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I Make Plays. I Write Criticism. I’m Not My Own Enemy.

 “The artist–critic war of attrition is boring. It’s a cliché.” By Sara Holdren
photo essay

Moonlight’s Tarell Alvin McCraney Makes His Broadway Debut

 A peek backstage ahead of Choir Boy’s premiere. By E. Alex Jung
q&a

A Long Talk With Lin-Manuel Miranda

 On Mary Poppins Returns, and Hamilton in Puerto Rico. By Chris Smith
  1. broadway
    Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon to Do Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de LuneBeginning performances on Broadway May 2019.
    By Jackson McHenry
  2. theater review
    Theater Review: Eddie and Dave Tries to Get to What’s RealA deep and gender-flipped dive into Van Halen.
    By Sara Holdren
  3. theater
    Melissa Etheridge Is Working on a Mystic Pizza Musical, As Life Imitates 30 RockSomeone call Jenna Maroney!
    By Jackson McHenry
  4. theater
    Kerry Washington to Reprise Role in Netflix’s Adaptation of American SonThe play’s Tony-winning director, Kenny Leon, will also direct the streaming platform’s adaptation.
    By Halle Kiefer
  5. etiquette
    Lin-Manuel Miranda Shoots His Shot to Shame Hamilton Fan for Recording the ShowIn real time, he tweaked “My Shot” to call out the “lady filming in the fourth row.”
    By Devon Ivie
  7. chat room
    Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel on Waitress, and When She Saved Him From a SharkThe two pals star in the musical until February 3.
    By Jackson McHenry
  8. deaths
    Broadway’s Carol Channing, Star of Hello, Dolly!, Is Dead at 97Channing died at her home in Rancho Mirage, California.
    By Jackson McHenry
  9. party report
    Choir Boy Star Explains the Show’s Most Swoon-Worthy SceneCaleb Eberhardt on what makes a 1976 slow jam perfect for a 2019 story of two black boys navigating love.
    By Zoe Haylock
  10. broadway transfers
    Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me Is Transferring to BroadwayIt will start performances March 19 and run through June 9.
    By Jackson McHenry
  11. don't call it a comeback
    Lin-Manuel Miranda Isn’t Throwing Away His Shot at Doing Hamilton in Puerto RicoTickets, to raise funds for the country, went for $5,000.
    By Devon Ivie
  14. theater review
    Theater Reviews: Northeast Prep and Southern Gothic in Choir Boy and Blue RidgeNew plays from Tarell Alvin McCraney and Abby Rosebrock.
    By Sara Holdren
  15. theater
    Amy Heckerling on the ’90s Hits That Made It Into Clueless, the Musical’N Sync got in. The Backstreet Boys? Sadly, that didn’t work out.
    By Jen Chaney
  16. broadway
    Ingrid Michaelson Directly Targeting Your Tear Ducts With a Notebook MusicalBring on the tears and the stage rain!
    By Jackson McHenry
  17. kennedy center honors
    Hamilton Cast Reunites at the Kennedy Center Honors for Belated Holiday PresentFor free!
    By Devon Ivie
  18. first person
    I Make Plays. I Write Criticism. I’m Not My Own Enemy.“The artist–critic war of attrition is boring. It’s a cliché.”
    By Sara Holdren
  19. last night on late night
    Lin-Manuel Miranda Threw Away His Shot at Performing Hamilton for BeyoncéAnd he’s regretted it ever since.
    By Devon Ivie
  20. best of 2018
    Hear Vulture Writers Discuss the Best Pop Culture of 2018 for Two Glorious HoursMatt Zoller Seitz, Jerry Saltz, Emily Yoshida, Dee Lockett, Sara Holdren, and Maris Kreizman shared favorites from the year in culture.
    By Vulture Editors
  21. broadway
    683 Costumes, 400 Quick Changes, One Wardrobe Team: Backstage at The Cher ShowThe show’s second set of choreography happens in the wings.
    By Jackson McHenry
  22. photo essay
    Moonlight’s Tarell Alvin McCraney Makes His Broadway DebutA peek backstage ahead of Choir Boy’s premiere.
    By E. Alex Jung
  23. q&a
    A Long Talk With Lin-Manuel MirandaOn Mary Poppins Returns, and Hamilton in Puerto Rico.
    By Chris Smith
  26. #metoo
    OITNB’s Yael Stone Accuses Geoffrey Rush of Alleged Sexual MisconductThe Australian actress starred across from Rush in a 2010 production of The Diary of a Madman in Sydney.
    By Halle Kiefer
  27. odd stories
    Someone Make a TV Series About This Musical Playing to Empty Houses in NZLavish sets! Mysterious businessmen! Zero interest from the public!
    By Jackson McHenry
  28. theater review
    Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird Adaptation Walks the WalkBartlet Sher and a superior cast bring a period piece into the present.
    By Sara Holdren
  29. exclusive
    First Listen: The Prom’s Original Broadway Cast RecordingWe just wanna dance with you.
    By Jackson McHenry
  30. broadway transfers
