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…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:47AM[SHARE]Monday, June 24, 2013
Didn't Broadway just end? Yet here it is again. Yes, Ann and I’ll Eat You Last are both closing this week, with Lucky Guy and The Assembled Parties soon to follow. But the first show o…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:53PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 22, 2013
From Tennessee Williams and Shakespeare to the Beatles and the “Rock Star Rabbi”; revivals of works by Pinter and Beckett; the return to Broadway of Billy Crystal, Idina Menzel, …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:34PM[SHARE]Friday, June 21, 2013
It is easy to claim Savion Glover as the best tap-dancer of his generation. Who else is there? He was a child prodigy and an exciting Broadway performer, debuting on Broadway at age 10 in "T…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:33PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 20, 2013
The drinks are flying in "The Explorers Club," and I don't mean at intermission. The bartender slides them so forcefully off the dark wood bar on stage and in such rapid succession that it a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 19, 2013
James Gandolfini, best known for his role as an angst-ridden mob boss on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” has died at age 51 while on vacation in Italy, reportedly due to a possible h…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:25PM[SHARE]Is it an error to move "The Comedy of Errors" from Ancient Greece, where Shakespeare placed this early play of his, to upstate New York in the 1940's? That is the setting of director Daniel …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:27AM[SHARE]Monday, June 17, 2013
Buy tickets to Broadway It's hard to believe it was only a week ago that so many theatergoers felt euphoric after the Tony Awards " not so much for the winners (though there were surprises, …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:09AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 13, 2013
An announcement on the Tony Awards website means that the Tonys, which has never honored Off-Broadway, may finally begin to do so, at least in a small way. “The Awards Administration C…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Jenna Fischer's last day as Pam Beesley in the TV series "The Office" was her first day on an Off-Broadway stage, in what could be called a play series. She portrays Steph in Neil LaBute's "…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:21PM[SHARE]Monday, June 10, 2013
Neil Patrick Harris french-kissed Sunny, the dog playing Sandy in “Annie” (did they both get their shots?) but there was little love that American Tony voters showed the British …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 9, 2013
Buy tickets to Broadway shows The winners of the 67th annual Tony Awards, will be in  bold face with asterisk *,  as they are announced tonight. There are already more than a dozen …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:33AM[SHARE]Friday, June 7, 2013
Yet another actor sheds his clothing and takes a bath in "Enemies: A Love Story," a theatrically rewarding stage adaptation of the Isaac Bashevis Singer sad and funny short story, the se…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:30PM[SHARE]Ryan Holsopple gets mad when he goes to a show and the sound is not loud enough. But what really disturbs him — “I get kind of nauseous” — is when the production only…
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