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...
Liz Neumark | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York
Last week ended with a grand and glorious finale - a ticker tape parade tribute to the NY Yankees and their dedicated fans, and for this caterer, a day to be swept up in the enthusiasm.
Jon Chattman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment
The boys may get all the press in the Tony Award-winning musical Billy Elliot, but anyone who has seen the show knows veteran character actor Gregory Jbara subtly steals the show.
Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact
Have you ever done a double-take of a street performer or homeless person on your way to work? CBS News reported that last year, New York City police ...
Jeff Rivera | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment
We had the opportunity to chat with off-Broadway star, Chantal Nchako. She's definitely someone to watch in the coming years as her career is heating...
David Finkle | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York
Too often the only review that counts is the Times pronouncement via Ben Brantley or Charles Isherwood. This time Brantley's response was not what's known as "a money notice."
Brad Schreiber | Posted 11.01.2009 | Entertainment
There is nothing inherently wrong with movie and TV stars being big draws on Broadway, watching them on seats in the mezzanine that are so narrow they make you feel morbidly obese.
nypost.com | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment
The pressure of acting on Broadway a block away from ex Jude Law is apparently getting to Sienna Miller. The beauty got teary on the street when the p...
Fern Siegel | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York
Broadway reviewed: a reminder of how wonderful revivals can be, a family story of burgeoning sexuality and a musical about the epicenter of R&B and soul.
nytimes.com | Patrick Healy | Posted 10.29.2009 | Entertainment
Two weeks after a group of deaf actors protested the choice of a hearing actor for a deaf role in an upcoming Off Broadway production, the issue has s...
AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — From spunky "Little Miss Sunshine" to an even more heroic young girl. Abigail Breslin will play Helen Keller in the first Broadway r...
Ashley Van Buren | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment
Carrie Fisher has been called a lot of things in her life: an actress; an author; a wife (twice); an alcoholic; bipolar; the Princess of Alderaan; and a product of Hollywood inbreeding.
nytimes.com | Patrick Healy | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York
The new multimillion-dollar Broadway "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark" is now expected to start previews and open this spring later than scheduled, beca...
Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment
Sienna Miller made her Broadway debut with "After Miss Julie" Thursday night. The not-so-slutty Brit came to the opening night party afterward in a sh...
Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment
From Tchaikovsky to Broadway, Butterfly to Frankie Valli and Shalom, Toronto is truly alive with The Sound of Music!
Posted 12.02.2009 | Entertainment