Monday, February 23, 2015
Even before it begins, the astonishing revival of "Big Love," one of Charles Mee's most popular plays, surrounds us with a soothing and soaring beauty. The set by Brett Banakis is, per Mee's…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:30PM[SHARE]The first thing we know about Sally is that she likes guns. She also likes to read books about four figures in American history with whom she identifies — John Brown, Nat Turner, Harri…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:24PM[SHARE]Below is a transcript of the speeches by the writers of the Oscar-winning song “Glory,” from the film Selma: Lonnie Lynn (Common): First, I would like to thank God, who lives in …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:52AM[SHARE]Graham Moore, 33, Â in accepting the 2015 Oscar for adapted screenplay for The Imitation Game, gave the following acceptance speech: “When I was 16, I tried to kill myself because I …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:29AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 22, 2015
Below in red with an asterisk, are the winners (so far) of the 87th Academy Awards. BEST PICTURE American Sniper Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Pet…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:29PM[SHARE]Eleven of the 20 performers nominated for 2015 Oscars have performed (or will soon perform) on Broadway, one of the many ways that Broadway connects with Hollywood this year, as it does in a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:11AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 21, 2015
The leggy dame who has hired private investigator Ben Farrell wants him to find a missing person — Tommy Dickie, the chief writer for Murder Monthly, a crime magazine. But there are co…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:20PM[SHARE]“A Chorus Line” original cast members, including Priscilla Lopez, and others talk about the beginnings of the landmark Broadway musical in this 25-minute video posted by filmmake…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:31AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 19, 2015
The Subtle Body is inspired by the actual historical figure of British physician John Floyer, who  came up with a method of taking a patient's pulse that is still standard practice hundre…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:55PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 17, 2015
“Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking new musical about the life and times of the Founding Father whose face is on the ten dollar bill, is thrilling on at least three l…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 15, 2015
Is it better to be dramatic than theatrical? That's what the thesaurus seems to be saying: Synonyms for “theatrical” in online thesaurus: affected, artificial, campy, exaggerated…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:21PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 14, 2015
Here is a list of Broadway shows, alphabetically, that have “love” in the title, more than 200 in all. The earliest is “Love for Love” by William Congreve in 1750, a …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:58PM[SHARE]Friday, February 13, 2015
Leslie Odom Jr. was a huge fan of Rent when he was cast in the musical at the age of seventeen, the youngest performer ever hired for the Broadway production. "It was getting cast in that…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:44PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 12, 2015
Although she had already performed in four Broadway shows before she joined the cast of "Beautiful," Anika Larsen says that, without the Carole King musical, she would not now be 1. Pregnant…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:28AM[SHARE]Monday, February 9, 2015
Playwrights Horizons has announced another promising season, which includes new works by Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns), Taylor Mac, Lucas Hnath, Jordan Harrison, Gregory S. Moss,  Danai Gu…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:58AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 7, 2015
Animation of the cartoon by Alison Bechdel about seeing her graphic novel, Fun Home, turned into a musical.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Given the seven-week gap between the last Broadway opening and the next one, there’s an awful lot of talk about Broadway this week — talk (two weeks before it even opens a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:57PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2015
“I've gotten a lot of nice e-mails and phone calls congratulating me for being a great bad actor,” Jeremy Shamos says. “It makes me feel good. That was my job in the film.&…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:28AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 1, 2015
Nothing is opening on Broadway in February, which gives center stage to some very exciting Off-Broadway shows, including: Hamilton at the Public, Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop take on Alex…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:10PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 31, 2015
How well were you paying attention to the theater news this month? Answer these 10 questions – most of which also involve television or the movies in some way — and find out. Tag…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:43AM[SHARE]Friday, January 30, 2015
Fans of Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) or Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black) drawn to the Classic Stage Company's production of “A Month in the County” surely don't exp…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:46PM[SHARE]Below are the first photographs of Hamilton, the musical about Alexander Hamilton written by and starring  Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights),which opens at the Public Theater on Februar…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:04AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 29, 2015
Act of God is coming to Broadway. That’s the name of a new comedy by David Javerbaum, who among his other accomplishments (Emmy-winning former Daily Show writer) is the man behind the …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Here are snow day discounts and deals to Broadway and other New York theater now that the Blizzard of 2015 has turned out NOT to be the crippling historic storm it threatened to be in New Yo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:56AM[SHARE]Monday, January 26, 2015
Here I stand In the light of day Let the storm rage on The cold never bothered me anyway Easy words from a cartoon character. But given the weather forecast, New Yorkers are sure to be bo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:32PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 25, 2015
AÂ Â “Blizzard Warning” has been issued by the National Weather Service for a "crippling and potentially historic" storm in New York City and much of the Northeast pre…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:07PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 24, 2015
“Film Chinois,” a new play by Damon Chua presented by the Pan Asian Repertory Theater that takes place in Beijing in 1947, follows many of the basic rules of film noir, translate…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 22, 2015
“Into The Woods,” Stephen Sondheim has told us, was in part inspired by his desire to create  “a quest musical along the lines of The Wizard of Oz,” and although t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 20, 2015
James Franco sent out an Instagram of a bloodied Taylor Mac in an evening dress, urging his followers to see “‘A 24 decade history of popular music’ any chance you get! But…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:13PM[SHARE]Monday, January 19, 2015
Here’s a surprise — recent research indicates that theatergoers don’t mind spoilers at all; they WANT to know what the play is about before they see it. That may prove a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:38PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 17, 2015
"Constellations" is a kind of stage version of the film "Groundhog Day" except instead of Bill Murray endlessly repeating a single day, Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson " both making their Br…
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