Friday, July 26, 2013
“Avenue Q” began when Bobby Lopez, a recent college graduate still living with his parents, and Jeff Marx, a recent law school graduate working as an intern and trying to start a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:37PM[SHARE]The cast of “Soul Doctor,” the musical opening on Broadway August 15 based on the real-life friendship between jazz singer Nina Simone (portrayed by Amber Iman) and the “Ro…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:38AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 25, 2013
Although it doesn’t open until October 27, the marquee is already up at the Ethel Barrymore Theater for the revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, starring real-life husband and wi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:50AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Why was I cringing and rolling my eyes? What could possibly be objectionable about a show that is really just a concert of Beatles songs — some of the most pleasing melodies composed i…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:03PM[SHARE]Ticket Giveaway:Â Win two tickets to see "Unbroken Circle"Â Â a new play by James Wesley, described as a “comedic Southern gothic tale” that explores a Texan family’s…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:46PM[SHARE]Monday, July 22, 2013
Several new shows for Broadway were announced this past week, and new roles on Broadway for Jeff Goldblum, Debra Messing, Fantasia Barrino, Anne-Marie Duff, Idina Menzel. There was even news…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:23PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Ticket Giveaway:Â Win two tickets to see "The Two-Character Play" by Tennessee Williams, starring Amanda Plummer (Agnes of God, The Hunger Games) and Brad Dourif (Lord of the Rings Trilogy…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:47AM[SHARE]Monday, July 15, 2013
“Life is a mercurial thing; it goes up, it goes down,” the Tony winning performer Chuck Cooper told me in an impromptu sidewalk  interview this past week — a week that a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:48PM[SHARE]Orlando Bloom, making his Broadway debut, and Condola Rashad, who just left the Broadway revival of “The Trip to Bountiful,” will star in the 36th Broadway production of William …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:47AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 14, 2013
The tango began in the brutal brothels of Argentina, was transformed in the elegant ballrooms of Europe, and seems to have changed once again, into a Las Vegas-like act suitable for televisi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:08PM[SHARE]Cory Monteith was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver, Canada yesterday afternoon. He was 31. An unpretentious star, he put as his bio on his Twitter feed: “tall, awkward, canadian…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:48AM[SHARE]As one by one the stars of Broadway paired up with pets in need of homes and climbed onto the makeshift stage of Shubert Alley to make a pitch, more than one of the performers in effect expl…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:32AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 13, 2013
Erik Altemus, who normally plays Lewis and is an understudy for Pippin in the Broadway production of the Stephen Schwartz musical, sang “Corner of the Sky” from Pippin at the Bro…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:34AM[SHARE]Friday, July 12, 2013
Chuck Cooper began his professional acting career 30 years ago, debuting on Broadway in 1983, winning a Tony for his portrayal of the character Memphis in "The Life." He will soon re…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:32PM[SHARE]The cast of the Off-Broadway musical, “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812″ sang three at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert: Prologue, Charming, and Sonya Alo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:52PM[SHARE]Ann Harada currently performs as Charlotte, one of Cinderella’s not-so-evil stepsisters in the Broadway debut of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical. This is her sixth role on Broa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:38AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 11, 2013
Visually ravishing, conceptually inventive, and infused with great talent, "Monkey: Journey To The West, " the theater piece that opens this year's Lincoln Center Festival, Â is an intrigu…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:53AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Whose life story would you like to see on Broadway? I asked this question for a ticket giveaway contest. Below are the answers the contestants supplied. So now, a poll: Which of these would …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:27PM[SHARE]What is the best Hamlet you ever saw? What is the worst Hamlet you ever saw? Answer either of these questions, or both, to enter into a ticket giveaway for a new Off-Broadway production of S…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 9, 2013
"Well, well, well, well, well, well, will wonders never cease?" Santino Fontana was singing "She Loves Me," the title song of a musical that changed my life. For the first time in its 68-yea…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:31PM[SHARE]Monday, July 8, 2013
“A life in the theater is. a way of life….a passion…a spiritual choice. It's not a rational choice .” –  Sarah Benson ‪of Soho Rep Yes, New York theate…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 4, 2013
Ten patriotic songs by some of America’s great composers, from Irving Berlin to John Philip Sousa to Woody Guthrie, performed by Leonard Bernstein, James Cagney, Ray Charles,…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Anthony Rapp, best-known as the performer who originated the role of Mark in "Rent," is starring in a new musical that will give only three performances, for a ticket price no higher than $2…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Ticket Giveaway:Â Win two tickets to see "Soul Doctor,"Â Â a musical that tells the story of Shlomo Carlebach, the “Rock Star Rabbi” of the 1960′s. Â After his esca…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:00PM[SHARE]Jerry Mitchell, now a Tony-winning choreographer (most recently for “Kinky Boots”), remembers dancing naked on a drum in “The Indian of the Dawn” number in “Wil…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:14AM[SHARE]June was the month of the Tony Awards, but it also marked something of a 1960′s revival on Broadway, and was in general a very weird month for the theater. See how well you were paying…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:59AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 30, 2013
The week in New York theater seemed full of news about the 1960's. With a musical officially scheduled for Broadway about Janis Joplin and another by Woody Allen, and the cast announced for …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:44AM[SHARE]Friday, June 28, 2013
Next week’s cover of the New Yorker Magazine Tagged: Bert and Ernie, gay marriage, gay rights, Muppets, New Yorker, Supreme Court
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:38PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 27, 2013
There's something that seems innately decent about actor David Morse — Â best-known to TV viewers for his roles on St. Elsewhere and Treme, and for portraying George Washington in th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:18PM[SHARE]Number one play of the past 100 years is Arthur Miller’s 1949 play “Death of A Salesman,” according to Entertainment Weekly’s issue of July 5/12, 2013. Â Number 50 …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:31PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Ticket Giveaway:Â Win two tickets to see "Forever Tango,"Â Â a compilation of Argentinian music and dance on its third go-round on Broadway — the first show of the 2013-2014 Broa…
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