Theater
‘Appropriate’ Review: Sarah Paulson Is Entertainingly Vicious in Caustic Broadway Family Drama
The actress stars alongside Corey Stoll and Elle Fanning in Brendan Jacobs-Jenkins' acerbic play about three estranged siblings wrestling with dark secrets after the death of their father.
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Christine Lahti Joins Cast of ‘Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy’ Off-Broadway (Exclusive)
Christine Lahti has joined the cast of Sarah Gancher’s Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy, set to open Off-Broadway this winter. The Oscar and Emmy winner will portray Lubja, a supervisor of a professional troll farm who hands down increasingly specific asks to her subordinates, in the office comedy-meets-political satire opening at off-Broadway’s Vineyard Theatre […]
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‘Job,’ Max Wolf Friedlich’s Psychological Thriller, to Return Off-Broadway This Winter (Exclusive)
Max Wolf Friedlich’s play Job will return this winter for another Off-Broadway run. The play, which centers on a stressed employee and her crisis therapist, will play the Connelly Theater in the East Village from Jan. 19 through March 3, with an opening night on Jan. 25. Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon will resume their […]
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Broadway Grosses Were Down Last Season, But the Audience Was Younger, More Diverse
In the 2022-2023 Broadway season, the first full season since theaters were closed due to the pandemic, audience numbers were down by 17 percent from 2018-2019, according to a study released Monday by the Broadway League. This came as the season included high-grossing shows, such as Sweeney Todd, starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford and […]
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Elle Fanning on Making Her Broadway Debut in ‘Appropriate’ and the End of ‘The Great’
When she was playing Catherine on Hulu’s The Great, Elle Fanning’s co-stars often encouraged her to do theater. Many of them had stage experience, and after watching Fanning’s Emmy-nominated turn on the show, which itself was adapted from a play, they told her she was ready. With that encouragement, and her own motivation to try […]
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Why Jeremy Strong Is “Terrified” to Return to Broadway
Jeremy Strong is set to return to Broadway this winter in a new translation of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, in which he takes on the lead role of Dr. Thomas Stockmann, a man who tries to warn the townspeople about contaminated spa waters but faces pushback from those who say the truth will ruin the […]
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Ellen Holly, Pioneering Black Actress on ‘One Life to Live,’ Dies at 92
Ellen Holly, whose long-running turn as Carla on ABC’s One Life to Live made her the first Black actress to gain stardom on a daytime soap opera, has died. She was 92. Holly died in her sleep Wednesday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, publicist Cheryl L. Duncan announced. A member of The Actors Studio […]
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Alicia Keys Musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ to Open on Broadway This Spring
Alicia Keys’ musical, Hell’s Kitchen, will come to Broadway this spring. The musical, which features a score by Keys and a book by Kristoffer Diaz, made its world premiere at the Public Theater this fall and is currently running there through Jan. 14. The show will transfer to the Shubert Theater on Broadway starting March […]
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Everything Is Peachy With Jack Black: Actor-Singer on Hit ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Song, ‘School of Rock’ Turning 20, Taylor Swift and AI
Jack Black’s performance of the emotional piano rock ballad “Peaches” as Bowser leveled up the box office hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie when it released earlier this year. But the hit song almost never happened. Black says when he signed on to the film, which hit theaters in April, music wasn’t part of the […]
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Frances Sternhagen, Two-Time Tony Winner and ‘Sex and the City’ Actress, Dies at 93
Frances Sternhagen, the versatile actress whose half-century on Broadway included two Tony Awards, seven nominations and memorable roles in Equus, On Golden Pond and The Heiress, has died. She was 93. Sternhagen died peacefully Monday of natural causes at her home in New Rochelle, New York, her family said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. “We continue […]
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Suzanne Shepherd, ‘Sopranos’ and ‘Goodfellas’ Mother, Dies at 89
Suzanne Shepherd, an actress known for playing mothers to key characters in Goodfellas and The Sopranos, has died. She was 89. Shepherd died peacefully in her home in New York City early Friday morning, her agent told The Hollywood Reporter. Shepherd appeared in 20 episodes of The Sopranos as Mary DeAngelis, the mother of Edie […]
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‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Reveals New Image and First Act Title
The team behind Stranger Things: The First Shadow has released a new image of the stage production and the title of its first act. In the latest incremental update on the show, which was released the same day as previews for The First Shadow are set to begin at the Phoenix Theatre on London’s West […]
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