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"Memphis" has something no other best musical nominee had this year: an original score. That was the advantage it needed to take home the Tony.
Tony-Nominated Floyd Mutrux Puts His Generation's Musical Memories on the Big Stage
Sensitively staged and imaginatively designed, Arden Theatre's production of "Sunday at the Park With George" is the best-sung Sondheim revival in years.
Every summer, as theaters around the country dust off their crushed-velvet doublets to produce more classic Shakespeare, others strive mightily to shake things up.
The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, an advocacy organization for 300 not-for-profit theaters in the city, is building two 99-seat theaters in the heart of Hell's Kitchen.
Every summer, as theaters around the country dust off their crushed-velvet doublets to produce more classic Shakespeare, others strive mightily to shake things up.
The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, an advocacy organization for 300 not-for-profit theaters in the city, is building two 99-seat theaters in the heart of Hell's Kitchen.
Director Terry Johnson's "La Cage aux Folles" is up for multiple Tony awards. But Mr. Johnson has his sights on his next show: "The Prisoner of Second Avenue."
Actress Katie Finneran latest heist, in Broadway's "Promises, Promises," just may bag her a second Tony Award later this month.
The American Guild of Musical Artists, which represents dancers and singers at companies including New York City Ballet and the Metropolitan Opera, is attempting to wrest jurisdiction over B…
What is it that makes Chicagoland theater so special-and so different from New York? Here are two plays from the Windy City that threaten to blow the Big Apple off the top of America's theat…
"That Face," a tale about a grossly dysfunctional upper-middle-class family written by 19-year-old Polly Stenham, is an exhilarating first effort full of promise of even better things.
Midway through their sold-out eight-show run, the Sonnet Repertory Theater and Matchbook Productions took flight on four low-flying trapezes to place a modern spin on "Richard II."
Over the course of 20 years, one television show employed 20,639 actors. These are their stories.
What plays does David Mamet like best-and why?
The cancellation of Law & Order, which employed nearly 4,000 people each season, will have far-reaching effects.
Terry Teachout on "Killer Joe," the play that made playwright Tracy Letts a big name in American theater 14 years before "August: Osage County" reached Broadway.
Jonathan Demme's revival of Pulitzer-winner Beth Henley's "Family Week" fails to fix an interesting but unsuccessful piece of work.
Horse-racing enthusiast Jerry Crawford has a soft spot for theater. After attending a recent performance of the Broadway musical "Fela!," the lawyer from Des Moines, Iowa, was so moved by th…
Denzel Washington may be the biggest name here, but it's Viola Davis's performance that will stick with you in the end.
"The Mountaintop," a play about Martin Luther King Jr.'s last night, met with instant success in London. Will U.S. audiences embrace a portrayal complete with doubts and flaws?
