John Cameron Mitchell returns to the role he co-created with composer/lyricist Stephen Trask in their musical Hedwig and The Angry Inch, which they debuted in the 1998 hit Off-Broadway produ…
The Broadway community mourns the loss of acclaimed director, producer, writer, and performer Mike Nichols, who passed away on Wednesday evening at age 83. The marquees of Broadway theatres …
By Samuel L. Leiter In 1947, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were the newly anointed kings of Broadway musicals, having created two remarkable blockbusters, Oklahoma! (1943) and Car…
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…
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler reviews the Broadway revival of Side Show. Want more Broadway Blog? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. I'm seeing double. It's been 17 years since …
In a last hurrah, the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning revival of Pippin have pulled out some interesting star power. Taking over the title role is Josh Kaufman, season …
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler gets an earful from downtown favorite Lypsinka. Want more of the Broadway Blog? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Say what? John Epperson is back as …
It's a busy, long weekend ahead for Betty Buckley. From Wednesday through Sunday (November 13-16), the Texas-based Tony-winner brings her latest program of intimate interpretations to Feinst…
Things are getting murky in Neverland. While it seemed like a sure thing that Jeremy Jordan would reprise his role as J.M. Barrie in the Harvey Weinstein-produced Finding Neverland, it lo…
By Samuel L. Leiter Late in Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart, we learn that the title refers to a mantra suggested by a dentist for those who grind their teeth at night. Some ma…
The boys are back on Friday, November 7 for a night of theatrical/burlesque/circus revelry. After multiple sold-out, standing-room-only productions, and the most recent Atlantis cruise where…
by Matthew Wexler We have a lot to be thankful for this November as Broadway and beyond welcomes revivals galore, hoping to capitalize on familiar titles and cult favorites. We'll see who ha…
by Samuel L. Leiter I first saw the movie version of James Dickey's 1970 novel Deliverance, a story of survival in the backwoods of North Georgia, when it appeared 42 years ago, and unlike m…
by Samuel L. Leiter Two promising ingredients come together in Lift, now playing at 59E59 Theaters: one is playwright Walter Mosley, the popular and prolific African American novelist,…
by Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler A star has been born on Broadway this season at the Lyric Theatre. Unfortunately you won't see him onstage because it's choreographer Joshua Bergasse, …
by contributor Samuel L. Leiter Considering the place of former Beatle John Lennon in New York's cultural history, one would think it about time that Lennon: Through a Glass Onion, a jukebox…
Contributor Samuel Leiter goes for a dip with the latest production from the Debate Society. Ars Nova is one of those intimate, creatively flexible venues, like the Soho Rep, where you never…
There is an old record player (remember, those?) placed at the foot of the stage. Dylan Ebdus (played by Adam Chanler-Berat) enters, puts on an old Motown-inspired vinyl, and begins to weave…
The New York theater season is proving to be filled with an invigorating sense of creativity, including the latest venture from the team that brought us [title of show]. With a book by Hunte…
Contributor Samuel Leiter goes on a poet’s journey with The Belle of Amherst starring Joely Richardson. The Emily Dickinson we see in William Luce's one-woman biodrama, The Belle…
Broadway is going meta and I wonder if producers are interested in plot lines that don't involve a life in the theater. Earlier this month we saw the opening of The Country House by Donald M…
Have you tired of those happy-go-lucky musicals packed with leggy chorus girls and perfectly coifed gents tapping their way through a perky Cole Porter dance break? Fear not, the dark, under…
The Tony Award-winning revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch has a new (unconventional) leading man: Michael C. Hall. The Golden Globe and Drama Desk Award winner is no stranger to the stage.…
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…
Contributor Marcus Scott reviews the revival of Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth. Playing at the Cort Theater, it has become apparent that Broadway finally has its first mumblecore chef-…