11+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1667+ words) Broadway and Off-Broadway are heading into fall with major stars, surprising crossovers, record-breaking runs and a few farewells. Julia Roberts is returning to Broadway after two decades, & Juliet has set its closing date, Billy Porter is about to sing about…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1660+ words) What makes this Pops season particularly attractive is its range. Bond one month, Broadway the next, Christmas in December, emerging voices in February and Spielberg and Williams in March. It doesn’t require audiences to choose between popular culture and great…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1690+ words) 1. “I Hear America Singing” — WorkingThis is where I would begin. Stephen Schwartz’s musical adaptation of Studs Terkel’s Working is built around the voices of ordinary American workers, and this number makes labor itself the American chorus. Different jobs, different lives,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1628+ words) Before Rachel Zegler returns to Broadway as Eva Perón, she is making a considerably less formal stop in Cuba. The Olivier and Golden Globe Award winner will host the next “dance-along” performance of the Tony and Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1656+ words) Broadway will go dark for a moment on Tuesday, September 8 at 6:45 p.m., when the marquees of all 41 Broadway theatres dim simultaneously in memory of 13 artists and industry figures whose work helped shape the theatre—and, in several cases, American culture far…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1638+ words) The Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men continues to assemble an impressive company around the previously announced Bradley Whitford, who will play Col. Nathan R. Jessep, and Tom Blyth as Lt. Daniel Kaffee. Rodriguez is an especially…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1627+ words) Broadway packed a weekend bag, left Times Square behind and headed north. On Friday, August 14, the inaugural The Festival opened at Hutton Brickyards Riverfront Hotel + Venue in Kingston, New York, transforming the Hudson River waterfront into something Broadway has rarely…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1347+ words) Also newly released is Sappho: The Poetess, a London EP written and performed by Hayley Canham. The August 12 Center Stage Records release gives the ancient Greek poet a contemporary musical voice, joining the continuing wave of theatre composers rediscovering women…...