2,359 stories by "Matthew Wexler"
By Ryan Leeds "Love is Dangerous" headlines the poster for MCC's production of playwright Anna Jordan's Yen. There may be truth in that statement, but it doesn’t necessarily mean th…
By Samuel L. Leiter Damon Chua's Incident at Hidden Temple, a world premiere at the Clurman, kicks off the 40th season of the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, an accomplishment for which company…
by Jon L. Jensen Justin Sayre's The Meeting* of the International Order of Sodomites convened again on January 22 at Joe's Pub. The performance marked the beginning of the final season of Sa…
By April Stamm If we are to be a fly on the wall in an appropriately dilapidated car service station for over two hours with nothing to do but watch the blindingly real comings and goings of…
by Samuel L. Leiter The gods of irony must have been smiling as I left the Women's March in midtown to trek down to East 13th Street's Classic Stage Company in time to catch the matinee of a…
Ambassador Theatre Group (Mark Cornell, CEO; Adam Speers, Executive Producer) has announced the complete casting and creative team for the Broadway revival of New York City Center's producti…
Ghostlight Records will celebrate the cast album of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of William Finn and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning musical Falsettos with a sp…
The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre " the monthly gathering of the International Order of Sodomites, the centuries-old organization which sets the mythic Gay Agenda…
Every month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out editor Matthew Wexler's questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit closer than the mezzanine. We're saili…
After a successful North-American premiere, Cineplex Events brings George Takei's (Star Trek, Heroes) Broadway musical Allegiance back to Canadian theatres for an encore on Su…
There is no denying Cate Blanchett's magnetism. As the fading trophy wife Anna in Andrew Upton's The Present (a modern adaptation of Chekhov's Platanov), Blanchett exudes power that often do…
Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will join the Broadway cast of Hamilton in the dual roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson starting in mid April (date TBD), it has bee…
By Samuel L. Leiter Austin Pendleton, who turns 77 in March, continues to be one of the most ubiquitous presences on the New York stage, appearing in or directing several Off-Broadway plays …
by Ryan Leeds Rick Hip-flores is a seasoned musical director, having worked on several projects both on and off Broadway. Yet he, along with the cast of In Transit, is currently exploring un…
The York Theatre Company, dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the past, has announced 6-time Emmy Award-winner and Tony Award-winner …
Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Tina Turner, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, Barbara Cook, Harry Belafonte, and Anne Carrere all share one common denominator: They've all played Carn…
If you think The Rockettes, Radio City's legendary dance company, hold the only key to high-impact precision movement, think again. It might not be obvious to compare the China National Oper…
The Broadway community mourns the loss of two legendary talents in the entertainment industry: actress, singer and film memorabilia collector Debbie Reynolds and her actress, writer and humo…
Invisible Wall Productions has announced that The View UpStairs, a new musical written by Max Vernon and directed by Scott Ebersold, will launch an Off-Broadway run at Culture Project …
It's a new year and Broadway (and beyond) is getting a reboot with a slew of new shows rolling into The Great White Way. Here are our picks of what not to miss this month. The Present Juicy!…
All three of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musicals rang in the New Year with record-breaking sales, smashing house records at the Winter Garden (School of Rock " The Musical), Majestic (Th…
The legendary musical HAIR, which began life downtown at Joseph Papp's Public Theater in October, 1967 (prior to its roof-raising debut on Broadway in April, 1968), will celebrate its 50t…
China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG) returns to the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center this winter with Confucius, a new dance drama performed by the China National Opera …
Are you looking for last-minute New Year's Eve entertainment? Celebrate the arrival of 2017 at Feinstein’s/54 Below as two stars return to usher in the new year! Two-time MAC …
Her voice was legendary. Now, the music comes to life once again for one night only at Carnegie Hall. With over half a million tickets sold in more than 30 countries and worldwide critical a…
