2,359 stories by "Matthew Wexler"
There is musical theater, and then there is Here Lies Love, the immersive multimedia event that has recently launched a commercially produced open-ended run at the Public Theater where it re…
by Marcus Scott The moment the lights go down within the intimate 199-seat theater at the New York Theatre Workshop, the audience is dropped within the illuminated mind of a 19th century par…
Contributor Linsday B. Davis revisits Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway in its powerful revival starring Neil Patrick Harris. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell an…
Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 68th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards® were announced today by actress of stage and screen Lucy Liu and To…
The best of Broadway and beyond descend upon Carnegie Hall to help celebrate the New York Pops 31st Birthday Gala, led by musical director and conductor Steven Reineke. The Broadway Blog had…
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler chats with star and producer of the much-anticipated revival of Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig, opening at L.A.’s Hudson Mainstage Theatre. Deidr…
Today is Barbra Streisands 72nd birthday! To celebrate, contributor Marcus Scott interviews Buyer & Cellar star, Christopher J. Hanke and dishes about the diva and other theater favor…
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler reviews the latest work by Harvey Fierstein. “When you make the two one… and when you make the MALE AND THE FEMALE INTO A SINGLE ONE"then shal…
Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced toda…
By Lindsay B. Davis On April 14, 2014, Broadway Battles Bullying presented on a benefit concert to raise money for the family of Michael Morones, an 11-year-old boy who attempted suicide …
The Easter Bonnet Competition is the culmination of six intensive weeks of fundraising efforts by company members of Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions. Curtain speec…
Contributor Lindsay B. Davis reviews The Library, a theatrical collaboration between Hollywood heavyweights Scott Z. Burns and Steven Soderbergh. In The Public Theater's The Library, two …
Contributor Melissa Firlit gets a belly full of laughs at Classic Stage Company’s production of  The Heir Apparent. The Heir Apparent, originally written by Jean-Francois Regnard…
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler discovers the mystical world of  Amaluna. By now, most of us are familiar with the Cirque du Soleil brand, one which combines circus acts with death…
The Olivier Awards (London's equivalent of the Tonys) were handed out this weekend to the latest crop of musicals and plays to arrive on the West End. While some say that the results were pr…
By Brace Cove  Each spring NYU Skirball curates "powerful performances from around the globe" as part of its Visions + Voices Global Peformance Series, which creates a unique opportunity…
 Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler revisits a modern classic, Les Misérables. "At the end of the day you're another day older." So goes the lyric in one of musical theater's m…
From The Broadway Blog’s editor Matthew Wexler"April showers bring a super storm of Broadway heavyweights hitting the boards this month. From a hilarious musical romp to the latest pla…
Contributor Lindsay B. Davis takes a look at 21st century suburbia with the help of playwright Will Eno and the superb cast of The Realistic Joneses. Characters in The Realistic…
Contributor Scott Redman goes on a trip down memory lane with a little help from Broadway star Jarrod Spector. Jarrod Spector, fresh from his knockout performance as Barry Mann in the Bro…
“What’s your damage, Heather?” Contributor Lindsay B. Davis finds out at Heathers: The Musical. The Daniel Waters film Heathers hit theaters in 1989 starring Winona Ryde…
A kaleidoscopic Faustian fever dream filled to the brim with post-Larson power pop grunge and sugary Sheik-Kitt folk operetta Jasper In Deadland"the latest effort by songwriter Ryan Scott Ol…
How do you satisfy your theater fix without breaking the bank? The Broadway Blog has the perfect solution… enter to win free tickets to one of these hot shows: Buyer and Cellar A…
What happens when you combine The Scarlet Letter and A Doll's House and set it in Vienna, Austria circa 1920? You end up with Manhattan Theatre Club's latest venture: Tales From Red Vienna b…
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler gets a taste of family drama with Terrence McNally’s new play, Mothers and Sons. If there is one living playwright who has understood the gay ver…
