Jonathan Freeman’s been a villain for 22 years, and this month he’s getting a new outlet for his evil. The actor, who’s best known as the voice of the sinister Jafar in Disney’s Aladdin—as well as a series of TV shows, video games and sequels that have kept the story ... More

In Stage Kiss, the new show from playwright Sarah Ruhl—now playing at Playwright’s Horizons in New York—an actress is unexpectedly reunited with an old flame when they’re cast as, well, old flames and forced to lock lips repeatedly during a tumultuous run in New Haven. It’s the kind ... More

First there was the book, and then there was the movie and now, 22 years after the story first made waves, The Bridges of Madison County has been given another life, this time as a Broadway musical. The story’s got all the trappings of a great on-stage love ... More

It’s considered bad luck to so much as utter the word Macbeth inside a theater, but the Lincoln Center Theater production of the Shakespeare favorite, currently on Broadway, is nothing if not blessed. Not only does the tale of power and corruption feature an inimitable Ethan ... More

Stephen Sondheim’s big break came in 1957, when he collaborated with Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents on West Side Story. Since then, the composer and lyricist has gone on to win a Pulitzer, an Oscar, eight Grammies and more Tony Awards than any other composer. On December 9, HBO will take ... More

An army of teenagers already know 24-year-old actor Keegan Allen as Toby Cavanaugh from the ABC Family thriller Pretty Little Liars, but beginning November 18 the California native will be facing an entirely new audience. That's when MCC Thetater's Small Engine Repair opens in New York, giving Allen ... More

The Glass Menagerie might be burning up Broadway with critically lauded performances from Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto, but further downtown a far less well-known Tennessee Williams work, The Mutilated, is receiving a similarly magnificent revival. The Mutilated charts a 1940s Christmas Eve in a down-and-out corner of New Orleans, where ... More

This time last year, a sinister tempest by the name of Sandy wreaked havoc on New York. This year, amidst unseasonably pleasant weather, another storm brewed at Lincoln Center, where the American Ballet Theatre launched its fall season with a memorable gala and the world premiere of More

When Evan Jonigkeit takes the stage on October 24 for the world premiere of playwright Sharr White's The Snow Geese, he'll be entering an entirely different world. The show, which stars Mary Louise Parker, centers on a family in upstate New York, circa 1917, that gathers for an ... More

Broadway's seen its fair share of adaptations, wringing theatrical productions from children's books (Matilda) and campy films (9 to 5). This week the Great White Way gets a double-whammy as A Time To Kill, a courtroom drama based on the John Grisham novel that spawned a 1996 film, ... More