As every artist knows, one way to catch a viewer’s eye is a jarring juxtaposition. Take the original poster for Stephen Sondheim’s 1976 musical “Pacific Overtures,” currently on display at the UC ...

NEW YORK – For theatergoers, it produces an all too familiar sinking feeling. You open your Playbill and a little piece of paper flutters out, alerting you that a member of the cast is out and someone ...

Give my regards to Broadway…a famous phrase which embodies our forever love of the Great White Way where musical theater has thrived for over a century. Now, the history of Broadway Musical theater is ...

This time, the reader question was: What is the history of dark and spooky musical comedies about death? Death is a topic that unites us all. In every creative medium, from film and TV to novels to ...

While the nickname “the Great White Way” historically refers to the dazzling electric lights of Broadway, the phrase often also suggests the way many histories of New York theater center white artists ...

This time, the reader question was: What is the history of Off-Broadway theater buildings? Second Stage Theatre’s 43rd Street off-Broadway house, right near 8th Avenue, recently changed hands and is ...

In this interview from March 6, 2004, actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein talks to director Michael Kantor backstage at the Neil Simone Theatre during the Broadway production of "Hairspray," for ...