Jimmy Fallon Makes His Broadway Debut in “All In”
Four days a week, Jimmy Fallon performs for a TV audience of millions of people as the host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show.” But stepping onto the stage of the…
Idina Menzel Played Elphaba and Elsa. Now She’s Back on Broadway.
Idina Menzel was sitting on a bench in a California redwood grove, yearning for silence. It was late one autumn afternoon, and I had been trying for months to get…
In ‘Eureka Day,’ a Scene About Vaccines Devolves, Hilariously
The third scene of the new Broadway production of “Eureka Day” could be titled The Way We Discourse Now. As written by the playwright Jonathan Spector, the scene reliably has…
How Kara Young, a Tony-Winning Actress, Spends Her Sundays
Many actors have to leave their support systems behind when they set out to follow their Broadway dreams. But Kara Young, a Tony Award-winning actress who grew up in Harlem…
Review: In ‘English,’ Looking for a Language to Live In
Some plays are bouillabaisses, crammed with everything a playwright can put in the pot. Even if it means splattering the stovetop, these stories are going to boil. Other plays are…
Claire van Kampen, 71, Playwright and Arranger of Early Music World, Dies
Claire van Kampen, who created authentic musical worlds for period works starring her husband, Mark Rylance, including Shakespearean plays and the TV show “Wolf Hall,” and who, late in her…
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, ‘Footloose’ Choreographer, Dies at 78
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, a Tony Award-nominated choreographer and director whose colorfully varied career included commissions for New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater as well as Broadway musicals including “Swing!”…