With less than a month to go in the official Broadway season, total grosses for the week ending April 22 came in at $37,506,237, according to the Broadway League. That’s about $260,000…
The new musical Mean Girls also celebrated its best week yet as Tony nominations approach.
The 30-year-old has been called the “hottest commodity in the dance world.”
If it seemed like no staging could ever top London's National Theatre production (which was directed by Nicholas Hytner and came to Lincoln Center in the mid 1990's), this newer version epit…
Justin Peck is a '21-century sensation' when it comes to the dance world. His most recent project was choreographing the current revival of Carousel on Broadway. Rita Braver interviewed Peck…
This is a heartbreakingly beautiful interpretation of probably the darkest musical to have emerged from Broadway's Golden Years but, and not unlike The Starkeeper himself, Jack O'Brien has f…
Two landmark musicals with uncomfortable plots return to Broadway in the #MeToo era.
Two-time Tony nominee Joshua Henry is bringing down the house as Billy Bigelow in the Broadway revival of Carousel. Not only is his "Soliliquy" one of the standout performance mome…
Back to basics. Strong story. Gorgeous melodies. Smart lyrics. Uncomplicated sets. No projections. I've just about had it with projections. Incredibly crea…
Mr. Peck's dances for the revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical on Broadway tick almost every box of dutiful choreography, if without force.
Among the many ways Rodgers and Hammerstein helped innovate the American stage musical was through depth of character. Their musicals, after all, featured some particularly memorable ones, m…
Everyone, young and those of a certain age alike should see this production at the Imperial Theatre to remember or be introduced to what real theater songs sound like
Cherished classic Carousel returns to Broadway in this handsome, impeccably cast revival.
Bernadette Peters, Victoria Clark, and Alex Brightman are among Mendez’s favorites.
Jesse Mueller and Joshua HenryPhoto credit: Julieta Cervantes Nothing is going to change the fact that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's "Carousel" is unrelentingly sentimental…
In Search of Julie and Billy in this misguided production.
Love it (I did!) or hate it, the new Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel is the talk of the Rialto these days. Better to have people talking than ignoring it, r…
A wonderful cast and dances retains this favorite from the Golden Age of Musicals ear and eye hugging sizzle.
Rodgers & Hamerstein's CAROUSEL, starring Jessie Mueller, Joshua Henry, and Renée Fleming, Opens on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre!?
Broadway box office dipped 9% during the week ending April 15, totaling $37,729,078, compared with $41,151,034 in the same week in 2017, according to figures from the Broadway League. This p…
All aboard the Red Carpet Challenge Carousel as the cast of the Broadway revival celebrates their opening night!
By Christopher Caggiano, Contributing Writer, April 16, 2018 Each year, when I cover Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel in my musical-theater history course at the Boston Conservatory, we…