Trevor Nunn’s production of Pericles (playing at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center through March 27) has it all: shipwrecks, tragic priestesses, greedy brothel owners, fake deaths galore and refreshing musical interludes. With so much going on, the pro …Read more

The latest Stephen Sondheim compilation album immediately courts scrutiny when it announces itself as The Essential Stephen Sondheim. For, as even the most cursory of musical theatre fans know, and as the digital booklet which accompanies the two dis …Read more

Scott Siegel’s Broadway by the Year returned on February 22 for its landmark 16th season at The Town Hall, and with it came a new format, and one of the most memorable nights in 2016 musical theatre so far. The format change consists of a rather clev …Read more

In Our Mother’s Brief Affair, Greg Keller plays Seth, an obituary writer who discovers his mother Anna (Linda Lavin) had a torrid affair when he was a teenager. The discovery sends him down an introspective path along with his twin sister Abby (Kate …Read more

The one and only Charles Busch will be having his very first show at the American Songbook series presented by Lincoln Center. His show, titled The Lady at the Mic, will see him celebrate the careers of great entertainers Elaine Stritch, Joan Rivers, …Read more

After a landmark 2015 – which saw her give two of her finest stage performances to date – Kate Baldwin is starting 2016 with a residency at the renovated Sheen Center, which will see her headline three concerts, each of which will highlight the work …Read more

Canadian actor Jake Epstein has been taking the theater world by storm, with Broadway hits such as Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, as well as the national tours of Spring Awakening and American Idiot, already on …Read more

From every action and decision made, there are consequences. Social psychologist Stanley Milgram, eager to understand those that assisted with or turned a blind eye to the systematic atrocities of the Holocaust, carried out a series of obedience expe …Read more

Broadway by the Year has become one of the most beloved musical traditions in the New York theatre scene, for 16 years now, lovers of musical theatre gather to listen to selections from Broadway musicals famous and obscure, performed by some of the b …Read more

Known for her dazzling performances in James Joyce’s The Dead, Billy Elliot, The Full Monty and her Tony-nominated work in Side Show, Emily Skinner has had one of the most impressive stage careers in recent times; unafraid to tackle characters quirky …Read more