tony Award nominations, Gigi snagged only a Best featured Actress nomination …
Chip Zien, Tyne Daly, Harriet Harris, Michael X. Martin. Photo: Joan MarcusIt Shoulda Been Funnier; It Shoulda Been a HitBy Lauren YargerA star-studded ensemble featuring Tyne Daly, Si…
Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan. Photo: John HaynesNot Sure What These Characters See in Each Other, Or What Everyone Sees in the PlayBy Lauren YargerI am starting to sound like a broken …
Revival Has Its Whistlestops, but Goes Off TrackBy Lauren YargerEveryone is all aboard for Kristin Chenoweth as zany Lily Garland in Roundabout Theatre's revival of the Cy Coleman musical On…
It's Not the Fat Lady, but a Weak Script That Ends This PlayBy Lauren YargerOpera star Renee Fleming makes her Broadway debut, as, well, an opera diva, in Living on Love, a surprisingly unde…
Nominations for the 2015 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre WingBest MusicalAn American in ParisFun HomeSomething Rotten!The Vis…
Steven Boyer in a scene from Robert Askins' HAND TO GOD on Broadway. (Photo by Joan Marcus)Hand to GodBy Robert Askins Directed by Moritz von StuelpnagelThe Booth TheatreWhat's It All About?…
Elisabeth Moss. Photo: Joan MarcusThe Heidi ChroniclesBy Wendy WassersteinDirected by Pam MacKinnonThe Music Box TheatreThrough May 3, 2015What's It All About?A journey with Heidi Holland ("…
Photo courtesy of Michelle Tabnick CommunicationsTons of activities await at South Street Seaport Museum, home to a fleet of six ships including the 1907 lightship AMBROSE, a "floa…
2015 DRAMA DESK AWARDSNOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEDAwards will be presented Sunday, May 31st at The Town Hallwww.DramaDeskAwards.com(Thursday, April 23, 2015) - Nominations for the 2015 Annual Drama…
Disappointing, but Still Satisfying Revival of a FavoriteBy Lauren YargerWhen it comes to Broadway musicals, it doesn't get much better than The King and I for me. There's a longer story abo…
Why I am Looking Forward to Seeing (and a Little Bit Afraid of) a Broadway Revival of one of My Favorite Musicals By Lauren YargerI have been in love with the King and I for years …
The Resulting Chaos That Gallops in When Dreams Are Allowed to DieBy Lauren YargerIowa. It's the pinnacle of the American Dream. Somewhere out there in the heart of the country is a land of …
A scene from Wolf Hall. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Richards Associates.A Fresh Look at Henry VIII Through the Eyesof CromwellBy Lauren YargerYou've read the best selling novels by Hilary Mant…
Laura Benanti and Derek Hough in the NY Spring Spectacular playing at Radio City Music Hall. Photo: Courtesy of Madison Square Garden EntertainmentTony Award, and two time Drama D…