Ragtime Battles Celebrity Factor on Broadway, Closes Proudly
Ragtime's lack of celebrity is one of many reasons why the musical failed to set box office records. While that ultimately led to an early demise, it should wear that as a badge of honor.
Ragtime's lack of celebrity is one of many reasons why the musical failed to set box office records. While that ultimately led to an early demise, it should wear that as a badge of honor.
Nancy Ruhling | Posted 12.29.2009 | New York
She can tap dance and sing. She can play the flute and the piano. Okay, she's better at the flute. All Sarah Bradley needs is a stage -- any stage.
James Sims | Posted 12.28.2009 | Entertainment
Surveying some of Broadway's best offerings over the last couple years, one common storyline jumps out. King Henry VIII and all of the Tudors-related atrocities have seen a prominent revival.
Fern Siegel | Posted 12.28.2009 | New York
Never one to shy from provocative themes, Mamet's latest play, Race, at the Ethel Barrymore, sounds incendiary, but fails to deliver a knockout punch.
Yazmany Arboleda | Posted 12.23.2009 | Entertainment
At a time of debate around "death panels", Anna Deavere Smith brings to life a rich, diverse range of perspectives on how we live and die in America today.
Crain's New York Business | Posted 12.21.2009 | New York
Broadway's theater cleaners, porters and matrons reached an agreement with the Broadway League late Thursday night, averting a potential strike on the...
Kathryn McGarr | Posted 12.16.2009 | New York
At one point, Hyde Pierce and Feinstein said they'd be doing a number originally done by Bing and Frank, "And if you don't know who Bing and Frank are, you're probably in the wrong show." This is true.
Jon Chattman | Posted 12.16.2009 | Entertainment
If you've seen Hair on Broadway, you know how infectiously joyous the cast is and how strong their message of love is. Their energy beams from the orchestra to the nosebleeds in the theater.
Michael Giltz | Posted 12.15.2009 | Entertainment
Is anyone happier on Broadway than the cast of Finian's Rainbow? The musical once considered as problematic as South Pacific appeared in Encores and then transferred to Broadway with rapturous reviews.
Fern Siegel | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York
How are things in Glocca Morra? That question is asked nightly at the St. James, where the revival of Finian's Rainbow offers songs, a love story, a leprechaun and a dollop of politics.
Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment
Catherine Zeta-Jones made her Broadway debut Sunday night as aging actress Desiree in the Stephen Sondheim musical 'A Little Night Music.' She starred...
Jon Chattman | Posted 12.10.2009 | Entertainment
"It's not about vanity," Danny Aiello said sincerely via a phone interview from his New Jersey home. "It wasn't a need to sing. I wanted to sing."
AP | TOM HAYS and CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 12.11.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — A plainclothes cop chased a scam artist through sidewalks crowded with holiday shoppers and tourists Thursday in the heart of Times S...
Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 12.12.2009 | New York
While most conversations about race inspire deep ambivalence if not outright silence, Mamet converts the stage into a raucous racial seminar jacked up on truth serum.
Posted 12.02.2009 | Entertainment
Ashlee Simpson debuted as Roxie in Broadway's "Chicago" Monday night with her sister and husband there to support here. Ashlee, recently let go from ...
AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — From television's favorite psychiatrist to the owner of a French Riviera nightclub: Kelsey Grammer is set to star on Broadway in "La ...
nytimes.com | PATRICK HEALY | Posted 11.26.2009 | Entertainment
"CULTIVATE the appearance of contrition," the character Jack Lawson, a lawyer, tells a white client accused of raping a black woman in "Race," a new p...
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.26.2009 | New York
Ragtime is a sweeping, ambitious revival that, with the election of Barack Obama, carries added resonance. The musical, an adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's novel, is not to be missed.
Cara Joy David | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York
It remains to be seen whether Fela! can survive its producers' blunders and triumph on Broadway. Hopefully it will--it's something different.
Jon Chattman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment
The actress Mary Birdsong has extensive credits in television, film, and the stage, and is currently appearing in the Ephron sisters' latest work, Love, Loss and What I Wore.
Fern Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York
When August: Osage County drama burst on Broadway, it trumpeted the arrival of Tracy Letts, who won the Pulitzer. By contrast, his follow-up effort, Superior Donuts, is a quiet meditation.
Derek Beres | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment
While Kanye West's admitted disdain for books is well known, I reflected on his recent comments while at the Eugene O'Neill Theater watching Fela!, the production based on the life Fela Kuti.
nytimes.com | Gina Kolata | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
Ms. Smith, a tall, imposing woman, takes on the character of her subjects by repeating their exact words, complete with regional accents, ums and uhs ...
Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment
Jennifer Aniston took the stage Monday night to sing 'Yellow Submarine' as part of the 9th Annual 24-Hour Plays on Broadway--a series of six 10-minute...
AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — OK, Cheeseheads. Get ready to visit Broadway. "Vince," a play about the legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, is planned...
James Sims | Posted 12.29.2009 | New York