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Sad news that "The Prom," an original and delightful show, is closing Aug. 11. Had it won the Tony for Best Musical, it might have eked out a year or so. But it was probably doomed from the …
Hao Jiang Tian saw his first opera in 1983. It was the day he arrived from China with four words of English (hello, OK, bye, yes) and $35 in his pocket. An aspiring singer, he spent $8 of it…
It's "High School: The Musical." This Monday brings the 11th edition of the Jimmy Awards, the national musical-theater competition hosted this year by "Dear Evan Hansen" alum and Tony winner…
Given her six Tony Awards, two Grammys, an Emmy and a National Medal of Arts, Audra McDonald has nothing left to prove. Yet there she is in "Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune," havin…
Long before "Mad About You," Helen Hunt was mad about a musical. She was 8 years old when her father, the late director and acting coach Gordon Hunt, took her to "Godspell" off-Broadway. Tha…
Theatergoers can watch Debra Messing age before their eyes next spring. In Noah Haidle's new play, "Birthday Candles," the star of "Will & Grace" " both past and rebooted " starts off as…
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Broadway's next Atticus Finch has blue eyes. Ed Harris, a four-time Oscar nominee and star of TV's "Westworld," will take over from Jeff Daniels in Broadway's "To Kill a Mockingbird" this fa…
She got expelled from school after punching another kid " and wound up moving to New York.
What little drama there was at Sunday's low-rated Tony Awards telecast centered on "Be More Chill," Joe Iconis' struggling musical. When James Corden, Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles sang "Ja…
To borrow a punchline from his most iconic bit: It's Dave Chappelle, b"h! The iconoclast comic, actor and famed Rick James/Prince impersonator is set to make his Broadway debut with one of t…
Ali Stroker made history Sunday at the Tony Awards. "This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation or a challenge who has been waiting to see…
Bryan Cranston's "mad as hell" acceptance speech could have gone very wrong Sunday night at the 73rd annual Tony Awards ceremony. As the actor took to the podium to accept his best actor tro…
A Tony Awards that had the potential to deliver some jaw-dropping upsets delivered nothing but a lackluster telecast hosted by James Corden, who, though he did a brilliant job three years ag…
It's the 73rd Annual Sloooowny Awards! Sunday night's trophy ceremony for a Broadway season suffering from a lack of must-see shows and real star power suffered from, well, a lack of must-se…
LONDON " David Mamet has done it again! By which I mean that the out-of-his-mind playwright has appalled, offended and perplexed a packed house of hundreds of people " this time with his com…
Miranda is preparing to deliver her songs with a slice of pie. Colleen Ballinger " aka YouTube sensation "Miranda Sings" " will make her Broadway debut in "Waitress." She's bouncing back fro…
A top Broadway executive e-mailed the other day to say, "I really think the only winner during this period of time is the pharmaceutical industry, as the demand for beta blockers and anxiety…
Broadway raked in $1.8 billion at the box office this past year " and some of us want our money back. Overhyped performances, silly plots and sheer, WTF awfulness made us groan into our over…
It seems a given that "Mommie Dearest: The Musical" would depict Joan Crawford screeching "No more wire hangers, ever!" But the show playing Birdland on Monday isn't big on histrionics. "Thi…
Disney's new "Lion King" won't roar into movie theaters until July 19 " but the Broadway musical's still feeling the love: Wednesday it plays its 9,000th performance at the Minskoff Theater.…
His-and-her nudity is front and center in "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" " but this rom-dram's success isn't measured in flesh alone. Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon both bare …
Fake it till you make it. And Derrick Baskin ain't too proud to admit he did just that: submitting a résumé of nonexistent theater credits two decades before landing the lead in "Ain't Too…
Broadway's roaring into the homestretch with the Tonys next weekend, and I've never seen so many nervous people in Shubert Alley. Many races are up in the air, which should make for an excit…
Santino Fontana is no stranger to competition. He's been up for plenty of awards, including a Tony this year for his starring role in "Tootsie." But he didn't expect his wife, actress Jessic…
