2,359 stories by "Matthew Wexler"
Raised by theatrical gypsies, Lady Rizo is one of New York City's powerhouse vocalists. And while those in the know may recognize her from frequent stints at Joe's Pub and The Darby, Rizo (a…
Producers John Freedson, Christine Pedi, and David Zippel, and author Gerard Alessandrini have today announced an unprecedented 10-cent ticket lottery to Spamilton, a…
Like the play itself, mere words cannot express the depth and beauty that abounds in Bess Wohl's transcendent Small Mouth Sounds. Last year, it succeeded in making major critics' "Best of" t…
by Ryan Leeds With approximately 11 shows to perform on a weekly basis, Katie Walker doesn't find herself with much free time. The North Carolina native, who serves both as a dance captain a…
The New York Pops will return to Feinstein's/54 Below in New York City on September 19 for a cabaret performance starring Tony nominees Montego Gloverand Joshua Henry. The nig…
Karen Olivo, who electrified audiences with her Tony Award-winning portrayal of Anita in the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story, returns to the stage as the brilliant and beautiful Ang…
by Jim Gladstone The outdoor theater season is hitting its peak from coast-to-coast, with Troilus and Cressida at the Delacorte in Central Park, Macbeth at the Old Globe in San Diego, The Wi…
by Jim Gladstone On Monday, July 11, Broadway Bares, the slick and sexy series of burlesque extravaganzas that's raised millions of dollars for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS over 24 annu…
Music superstar and stage and television actress Ariana Grande has been added to an already impressive cast for NBC's "Hairspray Live!," playing the role of Penny Pingleton, Tracy Turnbla…
The heat is on. Summer is in full swing and Broadway casualties are dropping like a dehydrated groupie waiting in line for Hamilton cancellation tickets. No more Shuffle Along, She Loves Me,…
Two-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon begins performances mid-August (date TBA) as Aaron Burr in Hamilton on Broadway, it has been announced by producer Jeffrey Seller. Als…
by Samuel L. Leiter The story of how the Statue of Liberty, the greatest symbol of America's historical openness to immigrants, came to be built is a great one; however, only fragments are t…
by Samuel L. Leiter Audiences desperate to escape the headlines about terrorism, Zika, presidential politics, Brexit, and the struggles of New York's baseball teams are greeting Israel Horov…
The New York Pops will return to its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York, for a program starring Tony nominees Megan Hilty and Matthew Morrison. After…
The Board of Directors of Pride Films and Plays has announced Broadway legend Donna McKechnie and actor/activist Alexandra Billings have become the inaugural members of Pride Films and Plays…
MCC Theater has confirmed that its previously announced benefit reading of a new Neil LaBute play, Reasons to be Pretty Happy, will be led by star of stage and screen"and f…
It's no secret that we're living in harrowing times. Trump. Brexit. Floods and fires. Turning on the television (or a quick swipe of your mobile device) can induce a Xanax-worthy anxiety att…
by Ryan Leeds Tales of forbidden love are as old as storytelling itself, but rarely are they told with as much painstaking heartbreak as Fellow Travelers, a new opera by composer Gregory Spe…
Producer Scott Rudin announced today that SHUFFLE ALONG Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunda…
When the curtain rises on opening night this evening at The New York Spectacular starring the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, there will be more than flashy costumes, high-kicking precis…
by Samuel L. Leiter When I got home after the theatre, my wife, who'd been otherwise engaged, asked, "What'd you see tonight?" "One of those Scott Siegel, one night-only, Broadway show-tune …
BROADWAY BARKS announces their 18th annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event to benefit New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies. Founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler…
Chiseled morning show hosts, rock-hard reality show contestants and pumped up politicos took over the airwaves at this year’s ratings-raising edition of Broadway Bares, an evening o…
by Jim Gladstone "After seven years of being a featured actor," quips Barrett Foa, who brings his cabaret act to Feinstein's at the Nikko June 24 and 25 in San Francisco. "It's nice to get b…
Cirque du Soleil's inaugural Broadway venture, Paramour, which officially opened at the Lyric Theatre on May 25, has elements of a big, splashy, death-defying new musical"but they are…
