2,359 stories by "Matthew Wexler"
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. To finish o…
by Ryan Leeds For years, entertainment has often portrayed homosexuals as effeminate, self-loathing individuals who are well versed in pop culture, quick-witted, and way over the top. Som…
Spamilton, the critically acclaimed off-Broadway parody of Broadway smash Hamilton, created by Gerard Alessandrini, the mastermind behind Forbidden Broadway, announced today that the show wi…
by Ryan Leeds Very little is sacred when you're in the presence of Nina Conti, a multi-award winning ventriloquist currently in a two-week engagement at the Barrow Street Theater titled Nina…
by Ryan Leeds For a true theater lover, there is simply no one else who has captured the rich history that lies between the walls of Broadway's cherished structures better than Jennifer Ashl…
I'm ashamed to admit it, but I walked into In Transit, the recently opened a cappella musical on Broadway at Circle in the Square, with a major chip on my shoulder. I'm not a fan of cutesy d…
Ambassador Theatre Group (Mark Cornell, CEO; Adam Speers, Executive Producer) has announced that the Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George, starring Academy Award nominee Jak…
Javier Muñoz as Alexander Hamilton leads the Broadway Hamilton company that currently  includes Brandon Victor Dixon as Aaron Burr: Mandy Gonzalez as Angelica Schuyler; Nicholas Chr…
By the time the time GRAMMY-nominated Deborah Cox belts out "I Will Always Love You," one of many sweeping musical power ballads in Paper Mill Playhouse's current production of The Bodyguard…
by Samuel L. Leiter In Richard Greenberg's latest play, The Babylon Line, set in an adult-education creative writing class in 1967 Levittown, Long Island, one student's stories show a propen…
A Bronx Tale, which recently opened on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, represents the latest in a continuation of big budget musical adaptations that producers hope will resonate with audi…
Producer Stacey Mindich announced today that beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, December 7, Dear Evan Hansenwill launch a digital lottery, which will allow users to enter the lottery for a chanc…
by Ryan Leeds For more than twenty years, I have seen the best"and in some cases"the worst that the New York theater scene has to offer. In 2005, I had the misfortune of sitting through Suza…
Rarely does a show come along that sits in the pit of my stomach, evoking those intense waves of emotion that come at life-altering moments. Realizing that you've fallen in love. An unexpect…
Currently starring in Irish Repertory Theatre's production of Finian's Rainbow (extended until January 29, 2017), Melissa Errico is re-defining the ingénue. Her self-written feature in The …
The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard, Trustee) has announced that its 2016 donation to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will total $1.675 million dollars, bringing the foundation's tot…
If you're willing to get on the ride, Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond's new musical, Ride the Cyclone, will take you to unexpected places. Chicago Shakespeare presented the U.S. premiere o…
If you’re looking for more unconventional holiday entertainment this season, head to NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts to witness the creative athleticism of Pilobolus. Remai…
The Broadway League announced today the shows participating in the 21st Kids' Night on Broadway, which will take place Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Tickets to participating shows will go o…
Our favorite turkey-themed musical number of all time (are there any others?)! Three ways…
Falsettos in many ways, is a love letter to a time gone by. Originally conceived as the second and third installments in a musical trilogy that follows Marvin and the evolution of his family…
by Samuel L. Leiter Nicky Silver (Pterodactyls, The Lyons), comic dramatist of family angst, is at it again with Vineyard Theatre's This Day Forward, a schizophrenic dramedy that has an idea…
It's a full circle moment in the career of Sutton Foster, who stars in The New Group's intimate and beautifully staged revival of Sweet Charity. Foster's breakout role came in 2002 when she …
by Ryan Leeds For the compassionate theater critic"and yes, they do exist"Shades is a theatrical quandary. On one hand, it is unfair to dismiss it as a piece of theater that isn't worth t…
By Samuel L. Leiter If you're in the market for a fluffy puppy of a romantic musical comedy, one that licks your face even if it sometimes does its business on your leg, you might consider v…
