Out, Brief Candle: 15 Singular James Earl Jones Stage Performances
Some of the late James Earl Jones's greatest accomplishments as an actor were in performances nobody will ever see again.
Remembering Christopher Durang, the Playwright Who Explained it All For Us, Only Funny
When Christopher Durang sat down to write a play about something, it's like he asked "Am I allowed to make this funny?" and if the answer was no, he did it anyway.
65 Years Ago, “A Raisin in the Sun” Changed American Theatre
Sixty-five years ago this month, Lorraine Hansberry’s pivotal play A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway, and it’s exerted a gravitational pull on American culture ever since.
The Curtain Comes Down on Two of Broadway’s Legendary Dancers
No one else could move like them, but plenty wanted to try. Chita Rivera and Hinton Battle were true Broadway originals.
15 Tony Award Winners
This Sunday night is the 76th Tony Awards, the biggest night in American theater. Or at least the biggest night in a certain fourteen-square-block section of American theater.
10 of the Best Angela Lansbury Movies
Jessica Fletcher, a talking teapot, Sweeney Todd's enterprising neighbor -- Angela Lansbury was different things to different people, but she was always beloved.
So You Still Say You Hate Musicals
Thanks to the new streaming movie, everyone's talking about Hamilton again. But you feel left out of the conversation because you hate musicals. Let us help.
