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Billy Porter Creates a Funky New Broadway

In shows from south pacific to The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers proved himself one of the most indelible songwriters of American musical theater. However, with his latest...

Classic, With A Twist of Modern: White Elephant Burlesque At Rockbar

Celebrating its 10th year, White Elephant Burlesque Society is a theatrical fully realized inner circle of talented and ambitious burlesque performers. Each of them a headliner,...

Flipping the Script on Chekhov with Stupid F#@king Bird

April 21-22; 25-29 Even people who love theater enjoy hating it — sometimes. Just like NPR’s cerebral navel-gazing and an evening watching James Lipton pontificate over...

Picturing Bright Colors and Bold Patterns from the Director’s Chair

On the heels of a recent success, Michael Urie talks making the leap from acting to directing. He rose to fame as a performer, but Michael Urie has recently been taking turns in...

John O’Hurley Is the Genuine Article at Café Carlyle

I took in a show that has me wondering whether imitation is in fact the most sincere form of flattery. Certain performers present such a unique combination of voice, affect and...

SuicideGirls’ Blackheart Burlesque: A Different Kind of Exhibition

May 14 Tattoos, piercings, bustiers and — storm trooper helmets? You never know quite what to expect when the SuicideGirls are involved. These self-proclaimed “alternative...

See The View Upstairs at the Lynn Redgrave Theater

Musicals are so often thought of as “gay,” it can be easy to forget that every once in a while one of of them actually addresses the LGBT experience, like La Cage Aux Folles,...

Fun Home Comes to the Ahmanson Theatre in LA

Opens February 21 Picture it: a Lesbian writes a comic book about her closeted gay dad, the comic book gets adapted into Broadway musical and leagues of theatergoers leave the...

Chita Rivera at The Broad Stage

February 10 Yes, at 84 years old, Chita Rivera is still killing it at solo concerts, backed by a lean and mean trio of musicians who help her revisit signature moments from West...

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Blvd Ready for Its Close-Up

“This world’s waited long enough, I’ve come home at last!” sings Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical re-imagination of the classic film Sunset Boulevard....

Ingrid Michaelson Live at the Beacon Theatre

November 16-17 Hot off the release of her seventh studio album, It Doesn’t Have to Make Sense, indie singer/songwriter and instrumentalist Ingrid Michaelson brings her defiant...

Sean Hayes Puts Jack in the Box Once and For All

Our conversation with Sean Hayes continues. Read part 1. If you missed part one of the interview, you can read it here. Playing God on Broadway is just the latest chapter in Sean...