Ben Levi Ross literally tore the hearts out of the audience at the recent Ahmanson opening of the hit Tony Award winning Categories: Theater(Read more...)
The following is excerpted from "Rise Up!: Broadway and American Society from 'Angels in America' to 'Hamilton.'" The book about theater and social progress is by the Tribune's Chris Jones a…
Ringing phones? Rustling sweet wrappers? Common complaints of 'bad behaviour' from audience members. But the author of a new book tells Lyn
Before the curtain went up on Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel & Gretel last night, Christopher Hahn, General Director of Pittsburgh Opera, walked to a corner of the stage and with digni…
“Founded in 2002, Les Récréâtrales takes place in a residential area of Ouagadougou. Plays are developed, rehearsed, and performed in family courtyards, bringing theatre to the pe…
At Theatre Passe Muraille, Janice Jo Lee inverts the 'identity play' in a sly new solo musical, writes Carly Maga.
Preview audiences are loving the Barn Theatre's new production of Sherlock Holmes' three-hander The Hound of the Baskervilles. If you love The 39 Steps and The Play That Goes Wrong coupled w…
This week, the mysterious West End hit play, The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth celebrated its opening night on Broadway to ecstatic reviews.
Woolly Mammoth brings an interactive off-Broadway show about community.
Toccarra Cash & Jason Bowen talk about making their Broadway debuts in The Play That Goes Wrong, audience interactions, and why life backstage is just as funny as what's happening onstage.
The 21st publication is just out and reports the lowest age attendance since 2000, a significant bit of hope for Broadway's long-term health. During the 2017"2018 season, the average age of …
The average age of the Broadway theatergoer last season was 40.6 " the lowest since 2000, the Broadway League says, and 15 percent of theatergoers were under 18.
Emily Mann's stage biography of the feminist trailblazer is more of a historical pageant than a play, but what happens at the end is riveting drama.
The Broadway League has released its annual demographics report, comparingcurrent Broadway theatregoing habits in New York City to previous seasons and aids in predicting trends for the futu…
Broadway used to be the province of the blue hairs. But lately, the blue hairs attending shows are as likely to be kids and teens as they are the ladies who lunch. The Broadway League's annu…
Director Leigh Silverman helps explore heady questions in Broadway's The Lifespan of a Fact---In this era of #AlternativeFacts and #FakeNews, a show called The Lifespan of a Fact sounds like…
You've got to make concessions to your theatregoers' tastes for food and drink.
“… And so I like to think of myself as an independent producer as opposed to a commercial producer,” says Sonia Friedman, who was spoiled by her time working “in the …
Sonia Friedman has said she prefers to consider herself an independent producer rather than a commercial one, claiming to have had an
David Kent's new musical Liberty Rides Forth has some good ideas musically " but it needs better character development and a stronger book to make it completely enjoyable.
On Wednesday, the theater introduced "smart caption glasses" that display dialogue on the lenses as actors speak. The glasses can be used without charge for the play "War Horse" and for the …