44 stories by "New York Theaterh"
"Mrs. Doubtfire," a musical adaptation of the 1993 Robin Williams movie about a divorced man who disguises himself as a woman so that he can spend time with his children as their nanny, has …
There are so many shows currently on Broadway either based on a movie, or the inspiration for a movie " and so many more scheduled for the season ahead " that I thought an apt follow-up to y…
This year, when we've spent so much time looking at screens, was a banner year for movie adaptations of shows that originated on stage: "In The Heights," "The Humans," "Dear Evan Hansen," mo…
In his new Off-Off Broadway play, John Patrick Shanley " Oscar-winner for "Moonstruck," Tony and Pulitzer winner for "Doubt" " imagines what it would be like if Romeo and Juliet were both…
Below is a day-by-day selection of New York theater that is scheduled to open in December, organized by opening date.* That includes the gender-bending revival of "Company," by Stephen Sondh…
Whatever other superlatives you can apply to Stephen Sondheim " that he was the most significant, the most ambitious, the most revered of Broadway theater composer-lyricists for more than ha…
On this tenth annual #GivingTuesday (created in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation), consider donating to your favorite New York area theaters and theater comp…
The outpouring after the sudden death of Stephen Sondheim the day after Thanksgiving has been overwhelming " in innumerable encomiums (e.g. "an artistic genius on the level of Shakespeare") …
My gratitude this year is greatest for theater in general: grateful that in-person, live performances have returned; that the experimentation in digital and hybrid theater continues;Â Â …
Stephen Sondheim, the central figure in contemporary American musical theater., as died at age 91. His works include: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "Company," "Follies," …
Below are videos of some of the musical numbers performed by the casts of Broadway shows at the 95th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade " plus Thanksgiving Day Tweets from the casts of ot…
My tenth annual theater gift guide below includes links and information on shopping for theater tickets,theater subscriptions,cast recordings,play scripts and books about the theaterand thea…
In "Clyde's," a savory comedy written by Lynn Nottage, better known for her bitter tragedies, Uzo Aduba portrays Clyde, the sexy but heartless owner of a truck stop where all four of her …
 Only one Broadway cast recording has been nominated for Best Musical Theater Album in  the 64th Grammy Awards, which will take place on January 31, 2022. This makes sense, given how f…
Catch all the cameos in the "Sunday" musical number at the Moondance Diner in "tick,tock…BOOM"? You may be a theater geek. This is your week. On Thanksgiving Day Thursday, the Broadway cas…
Below is the Broadway schedule for Thanksgiving Week 2021, which differs from the usual week's schedule: Only three shows have performances on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 25) but Â…
See photos and watch videos from the film below. "tick, tick…Boom!" is a film for musical theater geeks. It is adapted from "Rent" composer Jonathan Larson's earlier autobiographical music…
The Montgomery bus boycott,  the Hollywood blacklist, and the lynching of Emmett Till were all current events when "Trouble in Mind" debuted Off-Broadway in 1955, and Alice Childress i…
Two plays are opening Off-Broadway tonight, one featuring a cast of five Black women, the other a cast of five Black men. Both are about Black people struggling to survive in the face of del…
The surprise of "Diana the Musical," which is opening tonight at the Longacre Theater, is that it's more enjoyable " better! " on Broadway than it is on Netflix, where a recording of this st…
The ads for Broadway have started to appear this week on digital screens and posters in the subway, as promised, recreating a 1977 campaign that intended to boost sales, and morale, at a sim…
One of the pleasures in this latest revival of "Morning's At Seven," a quietly funny and surprisingly astute evergreen comedy about four aging sisters and their families who live cheek by jo…
 "Assassins," the 30-year-old musical by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman about nine of the 13 people who have tried to kill an American president, is certainly clever; when is Sondheim …
 "The Ding Dongs" and "Is Edward Snowden Single?" are two of the three plays being presented in repertory at the New Ohio Theater through November 20th by The Pool, which is described as …
On Veterans Day, it's time to call up Adam Driver, three-year military veteran and three-time  Broadway veteran, who  understands the connection between soldiers and artists goes ba…
