Broadway

July 31, 2019, 11:40 pm

Towering Jewish Broadway director and producer Hal Prince dead at 91

Legendary musical theater don worked on the first stage production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in the 60s before going on to define the genre as an icon of his generation

By Mark Kennedy

Cars on 6th Avenue during a major power outage affecting parts of the city New York City on July 13, 2019, (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

July 14, 2019, 6:25 am

Times Square goes dark as power outage strikes Manhattan

Broadway shows forced to cancel and New Yorkers sweat like its 1977 after transformer fire plunges some 40,000 in Midtown to Upper West Side into un-air conditioned darkness

By AP

Martin Charnin, Tony-winning "Annie" lyricist (Screencapture/YouTube)

July 8, 2019, 1:40 am

Martin Charnin, Tony-winning ‘Annie’ lyricist, dies at 84

Charnin made his Broadway debut playing a Jet in the original ‘West Side Story,’ before turning to writing; was fiercely protective over his musical hit about the little orphan

By Mark Kennedy

Neil Diamond performs at the 84th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting at the Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2016 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images/AFP)

July 3, 2019, 11:25 pm

Neil Diamond musical headed for Broadway

Iconic singer-songwriter who stopped touring this year due to Parkinson’s says he’s excited to tell his life story on stage

By JTA

Zero Mostel as Tevye in a still from 'Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles.' (Courtesy Toronto Jewish Film Festival)

May 8, 2019, 4:39 pm

How ‘Fiddler’ surprised critics to become a top-billed musical for over 50 years

With documentary ‘Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles’ premiering Wednesday, filmmaker Max Lewkowicz investigates why Tevye, Golde, and Anatevka captured hearts the world over

By Rich Tenorio

Aaron Sorkin speaks at the AFI Fest in Hollywood, California, November 16, 2017. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for AFI/via JTA)

March 26, 2019, 4:51 am

Why Aaron Sorkin ignored his doubts to write new play, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

Since opening on December 13, show has been the highest performing non-musical performance on Broadway. Starring Jeff Daniels, it’s a sure bet to receive a Tony Award nomination

By Curt Schleier

Andrew Barth Feldman performs in the titular role in 'Dear Evan Hansen' with, from left, Michael Park, Jennifer Laura Thompson and Mallory Bechtel. (Matthew Murphy/via JTA)

March 19, 2019, 1:41 am

The new 16-year-old star of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is a Jewish kid from Long Island

Andrew Barth Feldman speaks about his Broadway debut, his bar mitzvah theater project, and why he wants a ‘Smash’ reboot

By Emily Burack

Dean Sharenow, left, and David Yazbek accept the award for best musical theater album for 'The Band's Visit' at the 61st annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

February 11, 2019, 1:08 am

‘The Band’s Visit’ wins Grammy for best musical theater album

Based on Israeli film about Egyptian orchestra that winds up in a dusty Negev town, play is to end its Broadway run in two months

By TOI staff and Agencies

Katrina Lenk, left, and Tony Shalhoub performing a scene from 'The Band's Visit' at the Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, June 10, 2018. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions via JTA)

February 6, 2019, 9:29 am

‘The Band’s Visit’ to end Broadway run

New York Times reports that, while successful, Israeli musical did not draw large enough audiences to sustain extended shows; national tour to begin in June

By JTA

In this Oct. 18, 2005 file photo, Carol Channing performs during her one woman show,"The First 80 Years are the Hardest," at the cabaret Feinstein's at the Regency in New York. Channing, whose career spanned decades on Broadway and on television has died at age 97. Publicist B. Harlan Boll says Channing died of natural causes early Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

January 16, 2019, 3:44 am

Effervescent ‘Hello, Dolly!’ icon Carol Channing dies at 97

Tributes pour in for the star who delighted American audiences in over 5,000 Broadway performances as the scheming Dolly Levi

By Mark Kennedy

Carole King, third from right, poses for photos with the cast of 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' at the Stephen Sondheim Theater after a performance in New York, January 12, 2019. (Brooke Lefferts/AP)

January 14, 2019, 12:45 am

Carole King shows up as herself in Broadway bio

Singer and songwriter takes to the stage during the final scene of ‘Beautiful,’ the musical about her life story

By BROOKE LEFFERTS

Jerome Robbins dancing in his living room in 1959. (Philippe Halsman/ Halsman Archive/ New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)

December 18, 2018, 2:10 pm

Before ‘Fiddler,’ iconic ‘West Side Story’ choreographer lived as a closeted Jew

An exhibition at the New York Public Library highlights the loneliness that plagued star Jerome Robbins, the eternal outsider, bisexual son of Jewish immigrants

By Rich Tenorio

A scene from 'The Waverly Gallery' shows, from left, Joan Allen, Elaine May, Lucas Hedges and David Cromer. (Brigitte Lacombe/via JTA)

November 24, 2018, 9:56 pm

‘Manchester by the Sea’ director’s new play deals with tragedy in Jewish family

Kenneth Lonergan’s recently opened ‘The Waverly Gallery,’ running through January 17, features a tear-jerking performance from Elaine May as an aging matriarch that may grab a Tony

By Curt Schleier

Kaufman in front of the Hayes Theater in New York City, where the play he’s directing will debut on November 1. (Courtesy of Torch Song on Broadway/via JTA)

November 12, 2018, 4:17 am

A Venezuelan yeshiva student’s journey toward directing a Broadway classic

Harvey Fierstein’s ‘Torch Song Trilogy’ inspired Moises Kaufman to leave home for New York; little did he imagine he’d one day head up this production of it

By Curt Schleier

In this March 12, 2015 file photo, Joe Masteroff attends the opening night performance of Broadway's "On the Twentieth Century" in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

September 30, 2018, 1:52 am

Joe Masteroff, story writer behind musical ‘Cabaret,’ dies

Masteroff, who also wrote Tony Award-winning ‘She Loves You,’ had biggest success with show about Berlin nightclub as Germany careened toward war

By Mark Kennedy