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225 stories by "Michael Schulman"

Patti LuPone Is Done with Broadway - and Almost Everything Else by Michael Schulman

The seventy-six-year-old theatre diva, famed and feared for her salty bravado, dishes on Hal Prince, her non-friendship with Audra McDonald, and sexy but dumb New York Rangers.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 2:33pm on May 26, 2025[SHARE]

Richard Kind Is the Perfect Second Banana by Michael Schulman

The inveterate character actor discusses Don Quixote, his time as George Clooney's roommate, and his latest gig: m.c.ing John Mulaney's absurdist talk show.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:56am on May 11, 2025[SHARE]

How the Academy Awards Have Adapted to Catastrophe by Michael Schulman

The L.A. wildfires have resurfaced an old question: Are times too dark for a glitzy awards ceremony?

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 11:59am on January 23, 2025[SHARE]

The Liberated Life of Colman Domingo by Michael Schulman

The actor discusses the West Philly musicians that inspired his style; the rejection that nearly made him quit show business; and the experience of making "Sing Sing" with former members of …

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 9:35am on January 12, 2025[SHARE]

A Tattoo Homage to Norma Desmond by Michael Schulman

Jamie Lloyd, the very inked director of the new Broadway revival of "Sunset Boulevard," gets a new tattoo inspired by the show.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on October 14, 2024[SHARE]

Jonathan Groff Rolls Merrily Back by Michael Schulman

The actor reflects on his journey in reverse: from his latest Tony nomination to his arrival in New York, waiting tables and dreaming of Broadway.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on June 2, 2024[SHARE]

Recalling Meryl Streep's "Half-Assed Genuflection" by Michael Schulman

Sister Margaret McEntee inspired the play "Doubt," by her former pupil John Patrick Shanley. Her fellow Sisters of Charity went to see the Broadway revival.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on March 15, 2024[SHARE]

Broadway vs. the Pedicabs by Michael Schulman

Essentially boom boxes on three wheels, the bicycle-drawn carriages are prompting theatre owners to push back.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on January 8, 2024[SHARE]

An Oedipal Fish Story on Broadway by Michael Schulman

The actor Robert Shaw used to bring his son Ian to the "Jaws" set. Now Ian's playing his dad in "The Shark Is Broken," his play about the mechanical predator.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on July 24, 2023[SHARE]

Recap: The Unscripted 2023 Tony Awards by Michael Schulman

It was a big night for the off-kilter appeal of "Kimberly Akimbo," the nonbinary winners Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee, and try-hard musical-theatre-kid energy.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:34pm on June 12, 2023[SHARE]

"The Phantom of the Opera" Takes a Final Bow by Vinson Cunningham, Michael Schulman, Helen Shaw

Vinson Cunningham, Helen Shaw, and Michael Schulman revisit Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega-musical.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 4:32pm on April 19, 2023[SHARE]

Spring Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Adrienne Warren stars in "Room," Rachel Chavkin directs the satire "The Thanksgiving Play," accident-prone Brits put on "Peter Pan Goes Wrong," and more.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on March 3, 2023[SHARE]

Winter Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford in "Sweeney Todd," Aaron Sorkin's revised "Camelot," Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat together onstage, and more.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 4, 2022[SHARE]

Fall Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

The Broadway transfer of "KPOP," "1776" with a twist, Tom Stoppard's personal new play, "Leopoldstadt," and more.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on August 5, 2022[SHARE]

An Iranian Actor's Journey to Broadway by Michael Schulman

Houshang Touzie parked cars and got punched by Mr. T on "The A-Team" before being cast in the theatrical version of Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner."

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on July 25, 2022[SHARE]

The 2022 Tony Awards: How Broadway Got Its Groove Back by Michael Schulman

Ariana DeBose shined as the host, Michael R. Jackson's "A Strange Loop" was deservedly awarded, and the night was high-spirited fun.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:39pm on June 13, 2022[SHARE]

Summer Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Danai Gurira plays Richard III at Shakespeare in the Park, "The Kite Runner" opens on Broadway, Elevator Repair Service adapts Chekhov for "Seagull," and more.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on May 6, 2022[SHARE]

Neverland Comes to Broadway by Michael Schulman

Meet the parents who thought it was a good idea to have their kids audition to play young Michael Jackson.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on March 21, 2022[SHARE]

Spring Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Michael R. Jackson's salty musical "A Strange Loop," Beanie Feldstein in "Funny Girl," Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga in "Macbeth," and more.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on March 4, 2022[SHARE]

Stephen Sondheim Taught Me How to Be a Person by Michael Schulman

I borrowed his cast albums from my school library so many times that the librarians finally let me keep them.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 1:59pm on November 27, 2021[SHARE]

Lin-Manuel Miranda Goes in Search of Lost Time by Michael Schulman

The "Hamilton" creator's directorial début, "Tick, Tick . . . Boom!," channels the bohemian life and spirit of the theatre composer Jonathan Larson.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 14, 2021[SHARE]

Winter Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster in "The Music Man," Beanie Feldstein in "Funny Girl," Lynn Nottage's "MJ," and more.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on November 5, 2021[SHARE]

Bringing Barbershop Talk to the Stage by Michael Schulman

To plug Keenan Scott II's new play, "Thoughts of a Colored Man," the producers sent a mobile barbershop around the city, in an attempt to diversify a Broadway audience that, Scott says, ofte…

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on October 18, 2021[SHARE]

The Tony Awards Are Telling You Broadway's Not Going by Michael Schulman

The awards ceremony was a pep rally and a processing of trauma, but it also raised questions about inclusivity.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:07pm on September 27, 2021[SHARE]

Fall Theatre Preview by Michael Schulman

Last spring's doomed Broadway season is revived, along with plays by Lynn Nottage, Alice Childress, Lucas Hnath, Annie Baker, and more.

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 6:00am on August 6, 2021[SHARE]
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