2,359 stories by "Matthew Wexler"
Where will you be on Monday, May 4? If you want to roll with Broadway glitterati, then head to Carnegie Hall for the New York Pops' 32nd Birthday Gala featuring music honorees Kathleen an…
by Samuel L. Leiter In 1604, Hamlet railed against his mother for marrying his uncle, condemning her for speeding "with such dexterity to incestuous sheets!" Well, you might argue, there's n…
What's the funniest musical on Broadway? Contrary to critical acclaim, it's not Something Rotten! (though it offers more than its fair share of laughs). It's the other something rotten playi…
Want more Broadway Blog? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! We’ve survived side shows and Russian revolutions (barely), foul-mouthed puppets and dreamlike trips to Paris……
Want more Broadway Blog? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Boy meets girl. Actually, three boys meet girl in An American in Paris"the spectacular new musical now playing at the Pal…
Calling all Hedwig fans! The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that John Cameron Mitchell will receive the 2015 Special Tony Award. "John's return to Hedwig and the…
by Samuel L. Leiter The Belle of Belfast, a little firebomb of a play, is now detonating eight times weekly at the Irish Repertory Theatre in one of the best acted productions I've seen at t…
Death becomes her. Or not. Chita Rivera returns to the stage in Kander and Ebb's The Visit, a dismally depressing one-act musical adapted from the Swiss play by Friedrich Dürrenmattthat tha…
Guess who’s back? Lypsinka (a.k.a. John Epperson) returns to Off Broadway this summer with his hit show, Lypsinka! The Boxed Set. Click for details.ÂÂ
First awarded in 1922 and formalized in 1935, The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in America. They are the only major theatergoer awards chosen by audience members " …
by Samuel L. Leiter Living on Love, the old-fashioned screwball farce in which opera star Renée Fleming is making her delightful Broadway debut, may have the musty fragrance of a pre-owned …
Broadway has gone to hell and a hand puppet"and that's a good thing. Hand to God, the alarmingly visceral new American play by Robert Askins is a jolt of theater that the Great White Way has…
by Samuel L. Leiter In 1989, when he was forty-nine, Austin Pendleton tackled the title role in Hamlet in an Off Broadway production. Despite stretching credibility"he was too old for the ro…
I must have been about eight-years-old when I jumped off the couch in our family room and fractured my wrist. I was trying to fly and had gallantly tied a bed sheet around my neck in an atte…
Every third Wednesday of the 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 t…
Marriage is a funny thing. Some last. Many don't. And others aren't ever meant to be. It Shoulda Been You, the new Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove and music and conce…
by Samuel L. Leiter INTAR, the funky Hell's Kitchen theater devoted to plays by Latino writers, is the perfect setting for Octavio Solis's Se Llama Cristina, with its appropriately dark and …
Want more Broadway Blog? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Iow@ " which I'd like to retitle "Why? Oh! Ugh" is the latest new work to hit the stage at Playwrights Horizons. The worl…
Old favorites return at this year’s Olivier Awards, including revivals of Cats and Miss Saigon, along with electric productions of recent hits in the U.S. such as Here Lies Love,…
by Samuel L. Leiter The 2014-2015 theatre season's hot-button cultural event is the visiting Royal Shakespeare Company's Wolf Hall, Parts One and Two, Mike Poulton's admirable double-bill ad…
Who says burlesque is only for the ladies? “Boys’ Night” has announced that after the sudden loss of their 3-year home at Galapagos Art Space, they have settled in at…
Want more Broadway Blog? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Oh, Gigi. I'm not sure there's enough champagne in all of France to keep me buzzed through two-and-a-half hours of your r…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced this year's recipients of 2015 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre. These honors will be presented at the Tony Honors Cocktail…
Want more Broadway Blog? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Before there was Candace Bushnell or Lena Dunham, there was Wendy Wasserstein. The Brooklyn-born, Ivy League graduate car…
Kinky Boots, the Tony and Grammy Award-winning hit musical, celebrates two-year anniversary on Broadway this Saturday, April 4, 2015, producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig…
