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Exhibition of ‘Spectacular Costumes from Stage and Screen’ on 42nd Street

If you’re someone who’s dazzled by the design of a show and love the character-defining clothing worn by the cast, there’s a new must-see exhibition opening this week that shines a spotlight on...

Travis Nesbitt gives the 411 on The Boy Band Project’s debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below

On Sunday night, August 22, The Boy Band Project – the award-winning group of rotating musical-theater stars from on and off Broadway, recreating, reimagining, and revitalizing the sound, moves, and...

Original cast recording of Joe Iconis’s ‘Love in Hate Nation’ coming this Fall

Ghostlight Records and Two River Theater have announced that the label is recording an original cast album today (Monday, August 2), for release in the Fall, of the Joe Iconis musical Love in Hate...

Summer reading selections for theater-lovers

With the imminent reopening of Broadway, theater-lovers can get back into the mood and in the know with these suggestions for summer reading. From recent plays to an independent take-off on a new...

For Quotidian’s farewell, an encore of its Horton Foote world premiere

Theater grande dame Jane Squier Bruns, starring in ‘The Day Emily Married,’ talks about the challenge of playing ‘the mother from hell.’

All of Broadway to require proof of COVID vaccination

Audience members, performers, backstage crew, and theater staff must show proof of shots or negative test at least through October 20.

Theater-related podcasts gain popularity

Podcasts have been popular for a long time, but the shutdown has brought house-bound theater professionals many new reasons to create their own audio recordings. The combination of having more spare...

Broadway legends James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim are ‘Putting It Together’ with The Town Hall

At the beginning of his career in 1982, playwright and director James Lapine met legendary Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Shortly thereafter, they decided to write a musical...

Due to variant concern, DC theatergoers still reluctant to return, says new study

And 7 in 10 favor allowing only vaccinated patrons to attend.

News for developing actors and writers from Maggie Flanigan Studio and Theater Breaking Through Barriers

With the gradual reopening of the performing arts to live and in-person events comes news from two important NYC organizations that foster the development of the theater and its artists. Founded by...

A new audio musical thriller with an all-star cast on Broadway Podcast Network

The eerie sound of the theremin – an electronic musical instrument patented in 1928 by its eponymous inventor and controlled by the movement of the hands of its player, without making any physical...

NYSAF continues its summer programming with new musicals by Michael R. Jackson and Billy Porter

New York Stage and Film (NYSAF), which has operated as a vital incubator for artists and their work for the past 37 years, continues its 2021 summer programming, running through August 2, with...

A virtual revival of the Broadway musical ‘First Date’ streams live this weekend

Watch real-life married couple and American Idol alums Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young meet and try to find love all over again in this weekend’s livestream of First Date, presented exclusively on Stellar...

NYTF celebrates ‘A Yiddish Renaissance’ and Zalmen Mlotek’s 70th birthday

On Monday, July 26, beginning at 2 pm, more than 140 actors, singers, and musicians from across globe will come together remotely with the award-winning National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF) for...

Watch Tony-winning stars in an encore streaming of the hilarious ‘Judgment Day’ on Stellar

In association with Stellar Events, Barrington Stage Company (BSC), located in Pittsfield, MA, is streaming an encore presentation of last summer’s audience favorite Judgment Day by Rob Ulin...

A benefit concert from Disney on Broadway reopens the New Amsterdam Theatre

Last night, Broadway’s historic New Amsterdam Theatre – built in 1902–03, and located at 214 West 42nd Street, in the center of Midtown Manhattan and the NYC Theater District – reopened with Live at...

Disney on Broadway returns live this weekend

In advance of the return of its popular musicals to theaters this fall, Disney on Broadway presents Live at the New Am – a concert to benefit The Actors Fund and to celebrate the reopening of Broadway...

A live talk on his new book ‘In the Heights: Finding Home’ with Lin-Manuel Miranda

As part of the series Live Talks Los Angeles, Stellar is streaming An Evening with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes & Jeremy McCarter on Wednesday, July 21, beginning at 9 pm EST (6 pm PST)....

