Optimistic, curious, adventurous. Also: Zero complexity. That's how Sutton Foster describes Princess Fred, the character she plays in the Broadway revival of "Once Upon a Mattress." Listen t…
"The Queen of Versailles," the much-anticipated reunion of "Wicked" collaborators Kristin Chenoweth and Stephen Schwartz, offers the diva her richest opportunity to date to flex her dramatic…
The fifth-anniversary Broadway performance of "Moulin Rouge!" didn't exactly go as planned. A technical issue with the set delayed the July 25 curtain by some 45 minutes and required certain…
It's no spoiler to say "JOB", Max Wolf Friedlich's electrifying synapse of play, features a highly stressed young woman pointing a gun at a therapist in his office. That's how the play begin…
The creators of "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" are certain their hit show will have a future life " they just don't yet know what that future life looks like. Listen to this week's "Stagecraft…
Famous for many things, not least Carol Channing playing the title role more than 5,000 times, "Hello, Dolly!" is, happily, one of Broadway's brashest, splashiest star vehicles whose relativ…
Cole Escola's "Oh, Mary!" is the best kind of stupid: a broad, wildly funny comedy that spits in the face of American history and uses it as joke fodder for some endlessly campy humor. In th…
In the admirably bold, unconventionally self-aware new stage musical version of John Berendt's 1994 blockbuster bestseller "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," transgender icon The Lad…
When too many contemporary theatre writers mistake the grinding of political axes for properly developed drama, it's a relief to realize that Australian playwright Kendall Feaver is more tha…
There were a whole lot of sure things heading into the 2024 Tony Awards ceremony " "Stereophonic," "Merrily We Roll Along," Daniel Radcliffe. But this year's full list of winners had room fo…
Live theater always reflects the moment in which it's presented, but this season, Broadway charged head-on into the politics of today with unusual force: A play that directly addressed antis…
Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner, the duo who have produced and directed the Tony Awards telecast since 2003, won't share too many specifics about the Tony ceremony coming up on Sunday. But di…
For all its jaw-dropping spectacle, and the musical excitement of the tunes by Florence Welch (of Florence and the Machine) and Thomas Bartlett (a/k/a Doveman), the American Repertory Theate…
Buzz for the new play "Invasive Species" infiltrated the downtown New York theater scene like a swarm of spotted lanternflies. Maybe you noticed one of those photos of Jennifer Lawrence wear…
Emmy-winning actress Sarah Paulson is no stranger to entertainment industry awards shows " but even so, her current Tony nomination, for her lead performance in the Broadway play "Appropriat…
Making life-altering decisions is no small matter, especially for the characters in "Choice," Winnie Holzman's provocative but imperfect play, which just completed a run at Princeton's McCar…
If you think there's a lot going on onstage in "Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club," you should see what's going on backstage. Listen to this week's "Stagecraft" podcast below: Speaking on th…
The relationship is captivating. The energy flowing effortlessly between them means you instantly feel their connection, their shared affection, their give and take. It's by far the stronges…
A more-than-respectable entry in the endless parade of movies-to-musicals, this genuinely funny, effervescently performed pre-Broadway take on the 1992 Robert Zemeckis dark comedy "Death Bec…
Are we back yet? That's the question Broadway has been asking for the past three years, as the theater industry emerged from lockdown into a harsh new reality of rising costs and slow-to-ret…
Jessica Lange has starred on Broadway before " winning a Tony for her most recent appearance there in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" in 2016. But according to Lange, now back on Broadway in…
Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 animated film "Spirited Away" won everything from the Oscar for Best Animated Feature to Berlin's Golden Bear. That there's an audience for a stage version was evidence…
The new musical "Lempicka" has inspired a love-it-or-hate-it response from critics and audiences alike " and its two newly-minted Tony-nominated actors, Eden Espinosa and Amber Iman, love th…
When, at a dramatic peak, the lead character is running for her life and she's teetering on a perilously tiny walkway on the outside of a very tall building, and terrified, certain thoughts …
With the annual announcement of the Tony nominations comes the yearly list of snubs and surprises, as this season's shows see their dreams realized " or their hopes dashed " and prognosticat…