1,355 stories by "Michael Paulson"
A surprising collaboration between an entertainment giant (Disney) and an avant-garde artist (Julie Taymor) birthed the most successful musical in history.
The musical, with songs by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, just finished a pre-Broadway run in Utah, and will begin New York performances in March.
The show, originally created by Bob Fosse in the late 1970s, has been reimagined with the blessing of his daughter.
The 29-year-old actor, best known for his Tony-winning turn in "Dear Evan Hansen," this week returns to the stage at New York City Center.
The new musical, based on the 1977 Martin Scorsese film, features songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb and is directed by Susan Stroman.
The play, written by Sharr White and directed by Bartlett Sher, will also star Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker.
The show, now in London, has a creative team that combines veterans of the film with some Broadway stalwarts. Performances will begin on June 30.
The actress left months ago, and revealed her exit on Monday after her name arose during discussion of the errant reprimanding of a "Hadestown" patron who was using a captioning device.
The meta-musical, which won the Tony Award this year and the Pulitzer Prize in 2020, announced it would close on Jan. 15.
The actor Sean Hayes is planning to come to Broadway next spring in "Good Night, Oscar," written by Doug Wright. But another playwright, David Adjmi, is not pleased with the way his earlier …
"The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," a rarely revived play by Lorraine Hansberry, will be presented at BAM starting in February.
The first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in drama has four shows this season. "If you can hear the world singing, it's your job to write it down," she said.
The Canadian actress Petrina Bromley has been in the cast during the show's surprise hit run on Broadway. It resonated because "it's about kindness," she says.
The musical, which was known simply as "Cinderella" during a previous run in London, is a new adaptation of the classic fairy tale.
An annual survey, suspended during the pandemic, resumes and finds theaters nationally doing fewer shows and torn between escapism and ambition.
The Majestic Theater has housed "The Phantom of the Opera," which Prince directed, for the entire 35 years of its run.
The comedic storyteller, who previously brought a solo show to Broadway in 2018, has a new act for a new age.
The show had a bumpy, boisterous run, and will now begin a tour.
"Good Night, Oscar," by Doug Wright, explores the life of a pianist who became famous as a witty guest and host of midcentury radio and television shows.
Hints: They both reached for the gun. I'm working on my roar! Everyone deserves the chance to fly. Have fun in hell!
In an interview, the storied British producer said that weakening box office and rising production costs led to the decision to end the longest run in Broadway history.
The theatergoing audience has been slow to return after the pandemic lockdown, and the show hasn't been selling well enough to defray its running costs.
For the musical's Hamburg premiere, a team wrestled with language and cultural differences to bring the story alive for a new audience.
A direct transfer of words was never going to work for such a complex show. So the team involved got creative.
'White Girl in Danger,' a soap opera satire by Michael R. Jackson, will be staged in New York next spring by Second Stage and Vineyard theaters.
