Theater Features

Blonde and Beautiful
There's a new blonde in Times Square! Bailey Hanks, the 20-year-old Southern cutie who won the leading role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical via an MTV talent competition series, began performing in the show at the legendary Palace Theater this week...

Shaw, Shakespeare, et al. in Canada
Although New York is certainly not devoid of theater in the hot months, out-of-town festivals are the definition of summer theater. And the best destinations are located north of the border, in Canada: the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, less than a half-hour’s drive from Niagara Falls; and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, which calls the eponymous city in central Ontario its home...

The Best of Broadway
Patrick Stewart, Laurence Fishburne, Patti LuPone, Tom Wopat, Lin-Manuel Miranda, S. Epatha Merkerson, and a host of other 2008 Tony Award nominees answer a difficult question: What's the best thing about performing in a Broadway show?...

Mario Lopez Joins the Line
One of Broadway's most successful musical revivals is sure to get an extra jolt at the box office now that Extra TV host and Dancing with the Stars finalist Mario Lopez is joining the super-talented cast of A Chorus Line at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre...

The First Annual MITF Awards
Having recently completed its eighth season, the Midtown International Theatre Festival is pleased to announce the beginning of what they hope will be a yearly tradition--the MITF Awards--to be held at the Zipper Tavern on Sep. 9th...

FringeNYC Award Winners
Selecting from 200 new productions, the FringeNYC Overall Excellence Awards were announced on Aug. 26th...

FringeNYC Encores Announced
Fringe Festival hits get a second chance with 80 performances of 12 shows at the FringeNYC Encore Series...

Summer Theatre Heats Up in Sag Harbor with "The Night Season"
With a reputation as one of the country's pre-eminent regional theaters, the Bay Street Theatre gives theater-loving New Yorkers a reason to make the trip out to Long Island. With the Hamptons summer season in full swing, we headed out to the June 16th opening night of Rebecca Lenkiewicz's "The Night Season"...

Broadway's Big Night: 2007 Tony Winners!
"The Coast of Utopia" gets its American vindication for uber-savant Tom Stoppard and his cast, while Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's "Spring Awakening" finished strong as its tales of repressed teens tickled Tony judges. All that and more at the 61st Annual Tony Awards...

2007 Obie Awards Winners!
Actor/director Alvin Epstein gets the lifetime achievement award and "Tale of 2Cities" and "The Brig"'s whole ensembles are singled out—Off-Broadway and beyond had its night with the 51st Annual Obies ...

Drama Desk Awards Nominees on Video
The 2007 Drama Desk Awards for Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway excellence came in on May 20th, but we were at the nominees' cocktail reception on May 1st--along with Corine Cohen and our video crew who got a whole bunch of interviews with the nominees. Enjoy the video, and read on for a list of the nominations and winners! ...

The 2007 Tony Nominations Are Here!
"Spring Awakening" nets 11 noms, Frank Langella's Tricky Dick portrayal in "Frost/Nixon" gets him a Best Actor nod and new musical "Legally Blonde" charms the codgers. Who will win from this talented bunch? You'll have to wait till June 10, when the 61st Annual Tony Awards are broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall. In the meantime, check out our coverage and exclusive pictures of the Nominees ...

Scott Siegel by the Years
Scott Siegel, pop culture critic and acknowledged Impresario of Town Hall, talks with Leslie (Hoban) Blake about his many projects from "Broadway Unplugged" to his "Broadway By the Year" series, the latest of which "Broadway Musicals of 1959" plays on April 30...

Kitty Carlisle Hart (1910-2007)
Kitty Carlisle Hart, arts advocate and widow of great American dramatist Moss Hart ("The Man Who Came to Dinner" with Geroge S. Kaufman), who has been called "the first lady of New York," died April 17 at 11:30 pm, TimesSquare.com has learned...

Impromptu "Frasier" Reunion on Broadway
Intrepid theatergoers who are also fans of the sitcom “Frasier” could have seen four of the show’s stars on Manhattan’s stages in March: Kelsey Grammer starring as Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady” at the New York Philharmonic, David Hyde Pierce in “Curtains,” John Mahoney in “Prelude to a Kiss” and Bebe Neuwirth in “Chicago”...

2007 Bistro Awards
The BackStage Bistro Awards recognize achievement in a wide variety of categories—from outstanding performances to outstanding accomplishments and contributions by members of the cabaret community. The object is not to choose "the best," but rather to congratulate those who have done something special during the year...

Theater Actors: Expose Yourselves!
A massive audition event for theater actors will be held on March 31st and April 1st--this is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for actors to be seen by a diverse range of producers and companies working in the New York area. The auditions will be held before more than 40 Equity and non-Equity theatre companies, producers, directors and writers, as well as casting directors and agents...

The Party's Over; a tribute to lyricist Betty Comden
The legendary lyricist Betty Comden, who passed away last November, brought joy to the entire world for decades with an award-winning repertoire of songs and legendary librettos, including the classics "The Party's Over" and "Singin' In The Rain"...