2,359 stories by "Matthew Wexler"
Daniek Koek (Photo courtesy of Megan Minutillo) One of the West End’s biggest stars heads to Feinstein’s/54 Below for one performance only. Daniel Koek‘s West End…
Atlantic Records released 'The Hamilton Instrumentals,' a companion to the Grammy Award Winning and 3x Platinum Original Broadway Cast Recording.
In this neoclassical fantasy, mid-century poet Frank O'Hara takes on the role of Orpheus, as he, his lover Joe, and a chorus of New York bohemians sing the Village back to life and love.
Extreme loss shakes a Texas family as it comes to terms with a tragic act of violence. A new play by Dewey Moss.
Based on Henry Fielding's bawdy 18th-century novel, Bastard Jones is a rollicking adventure of deception, misunderstanding and bed-hopping.
Watch scenes from some of our favorite LGBT-themed musicals.
Winners of the 2016 Fred Ebb Award for excellence in musical theater songwriting, Mizer and Moore present a one-night-only concert of their work.
Mamie Parris in ‘CATS’ on Broadway. (Photo: Matthew Murphy via The Broadway Blog.) Producers The Shubert Organization and The Nederlander Organization announced today that the…
Cover photo: Aizzah Fatima as Zahida Zaman in ‘Acquittal’ at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. By Ryan Leeds Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, which began in 1977…
Cast members from three of Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit Broadway shows will come together on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 12 p.m. in the Central…
By Ryan Leeds Before attending the Off-Broadway show Attack of the Elvis Impersonators, I met a friend at a nearby café. When the check arrived, I offered her money for the iced coffee I…
Multi-platinum recording artist Ingrid Michaelson will join the cast of Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 as 'Sonya' beginning July 3, 2017,…
The Public Theater took a major hit this week as Delta Air Lines and Bank of America both pulled sponsorships in response to the theater’s controversial production of Julius Caesar.…
On Monday, June 26, 2017, Broadway Sings for Pride will premiere their 7th anniversary benefit concert in New York City at the JCC Manhattan. This milestone event will be filled with singing…
Last night’s broadcast of the 71st Annual Tony Awards revealed a few surprises, some unexpected wins, and a couple of sigh-worthy missteps that had theatergoers wondering where the the…
Hamilton, winner of 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical, has announced a collaboration with the 150-year-old Faribault Woolen Mill of two distinctive new products:Â Hamilton-themed pillo…
The Broadway Blog continues our partnership with ShowTickets.com, one of the best online resources for choosing, purchasing, and saving on the most popular shows nationwide. We've comb…
By Samuel L. Leiter You can feel the influence of Little Shop of Horrors on Charles Ludlam's The Artificial Jungle, a campy takeoff on film noir and B-movies, the minute you see Bert Scott's…
Broadway Barks co-founder Bernadette Peters announces her Mozart in the Jungle co-star, Malcolm McDowell, to co-host the 19th annual dog & cat adoption event with her on July 8, 2017. Th…
Producers Fox Stage Productions and Aged In Wood Productions are pleased to announce plans to adapt the blockbuster film Working Girl into a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Gram…
Producers Frank Marshall, Mindy Rich, Anita Waxman, and Beth Williams announced this week that Escape to Margaritaville, the new musical featuring the songs of iconic singer-songwriter-autho…
Winners for the 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced last night at The Town Hall. In keeping with Drama Desk’s mission, nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, Off…
By Samuel L. Leiter If your theatergoing sweet tooth craves a sugar bun of a rags-to-riches show business musical, you might consider tasting Sweetee at the Pershing Square Signature Center.…
By Samuel L. Leiter Jesse Berger, director of Nikolai Gogol's 1836 Russian classic, The Government Inspector (a.k.a. The Inspector General, as in the 1949 Danny Kaye movie version), must hav…
By Ryan Leeds Composer Tim Rosser and book writer/lyricist Charlie Sohne are relative newcomers to the musical theater scene, but their New York debut of The Boy Who Danced on Air proves tha…
