Broadway News & Features

Maria-Christina Oliveras joins 'Between Riverside and Crazy' Broadway cast

There's a new resident on Riverside! Maria-Christina Oliveras has joined the cast of Between Riverside and Crazy on Broadway, which is running at the Hayes Theater through February 12. Oliveras has performed in Amelie, Machinal, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and with the national tour of Hadestown. Oliveras assumes the role of Church Lady from Liza Colón-Zayas, who originated the part off Broadway in 2014 and 2015, and on Broadway. The cast also includes Stephen McKinley Henderson as Pops,...

'A Doll's House' sets complete Broadway cast, joining Jessica Chastain

There's new casting in the house! The latest revival of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House has set its complete cast, joining the previously announced Oscar winner Jessica Chastain as Nora Helmer. The cast also includes Tony and Emmy Award nominee Arian Moayed as Torvald Helmer, Jesmille Darbouze as Kristine Linde, Tasha Lawrence as Anne-Marie, Michael Patrick Thornton as Dr. Rank, and Grammy winner Okieriete Onaodowan as Nils Krogstad. The creative team has also been set, including scenic and...

Why art is theatre: Art and artists on Broadway and famous art-inspired shows

Craving work by pop art icon Andy Warhol? Street art by whiz kid Jean-Michel Basquiat? Photography by Larry Sultan? When you’re in the mood to see art, New York’s museums seem like the place to go — but so are New York's theatres. Those illustrious three artists and more have taken center stage in Broadway plays. They remind us of something that might not be obvious: Visual art is theatre. A script and a painting begin the same way, according to a famous line from the musical Sunday in the Park...

See these classic Broadway shows that have stood the test of time

When Nora slams the door in A Doll’s House this season on Broadway, Elphaba will be defying gravity in Wicked. You might not link these rebellious heroines together, but they offer a reminder that classic Broadway shows come in all stripes and varieties. Naturally, Golden Age musicals – ones that debuted between 1940 and 1960 – make the cut as classics. Over the decades, these works have become synonymous with quality, spectacular Broadway entertainment. Think The Music Man, Funny Girl, and...

Why Leopoldstadt is one of the hottest plays on Broadway right now

“Here’s a couple waving goodbye, but who are they? It’s like a second death, to lose your name in a family photo album.” A woman makes that haunting observation in Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt, a drama that follows multiple generations of a Viennese Jewish family over half a century beginning in 1899. A tragic number of family members’ lives are indeed lost during those stormy 50 years scarred by two world wars and the Holocaust, and life-changing familial connections are found, if not recovered....

See these pop stars' music in multiple Broadway shows

Their music is so nice, it's on Broadway twice, and in some cases, thrice. Jukebox musicals, which are set to existing pop music rather than original showtunes, are perfect for audiences looking to hear tunes they know and love, but in a whole new light — or a few — as they're used to tell different stories. Some music legends, like Elton John and Celine Dion, have proven just how versatile their music is for storytelling. These artists and more are featured in multiple jukebox musicals with...

'Between Riverside and Crazy' original cast members on coming to Broadway, performing the play for the third time

Once is not enough. Nor, for that matter, is twice. As Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer Prize winner Between Riverside and Crazy readies for its official Broadway opening at the Hayes Theater, six actors who originated the play's roles feel triply blessed to be performing them for a third time in New York. Between Riverside and Crazy revolves around Walter “Pops” Washington, a widowed former policeman whose rent-controlled apartment on the Upper West Side sets the scene for dramas, including one...

Top theatre to see in New York in January

Beat the January blues by seeing a New York show this month. There's no better place to escape the winter chill than in a warm, cozy theatre, big or small. Plus, with the holiday rush over, January performances have great availability on seats. Between Broadway blockbusters and intimate Off-Broadway shows, there's plenty to choose from. Few new Broadway shows start up in January, but this month is your last chance to catch some limited-run hits before they close. You can also venture off...

See these Shakespeare-inspired shows in New York

A Shakespeare story by any other name would sound as sweet. Chances are you've read plays like Hamlet, Macbeth, or Romeo & Juliet in school, but whether or not you loved them back then, these stories likely stuck in your mind. They are everywhere, after all — Shakespeare theatre is some of the most famous in history, and the plots of his plays have inspired many contemporary works. Of course, that includes Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows. Various plays and musicals put his characters in...

'Almost Famous' to close on Broadway

They'll be rocking out for the last time. Almost Famous on Broadway has set a closing date of January 8 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The musical, adapted from Cameron Crowe's beloved 2000 film, follows teenage journalist William Miller as he goes on tour with the band Stillwater. He begins to lose his objectivity, however, as he gets swept up in the glitzy chaos of the 1970s rock scene and falls for groupie Penny Lane. A review of the show on New York Theatre Guide reads, "Even when it’s...