Theater

  1. bullies
    Scott Rudin Made Rita Wilson Feel ‘Worthless’ After Breast Cancer Diagnosis“He is the kind of person who makes someone feel worthless, unvaluable, and replaceable.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  2. the industry
    Author Michael Chabon Apologizes For ‘Enabling’ Scott Rudin: ‘I Knew Enough’“I’m not proud of that. Let me state it more honestly: I’m ashamed.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  3. tributes
    Meat Loaf on Songwriter Jim Steinman: ‘We Belonged Heart and Soul to Each Other’Steinman died on April 19 at age 73.
    By Justin Curto
  4. the industry
    Tavi Gevinson: Art Doesn’t Need TyrantsScott Rudin’s downfall is an opportunity to change Hollywood.
    By Tavi Gevinson
  5. the industry
    Scott Rudin, As Told by His AssistantsA portrait of a toxic workplace.
  7. broadway
    Hugh Jackman Belts Out a Statement About Scott Rudin in All CapsMust get rid of toxic in community.
    By Rebecca Alter
  8. adaptations
    Antoine Fuqua Will Direct an All-Black Cat on a Hot Tin Roof MovieInspired by the 2008 Broadway revival of the Tennessee Williams classic.
    By Zoe Haylock
  9. the industry
    Beauty and the Beast Director Leaves Tour After Email Supporting Scott RudinRob Roth confirmed he praised the allegedly abusive producer and called Karen Olivo a “horrible woman.”
    By Justin Curto
  10. the industry
    Scott Rudin Also ‘Stepping Back’ From Film Projects Over Abuse AllegationsYet, once again, the terms of his “stepping back” are unclear.
    By Justin Curto
  11. toxic workplaces
    Scott Rudin Will ‘Step Back’ From Broadway Amid Abusive-Behavior Allegations“After a period of reflection, I’ve made the decision to step back from active participation on our Broadway productions, effective immediately.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  12. theater
    Karen Olivo Leaves Moulin Rouge!, Citing Industry Silence on Scott Rudin“Social justice is actually more important than being the Sparkling Diamond.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  13. theater review
    A Play Opens! In a Theater! And … It’s a Recording.Blindness is our one-eyed king.
    By Helen Shaw
  14. broadway
    Armie Hammer Exits Tracy Letts’s Broadway Play The MinutesThe LAPD has opened an investigation following an allegation of rape made against the actor.
    By Halle Kiefer
  15. backstories
    What Happens to New York Theater on April 2?Governor Cuomo announced that indoor performance will be allowed to return at 33 percent capacity starting today. What, exactly, will that look like?
    By Helen Shaw
  16. game of thrones
    George R.R. Martin Finds New Way to Procrastinate: Game of Thrones on BroadwaySounds like Medieval Times Dinner Theater with stronger IP.
    By Rebecca Alter
  17. broadway
    Diana Musical to Return to Broadway in December, After Premiering on NetflixIt’s the first Broadway production to set a date for reopening.
    By Jackson McHenry
  18. shakespeare in the park
    Shakespeare in the Park Plans to Return to New York This SummerThe Public Theater has announced an adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. trailer mix
    Lights Up on the New In the Heights TrailerPremiering June 18.
    By Charu Sinha
  20. broadway
    Chita Rivera, André De Shields, Joel Grey, and More Did a Pop-Up Broadway ShowOn Friday, March 12, Broadway performers commemorated a year of the shutdown with a show called “We Will Be Back.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  21. theater
    A Theater Critic Reviews a Year Without Theater“Little did I know that night that I’d go into Manhattan only three times in the next 365 days.”
    By Helen Shaw
  22. musicals
    A Queen’s Gambit Musical Will Revive Chess Onstage Without Reviving ChessBut why not just revive Chess?
    By Jackson McHenry
  23. casting call
    With Broadway Shuttered, Mandy Patinkin Joins The Good FightBecause what else is a stage icon to do these days?
    By Justin Curto
  24. rent! rent! rent!
    The Highs and Lows of NYTW’s 25 Years of Rent BenefitA reunion special with extra new stars, as the 1996 musical reaches a milestone birthday.
    By Jackson McHenry, Chris Murphy, and Helen Shaw
  25. the coronavirus
    Smaller New York Performance Spaces Allowed to Open at Limited CapacityVenues would max out at 100 people indoors or 200 outdoors.
    By Jackson McHenry
  26. theater
    Theater Is Closed, But That Hasn’t Stopped the WoostersFor the group, theater is a religion and the process is the point. Its latest: a years-in-the-making adaptation of Brecht’s The Mother.
    By Helen Shaw
  27. the art of ending things
    There Are Only Two Types of Musical Endings That MatterCan you tell we really miss Broadway?
    By Rebecca Alter
  28. streaming theater review
    Performing for Ghosts: Riz Ahmed’s The Long Goodbye“The songs are like stars, supermassive, dense with rhyme and anger.”
    By Helen Shaw
  29. improv
    The Peoples Improv Theater Is Closing Its Main SpaceIt’s another loss for the New York comedy scene.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  30. in memoriam
    Please, Everyone, Read Christopher Plummer’s AutobiographyThese few bits will get you hooked.
    By Helen Shaw
  31. obits
    Christopher Plummer, Legendary Actor, Dead at 91One of a few to win the “Triple Crown of Acting.”
    By Justin Curto
  32. it’s possible!
    The Brandy-Whitney Cinderella Is Finally Belting Onto Disney+Impossible things are happening on February 12.
    By Jackson McHenry
  33. rip
    Actor Hal Holbrook, Who Embodied Mark Twain for Over 60 Years, Is Dead at 95From playing Deep Throat in All the President’s Men to his one-man stage show as Mark Twain, Holbrook had a substantial career.
    By Zoe Haylock
  34. tony awards
    The Tony Awards Inch Closer to Finally Giving Aaron Tveit That TrophyBallots will go out in March, with a ceremony “in coordination with Broadway’s eventual reopening.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  35. streaming theater review
    Bollywood Kitchen, Where the Script Is Also a RecipeA streaming innovation: Instead of getting better seats when you pay more, you get closer interaction with the star.
    By Helen Shaw
  36. streaming theater review
    Irish Eyes, Unsmiling: Mark O’Rowe’s The Approach Is a Three-Actor ShowcaseStreaming from Dublin.
    By Helen Shaw
  37. inauguration day
    See How Many Broadway Stars You Can Name in the Celebrating America PerformanceThe Broadway community virtually came together to sing “Seasons of Love” and “Let the Sunshine In” at the event.
    By Chris Murphy
  38. theater review
    It’s Theater-Festival Season, in a Year When Everything’s Avant-Garde AnywayThe January of the Weird has arrived.
    By Helen Shaw
  39. broadway
    Broadway’s Mean Girls Musical Will Not Return After the PandemicThe production is still set for a movie adaptation.
    By Jackson McHenry
  40. extremely online
    The Rats Hidden Under All Our Hats Helped Ratatouille Musical Raise Over $1MProceeds from the TikTok musical will go to the Actors Fund.
    By Halle Kiefer
  41. streaming theater
    How Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical Came to Be (and Yes, Disney’s Okay With It)A benefit for the Actors Fund brought everyone together.
    By Helen Shaw
  42. theater
    Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical Cooks Up a Cast of Broadway Heavy-HittersTituss Burgess and Andrew Barth Feldman will star.
    By Justin Curto
  43. improv
    Upright Citizens Brigade Closes Sunset Theater in Los AngelesThe organization says it’s “still working to maintain our Franklin space” as the pandemic drags on.
    By Halle Kiefer
  44. obits
    Rebecca Luker, Three-Time Tony Nominee, Dead at 59She had previously announced an ALS diagnosis in February.
    By Justin Curto
  45. best of 2020
    The 10 Best Theater Moments of 2020Our favorite live, streamed, Zoomed, and Sims’d plays from Joshua William Gelb, Natalie Palamides, Eboni Booth, and more.
    By Helen Shaw
  46. the industry
    Here’s How the New Stimulus Package Will Affect the Entertainment IndustryBreaking down the aid for venues, higher piracy punishments, and new Smithsonian museums.
    By Justin Curto
  47. theater review
    The Holidays Are a Drag: Taylor Mac and Joshua William Gelb Dress for ItReviews of Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce: Pandemic!, and Joshua William Gelb in Heather Christian’s I Am Sending You the Sacred Face.
    By Helen Shaw
  48. obits
    Ann Reinking, Chicago Star and Tony-Winning Choreographer, Is Dead at 71The late actress and dancer played Roxie Hart in both the original Broadway production, and its long-running revival.
    By Halle Kiefer
  49. unruly heart
    The Prom Isn’t the Gift to Queer Teens It Thinks It IsThe Netflix version is a straight person’s imagining of a gay love story for a straight audience … made by a gay person? Make it make sense.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  50. institutions
    The Artists vs. the Flea: ‘We Will Burn It All Down’The downtown theater company is in crisis.
    By Helen Shaw
  51. live tv
    Is It Still Broadway If It’s Hosted by Tina Fey and Aired on NBC?Let’s discuss that Best of Broadway special.
    By Chris Murphy and Helen Shaw
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