356 stories by "Philip Boroff"
Thanks to Hamilton, Â The Lion King, Â Harry Potter and other blockbusters that draw fans from around the world, Broadway reported a record $1.8 billion in sales " up 7.8 percent " for t…
What the Constitution Means to Me and Hadestown,  two of the most of the acclaimed Broadway shows of the season, were both developed at New York Theatre Workshop. Last night, Artistic …
While accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Obies last night, Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz described how an apartment fire helped him create the nonprofit Theatre for …
For female musical theater composers, this season has been a mixed bag. Of eight original Broadway scores, just one, Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown, was written by a woman. Yet with its st…
It's been a few years since an old-fashioned mainstream comedy won best musical at the Tony Awards. Tootsie  could change that. Its primary challenger appears to be the acclaimed New O…
Students of Rupert Murdoch may wonder why an 88-year-old multi-billionaire would devote his last years to destabilizing democracy, promoting division and thwarting efforts to slow climate ch…
Disturbing, timely and leavened by dry wit, What the Constitution Means to Me is an impassioned play about American governance that may renew your faith in Broadway. Heidi Schreck, wh…
Ain't Too Proud isn't too original, but it should appeal to fans of the Temptations, the most successful African-American recording group in history. The musical's five leads gorgeously …
Cementing his position as Broadway's most prolific and arguably most powerful producer,  Scott Rudin said today that he's reviving The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman, in October 2020…
Set in suburban Jersey and based on Ned Vizzini's out-there 2004 novel, Be More Chill  is about a frustrated high school junior named Jeremy (Will Roland, best-known for Dear Evan Hans…
Morrissey's seven-night engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre sold well in the first hour of general public availability, suggesting a bright future for rock stars on Broadway. As of 11 am…
EXCLUSIVE:Â Ben Sprecher's six-year campaign to hold his former press agent accountable for the collapse of his musical and reputation has been cleared for another courtroom showdown. Earl…
After 33 days, Actors’ Equity has ended its strike against the Broadway League over how its members are compensated for developing new work. Actors sought revenue or profit share when …
EXCLUSIVE: Ken Davenport’s eponymous theater is no more. “As of the end of January 2019, the Davenport Theatre has closed,” according to an announcement on Davenport Theatr…
EXCLUSIVE: Ticketmaster and Telecharge say they refund theatergoers for cancelled performances. It’s a different story for investors in shows that get cancelled before opening night…
Fans of HBO’s Succession might be surprised that Stewy, the conniving cocaine-snorting private equity operator, is played by an emigré from Iran who co-founded a civic-minded thea…
Actors’ Equity Association, which has been negotiating a new contract for play and musical development, authorized a strike today to halt collaboration in rehearsal rooms known as deve…
Broadway celebrated 2019 with a slew of milestones: highest-grossing week and year in history and best-attended week and year since at least 1984, according to the Broadway League. Long-runn…
EXCLUSIVE: Ben Sprecher raised and spent millions on a Broadway musical version of Rebecca that never opened. For his next act, he wants to recreate an Old World family restaurant, up…
Early in The Cher Show, Â Sonny Bono reprimands Cher when she complains about the rigors of stardom. Â “You bought the ticket; take the ride.” The target audience at the Neil…
Broadway sold $43 million of tickets in the week ending on Sunday, up 10 percent from a year ago and its best Thanksgiving ever. In an ugly week for stocks but fine one for tourism and premi…
Mike Birbiglia likes lists. Early in his irresistible one-man comedy The New One, he cites seven reasons why he never wanted a child. “Number 1: I’ve never felt like there should…
With a top-ticket (so far) of $119, Lin-Manuel Miranda and three co-producers are mounting an engagement early next year of Freestyle Love Supreme, Â the improv hip-hop group that the Hami…
The set designer and Yale professor Ming Cho Lee is officially synonymous with excellence in theatrical design. Last week at the Palm West Side restaurant, Lee was recognized for lifetime ac…
Ninety minutes, no intermission has its appeal. But Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman, with two dozen actors, a rabbit, goose, and a real-life baby dramatizing plot lines that explosiv…
