The United States of America was founded in protest and resistance; most of the text of the Declaration of Independence is a protest against the actions of the British Crown. It is Americans…
On the Eve of the Fourth of July, my biannual poll:Â What is your favorite Broadway musical that takes actual American history as its subject.
Summer’s here, it’s time for theatergoers to take stock of the 2018-2019 Broadway season line-up taking shape; to attend NYC summer theater festivals or to plan thea…
Two shows are opening on Broadway in July — Young Jean Lee's “Straight White Men,” which marks the Broadway debuts of Armie Hammer and Josh Charles, among others; and ̶…
Jason Robert Brown was in his twenties when he composed his first musical, "Songs For A New World," its first production in New York lasting just 12 performances and changing people's lives.…
In a country whose president marries younger models and reportedly hires government officials based on their looks, we could certainly benefit from some insights into Americans' obsession wi…
How well were you paying attention to New York theater news in June, including the 72nd annual Tony Awards? Answer these 11 questions and find out.
When Carmen Jones opened on Broadway in 1943, one critic hailed it as "something more than a major theatrical event." Seventy-five years later, the Classic Stage Company is presenting what i…
In "Cyprus Avenue," Stephen Rea portrays Eric Miller, a proud, profane bigot from Belfast, Northern Ireland who considers himself "exclusively and non-negotiably British." He is shock…
Watch the 10th annual Jimmy Awards, in 80 high school students from across America are competing for Best Performance by an Actor and Actress as well as other honors and scholarships.
Near the beginning of Log Cabin, four old LGBT friends are so struck by their sudden societal acceptance that one of them jokes "It's here, the gay takeover we've been plotting all this time…
"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are." C.G. Jung Repping, supporting, & marching with grand marshal @LambdaLegal today! Happy #Pride â¤ðŸ§¡ðŸ’›ðŸ…
The latest show presented by En Garde Arts, "Red Hills," a play about the Rwandan genocide, takes place on the entire empty ninth floor of an office building in the Financial District, as I …
The Broadway composer Richard Rodgers found four things invariably gratifying: "eating, a warm bath, making love and having a successful show." But how gratifying is it to read about succ…
To judge only from Broadway, New York theater is experiencing a Renaissance of old gay plays, with starry revivals of three landmark dramas that are now period pieces: The Boys in the Band f…
La Mama ETC, Off-Off Broadway’s only Tony-winning theater, has announced a 57th season that features more than 50 premieres, dizzyingly eclectic as usual, including a 50th anniversary …
For the 18th year in a row, Bryant Park is the site of free lunchtime concerts by cast members of current Broadway (and some Off-Broadway) shows  on Thursdays in July and August between 1…
The new Broadway season is shaping up into something familiar — lavish revivals, jukebox musicals, musical adaptations of movies, a musical about a diva and about a giant ape — b…
There ARE straight plays on Broadway, contrary to the impression left by the 2018 Tony Awards, which showcased only the musicals. Maybe not a Scandal exactly, but Kerry Washington can set th…
My favorite moments in the 72nd Tony Award broadcast were moving, inspiring, funny and weird. Â Click on any of the photographs to read the captions explaining the moment.
Below is the complete list of the winners of the 2017 Tony Awards, listed in red with an asterisk* (Highlighted show titles link to further information. Also listed are my personal preferenc…
The American Theatre Wing’s 72nd Annual Tony Awards, with hosts Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles, will broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS Â tonight, Sunday, June 10, 2017…
Now is the time when interest in Broadway is at its peak, piqued by the annual three-hour TV commercial for Broadway known as the Tony Awards broadcast. I regularly get asked for recommendat…
These three new short plays written by Eve Ensler about women and the use and abuse of their bodies arrive on stage just four months after her last play, In the Body of the World , turned me…
Below are my preferences " not my predictions — for the 72nd Annual Tony Awards. See my article in DC Theatre Scene for an explanation for each of my choices. Best Musical Nominated: T…