    Dark, Sexy, Reconceived Oklahoma! to Transfer to BroadwayThe new take on the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic earned raves Off Broadway.
    By Jackson McHenry
  31. endings
    After 15 Years of Ruining Unsuspecting Families’ Vacations, Avenue Q to CloseThe show took home Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Original Score at the 2004 Tony Awards
    By Halle Kiefer
  32. off broadway
    Theater Review: Slave Play Blends the Terrifying and the TantalizingThis show understands a good twist.
    By Sara Holdren
  33. best of 2018
    Sara Holdren’s 10 Best Theater Productions of 2018New life for old Greeks and Oklahomans and civics-class speechifying.
    By Sara Holdren
  34. broadway
    Sara Bareilles Will Return to Waitress Once Again in JanuaryThis time Tony winner Gavin Creel will star across from her.
    By Jackson McHenry
  35. theater review
    Theater Review: Can a Cooled-Down Network Bring the Heat?Theater Review: Can a Cooled-Down Network Bring the Heat?
    By Sara Holdren
  38. casting
    Actress Alert: Faye Dunaway Will Play Katharine Hepburn on BroadwayDunaway will star in Matthew Lombardo’s Tea at Five in the summer of 2019.
    By Jackson McHenry
  39. the fan club of knowledge
    The Modern Fan Club of Knowledge: David Mamet on 30 Years’ Talk With Ricky JayDavid Mamet on 30 years of talking with Ricky Jay.
    By David Mamet
  40. apologies
    Kanye Apologizes for His Phone Etiquette During Broadway’s The Cher ShowCast member Jarrod Spector called Yeezy out on Twitter and, look, he’s not going to deny it. But the show was great!
    By Halle Kiefer
  41. theater review
    Theater Review: How Over-the-Top Should The Cher Show Be?Do you believe in life after life?
    By Sara Holdren
  42. kennedy center honors
    Kennedy Center Honors Pay Tribute to Hamilton and Musical LegendsA Trump-less night celebrating the Hamilton team, Cher, Reba McEntire, Philip Glass, jazz legend Wayne Shorter, and art as a transgressive force.
    By Jessica Goldstein
  43. movie adaptations
    A Dear Evan Hansen Movie Is Waving Into DevelopmentAnybody have a script?
    By Jackson McHenry
  44. broadway
    Hadestown Will Sing Its Mythic Tale on Broadway This SpringAnaïs Mitchell’s Greek myth musical will open April 17.
    By Jackson McHenry
  45. theater
    How The Ferryman Wrangles Its Onstage GooseThe fowl in the play.
    By Jackson McHenry
  46. chat room
    Kelli O’Hara on Her Emotional The King and I Reunion, and Learning From AnnaAnd her plans for making Kiss Me, Kate “fresh.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  47. theater
    My Near-Impossible Job: Adapting To Kill a MockingbirdAaron Sorkin on the many challenges of bringing one of America’s most sacred novels to the Broadway stage.
    By Aaron Sorkin
  50. theater
    Kelli O’Hara and Will Chase Introduce Their ‘Reexamined’ Kiss Me, KateAnd discuss what will stay the same.
    By Jackson McHenry
  51. theater review
    Theater Review: A Soft-Edged Production of Tom Stoppard’s The Hard ProblemTom Stoppard’s first new play in a decade gets a production that’s a little cuddlier than we’re accustomed to.
    By Sara Holdren
  52. good one podcast
    The 7 Words That Changed Mike Birbiglia’s Comedy ForeverOn this week’s Good One, Mike Birbiglia talks about his new Broadway show, The New One, and the phrase “I know … I’m in the future also.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  53. remembrances
    Here’s What It Was Like to Collaborate With William GoldmanWill Frears, who directed Misery on Broadway, remembers working with the screenwriting legend.
    By Will Frears
  54. theater review
    Theater Review: The Prom, Where Theater Geeks Belt Away Without ShameAnother funny meta-musical from the team behind ‘The Drowsy Chaperone.’
    By Sara Holdren
  55. theater review
    Theater Review: The Minor-Key K-Pop of Wild Goose DreamsHansol Jung’s play gets a fantastic, enveloping production.
    By Sara Holdren
  56. theater review
    Theater Review: Raúl Esparza Makes a Hard-to-Resist Arturo UiJohn Doyle’s customarily spare production makes Brecht great (again).
    By Sara Holdren
  57. theater
    Phoebe Waller-Bridge Is Bringing the Stage Version of Fleabag to New YorkAt the SoHo Playhouse from February 28 to April 7.
    By Jackson McHenry
  58. theater
    ‘We Pitch and Catch Pretty Good’: Tim and Tyne Daly on Playing SiblingsThe two actors appear onstage together for the first time (with an asterisk) in Downstairs.
    By Jackson McHenry
  59. broadway
    The Prom’s Caitlin Kinnunen Wants to Give Gay Teens a Warmhearted Queer Romance“Not everyone’s queer experience is heartbreaking.”
    By Jackson McHenry
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