Theater
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Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire Movie ‘Holiday Inn’ Heads to Broadway in New Musical Adaptation
Roundabout Theatre production will premiere in 2016, with new book based on 1941 Hollywood classic and tunes from entire Irving Berlin catalog
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‘Steve’ Theater Review: Same-Sex Marriage Can Be Anything But Gay
Mark Gerrard borrows from the Terrence McNally school of insult humor, with Kristin Chenoweth and Audra McDonald being trashed in jokes that don’t land
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson Returns to Broadway in 1-Man Comedy ‘Fully Committed’
“Modern Family” star will play 40 characters in production opening April 2016
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‘Incident at Vichy’ Theater Review: Arthur Miller Rarity Looks Back at WWII France
The playwright is at his best with the back and forth on whether the Nazis have no table manners or are the best audiences for music in the world
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‘Misery’ Broadway Review: Bruce Willis, Laurie Metcalf Play Crazy Cat and Injured Mouse
Willis gives a credible performance, but as a stage actor he doesn’t show much invention or variety
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Daniel Radcliffe on Harry Potter Play: Seeing Another Actor as Wizard ‘Would Be Very Weird’ (Video)
Actor will not reprise iconic role in upcoming stage play by JK Rowling
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‘A View From the Bridge’ Broadway Review: Ivo van Hove Strips Arthur Miller to the Bare Bone
Mark Strong, in a powerful performance, turns Eddie Carbone’s tragedy into an utter inability and unwillingness to understand his own motives
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White Actor Cast as Martin Luther King Jr. Outrages ‘Mountaintop’ Playwright
Writer Katori Hall calls the casting choice in a recent Ohio production “a self-serving and disrespectful directing exercise”
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‘Dada Woof Papa Hot’ Theater Review: John Benjamin Hickey Grapples With New Kind of Marriage
Peter Parnell has a real ear for mixing up the new gay (family values) with the old gay (great, uninhibited sex), and having his lead character torn between the two
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‘Lost Girls’ Theater Review: Piper Perabo Is Mad as Hell at Men and Everybody Else
The men in John Pollono’s new play are so verbally battered by women they could qualify for FEMA
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‘Allegiance’ Broadway Review: George Takei Looks Back at World War II
Rather than focusing on the injustices suffered by Japanese Americans, this new musical finds its voice in the characters’ varied responses to discrimination
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‘On Your Feet!’ Broadway Review: Emilio and Gloria Estefan Pay Tribute to Their Own Success
As self-promoting hagiographies go, this new jukebox musical makes “Trump: The Art of the Deal” look modest
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‘King Charles III’ Broadway Review: Princess Di’s a Ghost and Kate’s a Real Witch
Mike Bartlett’s new play about the royal family has a smarmy appeal for theatergoers who’ve never read People magazine
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‘Therese Raquin’ Broadway Review: Keira Knightley Gets Caught Between Tragedy and Grand Guignol in Debut
Not everything goes wrong. As Therese’s lover, Matt Ryan is appropriately studly and manages to produce few laughs despite being stuck with clunky lines
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Broadway PR Vet Rick Miramontez Joins DKC to Form National Theater Division
New DKC/O&M unit will represent Broadway and live nationwide
