A Manuscript, a Confrontation, a Shooting
Margo Feiden tells of a disheveled Valerie Solanas brandishing a gun the day she shot Andy Warhol.
View ArticleAsk About Improv Everywhere
Taking Questions: Charlie Todd, the founder of Improv Everywhere, responds to readers' questions.
View ArticleNocturnalist | At ‘The Kid,’ Two Debuts
On opening night, 'The Kid' delivers extra drama, with the birth of an actor's son.
View ArticleWhere Every Seat Is Front Row Center
Don’t ask for two on the aisle. This theater has no aisle. Or curtain. Or balcony. Or orchestra. Or scenery.
View ArticleOn a Broadway Stage and Under the Gaze of a Star
In the Schools: A chance for young students to sing and strut their stuff on a Broadway stage.
View ArticleElizabeth Taylor on ‘Someone’ Similarly Named
Elizabeth Taylor (no, not that one) talks about sharing the same name with a Hollywood giant.
View ArticleA Bang-Up Night for Broadway, Even if the Wrong Play Won
The Day: Broadway has just completed an excellent season at the box office, and its importance as a money machine for the city seems hard to dispute. Also, what City Room is reading in other papers and...
View ArticleAct II, Scene 1: A Wedding, With a Full Cast
Jessie Austrian and Noah Brody play a married couple onstage, and now they will get to play one in real life.
View ArticleIn a Dusty Drawer, a Trove of Theatrical Voices
Several hundred recordings of some of the luminaries in Broadway history were uncovered in a storage room at the Dramatists Guild of America.
View Article‘Bombshell’ Doesn’t Exist, but Its Songs Are Real Hits
“Bombshell,” a fictional musical based on Marilyn Monroe’s life, is a plot device in NBC’s “Smash,” but its tunes are hot in piano bars.
View ArticleOnstage, Trying to Connect to a Faraway War
Through the lens of theater, 15 New York University students have the opportunity to explore issues that will remain critical long after the last troops return home.
View ArticleBad Breath on Broadway
Metropolitan Diary: During intermission, two women lament the lack of personal hygiene in the audience.
View ArticleIn a Church’s Sanctuary, Theater With a Dose of Reality
The Nativity Church on Second Avenue, where a revival of the play "Stand-Up Tragedy" is being staged, lends the production a certain authenticity of place.
View Article13-Year-Old Playwright Awaits His Big Night
A class assignment led to Kyle Abrahams's winning entry in the Worldwide Plays Festival Competition, and it will be performed by professional actors on Saturday evening.
View ArticleA Yellow Beverage
Metropolitan Diary: A shopper was being very choosy about the soft drink she was buying, but for a bizarre reason.
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