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Read interviews with luminaries of the stage.
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By Olivia Clement | 10/17/2018Playwright Emily Mann brings the feminist icon’s story to the Daryl Roth Theatre in a surprising format. -
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By Cleo Aukland | 10/16/2018Harada will play the Witch in a one-night-only concert presented by the National Asian Artists’ Project and Prospect Theater Company.
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By Felicia Fitzpatrick | 10/15/2018The playwright doesn’t want to write “poverty porn”—she wants to make you laugh with her MCC Theater return.
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By Mervyn Rothstein | 10/14/2018The television and theatre director talks about his directing principles, a mistake that guided his career, and the new play at the Public Theater.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/10/2018The Tony winner talks theatre versus television, starring as The Lion King’s original Nala, and her upcoming solo concerts.
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Broadway’s Idina Menzel Shares Rent Memories and This Exclusive Live Recording of 'No Day But Today'By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/09/2018Ahead of the release of her live album idina: live, the Tony winner remembers singing “Seasons of Love” for the first time and more.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/08/2018The Tony-winning writer behind the famed play passes the torch to star Michael Urie and the team behind the upcoming Broadway outing.
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By Olivia Clement | 10/06/2018The artistic director weighs voice, relevance, and style to program new work at the Off-Broadway venue at Lincoln Center Theater.
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By Olivia Clement | 10/05/2018After earing an Oscar nomination for Lonergan’s Manchester By the Sea on screen, Hedges takes to the stage in the playwright’s The Waverly Gallery.
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By Olivia Clement | 10/02/2018The Tony nominee unintentionally marks a theatre milestone with the production starring Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, and Daniel Radcliffe.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/01/2018Tony Award–winning director Kenny Leon and Emmy-nominated actor Kerry Washington deliver authenticity and artistry in the new American play.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 09/30/2018"The Mayor of Broadway" talks about being honored by Bill and Dorothy Berloni at the fifth annual event October 15.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 09/29/2018The real-life husband and wife have a long history with musical theatre—and their Waitress songwriter Sara Bareilles.
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By Ryan McPhee | 09/24/2018The Today Show's perennial favorite makes his Broadway debut October 5.
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By Mervyn Rothstein | 09/24/2018The Obie winner opens up about his directing style, his most recent What the Constitution Means to Me, and his dream of doing more musicals after tick...tick...BOOM!.
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By Olivia Clement | 09/22/2018The cast and creative team of the critically acclaimed AGNES open up about inclusivity and acting with Autism Spectrum Disorder—and why they chose to speak anonymously.
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Classic Arts Features
By Ryan McPhee | 09/21/2018The Tony-winning director talks helming the Met’s 2018–2019 season opener, Samson et Dalila.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 09/20/2018Get a glimpse at the animated characters voiced by Broadway’s Diggs, Rannells, Josh Gad, and Rory O’Malley.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 09/17/2018The three recipients of the Del Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Art of Stage Management share advice and anecdotes from their decades working with titans like Cynthia Nixon, Wendy Wasserstein, Ted Shawn, and more.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 09/16/2018Director-choreographer Christopher Wheeldon shares preliminary details of the production.
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Film & TV Features
By Ryan McPhee | 09/15/2018For Bel Canto, a director and a vocal coach came together to make an Oscar winner an opera star—with the help of an actual opera star.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 09/12/2018Ben West shares the musical theatre history gems unearthed while he created his new documentary musical.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 09/10/2018The filming of the London production of the acclaimed Gershwin musical hits cinemas September 20
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By Thomas Connors | 09/09/2018The author of Drama Desk-winning Harry Clarke discusses his latest work at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre beginning September 15.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 09/08/2018Project Runway all-star Helen Castillo reveals the concept behind her new costume for the long-running Off-Broadway show.
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By Olivia Clement | 09/07/2018From a converted church to a Brooklyn tobacco warehouse, artistic director Susan Feldman ensures the company produces daring theatre—no matter the space.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 09/06/2018The One Man, Two Guvnors playwright serves up this sport-driven comedy starring Johanna Day, John Ellison Conlee, and more.
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By Shoshy Ciment | 09/06/2018The Samuel J. Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts is the premiere medical provider for New York’s entertainment community.
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By Olivia Clement | 09/05/2018Desperate Measures writers Peter Kellogg and David Friedman share the secret sauce behind their Drama Desk-winning, sold-out Off-Broadway transfer.
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By Mervyn Rothstein | 09/04/2018The Obie– and Lortel-winning director shares her directing principles, her vision for City Center’s Encores! Off-Center, and how she embraced being a female authority in the room.
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By Ryan McPhee | 09/03/2018How the actor found comfort in pushing herself to play the fearless, outspoken character.
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By Olivia Clement | 09/02/2018The writer behind Prelude to a Kiss and The Light in the Piazza uses separate but simultaneous casts of Deaf and hearing actors for the play’s Playwrights Horizons bow.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 08/26/2018After wowing audiences with his subtle performance in the Pulitzer-winning Sweat, Albán brings his talent to the big screen.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 08/25/2018Nominated for So You Think You Can Dance, Blackstone reveals the philosophy that guides his screen work and his classes at Broadway Dance Center and STEPS.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 08/23/2018The Gettin’ the Band Back Together star reveals the sources for his Tygen Billows.
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Angels in America’s Tony Kushner and Mean Girls’ Tina Fey Talk Each Other’s Genius in Warmly, JordanBy Ruthie Fierberg | 08/21/2018Read this excerpt of their illuminating conversation with theatre mogul Jordan Roth from his new email magazine.
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By Barry Singer | 08/19/2018The actors playing Tuptim and Lun Tha reveal how director Bartlett Sher steered them towards a fresh take on their Rodgers and Hammerstein romance.
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By Mervyn Rothstein | 08/18/2018Having learned from legends like Agnes de Mille and Jerome Robbins, the director-choreographer shares the philosophy that led him to hits like Hairspray, Kinky Boots, and this summer’s Pretty Woman.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 08/16/2018Dear Evan Hansen associate director Adam Quinn and star of the Dear Evan Hansen national tour Jared Goldsmith premiere MAZKAPAN: A New Magical Musical at Green Room 42 on August 19.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 08/14/2018The star of the new movie musical adaptation shares advice from new coaching book Connie de Veer and Jan Elfline.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 08/10/2018Over 100 million Americans have engaged with a licensed Disney show—how the theatrical behemoth did it and why it’s important to theatrelovers everywhere.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 08/10/2018After writing jokes for Jay Leno and warming up for Stephen Colbert, comedian Paul Mecurio comes to Off-Broadway with Permission to Speak.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 08/08/2018Disney’s new musical adaptation from Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey premieres August 10 on Disney Channel.
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By Mark Peikert | 08/07/2018How the Tony-winning director behind Urinetown and his team created a Broadway musical out of improv.
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By Olivia Clement | 08/06/2018The musical from Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz took a never-before-seen path to its sold-out Off-Broadway run.
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By Olivia Clement | 08/05/2018The Spanish-language theatre has become a landmark and now celebrates its 50th anniversary season.
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By Shoshy Ciment | 08/03/2018Why playwright Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj knew he had to write Little Rock.
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By Mervyn Rothstein | 07/29/2018The Tony-winning director peels back the curtain on his process and his vision for Peter Yanowitz and Stephen Trask’s This Ain’t No Disco.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 07/26/2018The people and productions that make this Tony-winning regional theatre one to visit.
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