A brigade of glamorous ladies (and a gentleman or two!) got locked up at off-Broadway’s Acorn Theatre on May 7 for a benefit reading of Tom Eyen’s black comedy Women Behind Bars. Helmed by artistic director Scott Elliott, the New Group’s one-night-only reading featured a star-studded cast including Cynthia Nixon, Rosie O’Donnell, Janeane Garofalo, Natasha Lyonne ...

Break out the popcorn, the summer movie season is coming! With openings of new Broadway shows slowing down during the summer months, there are still plenty of chances to catch some of your favorite theater stars in action. From the Tom Cruise-led film adaptation of the '80s-obsessed musical Rock of Ages to quirky indies starring stage favorites like Patti LuPone ...

A Streetcar Named Desire star Daphne Rubin-Vega and stage and screen alum Halley Feiffer join the New Group's previously announced one-night-only benefit reading of Women Behind Bars by Tom Eyen. Rubin-Vega and Feiffer will replace previously announced stars Rosie Perez and Chloe Sevigny, respectively, who withdrew due to scheduling conflicts. Helmed by New Group artistic director Scott Elliott, the ...

Tennessee Williams’ classic drama A Streetcar Named Desire is getting a riveting Broadway revival starring Blair Underwood as Stanley, Nicole Ari Parker as Blanche, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Stella and Wood Harris as Mitch. Broadway.com resident artist Justin ‘Squigs’ Robertson headed to Elysian Fields to take in Emily Mann’s production and pen a portrait of the four headliners in ...

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the fourth and final time this season on April 27 to determine eligibility for 18 Broadway productions.

The shows discussed included Death of a Salesman, Once, Jesus Christ Superstar, Newsies, The Best Man, End of the Rainbow, Evita, Magic/Bird, Peter and the Starcatcher, One Man, Two Guvnors, Clybourne Park, A Streetcar Named ...

It was a rainy night in Manhattan on April 22, but the weather inside the Broadhurst Theatre was balmy as the New Orleans-set classic A Streetcar Named Desire opening on Broadway. The starry Tennessee Williams revival boasted an audience filled with theater titans like Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Albee, TV stars like Russell Hornsby, current Broadway stars like Norm Lewis ...

Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire was revived and reinvented on April 22, when the show’s first ever Broadway production starring a cast color opened at the Broadhurst Theatre. Broadway newcomers Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker made powerful Broadway debuts as the famously brutish Stanley and the genteel Blanche, respectively, joined by Tony nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega as Stella ...

Nominations for the 62nd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced on April 23, with the new Gershwin tuner Nice Work If You Can Get It leading the group with nine nominations. Newsies and Once, both new musicals, received seven nods each. Winners of the Outer Critics Circle Awards will be announced on May 14, with the annual awards ceremony ...

Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Wood Harris are headlining Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway, giving this American classic an A-list revival. Emily Mann directs this watershed piece, which stars Underwood as Stanley, a blue-collar brute who comes to blows with his fading southern belle sister-in-law, Blanche DuBois (Parker). Broadway.com Word of Mouth panelists ...

Tennessee Williams’ landmark play A Streetcar Named Desire is back on Broadway with an all-star cast, and we’ve got a peek at photos of these A-listers in action. Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker lead the cast as working class lug Stanley and southern belle Blanche DuBois, respectively, with Tony nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega playing Stanley's wife, Stella, and ...