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Sandra Bernhard entered the stage last night at Joe's Pub, where she'll be performing her latest theatrical incarnation, Sandra Bernhard is #blessed through December 31, and released an exas…
There’s no better way to celebrate Christmas and the thrill of live performance than a peek at the legendary Rockettes and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular! Performances through De…
By Beth Kelly Novel to film adaptations have become wildly popular over the past two years, but another growing trend is the transference of a storyline originally designed for the theater t…
The New York Pops, led by music director and conductor Steven Reineke, offered a sleigh full of musical riches this weekend at the legendary Carnegie Hall. Featuring guest vocalists Kelli O'…
Before there was the bawdy and delicious Bridgett Everett or the foul-mouthed Pam Ann, there was the witty and purposefully irreverent Sandra Bernhard. The inimitable performer returns to Jo…
Writer Marcus Scott has a kiki with gay power couple Anthony Wayne and Kendrell Bowman of Mighty Real. Don't worry, no shade was thrown. Meeting outside of a dimly lit Bouchon Bakery overloo…
Every third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out contributor Tom Mizer’s nosey little questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit cl…
by Samuel Leiter Compared to what probably goes on in actual bunkers where kidnapped victims of Muslim extremists are kept in an effort to extract ransom from their families or governments, …
If you’ve grown tired of the old stand-by holiday tunes, be sure to add Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 16 to your collection. Now available on iTunes, the 21-track album of…
The new production of Side Show, which was just named one of "The Best Musicals of 2014" by Charles Isherwood of The New York Times, will play its final performance on Broadway on…
Don’t let bad planning turn your Broadway experience into theater of the absurd. The holidays are a perfect time to see a show. During the upcoming Christmas and New Year's weeks, s…
Are you looking for some holiday cheer in the form of Broadway talent and a visit to New York City's iconic Carnegie Hall? Mark your calendar for December 19 and 20, when the New York Pops w…
Broadway fans will be clamoring for this perfect stocking-stuffer: Anika Larsen's debut solo CD, Sing You to Sleep. Larsen currently stars on Broadway in Beautiful " The Carol King Musical. …
If you're looking for some magic to add sparkle to your holiday season, head to the Marriott Marquis Theatre for The Illusionists: Witness the Impossible, a jolting revue of seven of the wor…
by Samuel L. Leiter Truman Capote's semiautobiographical short story, A Christmas Memory, first published in Mademoiselle in 1956, would not seem the kind of material that would inspire dram…
"It's a woman's world." So wrote Irish poet Eavan Boland in her 1982 collection Night Feed. I'm not sure what Ms. Boland would think of the riotous, boisterous, and occasionally shrill Off B…
Are you looking for a unique holiday gift for your favorite toe-tapping wannabe thespian, or do you need some basic moves to help advance your own theatrical ambition? The Broadway Blog got …
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler takes a look at some of Broadway’s biggest hits, which are bidding adieu this January. As 2014 comes to an end, so do the runs of many of our fa…
by Samuel L. Leiter Looking for something unpretentious and completely charming with which to beguile a child this holiday season? Would you rather eat a lump of coal then see another Christ…
"Go to the wood!" So demanded Bernadette Peters as the Witch in the original 1987 production of Into the Woods. The haunting reimagining of our favorite fairy tales by Stephen Sondheim and J…
If you're in or near Philadelphia this season, spike your eggnog with a dose of David Sedaris. The nationally recognized humorist will be performing essays from Holidays On Ice. "With sardon…
Sure, you could see The Nutcracker or Radio City Christmas Spectacular again. But why not shake up your holiday theater experience with the Trocks? The Joyce Theater Foundation welcomes b…
“We’ve got magic to do…” Pippin may be closing in January, but there’s another fantastical show rolling into town to satisfy your illusionary needs. The I…
Cirque du Soleil extends its presence to the Mayan Riviera with the opening of JOYÀ, which premiered this past weekend at the brand new, customed-designed, 600-seat Cirque du Soleil Thea…
by Jim Gladstone "My parents are pretty much the opposite of Mama Rose," jokes Broadway veteran Telly Leung"who plays Feinstein's at the Nikko in San Francisco this weekend""They have no rel…
