'Brooklyn' Illustrates Risks of Broadway
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Despite the allure of those five little words &#151; "let's put on a show" &#151; there's nothing harder, particularly on Broadway, where even if you get there, the chances of financial success are less than 20 percent.
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Burdened by high costs and increased competition from Broadway and beyond, the successful commercial Off Broadway play is a rarity.
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Murder isnât funny. But you wouldnât know it from the next offering at the Hudson Stage Company in Briarcliff Manor, Jeffrey Hatcherâs acidic hit comedy âMurderers.â
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For three years âAltar Boyz,â the little musical about a Christian boy band, has been a classic example of commercial Off Broadwayâs struggles.
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Rent, the acclaimed musical chronicle of counterculture life and death in Manhattan's East Village, will close in June after more than a dozen years on Broadway
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For reasons of artistry, script or shock value, several productions this summer are using a water effect onstage.
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A new study shows that most Broadway audience members come from outside the city and its suburbs, and that the most important factor in ticket buying is "personal recommendation."
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Thereâsa magic in the Broadway musical that seems to transcend cultural styles and circumstances and generations. Whether breaking new ground or reviving a classic
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The violence unleashed at a mental health office on the Upper East Side reminded other professionals of the dangers inherent in a career spent helping people.
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Kristin Chenoweth may be Broadway's biggest and busiest voice.
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Long before the curtain was raised in Birmingham on a play called âBehzti,â it was known that several elements of the production could cause offense to some members of the audience.
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"The Coast of Utopia," Tom Stoppard's sprawling tale of 19th-century Russian intellectuals, and "Spring Awakening," a pounding post-rock musical of teenage sexual anxiety, dominated the recently concluded Broadway season.
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For children with autism, theater can  rank among the worst of experiences.
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Off Broadwayâs latest survival strategy, called piggybacking, involves two shows saving production costs by sharing a stage and equipment.
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roadway!&quot; cries Adolph Green. &quot;Da da da dada doo,&quot; he says, snapping his fingers to an imaginary tune. &quot;Broadway is life!
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Opera Orchestra of New York is facing financial problems that could force it to curtail next seasonâs performances.
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Imagine a John Lennon musical on Broadway. It's easy if you try.