The Daily Show Writers Stand-Up Tour is coming and I can’t wait

A fan and pracitioner of satire riffs on post-COVID late-night comedy and why hosts have turned into YouTubers.

ADM21 releases film of ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do’ in memory of Nick Cordero

In keeping with its vision of creating and maintaining a “Living Archive” of great works of musical theater choreography, American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (ADM21) – a 501c3 non-profit...

Mauricio Martínez returns live to Feinstein’s/54 Below

This Wednesday, July 21, Mauricio Martínez makes his live return to Feinstein’s/54 Below with a brand-new show, Mauricio Martínez: Back on 54th Street. The NYC-based Mexican-born International Emmy...

John Kander and Lin-Manuel Miranda in virtual conversation to support the Vineyard Theatre

Off-Broadway’s acclaimed Vineyard Theatre concludes its 2021 Gala Series on Thursday, July 22, beginning at 7 pm, with a live watch party featuring a conversation between two of Broadway’s greatest...

Get out of the city for a flashback to the ‘Totally Awesome 80s’ with Broadway stars at Bristol Riverside Theatre

Bristol Riverside Theatre’s outdoor performance of Totally Awesome 80s at Bristol Township’s new open-air amphitheater – a great day trip and an easy ride down I95 to Bucks County, near the scenic...

Applications now open for free ‘Write It Out!’ virtual workshop with Donja R. Love

Created in 2019 by award-winning playwright Donja R. Love (one in two), and supported by partners National Queer Theater, The Lark, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, MOBI, The Each Other Project, and...

Broadway stars parody Golden Age musicals in ‘Schmigadoon’ on Apple TV+

With the extended shutdown of theaters during the past sixteen months of the pandemic, many favorites of the Broadway stage have crossed over to the big and small screens. Making its global debut on...

Watch ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder’ and ‘The Jimmy Awards’ online tonight and on demand

Theater-lovers have two great online options to choose from this evening, with a benefit reading of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder and the virtual ceremony of the 12th Jimmy Awards. If you can’t...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s Forrest McClendon

Actor and educator Forrest McClendon is famous to fans everywhere for his Tony-nominated blockbuster performance as Mr. Tambo in The Scottsboro Boys and his later reprisal of the role in the London...

A new play with music about ‘The Last Boy’ to survive Terezin concentration camp

The world-premiere workshop engagement of The Last Boy in the Second Republic of SHKID, a new play with music by Steven Fisher, opened at Off-Broadway’s Theatre at St. Clement’s on July 10, with the...

Free sculpture, sound, and performance installation ‘You Are Here’ at Lincoln Center

As part of its ongoing Restart Stages initiative – activating and reimagining outdoor public spaces for our new era through artistic and community involvement – Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts...

A spectacular view of the city in The Ride’s ‘Eyes on New York’ at Staten Island’s Empire Outlets

If you’re a fan of song, dance, and circus arts, you’ll be amazed by The Ride’s latest venture, Eyes on New York, presented at Empire Outlets, located on Staten Island’s large natural harbor. If...

Storytellers Theater Arts to offer ‘Hamlet’ live and outdoors

Storytellers Theater Arts Professional Acting Company presents Hamlet by William Shakespeare performed outdoors live and outdoors July 22 to 31, 2021. Directed by Terry Sweet Bouma, the production...

New short play festival on the theme of ‘Restoration’ from Red Bull

Off-Broadway’s acclaimed Red Bull Theater will livestream its 11th Annual Short New Play Festival: Restoration on Monday, July 12, beginning at 7:30 pm. Featuring seven world premieres in one night,...

Nicolas King looks back at the past year in ‘Hindsight is 2020’ at The Green Room 42

Since the age of four, the prodigious Nicolas King has been performing, with appearances in three Broadway shows (Beauty and the Beast, A Thousand Clowns opposite Tom Selleck, and Hollywood Arms...

Monumental’s ‘Songs for a New World’ is breathtaking

These top-tier performers make fabulously good music.

