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The Broadway League announced today the shows participating in the 21st Kids' Night on Broadway, which will take place Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Tickets to participating shows will go o…
Our favorite turkey-themed musical number of all time (are there any others?)! Three ways…
Falsettos in many ways, is a love letter to a time gone by. Originally conceived as the second and third installments in a musical trilogy that follows Marvin and the evolution of his family…
by Samuel L. Leiter Nicky Silver (Pterodactyls, The Lyons), comic dramatist of family angst, is at it again with Vineyard Theatre's This Day Forward, a schizophrenic dramedy that has an idea…
It's a full circle moment in the career of Sutton Foster, who stars in The New Group's intimate and beautifully staged revival of Sweet Charity. Foster's breakout role came in 2002 when she …
by Ryan Leeds For the compassionate theater critic"and yes, they do exist"Shades is a theatrical quandary. On one hand, it is unfair to dismiss it as a piece of theater that isn't worth t…
By Samuel L. Leiter If you're in the market for a fluffy puppy of a romantic musical comedy, one that licks your face even if it sometimes does its business on your leg, you might consider v…
By Jon L Jensen You'd be hard-pressed to find an American who does not recall seeing Dead Poets Society for the first time. The inspiring and heart-breaking film burned an impression into th…
Every month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out editor Matthew Wexler's questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit closer than the mezzanine. This month,…
True Colors: Out Youth Theater, a program of The Theater Offensive and the country's largest and longest-running lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) youth theater program, …
A dazzling lineup of Broadway's best will take part in the milestone 90th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, broadcast live on NBC. On Thursday, Nov. 24, (9 a.m.-noon in all time zones), Broadw…
By Samuel L. Leiter This past week has been a tough one to get through but, for two hours, at any rate, I managed to escape the political madness by visiting the mythical Jim Crow state of M…
Waterwell (Arian Moayed & Tom Ridgely, Artistic Directors) will revive the Blueprint Specials, a series of lost World War II-era musicals composed principally by Broadway legend Frank Lo…
It's nearly impossible to watch Tick, Tick… Boom!, Jonathan Larson's 1990 autobiographical musical monologue that was posthumously adapted after his untimely death into a three-piece chamb…
Jonathan Kent’s award-winning production of the classic musical Gypsy"a record-breaking sellout during its acclaimed London run"comes toTHIRTEEN’s Great Performances, Friday, Nov…
In an effort to move the theater industry toward greater inclusion both on and off stage, Musical Theatre Factory presents PULL TOGETHER, a community salon that will open up the Black Lives …
The complete memoirs of playwright Neil Simon hit the bookshelves today, featuring a new introduction by Nathan Lane and afterword by Simon's wife, Elaine Joyce. The aptly titled Neil Simon&…
Big or small, the theater scene is getting a major wake-up call this November with three production that deliver award-winning stars, Broadway transfers, and film-to-stage adaptations. Here …
by Samuel L. Leiter "Thank you so much for treating me to a great play last night. Thrilling!" read the e-mail I received this morning from my guest who accompanied me to Signature Theatre's…
Fathom Events is partnering with theatre streaming service, BroadwayHD, to bring select live and captured-live theatre performances to U.S. movie theaters. The critically-acclaimed Rounda…
By April Stamm It is obvious that engaging and inspiring young audiences is the goal of Harlem Repertory Theatre's production of The Wizard of Oz, co-produced by the Yip Harburg Found…
by Jim Gladstone On a November night ten years ago, 20-year-old recent college drop-out Erich Bergen flew to San Francisco from his home in New York to start the job he now describes as havi…
By Samuel L. Leiter Anne Kauffman's staging of Adam Bock's A Life at Playwrights Horizons is far more elaborate than one might expect for such an otherwise slight play. Most noteworthy is La…
By Samuel L. Leiter With Red Bull Theater's production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, a tragedy based on power, pride, and politics once again has been wrenched from its historical moorings an…
Sponsored content. Less than two months after film star Rebel Wilson joined the cast, replacing actress Samantha Spiro (Merrily We Roll Along) in the role of "Miss Adelaide," the West End's …
