An exciting playwright in her Broadway debut, two Tony Award winning stars, a buzzworthy title and devoted band of supporters including Mary-Louise Parker, Adam Duritz, Michael Urie, Leigh Silverman, Stephen Pasquale and more? It must be opening night of Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play, which made itself official on November 19 at The Lyceum ...

For those of you who missed A Tale of Two Cities on Broadway last year, fear not: Michael York will narrate A Tale of Two Cities in Concert, the original Broadway musical adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel, in a staged performance to be broadcast on various PBS stations this Thanksgiving week and into December (check local listings for ...

It's been 22 years since a fully-staged production of Dreamgirls has played New York, and from the look of this video, it was worth the wait! Sit back and relish in almost 15 minutes worth of footage from Robert Longbottom's new production of the well-loved musical, including clips of newcomer Moya Angela's stirring "(And I Am Telling ...

We hate to milk the pun, but there’s no denying there’s been a lot of buzz about Broadway’s In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play. The play marks playwright Sarah Ruhl’s Broadway debut and is built around one very electrifying piece of equipment (and features a talked-about scene of full frontal male nudity). But while ...

Fresh off of receiving his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Bye Bye Birdie's John Stamos stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to chat about the honor. After Stamos and Kimmel discuss the perks of John Stamos Day (free burgers at In-and-Out!), Stamos gives Bye Bye Birdie and co-star Gina Gershon a sweet shout-out and justifies his late-night ...

"Be Italian, you rapscallion!" While waiting impatiently for the December release of Rob Marshall's big-screen adaptation of Nine, we were delighted to get a preview of one of the musical's most hummable numbers, "Be Italian," on the November 17 results show of Dancing with the Stars. A full dance routine featuring a Daniel Day-Lewis lookalike and a bevy ...

Excitement. Exhilaration. Joy. Those are just three of the happy adjectives that describe the mood on opening night of the Broadway revival of Ragtime. From famous folks praising friends on the creative team during arrivals at the Neil Simon Theatre to the dolled-up actors and creators greeting the press at Tavern on the Green, the atmosphere on November 15 was ...

It's always a spectacle when Cirque Du Soleil, that world-famous combination of highly stylized circus acts and gravity-defying entertainment, rolls into town. On November 10, however, the company of Cirque's seasonal show Wintuk, which returns to New York City for its third year, did so literally, unloading tumblers, break dancers, singers, clowns, strongmen and two dogs unlike any ...

It hasn't even been a decade since the original production of Ragtime closed on Broadway, and yet the popular history-based musical is already back, in a new staging that opened November 15 at the Neil Simon Theatre. And why not? With unforgettable characters like Coalhouse Walker, a black Jazz pianist who fights for justice, Jewish immigrant Tateh and Mother ...

The Gershwin musical Girl Crazy has a bunch of terrific songs that'll keep your toes tapping and your heartstrings strumming. At an open rehearsal on November 13, we saw the cast, led by Chris Diamantopoulos of the upcoming Encores! staging of the show perform two of those beloved songs: "I Got Rhythm" and "Embracable You." So come to papa ...