A 32-Year Journey to Hell's Kitchen
MCC Theater, an influential but itinerant Off Broadway nonprofit, has finally found a home.
MCC Theater, an influential but itinerant Off Broadway nonprofit, has finally found a home.
Andrew Barth Feldman, a high school junior on Long Island, is an ardent theater fan who has been acting since he was 8. Now he'll be leading the cast in his favorite show.
The play, written by and starring Heidi Schreck, is about gender and American legal history.
After the bookstore announced it was being forced from its home by rising rents, Mr. Miranda teamed up with "Hamilton" associates and the city on a rescue plan.
Mr. Miranda and three of his "Hamilton" collaborators have purchased the Drama Book Shop, a century-old theater district purveyor of scripts, sheet music and other stage-related reading mate…
Actors' Equity said it would prevent its members from testing out material during a play's development until a new contract is reached.
Actors' Equity is threatening to bar members from participating in developmental labs without a better financial deal.
The musical grossed more than $4 million, while plays showed surprising strength at the box office, too.
The island has shaped the "Hamilton" creator's identity. Now he's bringing the musical to San Juan, and things are getting complicated.
With Lin-Manuel Miranda in the title role, the musical will delay performances and run in a San Juan arts venue, not at the University of Puerto Rico.
The music industry conglomerate also owns the Rodgers & Hammerstein organization and has a joint publishing-licensing venture with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The darkly revisionist production, which was staged this fall at St. Ann's Warehouse, will play the Circle in the Square.
The revival of Harvey Fierstein's Tony-winning play will mount a national tour with Michael Urie continuing in the lead role.
In the middle of the opening-night performance on Monday, the actor who plays Sonny Bono criticized Mr. West for looking at his cellphone. The rapper apologized.
Two Iranians and a Syrian were allowed entry to perform "The Jungle," a play about refugees, after urgings by Sting and an ex-archbishop of Canterbury.
Regional productions of the Broadway hits are the subject of a legal dispute between competing theater operators.
The show won the Tony Award for best musical revival, but was not a financial success.
The musical reimagining of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth is now playing at London's National Theater.
The musical, which opened on Broadway on July 26, had gotten mixed reviews and struggled at the box office.
Should audience get advance word on content that might offend or unsettle them? Opinions differ strongly.
A number of American theaters are posting specific and comprehensive advisories about sensitive material, while others are resisting the trend.
Four times recently he's stopped his solo Broadway show to make his feelings known " gently but firmly. Getting too angry can backfire.
The theater had fired the previous artistic director, Gordon Edelstein, over sexual misconduct accusations.
Work-life balance is particularly difficult for women in the theater, but a number of experiments are attempting to make the juggling easier.
The improvisatory group will perform at the Greenwich House Theater starting in January. Mr. Miranda said he will join them occasionally.