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How the director changed her vision of Finding Neverland — When Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus signed on to the mega-musicalization of the movie Finding Neverland, currently playing at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, she knew one of the biggest challenges would be figuring out how to conjure the title destination. A magical place invented by Peter […]

In real life and in their work, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Evan Cabnet explore the boundaries of collaboration — It’s challenging to write about the Vineyard Theatre’s new pitch-black comedy Gloria without giving too much away. Like all of rising playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ shows — including Appropriate and An Octoroon, which together earned him the 2014 […]

Sixteen performers, all over the age of 55, share the songs and stories of their generation

Shakespearean actor Simon Callow steps into high heels for the latest Brits Off Broadway fest

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Audiences frequently confuse Dael Orlandersmith with the characters she writes and performs. Originally solely an actress, the New York City native began penning her own plays in the mid-90s such as Monster , The Gimmick and Pulitzer Prize finalist Yellowman . Superficially at least, she and her characters do seem to have a lot in common — they’re all brilliant black women trying to transcend di

In a new family musical, director Colman Domingo doesn’t sugarcoat slavery or racism — Although A Band of Angels is based on Deborah Hopkinson’s picture book of the same name and mounted by the New York City Children’s Theatre, the musical is far from child’s play. A tribute to the historic Fisk Jubilee Singers — […]

Why I was almost as excited about Josh Grisetti’s Broadway debut as he was — For any performer, making it to Broadway is usually a dream come true. But for Josh Grisetti, currently costarring in the campy musical comedy It Shoulda Been You, it was the end of a very long nightmare. Okay, fine, I’m […]

Tom Hewitt plays a bad guy with a soft side in Doctor Zhivago — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their roles When Tom Hewitt admonishes the adolescent daughter of his paramour to “Pull your stockings up, Lara; it’s distracting,” you learn everything you need to know about […]