Hamilton Will Be Filmed with the Original Cast | Vanity Fair by Joanna Robinson

The stars of the Broadway show are putting it all on film.

Don’t Call Andrew Lloyd Webber “Sir,” and Other Tonys After-Party Obse | Vanity Fair by Richard Lawson

Rubbing elbows with the theater elite after Broadway’s big night—minus the cast of Hamilton.

The Man Behind the Broadway Set So Realistic Someone Tried To Charge Their Phone On It | Vanity Fair by Alex Beggs

Somehow the YouTube title says it all: “Moron jumps on stage on Broadway to try and charge his phone in a fake outlet.”

Jeeves Spoken Here By Christopher Hitchens

Long wary of the very idea of audiobooks, the author has been seduced by the artistry of Martin Jarvis, who reads a canon that includes The Wind in the Willows, A Tale of Two Cities, and (acid test here) the novels of P. G. Wodehouse.

The Enron Bubble Bursts Again, This Time at the Tonys by Jason Zinoman

When You Think of Big Pimpin', Think of Kristin Chenoweth by Eric Spitznagel

Who Hated the Spider-Man Musical More? by Juli Weiner

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Tony Express By Jessica Flint, Photographs by Tina Tyrell

This year's contenders for Broadway's biggest prize include accomplished veterans, bright-eyed newbies, and a smattering of Hollywood superstars (Jude! Catherine! Frazier!). VF.com surveys the scenery-chewers.

The Quaid Conspiracy by Nancy Jo Sales

They’re spending nights in their car, on the run from the same shadowy cabal—“the Hollywood Star Whackers”—who may have killed Heath Ledger, possibly sabotaged …

Review: Jeffrey Wright in A Free Man of Color at Lincoln Center Theater by Marnie Hanel

Despite the production’s clever direction, gorgeous costumes, inventive sets, and skilled cast, it's a toughie.

Theater: Are We as Undiscerning as the English Think We Are? by Jason Zinoman

Coaching the Second Coming of Elvis (and Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins) by Laura Cantrell

How do you get four actor-musicians to successfully channel four of the biggest stars in rock 'n' roll history? That was the challenge facing Chuck Mead, the music supervisor of the new Broadway show Million Dollar Quartet, which recreates the night that Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins jammed together at Sun Records, the label where all four got their start.

Eloise Illustrator Hilary Knight Sketches Vanessa Hudgens in Gigi | Vanity Fair by Alex Beggs

The High School Musical star channels Audrey Hepburn in Gigi on Broadway.

Larry David Discusses Fish in the Dark, His Broadway Debut | Vanity Fair by Lili Anolik

While Larry David is unquestionably a comic genius—co-creator and writer of one of the greatest television shows of all time, Seinfeld, and creator and star of the equally original and inf…

Why Was Hugh Jackman Hopping at the Tonys? | Vanity Fair by Joanna Robinson

Hugh Jackman is no first-timer when it comes to awards show hosting. His Oscar gig was one of my favorites in recent memory and the man has hosted the Tony awards no fewer than four times. J…

Neil Patrick Harris on Getting His Kids Accustomed to His Hedwig Drag | Vanity Fair by Bennett Marcus

Playing the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway, Neil Patrick Harris spends 90 minutes in constant motion, dancing, jumping on and off of a car, scaling the walls, and throwi…

Neil Patrick Harris with a Dumeril’s Boa and a Diamond Python | Vanity Fair by Lin-Manuel Miranda

It’s the rare story—Child Star Becomes Bigger Star—but Neil Patrick Harris made Doogie Howser, M.D. a springboard to his great love, musical theater, and then How I Met Your Mother. As…

Can Quentin Tarantino and Rumer Willis Save L.A. Theater? | Vanity Fair by Jimmy Im

Los Angeles is teeming with actors, so why is the theater so bad?

Les Misérables Actor Will Swenson Loves “Playing the Bad Guy” | Vanity Fair by Amy Fine Collins

Ramin Karimloo will play Jean Valjean to Will Swenson’s Javert in a new revival of Les Misérables on Broadway. Amy Fine Collins reports.

Oh Heil No! The Sound of Music Live Recapped in Screengrabs and GIFs | Vanity Fair by Michelle Collins

Country stars singing and vampires dancing / children in curtains and nanny romancing / under-aged Nazis that know how to sing / these are a few of my favorite things! In fact, the only thin…

Elaine Stritch Is Really Not Thrilled About Her Golden Years, or Adjusting to Life in Michigan | Vanity Fair by Bennett Marcus

Elaine Stritch returned to New York City on Monday, honored at the Stella by Starlight gala with a scholarship in her name. The inimitable star took a break from rehearsing for a benefit per…

Betrayal, Cons, and a Faked Death: Investigating How Rebecca the Musical Fell Apart | Vanity Fair by David Kamp

Rebecca, the Musical, based on the renowned du Maurier novel, was veteran producer Ben Sprecher’s shot at the big time. Believing he had found the next Phantom of the Opera, he fully expec…

Disappointing Google Searches of Someone Who Thought Mandy Patinkin Was the Name of the Actress Who Plays Brody’s Hot Wife on Homeland | Vanity Fair by Juli Weiner

“What’s the name of the actor who plays Saul?” an anonymous male colleague asked us earlier this afternoon while discussing Sunday’s (insane!) episode of Homeland.

The Farce Side: James Corden by John Heilpern

After becoming a BBC superstar, James Corden lost it. Now he’s the toast of Broadway.

At Lunch with Kim Cattrall and Tammy Grimes, Current and Past Stars of Noël Coward’s Private Lives | Blogs | Vanity Fair by Patrick Monahan

Kim Cattrall and Tammy Grimes do not often end up in the same sentence, let alone the same lunch table. Grimes, a Broadway star of the Golden Age, won her first Tony in 1961 for the title ro…

"Return to Catfish Row" - A Page in Vanity Fair

Leslie Bennetts and Mark Seliger spotlight the reimagination of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.