2,359 stories by "Matthew Wexler"
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…
by Samuel L. Leiter One of the things that roared loudest on Broadway during the Roaring Twenties was the lion of censorship, a raging beast that awoke to find post-World War I stages inu…
Guess who’s hitting the road (or more likely, private jet)? Barbra Streisand returns to the stage for a nine-city tour followed by the release of her next album, ENCORE: Movie Partn…
by Samuel L. Leiter If you ever need to answer the question "What has more holes than Swiss cheese?" you can say either "Two slices of Swiss cheese" or Australian playwright Wendy Beckett's …
Is that the sound of a discordant collaboration between two of the great musical theater icons of the 2oth century? If you're witnessing Do I Hear a Waltz? " currently being presented by New…
Alice Ripley, Nathan Lee Graham, Gay Marshall, Carol Lipnik, Rob Maitner and Gabrielle Stravelli have joined the cast of the sixth annual "Night Of A Thousand…
A public memorial tribute hosted by Ray Romano will be held for Doris Roberts, the beloved Emmy-Award®-winning actress, on Monday, May 16 at 12:00 p.m. at the Ambassador Theat…
For the first-time ever, as an official sponsor of the 70th Annual Tony Awards and presenting sponsor of the Behind the Scenes Livestream, BroadwayHD will join forces with the Tony Awards to…
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center celebrated the 16th annual Monte Cristo Award ceremony with a presentation of the honor to award-winning stage and film director, playwright, an…
Producers Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman have announced that Fun Home, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical, has partnered …
Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for media covering New York theatre announced today its award winners for the 2015-16 season in 25 categories. Broadway'sÂ…
by Ryan Leeds The tale of "naïve country boy moves to the city to pursue his dreams" is a story as old as musical theater itself, and although audiences will have to suspend a great deal …
by Samuel L. Leiter Ah, 1958! The year of my high school prom. And the year of the high school prom depicted in the first act of The Marvelous Wonderettes, now bringing back the golden oldie…
Now that the Tony Award nominations have been announced, we can all breathe a bit easier knowing that Hamilton will likely sweep every major category… but let’s make room f…
The rest of the country might be green with envy on Monday, May 9, when A Twist of Limelight, a benefit for San Francisco's Bay Area Musicals (BAM) features a full hour-long concert by Eden …
Nominations in 24 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 70th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards were announced today by Tony Award-winning actress Nikki M. James and T…
by Ryan Leeds Solo shows are like first dates: One can usually tell within the first 15 minutes whether or not there's a spark. For the impatient New Yorker, one might whittle that down to f…
by Samuel L. Leiter Once again experimental Belgian director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge) is stirring things up with an unconventional take on a familiar modern classic, this time A…
MASTERWORKS BROADWAY announces today’s release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of ON YOUR FEET!. Recorded live from Broadway's Marquis Theatre, the album is p…
Hope springs eternal at the Broadhurst Theatre, where Tuck Everlasting is pulling out all the stops in an attempt to capitalize on the cult-like popularity of Natalie Babbitt's 1975 children…
Angela Lansbury and Dana Ivey head an all-star cast in the staged reading of the beloved British comedy, Lettice and Lovage, a benefit for The Acting Company, to be held one night only, Mond…
Oscar, Golden Globe, SAG and Grammy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson and multiple Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein will headline the cast of NBC's "Hairspray Live!," the network's next live Br…
There's no mistaking that the producers of Waitress, a new musical by Jessie Nelson and Sara Bareilles (four-time Grammy Award nominee), want to deliver something sweet for Broadway audience…
Fuerza Bruta welcomes world renowned DJ and Electronic Music producer Paul Oakenfold for a special one-night-only performance on Saturday, April 23 at 10 p.m.. In collab…
by Samuel L. Leiter Patrick Bateman is back. Perhaps you remember him as the narrator of Bret Easton Ellis's provocative 1991 novel, American Psycho, and the equally notorious 2000 film, sta…
