This past week, the last Broadway shows of 2021 opened (Flying Over Sunset) and reopened (Dear Evan Hansen, the last of the reopening shows that were shut down by the pandemic.) For all the …
When he takes LSD, the movie star Cary Grant turns into a spectacular tap-dancer, in a duet with a boy in a dress " who turns out to be his younger self, Archie Leach. The novelist and futur…
Kimberly Levaco is a 16-year-old girl with a rare, terminal disease that accelerates the aging process, and makes her look as if she's in her 70s. Seth Weetis is her nerdy, smiling classmate…
The remake of "West Side Story," the tragic story of lovers from rival New York street gangs, which opens in movie theaters today, is director Steven Spielberg's first movie musical. Spielbe…
 "Company" is perfectly timed, sadly. Opening less than two weeks after the death of Stephen Sondheim at the age of 91, in a season delayed by more than a year and a half by the worldwide…
Alex Edelman read a Tweet from somebody he knew to be antisemitic " the man had previously attacked him online for being Jewish "Â Â inviting people to go to an address in Astoria, Queen…
"Selling Kabul," a play by Sylvia Khoury at Playwrights Horizons through December 23, tells a small, claustrophobic story about Taroon, an Afghani man who is holed up in his sister Afiya's a…
The President of the United States attended the 44th Kennedy Center Honors, in a return to tradition, and paid tribute not just to the honorees " opera singer Justino DÃaz, Motown foun…
"Mrs. Doubtfire," a musical adaptation of the 1993 Robin Williams movie about a divorced man who disguises himself as a woman so that he can spend time with his children as their nanny, has …
There are so many shows currently on Broadway either based on a movie, or the inspiration for a movie " and so many more scheduled for the season ahead " that I thought an apt follow-up to y…
This year, when we've spent so much time looking at screens, was a banner year for movie adaptations of shows that originated on stage: "In The Heights," "The Humans," "Dear Evan Hansen," mo…
In his new Off-Off Broadway play, John Patrick Shanley " Oscar-winner for "Moonstruck," Tony and Pulitzer winner for "Doubt" " imagines what it would be like if Romeo and Juliet were both…
Below is a day-by-day selection of New York theater that is scheduled to open in December, organized by opening date.* That includes the gender-bending revival of "Company," by Stephen Sondh…
Whatever other superlatives you can apply to Stephen Sondheim " that he was the most significant, the most ambitious, the most revered of Broadway theater composer-lyricists for more than ha…
On this tenth annual #GivingTuesday (created in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation), consider donating to your favorite New York area theaters and theater comp…
The outpouring after the sudden death of Stephen Sondheim the day after Thanksgiving has been overwhelming " in innumerable encomiums (e.g. "an artistic genius on the level of Shakespeare") …
My gratitude this year is greatest for theater in general: grateful that in-person, live performances have returned; that the experimentation in digital and hybrid theater continues;Â Â …
Stephen Sondheim, the central figure in contemporary American musical theater., as died at age 91. His works include: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "Company," "Follies," …
Below are videos of some of the musical numbers performed by the casts of Broadway shows at the 95th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade " plus Thanksgiving Day Tweets from the casts of ot…
My tenth annual theater gift guide below includes links and information on shopping for theater tickets,theater subscriptions,cast recordings,play scripts and books about the theaterand thea…
In "Clyde's," a savory comedy written by Lynn Nottage, better known for her bitter tragedies, Uzo Aduba portrays Clyde, the sexy but heartless owner of a truck stop where all four of her …
 Only one Broadway cast recording has been nominated for Best Musical Theater Album in  the 64th Grammy Awards, which will take place on January 31, 2022. This makes sense, given how f…
Catch all the cameos in the "Sunday" musical number at the Moondance Diner in "tick,tock…BOOM"? You may be a theater geek. This is your week. On Thanksgiving Day Thursday, the Broadway cas…
Below is the Broadway schedule for Thanksgiving Week 2021, which differs from the usual week's schedule: Only three shows have performances on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 25) but Â…
See photos and watch videos from the film below. "tick, tick…Boom!" is a film for musical theater geeks. It is adapted from "Rent" composer Jonathan Larson's earlier autobiographical music…