At BroadwayCon, Fans Get a Curtain Call
Started in 2016, the three-day expo provides singalongs, meetups, workshops and, of course, "marketplace" booths targeting theater buffs.
Started in 2016, the three-day expo provides singalongs, meetups, workshops and, of course, "marketplace" booths targeting theater buffs.
The theater, which had been closed since the late 1980s, once featured notable actors such as Katharine Hepburn and Helen Hayes. Supporters had been leading efforts to restore it.
The play, written by and starring Heidi Schreck, is about gender and American legal history.
Sebastian Barry's imbalanced new play, set in a Dublin prison, confirms its writer's gift for finding the holiness in the everyday.
Ishmael Reed, who became a MacArthur fellow 17 years before Lin-Manuel Miranda, questions why Native Americans were left out of the show, for one thing.
The bloody story of Procne and Philomela is retold as a tale of sisterly devotion in this indie-rock opera by the Kilbanes at BRIC House in Brooklyn.
The show's creator hopes its 17-day run in San Juan will call attention to the struggling island's needs as well as its riches.
She was best known for wildly different roles, in a frat house comedy and in the 1960s drama "Medium Cool." She was also in films by Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese.
This stunning Under the Radar festival show tells the story of Valerie Solanas, the feminist agitator who shot Andy Warhol.
During the final week of a blockbuster exhibition, the museum will offer visitors a late-night Potter fix.
Animals from the American Folk Art Museum share a habitat with paintings from Fountain House Gallery that embrace a similar theme.
At Bushwick Starr, Diana Oh and her team of "super queero heart questers" welcome guests to a night of dance-filled revelry. (Yes, there's a sleepover option.)
From "The Sound of Music" in Salzburg, Austria, to "Candide" in Berlin, German-speaking theaters are bringing fresh appeal to repertory staples.
Visionary stylist or one-trick pony? With "Network" on Broadway and "All About Eve" on the horizon, the multimedia-mad stage director is ready for his close-up.
Visionary. Visceral. Uncompromising. And coming your way.
The 2019 winners of the awards, given by a panel to the year's most promising lyricist and librettist, are Shaina Taub, Sarah Hammond and Charlie Sohne.
Something groundbreaking on Broadway: The story of "an effeminate young man of color" who finds his strength through singing.
For its first season, beginning in April, the Shed has commissioned more than a dozen exhibitions, performances and lectures across disciplines.
Offerings at the festival include a riff on "Uncle Vanya"; a "Frankenstein" adaptation highlighting a mother's grief; and an intimate tale of displacement.
But could directors like Ryan Coogler still find favor with Oscar? The academy doesn't always go with the Directors Guild Awards.
After the bookstore announced it was being forced from its home by rising rents, Mr. Miranda teamed up with "Hamilton" associates and the city on a rescue plan.
Mr. Miranda and three of his "Hamilton" collaborators have purchased the Drama Book Shop, a century-old theater district purveyor of scripts, sheet music and other stage-related reading mate…
Marin Ireland blazes furiously as an emotional terrorist in Abby Rosebrock's emotionally congested comic drama, set in a Southern rehab center.
Actors' Equity said it would prevent its members from testing out material during a play's development until a new contract is reached.
Even by operatic standards, the marquee productions of this year's festival of new music-theater are extreme in their depiction of trauma.