William Inge jumps Tennessee Williams within the first few minutes of meeting him, ripping off his clothes to have sex with him, in "The Gentleman Caller," a new, two-character play by Phili…
Here are the results of the survey in which I asked you to pick your personal preferences (not predictions) in 15 of the 26 categories in the 72nd Annual Tony Awards. Best Play Nominated:…
Dance Nation is a surprise, and a shock, and a delight. Although the characters are a team of 13-year-old competitive dancers from Liverpool, Ohio aiming to win the Boogie Down Grand Pri…
The Theatre World Awards for outstanding New York stage debuts during the 2017-2018 theatrical season have been given to: Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child Jamie Brewer,…
To director Rachel Chavkin, her revival of Caryl Churchill's early play about the English Civil War is a well-timed political work about a failed revolution, whose characters may inspire Ame…
Among the surprises during this intense theater award week is the awarding of the 2018 Regional Theatre Tony Award to La MaMa, "for celebrating diversity and helping to introduce the Off…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child won for new Broadway play,  SpongeBob SquarePants for new Broadway musical in the 68th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards.  Admissions won for Off-…
KPOP won best musical and the best play was a tie between Cost of Living and School Girls, in the 33rd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. Full list:…
Make your pick in the survey below for 15 of the 26 categories in the 72nd annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway's best. The awards ceremony will take place on June 10th at Radio Music Hall …
"Summer and Smoke," Tennessee Williams' ripe Southern Gothic tale about a preacher's daughter and her lifelong longing for the doctor's son next door, is being given a minimalist co-producti…
Some theatergoers objected to the changes in “My Fair Lady,” which made it more in line with the #MeToo era — Eliza more independent, and neither she nor Henry Higgins roma…
Some of the 2018 Tony Award nominees who spoke to (or at least pose for) the press. The winners will be announced on June 10th. Click on any photograph to see it enlarged, and find out who t…
Take this quiz about the nominations for the 2018 Tony Awards, which were announced Tuesday. How well do you know the nominees. How much were you paying attention to the season?
Yes, we now debate theater nominations and await the awards, but the shows must go on in May. That includes just one play on Broadway — the first of the 2018-2019 Broadway season and s…
Mean Girls’ and `SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical’ lead nominations for the 2018 Tony Awards, with 12 nods each, followed by Angels in America, The Band…
The Broadway 2017-2018 season has ended, and the New York theater award season has begun. The Tony nominations will be announced tomorrow. The Week in New York Theater Reviews Ranked,…
Yes, Denzel Washington is the reason audiences are drawn to the fifth Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, just as the hopeless drunks who inhabit Harry Hope's saloon a…
In the ninth Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," director Daniel Sullivan has assembled a skillful cast of 19 to offer what feels like a straightforward history lesson…
“Carousel” leads with six nominations for The Chita Rivera Awards for choreography and dance. The winners of the awards (formerly called the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards) wil…
In the first scene of Tom Stoppard's "Travesties," the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, the Irish novelist James Joyce, and the Romanian avant-garde artist Tristan Tzara are all sitting…
Click on any photograph by Manuel Harlan or Matthew Murphy to see it enlarged and read the captions. What if Harry Potter hadn't existed until now? What if Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,…
Carousel, SpongeBob Squarepants, and Mean Girls got the most nominations in the 63rd annual Drama Desk Awards, which honors achievement by professional theater artists on Broadway, Off-Broad…
Lincoln Center's sumptuous fourth Broadway revival of "My Fair Lady," the supremely tuneful and witty 1956 Lerner and Lowe musical adapted from George Bernard Shaw's pointed 1913 play "Pygma…
"SpongeBob SquarePants"has received 11 nominations for 2018 Outer Critic Awards, more than any other show, followed by "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" with ten, and "My Fair Lady"Å
Cristofer, one of the two bright but poor Bronx-born students who are vying for a scholarship in Lucy Thurber's play "Transfers,"  lashes out at one point at the advisor who has been tryi…