Diane Keaton, who died today at the age of 79, made her Broadway debut in the original company of "Hair" (above is a publicity photograph of her for the musical.) But the actress who went on…
What goes into the making of a musical theater production? The process, from audition to curtain call, is presented in verse and illustrations about the people involved, from director to …
After an alarming vacation in Germany, British writer Sally Carson wrote "Crooked Cross" about the rise of Nazism as told through its effect on one ordinary German family.  It was publ…
"Art" is not about art, and it's not really about friendship. If it's about anything at all, the Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza's 30-year-old play is about the celebrity of Bobby Cannavale…
Dylan Mulvaney has chosen an obviously ironic title for her extravagantly staged solo show about her viral life story as a targeted trans social media celebrity. But she also exudes an innat…
Last week, four new Broadway shows announced their dates and venues for Spring 2026:Â Dog Day Afternoon, opening March 30. Fallen Angels, April 19. Schmigadoon, April 20. The Rocky Horror …
In her hour-long solo show, Abby Wambaugh both spoofs and nails a wide variety of comedy styles, from standup to slapstick to Moth-style storytelling to musical comedy. At various times, she…
In its thrilling opening rap, "Mexodus" gives an overview of the little-known history of Mexico as a refuge for thousands of escaping American slaves before the Civil War. Rhythmic, uncommon…
Elizabeth Marvel has been summoned to an ominous-looking room by a uniformed official; she doesn't know why,  and the chatty official keeps her (and us) in suspense. She is the lawyer …
Below is a calendar of New York theater opening* in October, including three opening on Broadway. "Ragtime" originated at the Encores concert series, "Liberation" had a brief run Off-Broa…
The first month of the Fall theater season is coming to an end with disparate worries " that "the Broadway musical is in trouble" and that there's a "fascist takeover of the American theater…
In one of the most moving scenes that I've ever witnessed in a theater,  Jacob finally meets the parents of the young man whom he killed. Making an extraordinary Broadway debut, Will H…
"Back to back like in the good old days," Keanu Reeves as Estragon says to Alex Winter as Vladimir; then they shout something together that makes the audience explode in cheers and laughter.…
In the first play officially opened to the public at the Cherry Lane under the ownership of movie studio A24, Natalie Palamides portrays a man and a woman simultaneously,  an exercise …
How well were you paying attention to the theater in September? Answer these ten questions, plus a bonus question, to find out. Loading…
"Sixties Surreal," a just-opened exhibition at the Whitney Museum, offers some 150 works (paintings, sculptures, photographs, illustrations, films, collages, assemblages, an album cover, a n…
John Leguizamo's new play is a sober family drama inspired by some of the same people and places from Leguizamo's past that powered "Freak" and the five other solo stage comedies he has writ…
"This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this," Jimmy Kimmel said in his opening monologue below, when his late n…
By Jonathan Mandell. Xhloe and Natasha made Edinburgh Festival Fringe history with three consecutive award-winning shows, but even the most successful Fringe acts struggle to break even.
"You'll Be Back" from "Hamilton" with Yiddish lyrics!? That's one of the songs in the 90-minute concert below sung by four cantors and nine Broadway veterans, including Julie Benko, Arielle …
No, theatergoers do not have the Constitutional right to shout "Fire" in a crowded theater. But theater artists can still present queer characters on stage without losing their government gr…
"Weather Girl," a solo play about the California climate apocalypse, was a hit at last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe that Netflix is said to be developing into a series. "Fleabag," "Ba…
"Saturday Church," an amped-up Off-Broadway musical adaptation of a 2017 indie movie of the same name, screams Broadway-level ambition; the screaming is sometimes literal.  The movie w…
"Come from Away" is the most-produced work of theater in the United States this season, according to American Theatre Magazine " the first time the magazine's annual list has included the 20…
Holly Doubet was vacationing in Hawaii in 2018 at a time of tensions between the US and North Korea when an emergency alert warned everybody in the state of an incoming missile attack. "Seek…