Casting is one of director Kenny Leon's special powers, so when he calls Ephraim Sykes "a superstar in the American theater," it's worth paying attention. Leon first took note of Sykes' tale…
Francis Jue's stage career has been happily entwined with the works of David Henry Hwang for 35 years, since Jue understudied the title role in M. Butterfly. Although they look nothing alike…
The crowd-pleasing Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress lets loose a cast of musical comedy all-stars in scenes involving puppets, leeches, a "facts of life" pantomime and, of course, a …
A psychological thrill ride is a rarity on Broadway, which helps explain why Max Wolf Friedlich's new play JOB (as in work, not the Old Testament book) is attracting an enthusiastic audience…
Joshua Boone wasn't looking for a Broadway musical when he heard about The Outsiders. After nabbing two NAACP Image Award nominations for his sensitive lead performance in Tyler Perry's 2022…
Exactly 40 years ago, Betsy Aidem talked her way into John Malkovich's now legendary off-Broadway production of Balm in Gilead alongside future stars Laurie Metcalf, Gary Sinise and Terry Ki…
Imagine a marathon of the plays and musicals that earned Jack O'Brien three Tony Awards and six additional Tony nominations for Best Director. How, we may wonder, did the person who directed…
There's a built-in audience for the new Broadway dance musical Illinoise among fans of Sufjan Stevens' indie rock music and admirers of Justin Peck's choreography for the New York City Balle…
Over the past four years, for obvious reasons, "home" has become a symbol of safety and wellbeing. More than 40 years ago, playwright Samm-Art Williams explored the many meanings of the word…
From aspiring actor to theatrical ad agency executive to four-time Tony-nominated writer of plays and musicals, Rick Elice has seen it all (and then some!) on Broadway. Still boyishly enthus…
On stage, "chemistry" usually refers to a romantic pairing, but in the case of the new musical Hell's Kitchen, it's the perfect description for the teacher-pupil bond between Broadway vetera…
There's an easy way to unleash the positive power of social media: Post a photo of Beth Leavel. "Icon," "Queen" and, simply, "Mother" flood the comments, along with heart and crown emojis, i…
The Outsiders was published in 1967, the year before Adam Rapp was born, but he vividly remembers devouring S.E. Hinton's now-classic YA novel in his dorm room at military school. The tale o…
"Listen to that! Will you listen to that?" Reg Rogers gleefully cries in one of the most joyous moments of Merrily We Roll Along. As Broadway producer Joe Josephson, he's reacting to the ope…
Opening one new musical on Broadway is an enviable accomplishment for any director. But three? In the same season? Michael Greif began 2024 with the Broadway transfer of Days of Wine and Ros…
The last time Maryann Plunkett starred in a Broadway musical, she won the 1987 Best Actress Tony Award, singing with a Cockney accent and dancing the "Lambeth Walk" in Me and My Girl. Almost…
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes another Company revival. Fifty years after Company changed the face of Broadway musicals, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's enduringly modern examinat…
In the lyrical new play Birthday Candles, playwright Noah Haidle dares to imagine 90 years in the life of Ernestine Ashworth, a woman he describes as "a daughter, a girlfriend, a wife, a mot…
Broadway is gearing up for the super-busy spring season, with nine new shows starting previews in the next two weeks. First up, Princess Diana sings, the Lehman Brothers scheme, George and M…
If you crave a good dark comedy, this is your week to head to Broadway: Tracy Letts' The Minutes and Martin McDonagh's Hangmen promise a double-dose of nasty fun. A gorgeous new opera based …
One night in the early 1970s, David Mamet sat in on a poker game played by crooks " and emerged with the idea for a play. Little did he know that American Buffalo would become a modern class…
If your musical bucket list includes Mack & Mabel or Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, you're in luck: Both shows get first-class stagings in the coming week. Also on tap are…
Be our Valentine in a week of must-do events centering on love, marriage and a couple of beheadings. Our list for February 10 through 16 includes six wives, an engaged couple, a family in cr…
In a Broadway-musical landscape that skews heavily toward movie adaptations and jukebox shows, the arrival of an original musical written and directed by three-time Tony Award winner James L…
Music is the tie that binds this week's must-do events, spotlighting the folk rock of Bob Dylan, the Cambodian pop of Dengue Fever and contemporary songs by Young Jean Lee. Check out these e…