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by Jim Gladstone A few times a year, singer-pianist-musicologist-raconteur Michael Feinstein books himself into his eponymous cabaret room at San Francisco's Hotel Nikko. Given that Feinstei…
by Samuel L. Leiter Nearly three years ago I saw a magic show called Nothing to Hide, directed by Neil Patrick Harris and starring two master prestidigitators, an American named Derek…
by Samuel L. Leiter He never uses the words "the fog of war," now so memorably attached to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's handling of Vietnam; still, the same idea is behind much of …
Teatro Proscenium Limited Partnership (Richard Stursberg, CEO) have announced the world premiere of the Garth Drabinsky production of Sousatzka, the new musical by three-time …
Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciarán O'Reilly, Producing Director) is proud to full casting for Finian’s Rainbow. Directed and adapted by Charlo…
Tony Award nominee Jennifer Simard will play "Cindy Lou Who" Â in the world premiere of Matthew Lombardo's Christmas comedy in couplets, Who's Holiday, to be directed by Carl Andress. Â …
Sometimes a trip to New York City isn’t in the cards for theater fans. Fortunately, BroadwayHD brings the best of live theater right into your living room. These three titles have been…
by Ryan Leeds "I will feel a glow just thinking of you and the way you look tonight" are the classic lyrics from Jerome Kern and Dorothy Field's 1936 tune, "The Way You Look Tonight," but th…
Javier Muoz and Brandon Victor Dixon, the new stars of Hamilton on Broadway, and New York City Gay Men's Chorus have joined the list of special guests at Chita Rivera's landmark con…
Producers The Shubert Organization and The Nederlander Organization announced today that Broadway veteran Mamie Parris will assume the iconic role of "Grizabella the Glamour Cat" in the f…
by Samuel L. Leiter As I watched the Pearl Theatre Company's middling revival of A Taste of Honey, British playwright Shelagh Delaney's once controversial, kitchen-sink dramedy, I cou…
by Samuel L. Leiter Yes, we all know about the horrible explosion in Chelsea the other day, but let me remind you that there's a far more benign blast of energy bursting only a few bl…
by Samuel L. Leiter Maybe one day there'll be a Lindsay! or a Koch! (John! or Ed! don't cut it) but to date there have been only two Broadway musicals devoted to New York mayors, a not parti…
The Lilly Awards Foundation will present its fourth Broadway Cabaret: Broadway Stars Performing the Work of Women Songwriters on Monday, October 17 at The Cutting Room (44 East 32nd Stree…
Producer Scott Rudin announced the cast for the most breathlessly anticipated theatrical event of the season: the upcoming Broadway revival of Michael Stewart's (book) and Jerry Herman's (mu…
The New York Pops, led by Music DirectorSteven Reineke, will launch its 34th season at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, celebrating the legacy and timeless works of Alan J…
Truth be told, this interview wasn't 15 minutes. In fact, it was well over 45 and I have a feeling that if I hadn't had a pressing deadline, the Tony Award-winning Betty Buckley would have c…
by Samuel L. Leiter As with many tasty meals, what goes into a worthy play is often rather commonplace, depending for its effect on how the playwright seasons and prepares the familiar ingre…
by Samuel L. Leiter Hershey Felder, who practically has made a career of creating one-man shows about musical geniuses (Gershwin, Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, and Berlin), has done it again wit…
BROADWAY FOR HILLARY announces Broadway Calls for Clinton, the organization's first action day of phone banking for the Clinton campaign. Broadway's brightest will come together for t…
Cirque du Soleil has been entertaining audiences with its magical, whimsical, and gravity-defying aesthetic since its province-wide tour throughout Quebec in 1984. More than 30 years later, …
Have we tired of Hamilton yet? Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop founding father musical bio garnered 11 Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Last week the Broadway hit grossed more than…
by Ryan Leeds Does salvation inhibit creativity? It may well be a question that plagued the late stage legends Gwen Verdon and her husband Bob Fosse in the 1960s. After Verdon read reporter …
by Samuel L. Leiter Leslye Headland's The Layover, now being slickly produced at Second Stage under Trip Cullman's smooth direction, begins on Thanksgiving weekend as a plane waits to take o…
Broadway is slowing coming out of its summer hibernation, but our eyes are wandering toward Off Broadway and beyond for our top picks of the month. All the Ways to Say I Love You An unconven…
