2,426 stories from The Wall Street Journal
'Hamilton' production stage manager Jason Bassett talks about the challenges of running one of Broadway's biggest hits"and why watching the show in its early incarnation made him 'cry like a…
Japanese dance troupe Sankai Juku returns to BAM, Megan Hilty sings 'Annie Get Your Gun' and more.
Writer William Goldman and director Will Frears on adapting 'Misery,' the iconic Stephen King novel"and well-regarded film"for Broadway.
For all the nonverbal grace of ballet, working with choreographer Mark Morris is a hyper-verbal affair, as seen in a rehearsal for American Ballet Theatre's upcoming presentation his 'After …
Theater producers are strategically sharing more dance numbers, songs and backstage antics through video, giving fans new and early access on social media.
Ronald O. Perelman, who recently became chairman of the board of trustees of Carnegie Hall, has told fellow board members he will leave his position next month amid an ongoing clash among le…
James Levine, the Metropolitan Opera's longtime music director, will not conduct performances of Alban Berg's "Lulu" this fall as planned, the company announced Friday.
A group of trustees of Carnegie Hall defended the board in the wake of this week's allegations by financier Ronald O. Perelman that the music hall had been mismanaged and lacked sufficient t…
The musical based on ABBA songs spent 14 years on Broadway. 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' also closed.
Deaf West Theatre revives the 2006 hit musical "Spring Awakening," New York City Ballet's fall season opens with "Swan Lake," Robert O'Hara's "Barbecue" is staged at the Public Theater and m…
In 'Spring Awakening,' now in previews at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre, actors sing, speak and communicate in American Sign Language.
For fans of New York theater, scoring cheap, last-minute seats is getting easier"and harder. More venues now have digital lotteries, where theatergoing hopefuls can enter to win same-day tic…
As one theater dims its lights in honor of Kyle Jean-Baptiste, social media is changing the conversation about which Broadway figures merit the marquee lights tribute.
The Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet has left its 5,600-square-foot studio in Tribeca for 9,000 square feet of dancing room in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood.
'Ferry Play,' a downloadable podplay by experimental group This Is Not A Theater Company, turns the Staten Island Ferry into an immersive theater experience.
In the new psychological thriller 'Queen of Earth,' the actress moves far from her sensible Peggy Olson persona to a place of paranoia and deep mental instability.
Most Broadway shows make cast recordings because they are such good marketing tools although few are likely to recover the $400,000 cost," says Brian Drutman, former vice president of Decca …
In August at the Metropolitan Opera House, directors of upcoming productions and technicians perfect lighting and set changes for entire operas"many of which won't be onstage again for month…
A new production, "Paramour," is slated to open in June 2016.
The annual New York International Fringe Festival is known for producing with plays and musicals that land high-energy comic punches. But this year, dramas are dominating the lineup.
Performing artists across genres say the situation can be just as bad behind the curtain, where device use is increasingly intruding on rehearsals, auditions and backstage culture.
Warm-weather launches make producers nervous. Tourists flock to well-known blockbusters and celebrity-driven shows, while Tony voters are many months from deciding. With $30 million in advan…
Turns out, the social-media supernova hasn't just been posting about tolerance, celebs and Grumpy Cat for fun. Coached by a tech guru, he has been strategically growing a fan base for 'Alleg…
On July 29, the cast from "Fun Home," the Tony-winning musical about a young lesbian coming of age, will perform its first number on late-night television.
Jennifer Homans thinks ballet is a dying art form. To prevent that, she founded the Center for Ballet and the Arts, inviting everyone from pop singers to puppeteers to come help shake up the…
