Inside Berlin’s Bedroom: ‘LOFT’
Cast of ‘Loft.’ Image via Andy Phillpson. Have you ever fantasized about living with a bunch of twenty-something acrobatic circus performers? Hey, we’ve all got our fetishes. Leave it to “the 7...
View Article‘Hit the Wall’ Takes a Swing at the 1969 Stonewall Riots
The cast of “Hit the Wall.” (photo: Matt Murphy) The producers of Hit the Wall, a new play by Ike Holter, would like you to believe that that there is a revolution happening at the Barrow Street...
View ArticleTony! Tony! Watch Nominations Live…
2012 Tony Award-winners James Corden, Audra McDonald, Nina Arianda, and Steve Kazee. (photo: Anita and Steve Shevett/Shevett Studios) The Broadway Blog Editor Matthew Wexler fills us in: I’m having a...
View Article‘Kinky Boots’ Leads With 13 Tony Nominations; Tom Hanks Nominated for ‘Lucky...
Left: Billy Porter in “Kinky Boots.” (photo: Matthew Murphy) / Right: Bailey Ryon, Milly Shapiro, Sophia Gennusa and Oona Laurence, who share the title role in “Matilda The Musical.” (photo: Joan...
View ArticleInternational Dublin Gay Theatre Festival Set to Make Oscar Wilde Proud
Image via IDGTF. The year 2004 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde and to celebrate this occasion, the International Dublin Gay Theater Festival began delighting guests with new...
View ArticleNeil Patrick Harris is Back as Host of the Tony Awards
Image via Facebook. With the Tony Award-nominations announcement last week, we knew it was just a few days before they would let us know who would host the star-studded event. We couldn’t be more...
View ArticleGayfest NYC Gives Voice to LGBT-Themed Plays
The original BASiC Theatre Project cast of “Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.” (photo: Catherine Bell) Now in its fifth season Gayfest NYC 2013 presents “new plays for our times,”...
View Article‘The Divine Sister’ by Charles Busch Opens Today in San Francisco
Image via Facebook. We’re sure this raucous show at the New Conservatory Theater Center is going to blow the wimple right off your head. From Charles Busch comes a comedy about a nun. According to...
View ArticleReview: ‘Sontag Reborn’ at New York Theatre Workshop
“Sontag: Reborn” featuring Moe Angelos. (photo: Joan Marcus) “The journal gives us the workshop of the writer’s soul.” –Susan Sontag, “The Artist as Exemplary Sufferer “ from Against Interpretations...
View ArticleReview: Jane Lynch Joins the Cast of ‘Annie’
The Broadway Blog’s editor Matthew Wexler is hopeful that the sun will come out tomorrow now that Jane Lynch has joined the cast of Annie. Looks like it’s partly cloudy… Jane Lynch as Miss Hannigan in...
View ArticleThe New York Musical Theatre Festival Turns Ten
(photo: New York Musical Theatre Festival) Brights Lights. Big City. Broadway is the place of dreams, but many a show has gotten its start with humbler beginnings — including some top-notch productions...
View Article‘Buyer and Cellar’ Star Michael Urie Talks Babs & Betty
Michael Urie in “Buyer and Cellar”. Photo by Sandra Coudert. Michael Urie is a diva. Or at least he plays a diva, among many other characters, in the critically-acclaimed one-man show Buyer and Cellar....
View ArticleAmazing Race Gets ‘Bingo Queens’ for Race 23
Image via CBS Photos by Wesley Horton Cycle 23 of the hit-show The Amazing Race is about to get some serious sass from Rowan and Shane the “queens of bingo.” Their show, “The Queen of Bingo,” where...
View ArticleSally Struthers Steps Into ‘Hello, Dolly!’ 50th Anniversary Tour
Sally Struthers (www.hellodollyontour.com) The parade is about to pass by, this time with beloved star of stage and screen, Sally Struthers, stepping into the iconic role of Dolly Levi. Winner of 10...
View ArticleReview: ‘Stick Fly’ at Arden Theatre Company
The cast of “Stick Fly” at Arden Theatre Company. (photo: Mark Garvin) When the character of Cheryl enters with her feather duster and dances around the solid white living room, pausing to kiss one of...
View ArticleTheater Buff: Matthew Montelongo of ‘One Night’
Matthew Montelongo. Image via Matthew Montelongo. Name: Matthew Montelongo Hometown: I was born and raised in Independence, MO. Current Show/Role: I’m currently performing numerous roles (they all have...
View ArticleBig Lies in Murky Waters: ‘Big Fish’ and ‘Lies My Father Told Me’ Reviewed
Kate Baldwin and Norbert Leo Butz in “Big Fish.” Photo via Paul Kolnik. An unusual theme appears on the New York stage this fall as two musicals, each in its own way, tackles the subjects of fatherhood...
View Article‘Brokeback Mountain’ the Musical?
Image via River Road Entertainment via Buzzfeed. The beloved short story (and the equally hot 2005 movie) Brokeback Mountain is getting the musical treatment. Opening at Madrid’s Teatro Real at the end...
View ArticleBroadway Goes Green
Willemijn Verkaik as Elphaba in “Wicked.” “It’s not that easy being green,” says Kermit the Frog, but that’s not stopping The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA), which celebrates its fifth year and the...
View ArticleDivas are Doin’ It Right in New York City
Image via Divine Divas It was with a sad heart that we said goodbye to ProBar in Atlantic City and its floor-mate Divas Do AC. But just as fast as the curtains closed on that AC stage, another set...
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