2,359 stories by "Matthew Wexler"
Lin-Manuel Miranda's alternate in the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton on Broadway and the actor who portrayed Alexander Hamilton when President Barack Obama saw Hamilton last Ju…
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 mezzanine…
Producer Joey Parnes today announced that Bright Star, the new musical from 2016 Tony Award nominees Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, will play its final Broadway performanc…
American comedian W.C. Fields is credited with the adage, "Never work with children or animals."Â Fortunately for us, Director Michael Unger and the York Theatre Company has defied such w…
Best Musical Hamilton Best Play The Humans Best Musical Revival The Color Purple Best Play Revival: A View From the Bridge Best Leading Actor in a Play Frank Langella, The Father Best Le…
The American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President and CEO) announced via the live telecast of the Tony Awards on CBS, its new Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative. This major new nat…
Broadway's greatest honors will be bestowed on a luck few at tonight's Tony Awards, but we'd like to look beyond the red carpet to shine light on some of the season's best (and worst) moment…
The original cast recording of Bright Star, the new musical from Grammy and Emmy Award winner Steve Martin and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Edie Brickell " has hit…
‘Tis the season to break out all things rainbow colored and celebrate the LGBT community. Pride events abound throughout the country, but Broadway stars are gathering for two not-to-be…
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by Samuel L. Leiter What kind of historical figures make the best subjects for biographical musicals? Political leaders and royalty? Musical, theatrical, or cinematic personalities? Religiou…
Producer Scott Rudin announced today that two-time Academy Award winner Sally Field and two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello will return to the Broadway stage next seaso…
With today's news on the passing of playwright Peter Shaffer, The Acting Companywill be dedicating their one night only staged reading of Lettice and Lovage on Monday, June 13 at…
Winners for the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this evening at The Town Hall. In keeping with Drama Desk’s mission, nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway…
PS CLASSICS, the label dedicated to celebrating the heritage of Broadway and popular song, has released Renaissance, the new solo album from Grammy Award-nominee Cheyenne Jackson.…
There's a hush that's fallen upon Broadway this summer as a number of this year's musicals have shuttered (so long, Tuck Everlasting, American Psycho, and the soon-to-close Finding Neverland…
Returning to the Tony Awards stage for the first time since 1970, legendary EGOT and show business icon Barbra Streisand will present at the 2016 Tony Awards. Hosted by Tony Award-winn…
by Jim Gladstone Kuhn's work as Helen Bechdel, long-suffering wife of a closeted gay man, in the show adapted from lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel's autobiographic novel, is indelible. Whi…
by Samuel L. Leiter That subterranean rumbling you may feel as you walk by the New York Theatre Workshop isn't a forgotten subway line suddenly come to life; it's the basso-profundo voice…
Several Broadway shows posted their closing notices this week. So if you don’t win that #Ham4Ham lottery ticket, consider supporting all those other hardworking Broadway performers! Tu…
Fans of classical theater are probably most familiar with Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House " and if you're a diehard, PEER GYNT may be on your radar. Written in 1867, the five-…
Fans of 1970s and 80s sitcoms will remember Beth Howland as Linda Lavin’s ditzy co-worker, Vera, on the hit series Alice. Howland died on December 31, 2015, but the actress’…
If you're planning to see Nick Payne's especially heady drama, Incognito, you'll want to be well rested and comfortably alert before it begins. Payne notes in the playbill that, "Despite bei…
It's difficult to imagine repeating yourself nearly 12,000 times"unless you're Catherine Russell. Russell is the star of the smash hit off Broadway play Perfect Crime, which is now entering …
There’s so much to keep up with this week in the theater world. Here are notable happenings! Obie Awards Update The American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President) and The…
