Wednesday, August 3, 2016
The script of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two,” currently playing in London, sold more than 2 million print copies in North America in its first two days of …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 2, 2016
How well were you paying attention to the theater news in July? Answer these 11 questions to find out.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:17PM[SHARE]Monday, August 1, 2016
When Hillary Clinton quoted the musical "Hamilton" at a climactic moment in her climactic acceptance speech as the Democratic candidate for the president of the United States, it capped a na…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 31, 2016
The first Broadway revival of Cats, which is neither wholly reimagined nor an exact replica of the original, is unlikely to turn off Cats-lovers, nor win over Cats-loathers. Those with an op…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:24PM[SHARE]Gloria Estefan joined co-founder Bernadette Peters as the host of this year’s Broadway Barks. For the 18th year, Broadway stars snuggled up to dogs and cats looking for forever homes. …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:51AM[SHARE]Friday, July 29, 2016
The Broadway cast of “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” — minus Josh Groban — sang three songs at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunch-time concert on Thursda…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:59AM[SHARE]The most Broadway-heavy political convention in memory — with “Our Fight Song” video full of Broadway talent, and a performance of “What the World Needs Now” by…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 28, 2016
Some 40 Broadway performers (and multi platform celebrities) such as Audra McDonald sang “What The World Needs Now” at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Pa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 27, 2016
So here we are, on our hands and knees in a public square as if we're religious penitents, but most of the people crawling up the steps of Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn are poets and performa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:36PM[SHARE]Theater stars like Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Idina Menzel, Ben Platt, and Billy Porter join in this video of Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song,” ins…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:14AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 26, 2016
See any and EVERY SHOW at the 20th anniversary New York International Fringe Festival for FREE. Win one of two “Fringe VIP” Passes, each a $500 value —  but priceless…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:45PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 24, 2016
This shirt (and song) from “Waitress” may sum up for many the week’s news outside New York theater. (See the Laura Benanti video below.) This week in New York theater saw o…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:55PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 23, 2016
Below, cast members from the Broadway shows Les Miserables, Fiddler on the Roof, and Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, as well as the Marvelous Wonderettes Off-Broadway, sing and dance duri…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:01PM[SHARE]Friday, July 22, 2016
"iLuminate," which is running at Theatre 80 through September 4, is a light show in which the lights are portrayed by 11 acrobatic dancers resembling Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles who fell in…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:40PM[SHARE]The all-female Japanese theater company that is putting on Kander and Ebb's "Chicago" as part of the Lincoln Center Festival through Sunday, was founded in 1913 in Takarazuka, Japan by the p…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:09PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 21, 2016
When "Motown the Musical" opened on Broadway in 2013, I fell for the show, because of the exciting performances by a cast impersonating many of the stars of Motown Records " Diana Ross and t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:48PM[SHARE]Monday, July 18, 2016
Privacy,a play exploring the death of privacy, is inspired by Edward Snowden's revelations about surveillance. Snowden even appears on stage (via video.) But, for all its alarming info, the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:02PM[SHARE]"Privacy," a play exploring the death of privacy, is inspired by Edward Snowden's revelations about surveillance; Snowden even appears on stage (via video.) But, for all its alarming info, t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 17, 2016
What is the most magical moment you ever witnessed on stage? Answer to win a chance for two free tickets to Wicked on Broadway. New York Musical Festival preview The Week in New York Theater…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:05AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 16, 2016
“Oslo,” a fascinating play about the surprising story behind the first peace accord between the Israelis and Palestinians, arrives at Lincoln Center at a time when we can use som…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:54PM[SHARE]Friday, July 15, 2016
An icon sings about an icon. AÂ self-declared "ghetto-hippie-Arab-commie"China doll"Â sings about her mysterious Muslim father. Tinkerbell stars in one musical. Another is based on a rea…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:40AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 13, 2016
"Small Mouth Sounds," Bess Wohl's play about six characters who are attending a silent retreat , contains almost no dialogue, but it speaks volumes. It is a satire, but it treats its subject…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:10PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Ticket Giveaway: Win two tickets to see Wicked for free. The long-running Broadway musical tells the story of "The Wizard of Oz" from the witches' perspective, more specifically from the …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:24AM[SHARE]Monday, July 11, 2016
On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr engaged in their deadly duel " recreated nightly on Broadway for the foreseeable future. Four members of the original cast of Hamilton hav…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 9, 2016
The original cast of “Hamilton” is breaking up. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and Phillipa Soo play their final performances in “Hamilton” today. (Jonathan Grof…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:19PM[SHARE]Friday, July 8, 2016
Below is the overture and opening number of the Roundabout’s Broadway production of “She Loves Me,” as live streamed by BroadwayHD on June 30, 2016. The musical starring La…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 7, 2016
Now, 38 years after that its Broadway run " and six months after Swados' death at the age of 64 " Runaways has been revived as part of Encores Off Center, the summer version of the long-runn…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:23PM[SHARE]Monday, July 4, 2016
Broadway musicals that take American history as their subject have been called a "vastly underexplored genre"…until recently. Which is your favorite?
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:44AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 3, 2016
Four New York museums are taking advantage of a certain Broadway musical's success to offer summer-long exhibitions and programming focused on Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton is not the only sh…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:27AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 2, 2016
"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel," Samuel Johnson famously said in 1775, one year before America's first Fourth of July, the day that Congress officially adopted the De…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:51PM[SHARE]Friday, July 1, 2016
The list below includes two Broadway shows but only a handful Off-Broadway. If July looks sparser than most months, that's because the list below doesn't the summer theater festivals, the FR…
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