From 2006: Lauren and I went to the Empire State Building observatory today, an undertaking that entails standing in line for at least an hour (unless you pay extra for an "express" ticket, …
The Know: What not to miss June 9-19.
Productions of new plays by Tracy Letts and Rebecca Gilman confirm the Windy City is a hotbed of exciting new dramaNew York gets all the attention but in my experience Chicago is just as vib…
A new fringe theatre is being created in east London by two actors, with the aim of being an “incubator” for small-scale
In the old days, there was one road to Broadway, and it was usually on the road. Producers took a new musical out of town, worked out the kinks in the relative privacy of the regions and the…
David Javerbaum's nightclubby comedy returns to Broadway for another summer engagement.
Town Hall Theatre presents 'Play It Again, Sam,' an early romantic comedy by Woody Allen, through June 25 in Lafayette.
The story of the well-known composer makes its New York debut for one night only.
The Second City will make its first return to San Diego since 2014 this summer, when it brings its election-themed show "Free Speech! (While Supplies Last)" to La Jolla Playhouse.
It’s not uncommon these days to hear that small-town America is under attack. normally, this is the battle cry of the oppressed looking for a better life and higher living wage, but in…
Opera North's ambitious project to tour a complete Ring cycle is triumphantly fulfilled
You could make a Broadway show about the making of the musical "On the Town." It's got everything. Then again, no one would believe it. In 1944, a 26-year-old composer and a couple of theate…
San Francisco Symphony mounts lively production of the Bernstein musical with cast from the 2014 Broadway revival.
Imagine the strong, proud engine of a steam train, the visible crankshafts and gears like rippling muscles driving the wheels as it pulses along the tracks. It pulls a row of polished passen…
FULLY COMMITTED star Jesse Tyler Ferguson stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT to talk about playing 40 different characters in the new Broadway play.
In the 1930s, when Thornton Wilder was unhappy with the state of contemporary theater and felt that something had gone wrong, he created a metatheatrical work that would become an American c…
The theatre aims to put the city on the new play map with the inaugural new works festival.
Two-time Drama Desk Award-nominee amp YouTube sensation Christina Bianco, two-time Nightlife Award-winner Scott Coulter who travels around the world performing with Stephen Schwartz, Jeannet…
Co-conceiver and director Tina Landau and book writer Kyle Jarrow give a hint of what audiences can expect from the story of The SpongeBob Musical.
Co-conceiver and director Tina Landau and book writer Kyle Jarrow give a hint of what audiences can expect from the story of The SpongeBob Musical.
The Broadway-bound show is headed toward a Chicago premiere.
Iconic Leonard Bernstein musical to receive a semistaged production in Davies Hall
Molly Smith's production of Thornton Wilder's classic will stay with you.
The season includes an RSC transfer and Town Hall commissions