Interview
Read interviews with luminaries of the stage.
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By Mark Peikert | 12/12/2018Lin-Manuel Miranda helps bring happiness back to our lives as Jack the lamplighter in the original movie musical. -
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By Logan Culwell-Block | 12/11/2018Music director and arranger Mary-Mitchell Campbell fused theatrical storytelling with studio technology for a pop album that’s topping the Billboard charts.
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By Mark Peikert | 12/10/2018The Drama Desk-nominated musical, directed by Hunter Foster, returns to Off-Broadway—and is better than ever.
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By Olivia Clement |The interior designer for the immersive The Dead, 1904, transports New York theatregoers to Ireland, circa 1900.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 12/06/2018His show-shifting point of view reveals new layers to Broadway’s favorite outcast.
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By Mark Peikert | 12/06/2018The Tony-winning director behind A View From the Bridge reimagines the Oscar-winning Paddy Chayefsky film in his immersive new production.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 12/04/2018The creator and sole performer of a theatrical experience you’ve never had before.
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By Mark Peikert | 12/03/2018After Britain’s Got Talent and performing for The Queen, the magician will next wow The Great White Way.
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By Olivia Clement | 12/02/2018Harris debuts Slave Play at New York Theatre Workshop and "Daddy" with The New Group and The Vineyard, while still a third-year student at Yale.
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By Mark Peikert | 12/01/2018The Tony nominee shares the story of creating The Cher Show as a musical—and the bonding moment with the superstar he’ll never forget.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/29/2018The 24-year-old actor is redefining the role of the romantic lead onstage and off.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/26/2018Before honoring dance legends Michael Bennett, Alvin Ailey, and more for World AIDS Day November 30, Allen shares personal stories from home rehearsals, how dance helps Grey’s Anatomy, and her invaluable advice.
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By Barry Singer | 11/25/2018The Tony winner shares tales from the West End production of The King and I revival—ahead of its cinema screening—and preparing for Broadway’s Kiss Me, Kate.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/24/2018The duo talk about the inspiration for the Ruben & Clay Christmas Show playing at the Imperial beginning December 7.
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Off-Broadway News
By Roberto Araujo | 11/21/2018Jocelyn Bioh's acclaimed comedy returns to MCC at the Lucille Lortel through December 9.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/18/2018Two powerhouse women of color talk to each other about their art, equality in theatre, their own biases, and their love of puppies.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/18/2018Behind the decision for the gender swap more than two years into the show’s Broadway run.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/17/2018The four-time Tony-winning director reveals backstage secrets about Hello, Dolly!, Guys & Dolls, Lend Me a Tenor, and more.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/15/2018You may recognize him from Narcos and Lost, but the actor has a busy career on the stage.
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By Keith Loria | 11/14/2018The former High School Musical and In The Heights star finds a sweet spot in nostalgia stories like Arena Stage’s Anything Goes and Broadway’s Kiss Me, Kate.
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By Olivia Clement | 11/13/2018The four-time Tony winner questions the existence of morality in his latest venture at Lincoln Center Theater.
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By Mark Peikert | 11/12/2018Chad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar provide old-school Broadway and contemporary tunes for their original musical comedy The Prom.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/11/2018With soaring music set to lyrics from the poem’s of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Off-Broadway’s Renascence pushes boundaries with the story of the Jazz Age poet.
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By Olivia Clement | 11/11/2018The Manhattan Theatre Club’s artistic director has nurtured new voices into household names.
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By Robert Viagas | 11/10/2018How the Michael Bennett musical prompted a seismic shift for Broadway, the theatre, and dancers for decades to come.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/10/2018The Tony-nominated director reveals his process, tales of working with Robin Williams, and why his goal is to make Harvey Fierstein happy.
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By Mark Peikert | 11/08/2018After multiple Off-Broadway successes, Birbiglia brings his latest solo show The New One to the Main Stem.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/07/2018Puppet designer Sonny Tilders and Kong movement director Gavin Robins reveal the fusion of technology and human power needed to create a 2,000-pound silverback gorilla onstage.
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By Olivia Clement | 11/06/2018How her family inspired Jez Butterworth’s new play and the part that won her an Olivier Award.
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By Mark Peikert | 11/05/2018The question that preoccupies the Tony-winning actor and drew her to play this flawed matriarch.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/04/2018The acclaimed star of Off-Broadway’s Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof shares his unconventional perspective on the famous character.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/04/2018Directed by Joel Grey, the production from the National Yiddish Theatre of Folksbiene unearths a richer meaning in the musical classic.
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By Mark Peikert | 11/03/2018What the star hopes to bring to her dream role in Broadway’s My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center Theater.
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By Thomas Connors | 11/02/2018The playwright reveals the making of her Lady in Denmark, now playing at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
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By Ryan McPhee | 11/02/2018The Tony nominee celebrates the release of her new album, Sondheim Sublime, with a return engagement at Feinstein's/54 Below.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 11/01/2018Imogen Heap talks about creating the Drama Desk-winning score ahead of the album release November 2—plus an exclusive preview of the liner notes!
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/29/2018What to expect when the Tony-winning play from director Michael Grandage comes to cinemas November 7.
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By Olivia Clement | 10/28/2018The playwright of Sugar in Our Wounds and Fireflies and his director tell stories about the marginalized of the marginalized.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/25/2018Tony-nominated composer Stanley Silverman talks about writing music for plays, including memories of Paul Simon’s The Capeman.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/22/2018What a cast album producer does, how it differs from pop music producers, and the traits necessary to become one of the greats.
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By Keith Loria | 10/22/2018Lee Wilkof looks back at the 1982 production and the upcoming special revival at Washington, D.C.,’s Kennedy Center.
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By Adam Hetrick | 10/21/2018Lorna Luft, entertainer and daughter of Judy Garland, shares intimated details about the making of her parents’ version of A Star Is Born, her new book about it, her childhood, and going into the family business.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/20/2018Tony winner Ted Sperling and John Miller created NYU Broadway Orchestra to train students in the skills specific to landing a job on Broadway.
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By Olivia Clement | 10/17/2018Playwright Emily Mann brings the feminist icon’s story to the Daryl Roth Theatre in a surprising format.
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By Cleo Aukland | 10/16/2018Harada will play the Witch in a one-night-only concert presented by the National Asian Artists’ Project and Prospect Theater Company.
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By Felicia Fitzpatrick | 10/15/2018The playwright doesn’t want to write “poverty porn”—she wants to make you laugh with her MCC Theater return.
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By Mervyn Rothstein | 10/14/2018The television and theatre director talks about his directing principles, a mistake that guided his career, and the new play at the Public Theater.
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By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/10/2018The Tony winner talks theatre versus television, starring as The Lion King’s original Nala, and her upcoming solo concerts.
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Broadway’s Idina Menzel Shares Rent Memories and This Exclusive Live Recording of 'No Day But Today'By Ruthie Fierberg | 10/09/2018Ahead of the release of her live album idina: live, the Tony winner remembers singing “Seasons of Love” for the first time and more.
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By Ryan McPhee | 10/08/2018The Tony-winning writer behind the famed play passes the torch to star Michael Urie and the team behind the upcoming Broadway outing.
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