Theatre World Awards to present special honors in a virtual celebration on Sunday

As a result of the pandemic shutdown of the 2020 Broadway season, the Theatre World Awards – presented annually since 1944, in recognition of twelve outstanding debut performances on and off Broadway...

Feinstein’s/54 Below kicks off new livestream series with Andrew Barth Feldman

In December 2020, Feinstein’s/54 Below launched its pandemic-time virtual series 54 Below Premieres, featuring online streams of all-new concerts in cinematic five-camera HD shoots for in-home...

World premiere of ‘The Wake of Dorcas Kelly’ at The Players Theatre

Dorcas (aka Darkey) Kelly (d. 1761) was a real-life Irish madam who operated The Maiden Tower brothel in Copper Alley, Dublin. Accused of killing shoemaker John Dowling on St. Patrick’s Day of 1760,...

‘Elf the Musical’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre gives a yuletide gift in July

Postponed from last winter, a spectacularly imaginative show with an exceptionally talented cast.

National Theatre announces inaugural Brandon Victor Dixon awards for excellence in high school musical theater

The newest regional partner of ‘The Jimmy Awards’ (the National High School Musical Theatre Awards).

Virtual Open House at the Neighborhood Playhouse, home of the Meisner Technique

New York’s famed Neighborhood Playhouse will host a virtual Open House for interested applicants on Thursday, July 8, at 5:30 pm. Attendees can join Playhouse faculty and alumni for an evening of...

Benefit auction of Hirschfeld prints signed by Broadway stars

In partnership with top auction houses Christie’s and Charitybuzz, The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is offering 20 limited-edition prints by the eponymous caricaturist for an online auction, with proceeds...

New solo satire ‘Clowntime’ debuts at Dance Loft on 14

Playwright and performer John Feffer imagines an alternate universe where comedy is not only king but dictator.

See Jackie Hoffman live in ‘Fruma-Sarah’ at the cell

Stage and screen star Jackie Hoffman – known for her Emmy-nominated role of ‘Mamacita’ from FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan, her critically acclaimed Off-Broadway appearance in the Yiddish production of...

An online exhibition of canine stars of the stage and screen by Al Hirschfeld

Canines take center stage in the latest virtual art exhibition from The Al Hirschfeld Foundation, The Dog Show: Hounds by Hirschfeld. Running through Sunday, August 15, the exhibit features drawings...

Two online picks for Pride weekend from The Seeing Place and Playbill

Continue the celebration of Pride month with two new virtual programs streaming from NYC this weekend. Off-Broadway’s The Seeing Place Theater continues its online presentation of the world-premiere...

It’s a win-win for ‘George Salazar & Joe Iconis: Two-Player Game’ at Feinstein’s/54 Below

Everyone was a winner in George Salazar & Joe Iconis: Two-Player Game, a series of six reopening-week shows at Feinstein’s/54 Below, playing June 17-24. Both brought their A-game to “Broadway’s living...

The return of ‘Jim Caruso’s Cast Party’ to Birdland

With the reopening of NYC performance venues comes the long-awaited return of Jim Caruso’s Cast Party to Birdland Jazz Club, live and in person every Monday, at 8 pm, beginning on July 5, with Billy...

Hip-hop improv sensation ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ returns to Broadway

Not only is Freestyle Love Supreme, the highly-acclaimed hip-hop improv hit created by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale, the recipient of a 2020 Special Tony Award for its...

Feinstein’s/54 Below goes up on the roof with ‘Broadway Live Cinema Festival’ at AMC

This summer’s inaugural Broadway Live Cinema Festival, the new film and live performance events honoring Broadway and movie musicals, will make its debut next month at AMC Empire 25, located in the...

Corbin Bleu slated to host ‘The Jimmy Awards’ on July 15

It was just announced that stage, film, and television star Corbin Bleu, who most recently appeared on Broadway in the 2019 hit musical revival of Kiss Me, Kate, will host the 2021 National High...