'The Kite Runner' brings life in Afghanistan to Broadway
The play is based on Khaled Hosseini's 2003 best-selling novel, set in Afghanistan and among Afghan migrants in the United States.
Theater
'A Strange Loop' writer and composer started out on Broadway as an usher
Michael R. Jackson's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical is about a young Black gay musical theater writer named Usher, who works as an usher at a Broadway show — just like Jackson once did.
After Beanie Feldstein's departure, can Lea Michele really save 'Funny Girl'?
Beanie Feldstein's departure from the role of Fanny Brice has caused waves on Broadway. But she wasn't the only source of Funny Girl's problems.
Why it matters that Danai Gurira is taking on Richard III
Guirira said it was interesting to explore "toxic masculinity" as a perpetrator instead of an object - and that the role brought up a lot of questions.
The villainous King Richard III will be played by a woman in Shakespeare in the Park
Casting a female actor in the lead role of "Richard III" is just one twist New York's Shakespeare in the Park has given the classic this summer.
Influential theater director Peter Brook dies at 97
Brook's work ranged from classical star-studded productions to radical experiments in theater. He reinvented King Lear and explored the fragility of civilization in the film Lord of the Flies.
Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'Fat Ham' takes 'Hamlet' in unexpected directions
James Ijames' adaptation of Shakespeare's play is less a tragedy than a triumphant comedy.
Oh, what a beautiful archive: Oscar Hammerstein's letters reveal his many sides
A thousand pages of correspondence by Oscar Hammerstein II, the lyricist for such musicals as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel and The Sound of Music are available to a wide public for the first time.
6 takeaways from the 2022 Tony Awards
Ariana DeBose should host everything. Jennifer Hudson makes history. And we should all celebrate understudies.
Broadway's highest honors were handed out at Radio City Music Hall
Sunday's 75th annual Tony Awards celebrated Broadway's first full season since the pandemic shutdown. A theme of the night was deep gratitude for the uncelebrated people who keep the shows running.