159 stories by "Scott Heller"
Lea Michele, Adrien Brody and other boldface names were left out, while June Squibb, André De Shields and Layton Williams as an iceberg were among the surprises.
Get ready for the Tony Awards with songs from Sylvester, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Queensrÿche and more.
Ensemble-driven plays like "Purpose" and "English" received a slew of nominations, while Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal and Idina Menzel were overlooked.
It was a strong year for female directors, a play featuring music and American productions.
Tony nominators singled out new faces and set up fascinating face-offs, but missed the chance to recognize a Native American breakthrough.
We spoke to three actors and a playwright " Gregg Mozgala, Bonnie Milligan, Solea Pfeiffer and Noah Diaz " who are taking big shots this season.
In a 34-year run at New York Theater Workshop, James C. Nicola held that directors and writers are equal partners " and helped send "Rent" and "Hadestown" to Broadway.
Several stars, including Daniel Craig and Sarah Jessica Parker, were not nominated for their performances, while "Paradise Square" became one of the season's most-nominated shows.
After nearly six decades and many false starts, the musical is returning to Broadway, with Beanie Feldstein taking on the role that made Barbra Streisand a star.
Digital innovation continued this year, but experiencing plays in isolation grew tiring. Then came an in-person season as exciting as a child's first fireworks.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Patti LuPone, Judi Dench and an all-star Zoom trio find the wit, pathos and heartbreak in a remarkable songbook.
Audra McDonald, Bernadette Peters, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others mourned and celebrated the essential composer and lyricist, who died at 91.
Listening to the album. Singing along at the show. And wearing a loincloth to play the title role. All fresh in our readers' minds in the 50 years since.
The pandemic pause has prompted a prizewinning cohort to ask hard questions about salaries, working in other media and choosing collaboration over "scarcity."
After a lost live 2020, the theater will stage a musical at a museum's reflecting pool and an immersive show, all over town, based on real events.
In the 50 years since the musical's debut, revivals and concerts have served its great songs to great stars. Who'd be our Broadway babies 25 years from now?
With their field rocked by unprecedented challenges in 2020, these people and groups " some notable, some new " stepped into the breach.
It wasn't the year for celebration. But watching innovation flourish inspired our chief critic, while other writers found the joys of the stage in other media.
Our theater experts provide a guide to some of the successful (and failed) cinematic adaptations of plays and musicals " all for your streaming pleasure.
After criticism over gender parity, Pearl Cleage, Larissa FastHorse, Adrienne Kennedy and Sarah Ruhl will be featured in the spring.
One night only: "This is Our Youth," "Uncle Vanya," two Mamet plays, and more. With casts that include Morgan Freeman, Laurie Metcalf and Lucas Hedges.
End unpaid internships. Set term limits for leaders. Get real about inclusion. Take performances to the streets. Say yes to joy, and no to couch plays.
Shakespeare in the Park and other outdoor venues are shut. But for performers and directors, open-air memories are as sharp as the bite of a mosquito.
Miranda's rap. Rylance's poems. Jackman's pelvis. And a brassy reunion for Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury. Now set your clock for "Turkey Lurkey Time."
Harvey Fierstein, Betty Buckley and more on the sunny songwriter behind "Hello, Dolly!" and "Mame," who hoped that even a flop would find a second life.
