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Concession businesses are scoring sales with specialty cocktails created along show themes, like the Middle Ages Melody at 'Something Rotten!' and the Teacher's Pet at 'School of Rock.'
Ron Chernow is seasoned at the art of signing books, from his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of George Washington to his best-selling portrait of Alexander Hamilton, but he never thought h…
Theater professionals share their strategies for maneuvering through the throngs of tourists and costumed panhandlers who flock to Times Square during the holidays.
Leaders and luminaries from the Broadway theater industry gathered to celebrate the passage of a long-sought measure that will give live productions the same tax credits as movies and TV sho…
The new Broadway revival of 'Fiddler on the Roof,' which opened Sunday night, opens and closes with Tevye dressed in a red modern-day parka, a gentle break from tradition from a production s…
The American Dance Machine for the 21st Century, a dance company that works to keep original musical-theater choreography alive, makes a two-week run at the Joyce Theater.
For Broadway's industrious Mormons, British schoolchildren and American revolutionaries, Thursday night is bowling night. They play among the 26 teams in the Broadway Show Bowling League, an…
Blessings on the Peccadillo Theater Company for giving us "A Wilder Christmas," a flawlessly staged double bill of rarely seen one-act plays by Wilder, "The Long Christmas Dinner" and "Pullm…
Lawrence Brownlee grew up singing gospel in church with his family in Youngstown, Ohio. He's now one of the world's top bel canto tenors and is at ease performing on the vast stage of the Me…
At Deaf West Theatre's production of 'Spring Awakening,' deaf-blind audience members can experience the show through an innovative combination of three interpreters.
An opera based on the life of jazz legend Charlie Parker will get its New York City premiere at the storied Harlem venue this spring.
In director John Doyle's revival of 'The Color Purple,' based on Alice Walker's vivid, heartbreaking 1982 novel about racism and opening Dec. 10 on Broadway, rural Georgia meets spare minima…
New York City Opera's bankruptcy estate will move forward with a plan to pay creditors and hand control of the opera to an organization headed by hedge-fund manager Roy Niederhoffer, a forme…
Many producers of musicals are seeking out small or medium-size theaters, some without orchestra pits or spacious wings, rather than Broadway's vast venues.
Interactive tools give users online access to more than 60 cultural groups around the globe, letting them virtually roam backstage or stand in the midst of swirling dancers onstage.
For Broadway musicals, performing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade means big exposure. But only a handful of shows are chosen, causing 'lots of hurt feelings,' says one NBC producer.
Choreographer Kyle Abraham weaves together traditional modern dance with more contemporary urban styles for his company, Abraham.In.Motion, and in works for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theate…
While executive and artistic director, Clive Gillinson, clashed with the hall's former chairman, financier Ronald O. Perelman, he didn't prevent the board of trustees from exercising proper …
"Henry IV," with an all-female cast, will be the inaugural production at the new St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, which opens after a $31.6 million, two-year renovation.
Choreographer adds contemporary dance moves to Jerome Robbins's 1964 musical without losing the folklore feel.
'Allegiance,' which stars Lea Salonga, Telly Leung and 'Star Trek' actor George Takei, tells the story of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
The Tony Awards are billed as Broadway's biggest night, but so far, the 2016 ceremony is homeless, although the David H. Koch Theater and Beacon Theatre are serious contenders.
Dueling galas, off-Broadway successes, Roger Rees on film and more in Backstage Buzz.
Two years after New York City Opera shut down, two restructuring plans have been filed in bankruptcy court. One by Roy Niederhoffer proposes varied programs and smaller venues. The other, by…
A look at the meaning behind Mark Zuckerberg's Chinese speech at a Beijing university. Plus, meet the newest player in on-demand streaming -- BroadwayHD. WSJ reporter Pia Catton discusses Br…
