2,359 stories by "Matthew Wexler"
For those clamoring to snag a role on a Broadway stage, book a gig at a reputable nightclub, or simply get feedback on their performance style, a three-night master class is being offered by…
It's been a harrowing week for the entertainment industry with the sudden loss of Robin Williams followed by yesterday's passing of Lauren Bacall. Like Williams, Bacall was known for her gli…
Many will question the untimely death of one of our most beloved comedians and actors, Robin Williams. Here at the Broadway Blog we'd like to celebrate a career that spanned decades and brou…
On the evening of August 24, San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts Theatre will play host to a genre- and generation-spanning array of musical talent at Help is on the Way XX, the 20th annual …
Are you seeing double? Nope " that's just the return of the cult favorite musical, Side Show, which opens this fall on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. Directed by Academy Award and Gol…
The Broadway Blog’s editor Matthew Wexler rounds up three of our favorite picks for August. The dog days of summer are here so what better time to ensconce yourself in a cool, dark the…
Perhaps your high school days were filled with pranks and hijinks… or late-night rehearsals of The Music Man, Grease, or some other teen-friendly production. Whatever your memories, relive…
Nearly 80 years after it took The Great White Way by storm, You Can’t Take It With You"the timeless comedic three-act play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart"will start previews on Aug…
It's calm waters this summer in New York City as the theater scene rejuvenates for openings this fall. But head west to the Tony Award-winning Goodman Theatre in Chicago you'll be witness to…
Celebrity Autobiography returns this August, welcoming to its cast stars of stage & screen Mario Cantone (Sex and the City), Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live), Scott Adsit (30 Rock), D…
Musical theater gets a bad rep, and go figure, with today's landscape of shimmering esoteric music, there is a glassy-eyed artifice to it all that hasn't"shockingly enough"permeated today's …
Calling all southern Californians! Head to the Old Globe this Saturday for the 2014 Globe Gala in support of the theater's education and artistic programs. The annual event will feature a on…
If you're looking for a little summer romance with a twist, we've got our eyes on a new play opening at the Cherry Lane Theatre. What happens four weeks after a one-night stand? That's the q…
The New York Musical Theatre Festival is in full swing. We caught two shows this week that capture varying degrees of success in the development of new work. As We Lie Still is a musical fan…
One of Broadway's bawdiest broads, Elaine Stritch, passed away today at the age of 89. Her early career included the 1952 revival of Pal Joey and Bus Stop in 1955, for which she was nominate…
Twenty years before receiving his first Broadway production, Nicky Silver scorched onto the New York scene with Pterodactyls, a blazingly prophetic play that seems more urgent by the day.…
Now in it's 11th year, the New York Musical Theatre Festival returns for three weeks of ingenious works in progress, all vying for the tiara of best musical, in hopes they will get picked up…
It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2008 and was made into a feature film starring Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep in 2013. Fans of August: Osage County can hear members of the origi…
Stars of stage and screen will descend upon Shubert Alley for the 16th Annual Broadway Barks! Founded by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, the organization helps many of New York City'…
The New York Musical Theatre Festival opened this week, celebrating 11 years of America's greatest art form by providing an affordable way for artists to mount professional productions. Firs…
Broadway's On The Town and FOX's So You Think You Can Dance are teaming up to offer the winner of Season 11 a role in this fall's highly anticipated Broadway revival, marking an …
We're at midsummer and while Broadway is looking a bit dormant these days with the recent closings of After Midnight, Casa Valentina, Mothers and Sons and the closing notices for Violet (Aug…
Writer Lindsay B. Davis hit the streets of NYC to catch the best of Broadway at Inside Broadway’s Beacon Awards and the final concert of Broadway by the Year at Town Hall. Someti…
After a sold-out benefit run for BC/EFA this February, Pageant " The Musical returns for a limited Off-Broadway engagement at The Davenport Theatre beginning June 29 with an official opening…
In many ways, gangsta rap messiah Tupac Shakur was the new world order of hard-boiled post-Reaganomics fury. Shakur, a hip-hop raconteur who painted surround sound portraits of African-Ameri…
