Broadway

exclusive May 31, 2019

Hadestown First Listen: Hear 3 Songs From the New Broadway Cast RecordingYou’ve waited for it.

By Jackson McHenry

party report May 30, 2019

Michael Shannon Once Cut Himself Onstage Doing Frankie and JohnnyAudra McDonald found him a Band-Aid.

By Benjamin Lindsay

fosse/verdon May 28, 2019

Nicole Fosse on Her Father, Her Mother, and HerselfThe daughter of Broadway legends Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon opens up about reliving her “odd” childhood through a TV show.

By Matt Zoller Seitz

broadway May 28, 2019

Mean Girls Musical Casts 19-Year-Old Jimmy Awards Winner Reneé Rapp As ReginaSoon all of Broadway will be teens.

By Jackson McHenry

chat room May 24, 2019

Celia Keenan-Bolger’s Scout Finch Is Good Enough to Convince Kids She’s a KidShe’s Tony-nominated for her role in To Kill a Mockingbird.

By Jackson McHenry

theater May 23, 2019

Magic Mike Musical Grinds to a Halt, Cancels Boston RunMost of the show’s creative team recently left the project.

By Jackson McHenry

set design May 21, 2019

Bodies, Entrails, and Blood: Behind Gary’s Gruesome (Yet Funny) Scenic DesignHow do you make a pile of dead bodies seem funny?

By Jackson McHenry

the theater May 18, 2019

And You May Find Yourself Seeing David Byrne on Broadway!American Utopia is coming this fall.

By Devon Ivie

broadway May 9, 2019

A Mrs. Doubtfire Musical Is in the WorksWith this and Aladdin, Broadway is going to be 48% Robin Williams IP very soon.

By Bethy Squires

revivals May 6, 2019

The Inevitable Post-Hamilton Revival of 1776 Is Coming to BroadwayDiane Paulus is directing.

By Jackson McHenry

gallery May 3, 2019

See the Faces of the 2019 Tony NomineesLaurie Metcalf, Jeremy Pope, Jeff Daniels, and more.

By Jackson McHenry

fosse/verdon Apr. 30, 2019

How Fosse/Verdon’s Characters Compare to Their Real-Life CounterpartsWe’ve combed through Fosse/Verdon’s expansive cast to highlight the 15 real-life figures you need to know.

By Benjamin Lindsay

tony awards Apr. 30, 2019

Hadestown and The Ferryman Lead the 2019 Tony Award NominationsTo Kill a Mockingbird was a surprise snub for Best Play.

By Jackson McHenry

swallow the moon Apr. 25, 2019

How The Prom Wrote a Fake Showstopper That Still WorksThe story behind “The Lady’s Improving.”

By Jackson McHenry

party report Apr. 19, 2019

John Lithgow Thinks the Clintons Would Have a Hard Time at His New PlayHe says it would be “tough.”

By Benjamin Lindsay

broadway Apr. 18, 2019

Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge’s Very Sad Monologues Are Going to BroadwayThey’ll perform this summer.

By Jackson McHenry

party report Apr. 16, 2019

Not Even Star Wars Could Prepare Keri Russell for Broadway“It’s like training for the Olympics.”

By Benjamin Lindsay

theater Apr. 16, 2019

The Annette Bening MethodOn Broadway in a new production of All My Sons, she’ll overprepare — and then wing it.

By David Edelstein

broadway Apr. 14, 2019

Laurie Metcalf and Eddie Izzard Invite You to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Bring your own brandy. Domestic discord will be provided.

By Halle Kiefer

documentaries Apr. 10, 2019

Scott Rudin Is Producing a To Kill a Mockingbird Documentary for HBOLikely to air this fall.

By Jackson McHenry

timeline Apr. 9, 2019

A Guide to Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon’s Long, Knotty RelationshipFosse/Verdon jumps in time through the highs and lows of its central pair’s long working and personal relationship, so here’s a chronological guide.

By Noel Murray

trailer mix Apr. 9, 2019

Watch a Spectacular Spectacular New Trailer for the Moulin Rouge! MusicalFlying away to Broadway this June.

By Jackson McHenry

broadway Apr. 3, 2019

How Hadestown Grew From Community Theater Project to BroadwayThe mythic folk musical took the long route from concept album to Broadway.

By Jackson McHenry

roll clip! Apr. 2, 2019

Enjoy Eva Noblezada’s Epic Take on ‘Go the Distance’Heroic!

By Jackson McHenry

back on top Apr. 2, 2019

Patti LuPone Arrives on Twitter to Announce She Cannot Be Contained by It“Fuck that.”

By Jackson McHenry

roll clip! Mar. 27, 2019

Enjoy a Close-Up View of My Fair Lady’s ‘Get Me to the Church on Time’Look inside “Get Me to the Church on Time.”

By Jackson McHenry

broadway Mar. 26, 2019

A Princess Bride Musical Is Looking More … ConceivableDavid Yazbek is working on the music, while Bob Martin and Rick Elice are writing the book.

By Jackson McHenry

broadway Mar. 25, 2019

Sutton Foster Will Return to Broadway As Marian in Hugh Jackman’s The Music ManThe show opens October 2020.

By Jackson McHenry

broadway Mar. 23, 2019

Chilli and T-Boz Are Working on a TLC Broadway MusicalThe surviving members of TLC are writing new music for their Broadway debut.

By Bethy Squires

spring preview Mar. 20, 2019

Spring Theater Preview: Hadestown, Heidi Schreck, and More We Can’t Wait to SeeSo many plays!

By Jackson McHenry

behind the scenes Mar. 19, 2019

When a Theater Reviewer Becomes the One Being ReviewedI was this magazine’s theater critic. Now I’ve co-written Broadway’s Beetlejuice: The Musical. Those jobs have one big thing in common.

By Scott Brown

theater Mar. 13, 2019

Amy Schumer and Richard Jenkins to Star Movie Version of Tony-Winning The HumansThe cast includes Jayne Houdyshell and Steven Yeun.

By Katie Rothstein and Jackson McHenry

broadway Mar. 13, 2019

Greatest Showman Hugh Jackman Is Coming Back to Broadway in The Music ManHarold Hill arrives October 2020.

By Jackson McHenry

theater Mar. 12, 2019

A Britney Spears Musical Is Coming to Chicago on Its Way to BroadwayOnce Upon a One More Time melds fairy tales with Britney with The Feminine Mystique.

By Jackson McHenry

spring theater Mar. 8, 2019

In King Lear, Glenda Jackson Conquers Her Everest“You’re seeing something you’ll never see again,” Sam Gold says of directing her in the title role on Broadway.

By Jackson McHenry

spring theater Mar. 6, 2019

How Viral Sensation Be More Chill Hopes to Become Broadway’s Next Big ThingIt’s about high school, friendship, and an evil singing algorithm — how could it miss?

By Jackson McHenry

broadway Mar. 5, 2019

TV’s Nashville Is Being Developed as a Broadway MusicalIt’ll have all-new music — sorry, “Telescope” stans.

By Jackson McHenry

photography Mar. 5, 2019

How Ethan Hawke Transforms Into a ‘Cowboy’ Drifter for True West“When you’re doing eight shows a week, the life of an actor becomes very similar to the life of an athlete.”

By Hunter Harris

spring theater Mar. 5, 2019

Tony Kushner and Heidi Schreck Talk About What the Constitution Means to MeIn advance of Constitution’s transfer to Broadway, Kushner and Schreck talk about his favorite new play and its reverberations large and small.

By Sara Holdren

broadway Mar. 4, 2019