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Plays
summer preview 2024
May 24, 2024
11 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See This Summer
From
Titanic
(not the movie) to
Cats
(very much not the movie).
By
Sara Holdren
and
Jackson McHenry
starcrossed
May 22, 2024
Rachel Zegler to Play Juliet for Real This Time
Trading Elizabethan collars for suburban angst.
By
Jason P. Frank
broadway baby
May 13, 2024
George Clooney Is Switching Roles
In a Broadway adaptation of the 2005 film he directed, co-wrote, and starred in,
Good Night, and Good Luck.
By
Jason P. Frank
equity news
May 2, 2024
Patti LuPone Stages a Stage Comeback
She’s starring on Broadway again, alongside Mia Farrow in
The Roommate
.
By
Jason P. Frank
how’d they do it
Apr. 30, 2024
How
Stereophonic
Beat the Tony-Nominations Record
Thirteen nominations? That doesn’t just
happen.
By
Jason P. Frank
award szn
Apr. 30, 2024
The 2024 Tony Award Nominations
Hell’s Kitchen
and
Stereophonic
lead with 13 nods apiece.
By
Jason P. Frank
the south of what?
Apr. 24, 2024
Oh, Mary!
Cole Escola’s Madcap Medley Goes to Broadway
It’s no Booth Theatre, but the Lyceum will do.
By
Jason P. Frank
mom?
Mar. 26, 2024
A Motherquake Is Hitting Broadway!
Paula Vogel’s
Mother Play,
starring Jessica Lange and directed by Tina Landau, starts previews on April 3.
By
Jason P. Frank
drama class
Mar. 26, 2024
Does Victoria Pedretti Even Have a Max Subscription?
She hasn’t seen
Succession
or
The Sopranos
despite acting alongside Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli.
By
Jason P. Frank
effective theater
Dec. 11, 2023
Paapa Essiedu and Taylor Russell to Star in
The Effect
Off Broadway
Succession,
I May Destroy You,
and
Bones and All
collaborators linking up to beautifully destroy your mental state.
By
Jason P. Frank
coming soon
Oct. 4, 2023
The Tonys Are Prepping to Tread the Boards
At the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in June.
By
Jason P. Frank
drama (no literally)
Sept. 11, 2023
What’s the Matter With
Mary Jane
?
Rachel McAdams will make her Broadway debut in the Amy Herzog play.
By
Jason P. Frank
exit interview
Sept. 4, 2023
‘There’s No Cheating in These Plays’
Marin Ireland on the embarrassing part of performing
Uncle Vanya
in an apartment.
By
Jason P. Frank
american football
June 13, 2023
Why Was Aaron Rodgers (Football Player at Large) at the Tonys?
When you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet (no, not that kind).
By
Jason P. Frank
tony awards 2023
June 12, 2023
The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2023 Tony Awards
Unscripted and yet still charming.
By
Jackson McHenry
tony awards 2023
June 11, 2023
The 2023 Tony Award Winners
J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell make history as nonbinary performers.
By
Jason P. Frank
the thing
June 11, 2023
Shhh … Ariana DeBose Opened the Writer-less Tony Awards Without Speaking
No writers means no words, and that means more dancing.
By
Bethy Squires
my fursona is dropping
June 11, 2023
Tony the Tiger Went to the Tony Awards
With Dylan Mulvaney?
By
Bethy Squires
awards watch
June 9, 2023
What Should Win at the 2023 Tony Awards?
A Vulture critic and staff writer unpack the “thin-feeling season.”
By
Devon Ivie
and
Jackson McHenry
broadway bye-byes
Dec. 15, 2022
Ain’t No Mo’
Pushes Back Broadway Closing Date By a Week
Playwright and star Jordan E. Cooper’s call-to-action has worked.
By
Jennifer Zhan
all in the family
Oct. 25, 2022
Don’t Talk to Hugh Jackman or
The Son
Ever Again
Florian Zeller’s spiritual successor to 2020’s Oscar-winning film
The Father.
By
Alejandra Gularte
fall preview
Aug. 31, 2022
29 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See This Fall
How many Pulitzer winners can you fit in one season?
By
Jackson McHenry
batter up!
Aug. 18, 2022
Take Me Out
to Make a Run for Second Base (Return to Broadway)
With Jesses Tyler Ferguson and Williams back on the team.
By
Jason P. Frank
theater review
Aug. 14, 2020
How Parents, Children (and Playwrights) Made
Oedipus Rex
and
Antigone
at Home
Sophocles in Staten Island
is a family affair.
By
Helen Shaw
theater review
July 3, 2020
Uses for a Dull Knife: Productive Boredom in Three Zoomertainments
State vs. Natasha Banina
,
And So We Come Forth
and
Zero Cost House
By
Helen Shaw
theater review
June 13, 2020
Does Interactive Theater Work on Zoom? Two Theaters Switch On the Video
What exactly makes something feel “live”?
