Among the musicals and large-cast dramas, the superheroes and the tragediennes, a play is running at New York City’s Westside Theatre that is devoted to one woman, and she is someone who lived and died in the 19th century, famous in the Massachusetts town she lived in her whole life for ... More

In Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Terrence McNally’s play about two couples spending an awkward, revealing weekend in the Fire Island Pines, actress Tracee Chimo plays Chloe, the most exuberant member of the foursome. It was a role Chimo had been waiting to play. “I actually studied this play in ... More

The question, “Where did you come out?” used to have quite a different meaning in this country, especially among certain socioregional groups. For Mary John Frank, New York-based choreographer and director, the answer is Houston, Texas, and the experience of her deb ball was the genesis for her latest work:  More

Youth today doesn’t look quite like it did in 1982. But that’s easy enough to forget during This Is Our Youth, now open on Broadway and starring Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and impressive teenager ne plus ultra Tavi Gevinson. The show, penned by Kenneth Lonergan, follows a set of Upper West ... More

The Master Builder is one of playwright Henrik Ibsen’s greatest works, and in the 120 years since its premiere performance, innumerable theatre troupes have taken a turn bringing its complex, multi-layered and timeless message to the stage. Now, Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme (Philadelphia, Silence of the Lambs) is bringing his ... More

What some actors might find terrifying, Vincent Piazza considers thrilling. Take, for example, an opportunity to star in a huge summer movie, as a real person known for singing, dancing and playing guitar—three things Piazza had no experience doing. It would be enough to make a lesser performer panic, but ... More

What some actors might find terrifying, Vincent Piazza considers thrilling. Take, for example, an opportunity to star in a huge summer movie, as a real person known for singing, dancing and playing guitar—three things Piazza had no experience doing. It would be enough to make a lesser performer panic, but ... More

At the upcoming Tony Awards, Beautiful, the Broadway musical based on the life and work of beloved songstress Carole King, is nominated for a whopping seven awards. And while only one of those awards—Best Book of a Musical—names the show’s writer, Douglas McGrath, all of them are a ... More

It's a warm spring afternoon and light is shining through the glass roof in Isabel and Ruben Toledo's studio. The midtown space houses a pair of ceiling-high cactus plants—one was a gift from Woody Allen—standing guard outside the fashion designer's workroom, office, and ever-fluctuating archive. Lately, the sketches and designs ... More

Stepping into the title role of the Tony Award-winning production of Pippin—currently running on Broadway—has been a serious learning curve for Kyle Dean Massey. “I really love doing the show, but it’s hard work,” says Massey, an Arkansas native making his fourth turn on Broadway. “I'm used to working with ... More