242 stories by "Dei Lewison"
I’m from Georgia. What I knew about New York was what I had seen on TV or read in a book or magazine. It was this elusive city. Then to actually come and spend time here, I just got…
My shower song to work on my bass notes is “I’ll Cover You.” The song deals with the low area of the voice. So I use that in my shower to warm up the low area. It’s s…
The Great White Way can’t get enough of Motown The Musical  magic, which returns to Broadway for a limited engagement starting today, July 12, 2016. Chester Gregory — who has …
What don’t I love about doing Beautiful? I love the cast, I love the music, I love Carole King’s story. It’s just such a beautiful message to share, especially with women a…
Today, Mo Brady is a proud husband, father, podcast host and talented video editor. Years ago, though, Brady was an actor on Broadway, performing eight shows a week. Brady’s work in th…
When I first got to New York, I thought, “I’m going to be broke real soon.” It was 2005. I had no money, and I knew that I liked to spend it. I never thought that I would b…
With powerful Broadway shows —Â one word: Hamilton — swaying the public spotlight on theater marquees, many have hypothesized that Broadway is entering its second Golden Age. T…
Performing in Hamilton, I love the electricity from the audience every night. They work so hard to get there. And they’re so excited. And I’m so privileged to get to perform …
An American in Paris, the stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning MGM movie musical, will close at the Palace Theatre on Broadway on Jan. 1, 2017. The show, featuring a score from the classic …
Despite announcing that it would be playing longer, Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed will close at the Music Box Theater when star Audra McD…
Anyone watching last week’s Tony Awards might have thought the only winner was Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash hit rap-hip-hop history lesson took awards in every category f…
You haven’t experienced New York until you’ve experienced Broadway. But, you don’t want to throw away your shot to see a top show due to an easily avoided booking error. Fo…
As NewYork.com’s 2015 Ultimate Broadway Fan contest winner, I have had an amazing year! From attending the 2015 Tony Awards and Gala to this year’s Meet the Nominee’s press…
History pervades the category of Best Featured Actor in a Musical in this year’s Tony Awards. Three of the nominees play real-life figures in the the hip-hop hit Hamilton, while remain…
Real rock music has made its way back to Broadway. And that’s a reason to rejoice. And Alex Brightman, who plays the sloppy slacker with a heart of gold in Andrew Lloyd Webber’…
The Tony nominees for Best Featured Actress in a Musical are playing women who overcome tremendous obstacles. Whether it’s physical abuse, romantic disappointment, racism in the theate…
Waitress tells a really great tale. It’s the kind of a tale you don’t see told on Broadway in this way. The relationships are complicated and interesting. It’s sweet. Sara …
Tony nominee, Laura Linney, and Tony winner, Cynthia Nixon, will star in Lillian Hellman’s classic drama The Little Foxes, alternating in the lead roles. Manhattan Theatre Club will pr…
Dear Evan Hansen, the hit Off-Broadway musical which ended its limited run at Second Stage on May 29, has set dates, a theater and the cast for its Broadway transfer. The show which premiere…
The women nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play are each part of an expert ensemble of actors playing a struggling middle-class family, a group of captive women caught in a brutal ci…
An Act of God, the return engagement of David Javerbaum’s comedy in which the Almighty sets some new ground rules for us mortals, opened June 6 at the Booth Theater for a limited run t…
Two-time Oscar winner Sally Field and two-time Tony winner Joe Mantello will return to Broadway in a new production of Tennessee Williams’ classic The Glass Menagerie. Tony winner Sam …
Angela Lansbury, Jake Gyllenhall and Clare Danes are among the newly announced stars who will be presenting at the Tony Awards on June 12. The ceremony will be broadcast live from the Beacon…
Will the sixth time be the charm for Tony nominated Best Actor in a Musical Danny Burstein of Fiddler on the Roof? Or will Lin-Manuel Miranda add yet another trophy to his collection for the…
The King and I, Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, will play its final performance at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre on June 26. The show, currently …
