115 stories by "Julia Jacobs"
The actor had been hankering to get back to Broadway after last appearing there in the 1990s. "Hangmen," for which he received a Tony nomination, gave him that chance.
Alison Leiby had just performed her show "Oh God, a Show About Abortion" when she learned of the leaked draft opinion showing that the court could be on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade.
Abi Stafford Lillo left City Ballet amid a family feud and a dispute over whether a choreographer had body-shamed her or she lacked the strength to dance her final role.
With their award for "The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical," two musical theater newcomers won against veterans like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Schwartz.
Back from the brink of extinction, the Off Off Broadway fixture is testing a new structure that gives artists the autonomy they demanded.
Harrison Ball, Jovani Furlan and Peter Walker were elevated to replace a trio of retiring " or soon to retire " dancers.
Before leading her first Broadway musical in "Paradise Square," she had long deferred to others in the rehearsal room " until she realized how much she has to share.
The influential dance festival is returning to its indoor theater after the pandemic complicated the last two seasons.
After the pandemic pause, nearly 130 costumes had to be remade for a cast that's older and taller. Built in? Ways to adjust them back down in size.
"I would ask you to sit back and luxuriate in his extraordinary words and music," the director John Doyle said before Friday's performance of the "Assassins" revival.
Audra McDonald, Bernadette Peters, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others mourned and celebrated the essential composer and lyricist, who died at 91.
A post in a family Facebook group led an actor and a musician in the Broadway musical to discover that they are distant cousins.
Unity Phelan and Indiana Woodward will become principal dancers, helping to fill a gap left by an unusually high number of retirements.
The stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film scored 10 Tony Awards on Sunday, making it the night's big winner.
Lopez's drama, inspired by the novel "Howards End" by E.M. Forster, is a sprawling two-part play about gay culture in the wake of the AIDS epidemic.
Accepting the award, the director Kenny Leon said the names of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, two Black people killed by the police last year.
Lin-Manuel Miranda takes the stage and Al Roker revs up the crowd on a night of Broadway reopenings.
Setting the mood for the evening, the show's creator joined fans on the street to celebrate the return of Broadway.
A finance leader and Michael R. Bloomberg's partner, Ms. Taylor is the first woman to chair the company's board.
Theater and agriculture intersect at Willow Wisp Organic Farm, where an arts collective performs site-specific plays about climate change amid the greenhouses and flower beds.
Mitchell Taylor Button was accused of abuse, and his wife, Dusty Button, a dancer with a large Instagram following, was accused of participating in some of it but not named as a defendant.
The festival, which runs from Aug. 11 to Sept. 5, features a flurry of music, dance, and comedy performances from both established and emerging artists.
Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis, both ensemble members, will be the first pair to lead the company in its history.
The Broadway Advocacy Coalition, "David Byrne's American Utopia" and "Freestyle Love Supreme" win Special Tonys.
The island's first performances, by Broadway Inspirational Voices choir, were post-pandemic catharsis for both the singers and the audience.
