Sporting one of the most provocative titles to hit Broadway in a while, Sarah Ruhl's In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play officially opened on November 19, setting audiences buzzing at the Lyceum Theatre. Headed by Tony winners Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris, the show centers on Dr. Givings, who treats overwraught Victorian women (and men) suffering from ...

Snap, snap! They may be altogether ooky, but we still can’t wait until The Addams Family lands on Broadway. The new musical, starring Tony winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, begins previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York in March, but they are wowing crowds right now at Oriental Theatre in Chicago through January 10. Entertainment Weekly’s ...

In what is already being hailed as the theatrical event of the season, the first of three parts in Horton Foote’s Orphans’ Home Cycle has made its debut at Signature Theatre Company. This massive undertaking, involving nine plays and 22 actors playing multiple roles, follows Horace Robedaux (a character based on the late playwright’s father) from 1902, when ...

The hit off-Broadway show Love, Loss and What I Wore welcomed a new roster of stars on November 18. The new cast, which consists of Lucy DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Katie Finneran (graciously stepping at the last minute to replace an unwell Kristin Chenoweth), Capathia Jenkins and Rita Wilson, share stories about clothes and the memories they trigger. With big names ...

The Rockettes opened their seasonal Radio City Christmas Spectacular by honoring a particularly amazing audience on November 17: the children of the Make-A-Wish and Garden of Dreams foundations, both non-profits that work to make dreams come true for kids in crisis. The Rockettes bestowed the Chris Grecious Award upon the Make-A-Wish organization and the Industry Icon Award on Garden of ...

Let the Carnage begin! The new cast of Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning comedy God of Carnage took the stage at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on November 17. Stars Christine Lahti, Annie Potts, Jimmy Smits and Ken Stott wowed the audience with their performance in the show about a two couples trying to sort out a playground fight between their ...

A starry messenger indeed. Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick has taken his act off-Broadway to head the cast of longtime pal Kenneth Lonergan's newest stage venture, The Starry Messenger. Produced by The New Group, the play follows an astronomy teacher's affair with a younger woman in what is Longergan's first off-Broadway outing since 2001's Lobby Hero ...

Their opening got delayed (due to a cast change) and press reports hinted at backstage turmoil, but the stars of Kenneth Lonergan’s The Starry Messenger, led by two-time Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick and Oscar nominee Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), were all smiles at a November 16 dinner party celebrating the new play. The hip New ...

The beloved musical Ragtime is back where it belongs, at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre. And on November 15, the cast of 40 soaked up opening night love from an enthusiastic audience that included Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and original stars Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie. After the performance, the company and first-nighters headed up to Tavern ...

Time sure does fly when you’re having fun! No one knows that better than the cast of Billy Elliot, who celebrated their first Broadway birthday on November 13. The partiers, which included a collection of Billys ranging from Tony winners David Alvarez and Trent Kowalik to their fellow current cast members Tommy Batchelor and Alex Ko to upcoming stars ...