If there’s one American musical theater composer who could pull off a Broadway trifecta, it’d be Lin-Manuel Miranda. New York…
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In ‘The Unbelievers,’ Lauren Ambrose lives inside every parent’s nightmare
“You have no idea what it’s like.” People have said that to me several times while I’ve tried to be…
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I went to Ogunquit for a musical and left with a crush on Carl Sprinchorn
I came to Ogunquit for a world-premiere musical and a lobster roll. I left thinking about a Swedish painter I’d…
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The hardest-working performer in this new musical never takes a bow
What if a musical’s central character wasn’t a person, but an organ? Enter The Heart, a pulsating, if occasionally arrhythmic,…
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Bradley Whitford unleashes the line you came to hear in ‘A Few Good Men’
A lot of testosterone is oozing off the Vivian Beaumont stage, and Aaron Sorkin fans will likely lap it up.…
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‘Spring Awakening’ gets a stylist. Will it sell seats?
Can a red-carpet look fill a theater seat? Seaview is about to find out. The producers have named Nuuly, the…
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The boldest theater in NYC this fall comes with a cast of one
Some of the best theater I’ve seen this fall has been solo shows. In fact, Billy Crystal’s 860 was just…
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Why has Rachel Kaly been to the hospital 300 times and the Hamptons only once?
Rachel Kaly wants you to know she isn’t well, and over the course of her solo show, Hospital Hour, she…
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What happened to John Mellencamp’s Jack and Diane? Hint: don’t drink the water
Anyone who grew up in the 80s will remember “Jack & Diane,” the chart-topping single from American Fool. The little…
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Cheeyang Ng won big in Edinburgh. Now they’re questioning what ‘winning’ looks like.
I discovered Cheeyang Ng on social media, where they posted a video for “In the Beginning” from their solo show…
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