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For the first time, New York impressario, Scott Siegel, best known for creating/writing/directing/hosting Broadway by the Year at The Town Hall, will be presenting a brand new …
By Beatrice Williams-Rude A gripping new play, The Dressmaker's Secret, is having its world premiere tonight, Feb. 14. Set in Romania in 1963, but concerned with …
Hamilton's Brandon Victor Dixon hosted the fifth annual Paul Rudd All Star Bowling Benefit for The Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY). at Lucky Strike Lanes on West 42n…
By Barbara & Scott Siegel For all its awards, glowing reviews, and standing ovations at night, the secret truth about The Object Lesson at New York The…
by Matt Smith "Tonight is all about love. And not just my love for these two artists, but a celebration of love itself and how these two men were able to capture …
by Marilyn Lester Jazz " America's own music " played anywhere is a marvelous thing, especially so to hear it emanate from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Grace …
by Matt Smith Brandon Uranowitz certainly knows how to make an entrance. Leg sprawled across the railing of the steps leading down from the bar, he shouts, "I lov…
by Stuart Miller If you focus just on the individual aspects of Katherine Rundell’s Life According to Saki, there’s plenty to admire: imaginati…
by Alix Cohen "In the dark times will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing about the dark times." Kurt Julian Weill (1900-1950) As narr…
"'Thirty-five years?' I thought, 'It's time!' I'm thrilled that Second Stage Theatre will be reviving Torch Song Trilogy next season," said playwright Harvey Fierstein. …
At the age of 92, long time jazz legend/pianist Barbara Carroll – who had an ongoing residency at Birdland Jazz Club, has passed away.  Barbara Carroll was born Jan…
by Matt Smith Scott Siegel has done it again! Last Saturday, the indefatigable host-with-the-most delivered his latest incarnation of Broadway Originals, his mont…
by Brian Scott Lipton For veteran theatergoers considering seeing City Center Encores' current production of "Big River," the question on their minds may be: can the thi…
By Martha Wade Steketee Class, culture, language, appropriation, and integrity underscore the quiet power of Tanya Saracho's Fade produced by Primary Stages at the Cherr…
Sunday in the Park with George stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford, and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc Chairlady Madam Cecilia Kok were front and center at the ribbo…
A Splendid Show for The Invaluable Publication by Alix Cohen Tuesday night The Metropolitan Room hosted a benefit for the only magazine, in fact the only print venue tha…
Theatrical history in broad, entertaining strokes By Joel Benjamin Just how charismatic and talented were the many artists who Florenz Ziegfeld chose to populate …
by Michael Bracken “Raymond P. Talley, a security consultant for the Packard Planning Corporation, forty-two.” That's Penny Talley (Kate Loprest) reading…
by Susan Hasho Opening with six beaming actors singing they could pass for 22, when they're 30 or 31"makes a huge statement about our current social state of affairs, at…
By Brian Scott Lipton 2016 was a tough year for music lovers, as some of its greatest artists ascended into the eternal pantheon. But probably no two deaths were …
Video Interviews/Photos by Magda Katz This year’s 27th Kleban Prize winners are Daniel Zaitchik (the most promising musical theater lyricist), and Lisa Kron (the most pro…
by Maryann Lopinto Opening Night Photos: Maryann Lopinto A Comedy of Tenors is a sequal to Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor which, a few seasons back, was presen…
The American Theatre Wing announced today that the 2017 Jonathan Larson® Grants recipients are Ben Bonnema (book, music and lyrics), Maggie-Kate Coleman & Erato A…
by Matt Smith "Even if you're little, you can do a lot!" It's the emblematic anthem we all know and love, which has become synonymous with Matilda ever since the musical first landed …
A superbly tuned instrument used to crowd-pleasing effect By Joel Benjamin Heather Headley's voice is a superbly tuned instrument which she used to crowd-pleasing effect…
