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Next fall, expect a host of theatergoers to start sneaking “So fetch!” into email responses and daily conversations:Â Mean Girls is coming to the stage. As announced by …
This election cycle, few actors on the Great White Way have remained silent. Creatives have taken to social media and political rallies to encourage their theater-savvy fans and friends t…
The Encounter, the solo play conceived, directed and performed by Simon McBurney, opened September 29 at the John Golden Theatre for a limited run through January 8, 2017. Inspired by…
Everyone knows Grizabella, the former glamour cat, and Rum Tum Tugger, the tom cat, but now the Jellicle Cats have taken in a new stray: Grumpy Cat, the grumpiest cat on the internet. The pe…
Stand aside, Macavity. Today, Grumpy Cat crawls into the Neil Simon Theatre for her Broadway debut as a literal feline alongside the human cast of Cats. Grumpy Cat is shattering…
Like many people, Rachel Brosnahan first got to know New York City by watching Woody Allen movies. “Annie Hall is one of my parents’ favorite films,” said Brosnahan, who gr…
Brush up on your “Hakuna Matata” and attempts to sing the words of “Circle of Life” correctly — The Lion King is returning to Pride Rock. Though few deta…
Each Monday and Thursday at noon, YouTube and social media personality Tyler Mount of the Tyler Mount Vlog “cuddles, giggles, and gossips” with some of Broadway’s most reno…
Attention, Maggots! Lesli Margherita is back on Broadway in her show-stealing role as Mrs. Wormwood, the neglectful mother of the precociously magical Matilda in the show of the same name…
“No me diga!” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first, Tony Award-winning masterpiece, In the Heights, begins filming in spring of 2017. The Weinstein Company will produce this anticipa…
Oscar-Tony winner Kevin Kline will return to Broadway starring in Noel Coward's light comedy Present Laughter, set to open at the St. James Theatre on April 5, 2017. Kline will star a…
Frozen has announced new creative staff and a theater for its Broadway opening. The stage version of the 2013 Disney animated feature has signed on Tony and Olivier Award-winning director Mi…
I grew up in New Jersey, about ten miles from Manhattan. So, I have been coming into Manhattan since I was 16 years old. I used to take the bus in. I bought my first snare drum from Manny's …
Hamilton, Wicked and Rotten!, oh my! Musical theater fans and performers alike flocked to Shubert Alley on Sunday, September 25Â in anticipation of the 30th annual installment of the Broad…
On Friday, September 23, Alex Boniello of Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening and the National Tour of American Idiot hosted the newest installment of NewYork.com’s Talent Ta…
From Wicked to Waitress — and plenty of new shows in between — this season on Broadway features an array of powerhouses. Cynthia Erivo in The Color Purple perhaps best sums up th…
Oh, my! For one night only, on December 13 at 7:30pm, experience the legacy of George Takei through his emotional Broadway musical, Allegiance. Fathom Events will present this nationwide cin…
“The name on everyone’s lips is gonna be” Veronica Dunne. Broadway’s Chicago is about to get a new Roxie as Disney Channel’s Veronica Dunne joins the …
Today, the infamous helicopter lands in cinemas around the country. Miss Saigon: The 25th Anniversary Performance opens in American theaters today, September 22, 2016, in anticipation for…
After 11 years on Broadway, Jersey Boys will be bidding farewell to the August Wilson Theatre in January 2017. The 2006 Tony winner for Best Musical will certainly be missed, and fans …
Wicked‘s newest Fieryo — Michael Campayno — sat down at the NewYork.com headquarters to share one of his funniest childhood memories. Before you see Michael &…
I knew I was a New Yorker when I was 8 years old and growing up in Fort Worth, Texas. My mother took my brothers and me to the Ice Capades, and I saw a pair of skaters doing a figure skating…
‘Tis the season for theatrical actors to showcase their skills on television! As reported originally by Deadline.com, Hamilton‘s impressive George Washington — Tony A…
What do you love about New York? In New York, I can walk down the street feeling sad or lonely. And I love that I can be inspired or my spirits can be uplifted by a piece of art. Or I will w…
Broadway will dim its lights for iconic playwright Edward Albee on Wednesday, September 21 at 7:45pm for one minute. In a show of solidarity, Off-Broadway theaters will also be lowering t…
