200 stories by "Michael Appler"
Nollywood Dreams, a new play by Jocelyn Bioh making its world premiere, will begin previews on March 19 and open on April 13 at the off-Broadway Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space. Directed …
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are reuniting on stage in a John Benjamin Hickey-directed revival of Neil Simon's 1968 play, Plaza Suite. The play three couples who…
Gerald S. Krone, a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company who joined Douglas Turner Ward and Robert Hooks in building a landmark center for African-American theater, died on February …
Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show, Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige plays a selection of show tunes…
To celebrate Black History Month, we asked black theater-makers to tell us about the African-American artists who inspired them. Over the course of February, 15 actors, singers and choreogra…
Years before Timothy Leary popularized psychedelic experimentation, LSD found a home in Hollywood. Lysergic acid diethylamide"then legal"was used in elite circles during the 1950s, emp…
The Perplexed, Tony-winner Richard Greenberg's new play about two tumultous families gathered in the massive library of a gaudy Fifth Avenue apartment, opens off-Broadway at the Manhat…
This week, the queens turned introspective in episode 5 of Abby Mueller's vlog, Yas, Queen! Mueller asked leading ladies Andrea Macasaet, Samantha Pauly, Brittney Mack, Adrianna …
James Cromwell met his Sardi's self on February 27. He was the latest Broadway star to receive a Sardi's restaurant portrait. Cromwell is currently starring in Bess Wohl's Grand Hor…
In honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com asked actors, directors and playwrights to tell us about black theater-makers who inspired them. Stars jumped at the chance to honor those…
Back to the Future, a new musical based on Robert Zemeckis' hit 1985 movie, is making its world premiere in London. As previously announced, the new musical will run from February 20 through…
Colton Ryan is currently on Broadway in Girl From the North Country, but the Belasco Theatre isn't the most exciting place he's performed recently. On February 25, Ryan and his fellow castma…
In honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com asked actors, directors and playwrights to tell us about black theater-makers who inspired them. Stars jumped at the chance to honor those…
In honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com asked actors, directors and playwrights to tell us about black theater-makers who inspired them. Stars jumped at the chance to honor those…
The 1981-1982 Broadway season was one for the ages. Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince's historic Broadway flop, Merrily We Roll Along, opened and closed in 12 days; a month later, Dreamg…
The cast of Girl From the North Country, Conor McPherson's new musical about American life in the Great Depression set to Bob Dylan's songbook (though not to first use it!), made an appea…
All the Natalie Portmans, C.A. Johnson's new off-Broadway play about a young, queer black girl whose imaginations of Natalie Portman offer an escape from a troubled home and alcoholic …
In honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com asked actors, directors and playwrights to tell us about black theater-makers who inspired them. Stars jumped at the chance to honor those…
Emojiland, a new "textistential" musical about a band of emojis who must to learn to embrace the changes wrought by a smartphone update, was a surprise fan favorite when it opened off-…
In honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com asked actors, directors and playwrights to tell us about black theater-makers who inspired them. Stars jumped at the chance to honor those…
Cambodian Rock Band, Lauren Yee's new off-Broadway play that uses music to talk about the Khmer Rouge genocide, is about a lot more than history and trauma. Written by an Asian-American p…
West Side Story celebrated its Broadway opening night at the Broadway Theatre on February 20. Director Ivo van Hove's radical reimagining of the classic American musical from Leonard B…
The Minutes, two-time Tony winner Tracy Letts' new dramedy that unleashes a fracturing American political spirit from within a mundane town hall meeting, will open on Broadway on March…
"West Side Story changed my life," said Harolyn Blackwell, who played Francisca, a Shark girl, in the 1980 Broadway revival. On February 20, Blackwell was on the opening night red carpet …
In honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com asked actors, directors and playwrights to tell us about black theater-makers who inspired them. Stars jumped at the chance to honor those…