Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Falsettos in many ways, is a love letter to a time gone by. Originally conceived as the second and third installments in a musical trilogy that follows Marvin and the evolution of his family…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:02PMMonday, November 21, 2016
by Samuel L. Leiter Nicky Silver (Pterodactyls, The Lyons), comic dramatist of family angst, is at it again with Vineyard Theatre’s This Day Forward, a schizophrenic dramedy that has an id…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:12PMSunday, November 20, 2016
It’s a full circle moment in the career of Sutton Foster, who stars in The New Group’s intimate and beautifully staged revival of Sweet Charity. Foster’s breakout role came in 2002 whe…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:54PMSaturday, November 19, 2016
by Ryan Leeds For the compassionate theater critic—and yes, they do exist—Shades is a theatrical quandary. On one hand, it is unfair to dismiss it as a piece of theater that isn’t wor…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:48AMFriday, November 18, 2016
By Samuel L. Leiter If you’re in the market for a fluffy puppy of a romantic musical comedy, one that licks your face even if it sometimes does its business on your leg, you might consider…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:48AMThursday, November 17, 2016
By Jon L Jensen You’d be hard-pressed to find an American who does not recall seeing Dead Poets Society for the first time. The inspiring and heart-breaking film burned an impression into …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:18PMWednesday, November 16, 2016
Every month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out editor Matthew Wexler’s questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit closer than the mezzanine. This month, T…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:06AMTuesday, November 15, 2016
True Colors: Out Youth Theater, a program of The Theater Offensive and the country’s largest and longest-running lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) youth theater program…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:36PMMonday, November 14, 2016
A dazzling lineup of Broadway’s best will take part in the milestone 90th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, broadcast live on NBC. On Thursday, Nov. 24, (9 a.m.-noon in all time zones), Br…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:24PMBy Samuel L. Leiter This past week has been a tough one to get through but, for two hours, at any rate, I managed to escape the political madness by visiting the mythical Jim Crow state of M…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:06AMSunday, November 13, 2016
Waterwell (Arian Moayed & Tom Ridgely, Artistic Directors) will revive the Blueprint Specials, a series of lost World War II-era musicals composed principally by Broadway legend Frank Lo…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:24PMFriday, November 11, 2016
It’s nearly impossible to watch Tick, Tick… Boom!, Jonathan Larson’s 1990 autobiographical musical monologue that was posthumously adapted after his untimely death into a three-piece c…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:06PMThursday, November 10, 2016
Jonathan Kent’s award-winning production of the classic musical Gypsy—a record-breaking sellout during its acclaimed London run—comes toTHIRTEEN’s Great Performances, Friday,…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:02AMWednesday, November 9, 2016
In an effort to move the theater industry toward greater inclusion both on and off stage, Musical Theatre Factory presents PULL TOGETHER, a community salon that will open up the Black Lives …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:42AMTuesday, November 8, 2016
The complete memoirs of playwright Neil Simon hit the bookshelves today, featuring a new introduction by Nathan Lane and afterword by Simon’s wife, Elaine Joyce. The aptly titled Neil Simo…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:36AMMonday, November 7, 2016
Big or small, the theater scene is getting a major wake-up call this November with three production that deliver award-winning stars, Broadway transfers, and film-to-stage adaptations. Here …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:48PMSunday, November 6, 2016
by Samuel L. Leiter “Thank you so much for treating me to a great play last night. Thrilling!” read the e-mail I received this morning from my guest who accompanied me to Signature Theat…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:42PMFriday, November 4, 2016
Fathom Events is partnering with theatre streaming service, BroadwayHD, to bring select live and captured-live theatre performances to U.S. movie theaters. The critically-acclaimed Roundabo…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:02AMThursday, November 3, 2016
By April Stamm It is obvious that engaging and inspiring young audiences is the goal of Harlem Repertory Theatre’s production of The Wizard of Oz, co-produced by the Yip Harburg Fou…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:06PMWednesday, November 2, 2016
by Jim Gladstone On a November night ten years ago, 20-year-old recent college drop-out Erich Bergen flew to San Francisco from his home in New York to start the job he now describes as havi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:48AMTuesday, November 1, 2016
By Samuel L. Leiter Anne Kauffman’s staging of Adam Bock’s A Life at Playwrights Horizons is far more elaborate than one might expect for such an otherwise slight play. Most noteworthy i…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:06AMMonday, October 31, 2016
Sponsored content. Less than two months after film star Rebel Wilson joined the cast, replacing actress Samantha Spiro (Merrily We Roll Along) in the role of “Miss Adelaide,” the West En…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:42AMBy Samuel L. Leiter With Red Bull Theater’s production of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, a tragedy based on power, pride, and politics once again has been wrenched from its historical mooring…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:42AMSunday, October 30, 2016
Perhaps one of the greatest trickeries in the current Broadway revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, is not the drawing room antics of La Marquise de Merteuil (Janet McTeer) or her lover/neme…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:18PMFriday, October 28, 2016
Continuing its role as the broadcast leader in bringing event programming to a national audience, it was announced today that NBC is joining forces with Jennifer Lopez for “Bye Bye Birdie …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:12AMThursday, October 27, 2016
The much-anticipated revival of William Finn and James Lapine’s Falsettos opens tonight on Broadway with an all-star cast that includes Stephanie J. Block (Wicked), Christian Borle (…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:12PMTuesday, October 25, 2016
Producers Paul Blake and Mike Bosner announced today the Broadway return of three-time Tony Award-winner Glenn Close in her most iconic role, Norma Desmond, in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony A…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:05PMThe American Playwriting Foundation (Executive Director David Bar Katz), established to make annual grants to new American plays, has selected Aleshea Harris for The 2016 Relentless Award, t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:39AMMonday, October 24, 2016
Musicals are a totally American experience. Their optimism, energy, inventiveness and infectious showbiz spirit reflect the country in so many ways. They’re a mix of kitsch and schmaltz, s…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:18AMFriday, October 21, 2016
Every month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out editor Matthew Wexler’s questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit closer than the mezzanine. This month we…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:16AMThursday, October 20, 2016
Producer Scott Rudin announced today that, beginning Tuesday, June 13, two-time Tony Award-winner and one of Broadway’s most treasured stars, Donna Murphy, will step into the role of Dolly…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:53PM 
