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The actors tapped to stand by for stars like Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman on Broadway rarely get a chance to fill in.
Cate Blanchett is the least of the reasons to see an otherwise solid production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," says Terry Teachout.
Playwright Kenneth Lonergan returns to form with "The Starry Messenger," starring Matthew Broderick.
David Alan Grier, who appears on Broadway in David Mamet's new play "Race," talks about dancing, dialogue and improvisation.
With all the underage actors on Broadway today, special attention is required. Welcome to the world of child wranglers.
New York hasn't always been kind to playwright Marisa Wegrzyn, but a ceremony in her honor Tuesday may help make up for that.
In 'Race,' the playwright Mamet revisits some signature motifs, from ambitious women to ringing phones.
Would that Foote could have lived to attend the New York opening of the first part of The Orphans' Home Cycle, co-produced by Signature and Connecticut's Hartford Stage, where all three installments were seen earlier this year. It will, I suspect, be remembered as the most significant theatrical event of the season, the kind of show you tell your grandchildren you saw.
Sarah Ruhl writes retchingly coy plays that pretend to be transgressive—a sure-fire recipe for success of a sort. In the Next Room or the vibrator play (trendy capitalization and punctuation by Ms. Ruhl, not me) is an all-too-typical example of her method.
Brits Off Broadway has brought the popular playwright's own production of 'My Wonderful Day' to New York. It's a textbook example of how to effectively stage a comedy, says Terry Teachout.
For Eunice Healy, this weekend's revival of "Girl Crazy" will recall her own time dancing on stage, in the original 1930 cast with Ethel Merman and Ginger Rogers, conducted by George Gershwi…
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is that rare musical comedy that soars on the strength of its jokes, says Terry Teachout.
With the release of a vegan cookbook and an upcoming Broadway role and eco-beauty line, Alicia Silverstone seems far from "Clueless."
"In the Next Room," Sarah Ruhl's play about 1880s hysteria and vibrators, tests audiences.
Playwright Theresa Rebeck finally gets it right with "The Understudy," says Terry Teachout.
Cheyenne Jackson talks about his new gig on TV's '30 Rock,' his role as the love interest in Broadway's "Finian's Rainbow" and the release of his new album "The Power of Two."
Broadway actors like Carrie Fisher, Gina Gershon and John Stamos are getting dressing-room makeovers with their own interior designers.
The musical "Fela!" reaches out to Jay-Z and Will Smith to drum up buzz-and funds-at a jittery time for Broadway.
Sir Ian McKellan emceed the "Only Make Believe" benefit at the Shubert Theatre on Monday night and talked to Speakeasy afterward.
The brashly candid new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts Rocco Landesman would open up funding to rap and graffiti artists.
