Michael Cerveris on the Closing of ‘Fun Home’: 'It Arrived on Broadway in the Moment it Was Most Needed'
When Michael Cerveris, who plays the closeted Bruce Bechdel in the Broadway musical Fun Home, begins his final song, “Edges of the World,” he sings: “I fucking love beginnings, flying high.”
The ‘A’ Word: Plays About Not Having the Baby
When Lisa Loomer accepted the invitation to write a play for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s American Revolutions series about the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, she knew she was walking into a minefield.
"Pretty Little Liars'" Not-So-Pretty Little "Love" Story
Seven seasons in and “Pretty Little Liars” has finally addressed the elephant in the room.
I Survived ‘Trump’ Magazine — Barely
Bills went unpaid. They turned off the electricity. Our paychecks started bouncing. I got cancer and they canceled my health coverage. Here’s what it was like to work for Donald Trump’s failed magazine.
The Women of Summer
When Ayad Akhtar brought his new play Junk to Vassar and New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater, the work was an unfinished product. Only two acts had been written of what would ultimately be a three-act play, so after the first two acts had been read to the audience, the playwright took on a new role: that of storyteller. Akhtar stood up and told the audience what would happen and how the play would end.
Shrewd Taming
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, this performance of Shakespeare’s controversial play, by a fiercely talented and entirely female cast, inspires uncomfortable but crucial questions about the state of gender relations in America — especially with regard to one woman in particular.
‘Grease: Live!’ Star Aaron Tveit Says 2016 Election Satire in New Zombie Series ‘BrainDead’ Hits a Little Too Close to Home
Art is imitating life for Aaron Tveit – for better or worse. Starring in Robert and Michelle King's new political satire thriller “BrainDead,” Tveit admits he and many members of the cast have spotted some unnerving similarities between their scripts and today's headlines.
The Father/A Doll's House
Written by playwrights and famous rivals Strindberg and Ibsen, respectively, these plays offer gripping portrays of trapped women and, at first glance, their differing opinions of them.
‘Hamilton’ Star Renée Elise Goldsberry on Bringing Feminism and Diversity to Broadway: BUST Interview
“I think if she were a man, she would have been President.”
American Psycho
The idea of setting to music a story of suppressed rage, gruesome murder and a bitingly sarcastic commentary on the greed and narcissism of the Me Decade was surprising and intriguing. But the result, directed by Rupert Goold, is a confusing combination of irony and sincerity.
Good Women: Saying Goodbye to the Fierce Females of ‘The Good Wife’
The title alone makes you think twice. Upon first hearing the words "the good wife," the phrase sounds like a reference to the Stepford Wives era of the 1950s.
Tuck Everlasting
Adapted by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle, with a score by Chris Miller (music) and Nathan Tysen (lyrics), it’s clear from the opening number thatTuck Everlasting is a whole-heartedly old-fashioned musical.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche DuBois may be looking for magic, but it’s unforgiving realism that floods the theater at St. Ann’s Warehouse, where a gritty and gripping production of A Streetcar Named Desire is performances.
Bright Star
This highly anticipated new musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, featuring original bluegrass music by its well-known team, is pretty as a picture but disappointingly unoriginal.