200 stories by "Michael Appler"
It was a historic week for the queendom in episode 4 of Abby Mueller's vlog, Yas, Queen! The cast of Six began previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, and most of them"including An…
Mrs. Doubtfire is the latest in a steady stream of movie-to-musical adaptations on Broadway, and the Jerry Zaks-directed reimagining of Robin Williams-led film comedy met the press on …
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…
Jessica Phillips plays Heidi Hansen on Broadway, the loving, work-strained single mom in Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's long-running musical Dear Evan Hansen. Phillips stepped into the r…
David Byrne's American Utopia announced that it will return to Broadway for a 17-week staging next fall and winter. It just completed its run on Broadway on February 16. American Ut…
American Buffalo, David Mamet's foul-mouthed 1977 Broadway play about three hustlers conspiring in a Chicago junk shop to steal a man's rare coin collection, will be revived on Broa…
Six, Broadway's newest West End transfer about the six ex-wives of King Henry VIII, hasn't played a full week of performances, but the new musical's already filling houses at the Br…
Lynn Cohen, an admired character actress who cultivated a regular presence off-Broadway since the late 1970s, died in New York City on February 14. She was 86.
Cohen appeared on Broadway tw…
David Byrne's American Utopia has extended its box office-breaking run at the Hudson Theatre for a further five days. The production, initially set to the close on February 16, will now end …
Danny Burstein, Aaron Tveit and the company of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, director Alex Timbers' Broadway adaptation of the beloved Baz Luhrmann film, performed for Good Morning America o…
Harry Townsend's Last Stand, George Eastman's new off-Broadway comedy at New York City Center Stage II, celebrated 100 performances on February 17. Tony winner Len Cariou (and original…
Michael Arden, who was Tony nominated for directing the revivals of Spring Awakening (2016) and Once on This Island (2018), will make his feature film debut directing The Book of…
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…
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, Elaine Paige reviews a production of Bet…
Oh, the little things you do together. The cast and creatives of Company, director Marianne Elliott's gender-bending revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's classic musical a…
Flying Over Sunset, set to begin previews at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on March 12, is right in the middle of rehearsals. On February 13, the cast of the new musical previewed a few …
Jordan Fisher recently joined Ben Platt, Taylor Trensch and Andrew Barth Feldman as the fourth actor to play the title role in Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's Tony-winning …
Flying Over Sunset, set to begin previews at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on March 12, is right in the middle of rehearsals. On February 13, the cast of the new musical previewed a few …
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…
Manhattan Concert Productions is staging a one-night-only concert of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on February 17 at Lincoln Center…
Yes, Hannah Ann lied to Peter on The Bachelor and the queens of Six are shook. This week, in the third episode of her vlog, Yas, Queen!, Abby Mueller took viewers to the Br…
Lauren Yee's exploration of memory and music under the Khmer Rouge, Cambodian Rock Band, opens on February 24 at The Signature Center. Starring Courtney Reed, Francis Jue and Joe Ngo w…
Adam Kantor just might be Broadway's go-to typecast for the dreamy hopeless romantic. In Next to Normal, he played Henry, the loner love interest who dotes over Natalie. In Fiddler on the…
The producers of the upcoming movie adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's musical 13 announced on February 12 that they are holding an open casting call for the film, requesting gen…