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Bill Rutkoski's superficial comedy incomprehensibly attempts to center a full-length play on an already-tired stereotype: the overbearing mother. The result is reminiscent of a standup act.
An often lovely score gives Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham's extremely generic, haphazardly structured musical about 20-somethings in Manhattan what individuality it has.
The stagehands' union and producers of the Tony Awards reached an agreement Friday on how the show's red carpet area will be staffed, ending a labor dispute that threatened to derail Broad…
A labor dispute is threatening to make a mess of the Tony Awards, forcing actors to cross picket lines to attend the red carpet for Broadway's biggest ceremony.
Thoughtfully adapted and directed by Moisés Kaufman from an unproduced Tennessee Williams screenplay, this taut and fluid production unsettles with a quiet intensity.
The little things we do to each other and ourselves in attempts to control our lives are the subjects of five one-act plays of varying but admirable quality.
Broadway actors speak out to advocate marriage equality for same-sex couples. The video features performers encouraging New Yorkers to contact their state legislators in support of the iss…
The second annual Hollywood Fringe Festival will generate a flurry of activity in L.A.'s most heavily concentrated small-theater district June 9–26, including a week of previews.
Appearing in New York for the first time in nearly a decade, Ballet Nacional de Cuba is offering a rousingly entertaining sampler of excerpts from six famous ballets.
In Metropolitan Playhouse's second annual festival, the East Village, past and present, is explored with varying degrees of invention and success in eight new short plays seen on two progr…
The tragic fates of the Greek warrior Ajax and a female American soldier in Iraq are intertwined in this well-meaning but uneven anti-war play.
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society has filed an arbitration claim against the producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" on behalf of the Broadway musical's former director, …
Producers said Tuesday they'll be moving the show off-Broadway to New World Stages on 50th Street in July after more than a year performing at the Nederlander Theatre.
The Emmy hopeful compares her "Gilmore Girls" and "Parenthood" roles, and explains the risk of sharing a personal connection with a fellow cast member.
The theatrical thriller proves to be alive and well in this tale of a woman suffering from severe sleepwalking problems who becomes involved with her too-good-to-be-true upstairs neighbor.
The Tony winner from "Miss Saigon" proves she is much more than a Disney princess in a smashing set at the Carlyle. We need to see more of her on our stages.
Barbara Cook, a superb actor who knows a thing or two about the human condition, shares her knowledge in this artfully understated, deeply affecting show.
Art, pain, and love become inextricably linked in Maggie Bofill's promising new play, whose emotional exuberance suffers from an unfortunate overdose of clumsy metaphor.
Alec Baldwin is considering a run for New York City mayor now that Rep. Anthony Weiner may pull out of the race due to the Weinergate-Twitter photo scandal, according to a new report.
"Theatre for One" returns for its second year, parking a 4-foot-by-8 foot portable theater near the TKTS booth and inviting one audience member at a time to see one short play performed by…
The "Harry Potter" star says he'll perform the song "Brotherhood of Man" from his Broadway show "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" early in Sunday's telecast.
Since living together as freshmen at Carnegie Mellon University, Gad and O'Malley, both nominated for Tony Awards, have been best friends. Now, they're at the center of the "Mormon" sensati…
This bizarre musical based on the true story of an awful teen rock group is a rough, raw, and weirdly beautiful examination of America's obsession with fame.
This 1950s-style drama fails to deliver on its enticing premise. Director Hillary Spector struggles to emphasize the central conflict, while playwright Paul Manuel Kane never explains the …
