A 'Shinsai' To Aid Japan's Theater Community by Jeff Lunden

A year ago, Japan suffered a shinsai " an earthquake disaster. And on the anniversary of that disaster, theater artists across the United States and around the globe are coming together to h…

'Carrie' Creators Resurrect A Legendary Flop by Jeff Lunden

Broadway history is littered with flop musicals " but if some shows are bombs, then Carrie, based on Stephen King's best-selling 1974 novel, was kind of a nuclear bomb. The story of a teenag…

Colonial History, Through The Eyes Of The Colonized by Jeff Lunden

Actor and writer Danai Gurira sometimes refers to herself as a "Zimerican": She was born in Iowa, but spent most of her childhood in Harare, Zimbabwe " where her new play, The Convert, is se…

In Broadway's 'Wit,' A Documentary Of Our Demise by Jeff Lunden

In her dressing room at the Friedman Theatre, Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has a nightly ritual: She rubs Nivea cream all over her scalp to soothe the razor burns. Being completely ba…

'The Enchanted Island' A Mashup Of Classic Masters by Jeff Lunden

A Homecoming For Rachel Griffiths On Broadway by Jeff Lunden

Australian actress Rachel Griffiths, best known in the U.S. for her work on HBO's Six Feet Under and ABC's Brothers and Sisters, has made an acclaimed Broadway debut in the new play Other De…

'Once' And Again: A Love Story Gets A Second Life by Jeff Lunden

Once, the much-loved 2007 Irish indie, was kind of the little movie musical that could. Made on a shoestring budget in Dublin, it starred songwriters Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova as thin…

A 'Christmas Story' Musical? Sing Out, Ralphie! by Jeff Lunden

Every year at this time, families in search of child-friendly holiday entertainment buy their tickets for productions of A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker. It's a lucrative market, and co…

Hugh Jackman, Back On Broadway And Having A Blast by Jeff Lunden

Hugh Jackman has had one of the most bifurcated showbiz careers imaginable. He leapt to superstardom as the mutton-chopped mutant Wolverine in the X-Men movies and won a Tony Award as the ga…

At Arena Stage, A Million-Dollar Toast To Playwrights by Jeff Lunden

A reporter once asked the late playwright Robert Anderson, author of I Never Sang for My Father, if he could make a living writing for the theater. His reply: "You can make a killing, but no…

'Chinglish' Opens On Broadway by Jeff Lunden

'The Mountaintop' Opens On Broadway by Jeff Lunden