David Mamet’s Tony, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross is back on Broadway for the third time in an all-star revival led by Al Pacino and Bobby Cannavale. Read on to find out how this shocking piece of theater has continued to woo audiences around the world for almost three decades.


Real-Life Sleazeballs
Widely considered one of ...

The Heiress is bringing a taste of 19th-century New York charm to Broadway, starring Academy Award-nominee Jessica Chastain as Catherine Sloper and Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens as her suitor, Morris Townsend. Read on below to chart the history of The Heiress from Henry James’ 1880 novella to the 2012 Broadway revival.


This Brilliant Stranger
Like many great artistic works ...

On October 13, 1962, Edward Albee introduced Broadway audiences to George and Martha—a feuding, liquor-swilling married couple who changed the landscape of contemporary American theater. Exactly 50 years after its premiere, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is being revived at Broadway’s Booth Theatre in a crackling production starring actor and playwright Tracy Letts and Tony nominee Amy ...

Cyrano de Bergerac has found its way back to Broadway, with stars Douglas Hodge and Clemence Poesy stepping into the recognizable roles of the romantic Cyrano and his unobtainable love, Roxane. But how did this famous French play make its mark on the theater world? 'Tis imperative to read on!

A Man and His Nose
"’Tis enormous!" So begins the ...

The life of legendary screen actor Charlie Chaplin is immortalized in Chaplin, a new musical by Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan, which opens September 10 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre with Rob McClure in the title role. Read on to find out how the beloved comic icon made ’em laugh (and cry!) all the way to Broadway.


If I Left ...

Bring It On, the new Broadway musical inspired by the motion picture of the same name, is bringing a burst of human fireworks to the Great White Way. Read on to get a spirited look at a show with a heart of a champion.


Gimme a Girl Power Hit
"Contrary to popular belief, I was not a high school cheerleader ...

Leap of Faith, the rousing gospel-tinged musical that follows the escapades of part-time reverend and full-time con artist Jonas Nightingale, is raising spirits at Broadway's St. James Theatre, where it opens on April 26. Read on to get the good word on a show that gives audiences something to believe in.

Practice What You Preach
As an executive with ...

Nice Work If You Can Get It may be a brand new Broadway musical, but its origins date back to the early 1900s. When young Israel Gershowitz’s parents bought him a piano, they had hoped he would excel at his lessons. He didn’t. To Israel’s relief, his little brother Jacob took a liking to the instrument instead ...

A Haunting Idea
The 1990 film Ghost is as much a comedy as a romance, but it began life as a much darker project. “I had wanted to do a movie about ghosts for 10 years, and to tell it from the side of the ghost, but none of my ideas worked,” screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin told the New York ...

After the success of their 1970 concept album-turned-rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice teamed up again to create a rock opera about the controversial political figure Eva Peron, the First Lady of Argentina. The two young collaborators scrapped plans to write a musical adaptation of Peter Pan after Rice became mesmerized by a 1973 radio ...