2015 Metros: Blue Carpet Session #lohudmetros by Peter D. Kramer

Here, in Peter Carr’s video, is the 2015 Metros pre-show, heretofore to be known as The Blue Carpet Session. 2015 Metros: The Blue Carpet Session The post 2015 Metros: Blue Carpet Sess…

2015 Metros: Videos in the works #lohudmetros by Peter D. Kramer

There were problems with last night’s live stream, but lohud videographer Peter Carr caught all of last night’s action. Pete has spent most of the day editing and adjusting and h…

2015 Metros: Student critic’s review #lohudmetros by Peter D. Kramer

Here, as promised, is the winner in the inaugural Student Critic Metro Award. Entries in this category were judged on their ability to capture the mood of the trip to the theater, to provide…

2015 Metros: The list #lohudmetros by Peter D. Kramer

The 2015 Metros went to… Here are the top winners of the 2015 Metropolitan High School Theater Awards, announced June 1 at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains. (See a galle…

2015 Metros: The dream is possible by Peter D. Kramer

The dream was possible — and the star reachable — as Pleasantville High School’s production of “Man of La Mancha,” about knight errant Don Quixote who dared dre…

Live from the Metros: All categories #lohudblogs by Peter D. Kramer

5:45 Brewster made it! Just saw them shlepping a bunch of boxes down to the band room. They’ll start getting ready and take their 6 p.m. rehearsal slot. Putnam Valley is running late, …

Happy Metros Monday #lohudmetros by Peter D. Kramer

To quote the great Parker Posey from “Waiting for Guffman,” it’s the day of the show, y’all. Twelve hours from now, we’ll be in the thick of the 2015 Metros cer…

2015 Metros: Meet the emcees #lohudmetros by Peter D. Kramer

Clay Thomson and Christopher Rice typically spend show nights five blocks apart on Broadway. Clay plays Matilda’s brother, Michael, in “Matilda” at the Shubert on 44th whil…

2015 Metros: Order of show #lohudmetros by Peter D. Kramer

The excitement is building for Monday’s 2015 Metropolitan High School Theater Awards. We’re finalizing plans for the blue-carpet pre-show interviews and the live Metros webcast f…

At Sing Sing this week: One for inmates’ kids by Peter D. Kramer

I’ve written about Rehabilitation through the Arts—the remarkable theater program in New York prisons—for years. It started with a production of “West Side Story,R…

A first for Tucci by Peter D. Kramer

"I'm my own farce," Stanley Tucci says from his car on his way to rehearsal for Ken Ludwig's "Lend Me a Tenor," a show that will add "Broadway director" to his long resumé when it ope…

Henley revival is a 'Crime' By Jacques le Sourd

Three by Beckett By Jacques le Sourd

These three brilliantly executed solo works by the author of "Waiting for Godot" come to us through the auspices of Dublin's Gate Theatre.

Meet those dancing feet By Peter D. Kramer

The next time you check your 401(k), take a page from the kids in "42nd Street," now in a polished, high-energy production at Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford

'Some Americans Abroad': Theatergoers will wish they weren't here By Jacques le Sourd

Mamet, Lane fill the Oval Office with yucks by Jacques le Sourd

Those belly laughs may just save you from total despair.

For Andre Braugher, the Bard was his tempest By Mark Kennedy • The Associated Press

Coen's 'Almost' a completely satisfying evening by Jacques le Sourd

Singing and acting on Broadway, acting in Stony Point By Peter D. Kramer

Broadway vets Karen Ziemba and Gregg Edelman bring considerable song-and-dance résumés to Steven Dietz's straight play, "Shooting Star," at Penguin Rep starting July 9.

Red tape in the green barn By Peter D. Kramer

Not everything is as it seems in "Molly Snyder," a brisk, well-acted and laugh-out-loud comedy directed by Thomas Caruso.

'Noise...Funk' producer to head Purchase College Performing Arts Center

McArdle goes Metropolitan By Peter D. Kramer

Hamming up 'The Producers' By Peter D. Kramer

Hook up with this 'Casanova' by PETER D. KRAMER

Review of Hudson Stage Company's "Manhattan Casanova".

Sheepskin and a job on Broadway By Peter D. Kramer

On Friday, Justin Prescott graduated from Purchase College's Dance Conservatory.
This morning, he awakens with something not all newly minted graduates can say they have in this economy: a job.

Carney comes to Pleasantville By Heather Salerno

"I've been flying back and forth to Las Vegas to train with the founders of Cirque du Soleil," he says. "It's intense."

A less-than-sweet 'Rose' By Peter D. Kramer

Staging awareness By Peter D. Kramer

If all goes as planned, theatergoers this month will attend performances of Gabrielle Fox's three one-act plays (under the umbrella title "Fox Tales") and learn about and support Broadway Ca…

Disappearing into a role keeps Michael McKean busy By Tim Molloy, The Associated Press

Pelham Picture House to honor Jane Alexander by Kevin Canfield

All in the Family By Peter D. Kramer