By
Helen Shaw
theater
Oct. 1, 2019
How Do You Make the Reverse of
The King and I?
“It’s a future China through the lens of a current-day Asian-American.”
By
Jackson McHenry
hidden treasures
Sept. 17, 2019
Someone Just Found John Milton’s Copy of Shakespeare, Which Is Absolutely Nuts
This is a big f*cking deal.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
plagiarism
July 4, 2019
Idris Elba Denies ‘Offensive and Troubling’ Claims of Plagiarism Over Play
Tree
Sarah Henley and Tori Allen-Martin allege their contributions remain unacknowledged despite working on the production for four years.
By
Halle Kiefer
theater review
June 11, 2019
Theater Review: In the Park, the Warring Wits of
Much Ado About
Nothing
Shakespeare in the Park’s latest production.
By
Sara Holdren
2019 tony awards
June 10, 2019
The Highs and Lows of the 2019 Tony Awards
Cynthia Erivo!!!!
By
Jen Chaney
and
Kathryn VanArendonk
broadway
June 6, 2019
London’s Epic Gay Play
The Inheritance
Is Coming to Broadway This Fall
It racked up awards in the West End.
By
Jackson McHenry
party report
May 30, 2019
Michael Shannon Once Cut Himself Onstage Doing
Frankie and John
ny
Audra McDonald found him a Band-Aid.
By
Benjamin Lindsay
party report
Apr. 19, 2019
John Lithgow Thinks the Clintons Would Have a Hard Time at His New Play
He says it would be “tough.”
By
Benjamin Lindsay
broadway
Apr. 18, 2019
Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge’s Very Sad Monologues Are Going to Broadway
They’ll perform this summer.
By
Jackson McHenry
party report
Apr. 16, 2019
Not Even
Star Wars
Could Prepare Keri Russell for Broadway
“It’s like training for the Olympics.”
By
Benjamin Lindsay
theater talk
Apr. 16, 2019
Claudia Rankine on Death, Reparations, and Becoming a Playwright
The celebrated author of
Citizen
talks about her new play,
The White Card —
also Mo’Nique, bad reviews, and marketable death.
By
Morgan Jerkins
photography
Mar. 5, 2019
How Ethan Hawke Transforms Into a ‘Cowboy’ Drifter for
True West
“When you’re doing eight shows a week, the life of an actor becomes very similar to the life of an athlete.”
By
Hunter Harris
broadway transfers
Jan. 14, 2019
Heidi Schreck’s
What the Constitution Means to Me
Is Transferring to Broadway
It will start performances March 19 and run through June 9.
By
Jackson McHenry
party report
Nov. 5, 2018
Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale on What They’d Do If Trump Came to Their Play
“I would hope that it would crack his heart open.”
By
Benjamin Lindsay
party report
Nov. 2, 2018
The
Ugly Betty
Cast Would Revive the Show ‘In a Minute!’
“We can make one of the characters a Trump supporter if we have to.”
By
Nicole Weaver
tonys 2018
May 29, 2018
Tom Hollander Talks Playing a ‘Grumpy’ and ‘Immortal’ Brit on American Stages
“He’s a sort of Brexiteer.”
By
Sara Holdren
last night on late night
Mar. 10, 2018
David Byrne Wants to Turn Jared Kushner’s Life Into a Modern Greek Tragedy
Tagline: “I can’t let what happened to my daddy happen to me.”
By
Devon Ivie
Feb. 23, 2018
Well, David Mamet Has Written a Play About Harvey Weinstein
It’s currently called
Bitter Wheat
and there’s an actor interested in the lead role.
By
Jackson McHenry
Feb. 6, 2018
Talking Improv, Marriage, Cats, and Musicals with Jeff Hiller
You know Jeff Hiller, or you recognize his face. His disapproving, glowering mug can be seen in every customer service position in every auteur […]
By
Bethy Squires
Aug. 7, 2017
Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key Will Make Their Broadway Debuts in […]
Steve Martin has a new Broadway play in the works called Meteor Shower, and he’s assembled a solid cast of comedic actors. Today it was […]
By
Megh Wright
theater
July 19, 2017
Tony Kushner Is Working on a Play About Trump, Who Is ‘Borderline Psychotic’
“It’s terrifying because he has all the power, but without the mental faculties he ought to have.”
By
Jackson McHenry
June 9, 2017
Tony Awards Predictions 2017: Who’s Most Likely to Win?
This year, there’s only one sure Bette.
By
Jason Clark
theater week
June 9, 2017
Lynn Nottage on Broadway Diversity and Why She Writes About Working People
“I want to reclaim my own history as part of American history and assert my presence.”
By
E. Alex Jung
May 1, 2017
The Genius of Jordan Temple’s ‘Hidden Fences’
LIGHTS UP on a team of scientists in lab coats who gather around taking notes of a single man who is swinging a baseball on a string held […]
By
Brock Wilbur
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