2,359 stories by "Matthew Wexler"
Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley will return to Joe's Pub at The Public with her new show, Story Songs, for an exclusive seven-show engagement from September 22 to September …
Classic Stage Company has announced that Jason Sudeikis will star as John Keating in the world premiere of Dead Poets Society, a new play based on the beloved 1989 film. Written by …
by Ryan Leeds After a brief re-location to Union Square, The Irish Repertory Theatre has returned to a newly refurbished home in Chelsea that is every bit as intimate, but much more modern t…
For the first time, The Broadway Blog breaks form with our "15 Minutes with…" column, taking this opportunity to introduce you to up and coming musical theater writer/composer Aaron Michae…
It was announced today Tony Award-Winner Cynthia Erivo and Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry will star in a special one-night-only benefit concert version of Jason Robert Brown&…
Today Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein announced his plans for the upcoming season, which explore themes of self-discovery. Silverstein stated: "In the fall we will present a revi…
By Ryan Leeds Gretchen Cryer (mother of television/80s movie star Jon Cryer) has an interesting tale to tell about her intimate, Off Broadway show, I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it …
Summer heat in New York City is no joke. We'd almost rather sit through a revival of Mamma Mia! than suffer in the stench of Gotham at its worst. Fortunately, no such production exists… ye…
Like most festival shows (at the New York Musical Festival and otherwise), the curtain time was considerably delayed at the performance I attended of Newton's Cradle. But it gave me the oppo…
Ragtime On Ellis Island has announced that a limited number of seats to the highly anticipated site-specific developmental concert on Monday, August 8, will be distributed to the pu…
Cameron Mackintosh announced today that his acclaimed new production of Boublil and Schönberg'slegendary musical Miss Saigon " a recent smash hit in London – will retur…
Honoring his work and dedication to the Off-Broadway community, numerous Off-Broadway theatres will dim their lights on Thursday at 7:45PM, in memory of theatre legend James (Jim) H…
The New York Musical Festival is in full swing this summer. Celebrating its 12th year, the festival's mission is to "nurture the creation, production, and public presentation of stylisticall…
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…
Moments before the curtain went up on the first-ever Broadway revival of CATS, the stars of Andrew Lloyd Webber's productions came together to celebrate the legendary composer's rar…
Cats"whether you're talking about the household pet or the legendary Broadway musical"are polarizing. People either seem to love the deliberate aloofness of four-legged felines or wonder, "W…
by Ryan Leeds I glanced at the titles for this year's New York Musical Festival. "Do you know what a 'scythe' is?" I asked friends, referring to the title of Mark Alan Swanson and Alan Harri…
Greek sages once philosophized that "to know thyself is the beginning of wisdom," which may be true in terms of examining motives of the heart and mind. But how does one come to know one's s…
Dress Circle Publishing will release The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 3, the latest in a series by acclaimed historian and producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper on Tuesday, No…
You have one more chance (at least this time around) to see Lady Rizo's new show, Multiplied, at Joe's Pub before she jumps the pond to take her latest creative incarnation to the Edinburgh …
Fun Home, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical, raised $113,000 in ticket sales and additional donations, in support of Equality Florida and the LGBTQ community of Orlando dur…
Long before there was the theatrical monstrosity otherwise known as Hamilton,  A Chorus Line high-kicked its way onto Broadway after a similarly successful run at the Public Theater…
Ghostlight Records will celebrate the cast album of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of She Loves Me with a special in-store performance and CD signing at Barnes & N…
Purr. Every month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out editor Matthew Wexler's nosey little questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit closer than the mez…
Fiddler on the Roof, which The New York Times declared a "superb new production", announces that it will play its final performance on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. At th…
