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All Broadway shows will perform evening performances tonight as scheduled. For questions about exchange policies, theatregoers should contact their point of purchase. Charlotte St. Mar…
By Samuel L. Leiter The Irish Repertory Theatre has a rather liberal interpretation of its titular mission, which can be seen by its occasional production of plays by Irish Americans, like E…
by Ryan Leeds Michael Cerveris has sunk a ship (Titanic), shot a U.S. President (Assassins), slashed a few throats (Sweeney Todd), and committed suicide by throwing himself in front…
by April Stamm Motherhood is no f-ing joke. And comic Jamie Aderski will be the first to agree with me on that. Terrible stuff happens when you carry, birth, and try to raise a baby; vividly…
I have no doubt that Sam Gold's stark, contemporary interpretation of Tennessee Williams' masterwork, The Glass Menagerie, will polarize audiences and critics alike. The current Broadway rev…
What happens when life on earth just becomes too much? It's a not-so-existential question asked by Ethan Lipton in his latest quirky musical story adventure, The Outer Space, which opened Ma…
“There’s no people like show people!” (Or so says Mama Rose.) The Broadway Blog is thrilled to announce our partnership with ShowTickets.com, one of the best online resourc…
Spring is around the corner and the means a whole new crop of Broadway shows bursting on the scene. Here are our three picks of the month: The Glass Menagerie It's Tennessee Williams like yo…
Mrs. Yazbeck might not have had a dream about her son being on the Orpheum circuit, but she knew that her son, Tony, was meant for a Broadway stage. For two years, she drove the future Tony …
by Ryan Leeds You might, as Rihanna sings, "find love in a hopeless place," but you won't find anything particularly worth the hefty price of an orchestra seat at the Booth Theatre, where pl…
by Samuel L. Leiter Thornton Wilder's 1942, Pulitzer Prize-winning "tragicomedy" The Skin of Our Teeth has received only two Broadway revivals (1955 and 1975) and a Central Park staging in 1…
by April Stamm What could be better fodder for a play than the oppressive wretchedness and frenetic glee of being a middle school girl in small town America in the 80s? You've got your disil…
Previews begin Wednesday, March 1 at 8 pm for Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Boublil and Schönberg's legendary musical Miss Saigon, at The Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway)…
Kid Victory, the new musical that opened last week by Greg Pierce (book and lyrics) and John Kander (music) at the Vineyard Theatre, is not easy to watch. That's not always a bad thin…
One of Broadway's biggest voices will be rolling into the Highline Ballroom on Monday, February 27, but don't expect show tunes. LaChanze will be celebrating the launch of her new EP, Feelin…
"White. A blank page or canvas. The challenge: bring order to the whole." These words embody the gauntlet thrown down before generations of artists. The opening line of Stephen Sondheim and …
By Ryan Leeds Near the end of playwright Cándido Tirado's well-crafted play Fish Men, one of his characters looks offstage, reflecting on the events that have just occurred. "People are s…
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced the New York City Broadway premiere of the musical, Tales of the City on March 27, 2017 at the Music Box Theatre. The iconic ensem…
by Ryan Leeds Have you ever been caught at a cocktail party with someone who prattles on about people and events and in the middle you think to yourself, "Where are they going with this and …
by Samuel L. Leiter The advent of texting and e-mails as ways of instant communication has not only changed the nature of human interaction; it's also become a significant factor in plays an…
by Samuel L. Leiter Talk about star power! No, I'm not referring to Glenn Close, the estimable star of Sunset Boulevard, now in glittery revival at the Palace Theatre. I mean Hillary Clinton…
Friends and family of Florence Henderson will come together on Tuesday, February 21, at 1:30 p.m. at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street) to celebrate the treasured star. Alan Cummin…
The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, will continue its 34th season at Carnegie Hall on March 10 b…
Broadway and beyond is delivering the goods this month, with star turns from Glenn Close and Jake Gyllenhaal, as well as the latest musical from legendary composer John Kander. Here are our …
By Samuel L. Leiter Ring Twice for Miranda's title suggests that audiences are in for a naughty Feydeau-style bedroom farce, perhaps like the one Noël Coward adapted as Look after Lulu. A…
