You notice the voice before anything. Preceding her as she makes her way down the hall, the alluringly husky tone is striking, and causes you to sit up a bit straighter, while also being comfortingly familiar. When the woman herself arrives and sits down next to you, managing an impossibly ... More

As veteran stage actor and New York native, Michael Potts knows New York City itself can feel like a stage, and all the men and women merely players. “One of my cast mates and I were surprised to find that we live two blocks away from each other in Long Island ... More

In the bright, unseasonably mild Saturday that was January 21, the Women’s March on NYC—a protest against the arguably misogynistic temperament of the new administration—saw an estimated 400,000 frustrated New Yorkers slowly but determinedly snake up Fifth Avenue. A few blocks away, on West 45th Street, Laura Dreyfuss, who plays ... More

The holiday season kicked off with plenty of glitter. The Swarovski Star is made up of 25,000 crystals, with one million facets, and measures nine and a half feet in diameter and one and a half feet deep. The Star features energy-efficient LED bulbs and a state-of-the-art computer program, to create a ... More

When Cats first hit Broadway, it ran for nearly 18 years and sold a historic $380 million in tickets. After worldwide productions, the show returns to the New York stage this summer to prove that sometimes nine lives just aren’t enough. Here, we look at Cats by the numbers. More

If you hear a strange sound walking down West 45th Street in Manhattan, you might be able to blame Joshua Henry. After all, that’s where—eight times a week!—the Tony-nominated actor is starring in Shuffle Along, which requires not only acting but some of the most vigorous tap-dancing that might have ever graced ... More

In 2015, playwright Nick Payne’s Constellations opened on Broadway, telling the story of the relationship—or, really, the seemingly endless possibilities of what could have happened—between a young man and a young woman. The show, which garnered a Tony Award nomination for star Ruth Wilson, featured blink-and-you’ll-miss-them micro scenes that spelled ... More

The British actress Sophie Okonedo—you know her from her Oscar-nominated role in Hotel Rwanda—made her first turn on Broadway two years ago in a revival of A Raisin in the Sun, cluing American audiences into something only U.K. theatergoers had previously known: she’s an absolute force of nature on stage. Now, Okonedo ... More