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Don't stop believin' Laurie Metcalf bares her soul in moving Broadway play ‘Little Bear Ridge Road’
It’s a hard-hitting, hard-laughing show that combines topics that you arrive at the theater not itching to confront — the COVID pandemic, meth addiction, health insurance, shift pay — into an absorbing story you leave wanting much more of.
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At the Stratford Festival, a back-flipping 'Annie' and hilarious ' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'
October 27, 2025 | 3:46pmThe venerable Canadian theater festival’s revival of “Annie” plays well into December — one of spring-and-summer Stratford’s longest runs ever. So the sun will come out tomorrow, albeit for fewer...
Broadway musicians reach tentative agreement with theater owners — thwarting potential strike
October 23, 2025 | 8:33amThe show will go on!
'Ragtime' review: Broadway revival still misses — but has sensational singing
October 16, 2025 | 11:00pmStripping away the excesses of Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Terrence McNally’s 1996 musical about the turn of the 20th century amplifies its many, many flaws.
The Sphere's high-tech sound system is coming to Radio City
October 9, 2025 | 10:04amThe Rockettes are getting a Christmas present: Radio City Musical Hall is kicking up the sound quality.
'Mamma Mia's' leading lady landed first Broadway role while she was teaching 5th grade
October 4, 2025 | 3:36pmChristine Sherrill was teaching fifth graders in Kenosha, Wisconsin, when she got the call she'd landed her first Broadway role.
Secretive off-Broadway 'Phantom of the Opera' riff is a sexy, hot ticket
September 29, 2025 | 10:09pmIt’s “Sleep No More” meets “The Music of the Night.”
'Rough' Keanu Reeves struggles in mediocre production of stage classic 'Waiting for Godot'
September 28, 2025 | 9:37pmIn the sense that Keanu Reeves shows up for work at “Waiting for Godot,” the play that opened Sunday night on Broadway, the crowd gets what they came for.
Broadway is swarming with celebs again: Who will soar and who will run away in shame?
September 20, 2025 | 2:59pmKeanu Reeves, James Corden, Lea Michele and Kristin Chenoweth star in Broadway shows this fall. Who will fly and who will flop?
Broadway's 'Art' red carpet premiere: Anna Wintour, Goldie Hawn, Paul Rudd and more
September 17, 2025 | 11:49amFrom Anna Wintour to Goldie Hawn, scroll through to see all the best photos from the night.
James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris drone on about paintings in retro Broadway comedy 'Art'
September 16, 2025 | 10:00pmFrench writer Yasmina Reza’s 1998 whine-and-cheese comedy opened at the Music Box Theatre on Tuesday night in an askew revival starring Neil Patrick Harris, James Corden and Bobby Cannavale.
'The Love Boat' cast reunites in NYC for Ted Lange's new Off-Broadway play
September 10, 2025 | 2:41pmIt was a Pacific Princess party.
'Cabaret' closing early on Broadway as star Billy Porter battles 'serious case of sepsis'
September 8, 2025 | 9:30amThe "Cabaret" curtains are closing.
'Twelfth Night' review: Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh and Peter Dinklage yuk it up in Central Park
August 25, 2025 | 3:25pm“Twelfth Night,” a comedy of disguises and mistaken identities, is a smart play to reopen Shakespeare in the Park with after a two-year-long renovation break.
Dolly Parton's Broadway-bound musical gets vicious reactions in Nashville: 'Drag bar in Vegas'
August 23, 2025 | 8:57amWorking 9 to 5? Dolly Parton’s new musical is going to need to be worked on 24/7, 365 to be remotely ready for its planned Broadway bow next year.
Darren Criss returning to Broadway's 'Maybe Happy Ending' after casting backlash
August 21, 2025 | 2:09pmMaybe it is a happy ending for this Broadway musical after all.
Rachel Zegler is breathtaking in an 'Evita' that should come to Broadway
August 20, 2025 | 6:09pmThis bracing revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s “Evita" in London is the best and liveliest in ages.
Audra McDonald claims fan followed her home after ‘Gypsy’ performance
August 18, 2025 | 10:08pm"That's now messing with my safety," the "Gypsy" star said. "And it's not right."
Disney can't get 'Hercules' right — musical doesn't go the distance again in London
August 15, 2025 | 1:45pmHercules is flexing and flailing once more in London at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
‘Mamma Mia!’ review: Back on Broadway, a much-needed summer splash of ABBA
August 15, 2025 | 9:00am“Mamma Mia!” is a much-needed vacation from all the seriousness and drear. The foremother of the old-pop-songs-in-a-new-story genre is still the very best in the game.
How 'Hamilton' shook Broadway 10 years ago in a way it hasn't felt since
August 9, 2025 | 2:25pm2015 was an unbelievably exciting time to be in New York — thanks, in no small part, to Broadway and Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical.