Theater

  1. chat room
    Overlook The Boys in the Band’s Robin de Jesús at Your Own Risk“I’m not gonna worry about being liked. Cisgender white folks get to be messy and they’re still entitled to empathy.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  2. movies
    The Boys in the Band Play OnThe pioneering gay drama, long dismissed as a relic of self-hatred, is now a Netflix film that remains brilliantly uncomfortable.
    By Mark Harris
  3. theater
    At Soho Rep, a Revolutionary Idea: Put the Creative People on SalaryThe directors feel their job program is more a continuation than a pivot.
    By Helen Shaw
  4. theater
    Glenn Close Playing Roy Cohn in a Virtual Angels in America Benefit PerformanceLive on YouTube on October 8.
    By Jackson McHenry
  5. covid-19
    The Metropolitan Opera Won’t Return Until Fall 2021The organization canceled the remainder of its 2020–2021 season.
    By Jackson McHenry
  7. streaming theater review
    Almost the Real Miracle: Brian Friel’s Faith Healer, Streaming From the Old VicIt feels a little like … theater!
    By Helen Shaw
  8. theater
    What the Constitution Means to Me Film Coming to Amazon in OctoberDirected by Marielle Heller.
    By Jackson McHenry
  9. miscast
    Watch Ingrid Michaelson and Lauren Ridloff Sing and Sign ‘You Will Be Found’“If you did it literally and signed the exact English words, it loses the depth and complexity of meaning.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  10. west end
    Some West End Musicals, Including Six, Plan to Return in NovemberFor an 11-week run starting November 14.
    By Jackson McHenry
  11. theater review
    Andrew Scott Is Extraordinary in Three KingsThe performance is a demonstration of the actor’s charismatic power.
    By Helen Shaw
  12. diana rigg
    5 Incredible Diana Rigg StoriesNo, she didn’t eat the garlic on purpose.
    By Justin Curto
  13. theater
    Ben Brantley Leaves the New York Times After 24 Years As Chief Theater CriticHe said the pandemic marked “a good moment to slip out the door.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  14. obits
    Dame Diana Rigg, Icon of British TV and Stage Classics, Dead at 82She acted until her death, playing Olenna in Game of Thrones.
    By Justin Curto
  15. theater on tv
    Coastal Elites Is As Distanced As Its SubjectMonologues that play to a crowd don’t work without that audience.
    By Helen Shaw
  16. oh bless the lord my soul
    Prepare Ye, a Stephen Schwartz Documentary ApproachesDefying Gravity chronicles the life’s work of the artist behind shows like Wicked and Godspell.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  17. Theatre for One Wants You to Sit Up Straight and Pay AttentionOne-on-one, face-to-face theater performances in a digital window.
    By Helen Shaw
  18. casting
    Amy Adams to Remind Us She Can Sing in Dear Evan Hansen MovieIn case you forgot about Enchanted.
    By Justin Curto
  19. broadway
    The Tony Awards Will Happen After All, in Digital Form This FallThe date and platform for the awards ceremony are yet to be announced.
    By Jackson McHenry
  20. in conversation
    Laurence Fishburne Knows Who He IsWith his much-anticipated return to Broadway postponed until next year, one of America’s most accomplished actors reflects on his career.
    By E. Alex Jung
  21. ⚔️
    Despite Ye Olde Plague, the Show at Medieval Times Goes On“Stay at a sword’s length from your fellow royals.”
    By Megh Wright
  22. theater review
    How Parents, Children (and Playwrights) Made Oedipus Rex and Antigone at HomeSophocles in Staten Island is a family affair.
    By Helen Shaw
  23. stage dives
    ‘Within Fifteen Minutes, It Became Unbearable’The bloody Broadway mess that was Dance of the Vampires.
    By Helen Shaw
  24. coronavirus
    Andrew Lloyd Webber, All Alone in the Moonlight, Joins a COVID Vaccine Trial“I’ll do anything to prove that theatres can re-open safely.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  25. stage dives
    A Musical About Joseph McCarthy Funded By a Scammer Ex-Con. What Could Go Wrong?Well, there’s a reason you haven’t heard of Senator Joe.
    By Mark Harris
  26. stage dives
    A Dud Among Duds: The Story of Moose MurdersThe tale of Broadway’s most notorious bomb.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  27. theater
    Broadway’s Diana Musical to Be Filmed Without an Audience for NetflixIt’ll drop early next year, while the show still plans to return to the stage.
    By Jackson McHenry
  28. stage dives
    Donald Trump’s One-Show Career As a Broadway ProducerIf he’d had a hit in Paris Is Out!, the world might be in a better place now.
    By Sarah Weinman
  29. stage dives
    The Making of Superman’s Brief Flight on BroadwayAnd how Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa almost got him back off the ground nearly 50 years later.
    By Abraham Riesman
  30. theater review
    These Two New Theater Works Need You to ListenOne of the surprises of pandemic theater-making has been this embrace of audio work.
    By Helen Shaw
  31. the rockettes
    Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular Show Canceled Because of COVID-19For the first time in 87 years, the New York City icons won’t be kicking.
    By Justin Curto
  32. fair points
    Andrew Lloyd Webber Says the Cats Movie Is ‘Ridiculous’ and He’ll Tell You WhyWell, he’s not wrong.
    By Halle Kiefer
  33. streaming theater
    Go Small and Go Home: Tiny Theater Made in QuarantineThe 7th voyage of egon tichy was streamed from an apartment closet.
    By Helen Shaw
  34. parade movie when
    Disney+, Clearly Run by Theater Kids, Is Making a Once on This Island MovieJocelyn Bioh is writing the script, with Wanuri Kahiu directing.
    By Jackson McHenry
  35. reunions
    Scandal Cast Reunites for Charity, Claim to Be Theater Kids Yet Refuse to SingYes, Kerry Washington was in A Little Night Music in college, but do not ask her to sing a song from the show now.
    By Chris Murphy
  36. the coronavirus
    The Phantom of the Opera, the OG Masked Singer, Closes in West EndAfter nearly 34 years, it’s shuttering due to COVID-19.
    By Devon Ivie
  37. crisis 2020
    Does Arts-Funding Advocacy Need a Famous Face?Many are working behind the scenes, but no one’s willing to get in the spotlight.
    By Helen Shaw
  38. theater review
    This Sceptered Dial: Richard II on the RadioShakespeare in the Park in your headphones.
    By Helen Shaw
  39. london theater
    Hot Priest Livestreams: Andrew Scott Is Doing Solo Play in LondonThree Kings will stream from the Old Vic.
    By Jackson McHenry
  40. theater
    Gee, Officer: Why Are There So Few Plays About Cops?They’re all over TV and movies. But there are almost no police dramas onstage.
    By Helen Shaw
  41. records on records
    Pop Smoke Joins Biggie and Tupac With Posthumous No. 1 Debut AlbumAnd the Hamilton cast album broke records by rocketing to No. 2.
    By Justin Curto
  42. hamilton
    Who Tells Your Story on Camera? How Hamilton Was Edited Into a Movie.Director Tommy Kail and editor Jonah Moran explain how they pieced together key moments from the musical — including the ending.
    By Jackson McHenry
  43. two friends
    Okieriete Onaodowan and Daveed Diggs Discuss Hamilton’s Slavery Issue“I definitely appreciate everybody questioning it,” Diggs told Onaodowan on the latest episode of Two Friends.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  44. miranda refuted
    The Academy Says the Hamilton Movie Won’t Be Eligible at Next Year’s OscarsDespite what the Academy says, Disney reportedly plans to submit the project for the Oscars and various guild awards.
    By Nate Jones
  45. sorry
    Just a Post About Jonathan Groff’s King George Spit in HamiltonSorry, we had to.
    By Jackson McHenry
  46. in memoriam
    Broadway and Hollywood Communities Remember Late Actor Nick CorderoThe Bullets Over Broadway performer passed away after a months-long battle with COVID-19.
    By Halle Kiefer
  47. the arts
    United Kingdom Unveils Nearly $2 Billion Government Relief Package for the ArtsThe funds will be split between museums, independent theaters, and other arts and cultural organizations.
    By Halle Kiefer
  48. obits
    Broadway Actor Nick Cordero Dead at 41 Due to Coronavirus ComplicationsThe Broadway performer was nominated for a Tony in 2014 for his turn in Bullets Over Broadway.
    By Halle Kiefer
  49. theater review
    Uses for a Dull Knife: Productive Boredom in Three ZoomertainmentsState vs. Natasha Banina, And So We Come Forth and Zero Cost House
    By Helen Shaw
  50. work!
    How We Told the Story of HamiltonA guide to Vulture’s nonstop coverage of a Broadway cannonball that was never just a musical.
    By Vulture Editors
  51. movie review
    The Hamilton Movie Swings Open the Doors of BroadwayThe Disney+ version of the musical is in-your-face at a moment when nothing is allowed to be in your face.
    By Helen Shaw and Mark Harris
More Articles