This is a time of natural disasters, which dwarf everything else, including the steady assault of man-made disasters (even major anniversaries), if only for the moment. Of course, people are…
it would be to sum up the talent of composer, lyricist, dramaturg, artistic director, Â political activist and theater visionary Michael Friedman -- and how great the loss his early death.
Since 2015, 45,000 have taken my Hamilton quiz. Why not try the updated one, to find out whether you're Aaron Burr (originally portrayed by Leslie Odom Jr.) Thomas Jefferson (Daveed Diggs) K…
Sex and violence — also sex, drugs and rock n roll — are the subjects of several shows opening Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway in September (There are no Broadway openings.) Bu…
The New York theater season is officially underway  (Check out my Broadway 2017-2018 Preview Guide, and my Off-Broadway Fall 2017 Preview Guide) " and there are incentives to get our butt…
Off-Broadway in the Fall promises a homoerotic dystopia (“A Clockwork Orange”); a revival of Harvey Fierstein’s breakthrough play starring Michael Urie (“Torch Song&#…
How well were you paying attention to theater news and reviews in August, a month full of controversies, and sad deaths? Answer these 10 questions and see.
"Inanimate," a new play by Nick Robideau about a young woman who falls in love with a Dairy Queen sign, is most noteworthy for being the first play to be presented in the new building…
The nation’s second-largest theater district, a 17-block area in the heart of downtown Houston, is among the casualties of Tropical Storm Harvey, the flooding from its torrential rain …
In his new memoir Sense of Occasion, Hal Prince explains that Prince of Broadway, the new Broadway revue celebrating and sampling Prince's extraordinary 70-year career in the theater, "was e…
Harold Prince's new memoir, “Sense of Occasion” (Applause Books, $29.99) — a conversational chronicle and candid analysis of his many hits, seminal musicals and occasional …
What is your favorite show on Broadway that explores serious issues in an entertaining way? Below are some answers to this question, which I asked in a recent contest for tickets to a show, …
My Broadway 2017-2018 Preview Guide has been updated, thanks to a flurry of new shows announced, a couple this past week: Denzel Washington will lead the 20-member cast for the fifth Broadwa…
What was the most underrated show you've ever seen on a New York stage? Below are the answers to that question, which I asked in a now-ended contest to win tickets to a show I feel fi…
Aaron and Wes have broken up, but Aaron can't seem to let go, in "Last Ditch Playlist," Brad Baron's semi-autobiographical play about his first love and his first breakup, which is running t…
All 17 members of The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities resigned today to protest President Trump’s comments on the events last weekend in Charlottesville, as The Wa…
Choose the show that you are most looking forward to. The list below is for shows that have opening dates on Broadway from September 2017 to January 2018 as of this writing, and they are lis…
Below are the six most popular videos I shot of the performances during the six weekly concerts this 17th summer of Broadway in Bryant Park. Tagged: Andy Karl, Barrett Doss, Betsy Wolfe, Bro…
This has been the week from Hell both in the larger world and in the world of New York theater, but for theater fans also a little bit of Heaven, with the announcements of new shows, …
The vain, reckless son of a rich man is suddenly thrust into power by a venal group of citizens marked by their "ugliness, stupidity, greed, cowardice, corruption and sheer unpleas…
Win two tickets to see Bandstand for free. Â I liked this show, about a 1940’s swing band made up of World War II veterans, for its thrilling choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, who…
In format, Michael Moore's live show has little in common with his funny but focused documentaries about specific issues,…It’s more like a scattershot variety show…But the …
 “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” will close September 3, 2017 on Broadway, having played 32 previews and 336 regular performances — a journey that began a…
Barbara Cook, the self-proclaimed poor, naive Southern Belle who became the reigning soprano in the Golden Age of Broadway and then a cabaret and concert hall star of the first magnitude, ha…
Errol and Fidel, Generation Me, and Georama were among the big winners of the 2017 New York Musical Festival Awards for Excellence. Freedom Riders won for both outstanding music and ̶…