Friday, April 30, 2021
Mint is webcasting “A Picture of Autumn” as part of a series of broadcast-quality archival videos taped at live performances, and the strong impression the play made on me when I first s…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 10:43AMWednesday, March 24, 2021
A case in point is New York’s Mint Theatre Company, a small but distinguished troupe that performs in an 88-seat off-Broadway house. During the past year, the Mint has webcast free broadca…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 09:35AMFriday, March 5, 2021
“Bad Dates” never fails to give great pleasure in the hands of an appealing actor and a solid production team, and Andréa Burns and her George Street colleagues are all that and much, m…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 12:05PMThursday, February 18, 2021
One of the few happy surprises of 2020 was the Mint Theater Company’s announcement that it had built up a private stockpile of broadcast-quality archival videos of its past productions and…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 07:02PMMonday, November 18, 2019
‘American Utopia’ is the latest show led by a music legend that has been embraced by New York audiences
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 07:40PMTuesday, July 24, 2018
‘Head Over Heels,’ a new Broadway show featuring music by the 1980s all-female band, has posted weak ticket sales in previews
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 01:20PMWednesday, June 20, 2018
A Broadway show featuring songs by pop star Michael Jackson is expected to open in 2020.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 10:24AMMonday, June 11, 2018
“The Band’s Visit,” the tale of an Egyptian orchestra’s accidental foray into an Israeli town, was the big winner at the Tony Awards, while “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” to…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 12:29AMThursday, May 31, 2018
Hartford Stage didn't exactly need to be put on the map but in his seven year run Artistic Director DARKO TRESNJAK has made them one of New England's most admired theatre companies!
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 04:15PMTuesday, May 22, 2018
‘Escape to Margaritaville,’ the musical based on the tropical-minded catalog of singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, isn’t drumming up booming box-office business.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 12:06AMTuesday, May 8, 2018
Scottish actor James McArdle discusses the differences between performing in Tony Kushner’s epic, two-part play, “Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes” in New York and …
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 01:04AMMonday, April 2, 2018
The new musical “Frozen” grossed $2.2 million for the week ended this past Sunday, vaulting into the top ranks of the Broadway box office, despite getting mixed reviews.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 06:59PMTuesday, March 27, 2018
‘Mean Girls’ sells out and grosses $2.6 million in first two weeks of previews
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 04:14PMFriday, March 23, 2018
The Irish stage actress has emerged as the electrifying breakout star in ‘Angels in America.’
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 09:58AMMonday, March 12, 2018
Formed in 2015, the ‘Broadway Baby Mamas’ group has 200-plus members and is dedicated to supporting working mothers in the New York theater community.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 06:17PMThursday, March 8, 2018
The tuba, the biggest and lowest-pitched among the brass family, can run from around $2,000 for beginner band models to more than $20,000 for specialized professional versions, says Martin E…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 12:32PMWednesday, March 7, 2018
More opera stars are appearing in Broadway shows these days as the artistic barriers between the musical worlds are toppling.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 03:08PMThursday, February 1, 2018
New York City Center’s ‘Encore!’ series introduces “Hey, Look Me Over!,” a revue-style production that opens on Feb. 7 and features excerpts from more than a half-dozen largely for…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 12:16PMThursday, January 25, 2018
‘Migrations: The Making of America’—a citywide festival that ‘traces the movements of people’ to and within the U.S.—will anchor Carnegie Hall’s 2018-19 season.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 12:00PMThursday, January 4, 2018
“The Play That Goes Wrong,” which producers thought they might have to shut down a few months ago, just reported its best sales week ever and has extended its stay on Broadway until at l…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 06:03PMTuesday, January 2, 2018
Just weeks after taking a leave of absence from his post as ballet master-in-chief at the New York City Ballet, Peter Martins announced his retirement on Monday.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 12:43AMMonday, December 18, 2017
Several Broadway producers have announced shows for the coming season, if not beyond. In some cases, they are spreading the word without having a theater, opening date or casting in place.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 06:18PMSunday, December 17, 2017
The Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Ballet have hired outside law firms to conduct internal investigations after sexual-harassment allegations were lodged against powerful figures a…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 05:44PMMonday, November 20, 2017
Halfway through the 2017-18 season, ticket sales for shows are up by 18% over the previous season’s midpoint tally, according to the Broadway League.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 07:34PMTuesday, October 31, 2017
For the contemporary opera, “The Exterminating Angel,” the Metropolitan Opera sets an unsettling mood by having patrons enter with sheep on the stage.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 06:31PMMonday, October 23, 2017
Film director Michael Moore’s politically liberal-minded show, “The Terms of My Surrender,” which closed this past weekend, failed to wow at the box office.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 08:31PMWednesday, October 18, 2017
The city’s Department of Cultural Affairs is launching artist-in-residency programs at the Department of Correction, the Department of Probation and the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 12:53PMMonday, October 16, 2017
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre will be moving out of its theater located in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, home to its brand of improvisational comedy for more than a decade, and …
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 11:12PMTuesday, October 3, 2017
An ambitious $500 million plan to renovate David Geffen Hall, the Lincoln Center home of the New York Philharmonic, has been shelved.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 08:27PMMonday, October 2, 2017
A veteran Broadway producer is instituting what he believes is an industry first: A best-price guarantee on tickets for a show.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 07:48PMTuesday, September 26, 2017
Broadway is looking to bank on the film world once again. “Pretty Woman: The Musical” is coming to Broadway in the fall of 2018, producer Paula Wagner announced.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 12:01AM 
