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a long talk

Cat Cohen Needs People to Tell Her She’s Crazy

 She levels up with her new Off Broadway show, Broad Strokes: “I’m thrilled, but I want so much more.” By Jason P. Frank
stage whisperer

Into the Woods

 A caravan of Broadway stars found themselves in upstate New York for a weekend of musical theater outdoors. What could go wrong? By Julia Edelstein
theater review

The Winter’s Tale Ambles Onstage, Accompanied (Briefly) by a Bear

 Daniel Sullivan’s Shakespeare in the Park production is smooth and well-executed but rarely urgent. By Sara Holdren
  1. tributes
    Watch Broadway’s Frank-N-Furters Pay Tribute to Tim CurryPaul Soileau, Luke Evans, and Jake Shears sang “I’m Going Home” together at Studio 54.
    By Bethy Squires
  2. theater review
    Don’t Overthink Paranormal ActivityThe stage version of the horror classic knows what its audience wants, even if the experience feels a bit too normal at times.
    By Jackson McHenry
  3. stage whisperer
    Into the WoodsA caravan of Broadway stars found themselves in upstate New York for a weekend of musical theater outdoors. What could go wrong?
    By Julia Edelstein
  4. musical the-a-ter
    All-Star 10 Things I Hate About You Musical Aims for BroadwayLena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen’s collaboration is set to premiere one year from now.
    By Jason P. Frank
  5. a long talk
    Cat Cohen Needs People to Tell Her She’s CrazyShe levels up with her new Off Broadway show, Broad Strokes: “I’m thrilled, but I want so much more.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  7. theater review
    The Winter’s Tale Ambles Onstage, Accompanied (Briefly) by a BearDaniel Sullivan’s Shakespeare in the Park production is smooth and well-executed but rarely urgent.
    By Sara Holdren
  8. good news
    Ayo! Edebiri! Is! Snoopy!In the Encores! production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
    By Jason P. Frank
  9. way down hadestown
    Hadestown Recasts Its HadesGeno Segers is out after his controversial opinions about the LGBTQ community and women’s rights went viral.
    By Jason P. Frank
  10. exclusive
    Bowen Yang Will Star in Oh, Mary! This FallThe SNL alum is the latest coup for the production, which has a knack for making savvy casting choices.
    By Jason P. Frank
  11. west end
    Sunday in the Park With George Confirms Ariana Grande Will Be Recast“We know this cannot have been an easy decision, and she makes it with our complete understanding and support.”
    By Alejandra Gularte
  12. ai music
    Boy George Departs Jesus Christ Superstar After AI-Generated Pro-Israel SongHis manager, RHOBH’s Paul “PK” Kemsley, said “it was right to step aside, allowing the production to remain the focus.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  13. stage whisperer
    New York City Has Javert FeverEager superfans, a surprise Patti LuPone appearance, and questionable teddy bears: Les Misérables at Radio City has it all.
    By Fran Hoepfner
  14. announcements
    Introducing How to Watch, Read, and Love Shakespeare, by Sara HoldrenCritic-director Sara Holdren’s guide to the greatest English playwright, from line to stage.
    By Sara Holdren
  15. theater review
    Main-Character Energy: Cat Cohen’s Broad StrokesHer new show at the Lortel is informed by an intense medical experience.
    By Jackson McHenry
  16. give my regards to broadway
    Purple Rain Heads for the Great White WayThe stage adaptation has a new creative team after being ravaged out of town.
    By Jason P. Frank
  17. theater review
    Past As Prologue: The Whoopi Monologues and The PotluckA reinterpretation of Whoopi Goldberg’s astonishing 1984 breakthrough show and a meta-musical about turning awful history into good theater.
    By Jackson McHenry
  18. theater review
    Giulia: A Baroque-Era Poisoner’s Tale all’AmericanaJennifer Nettles writes and stars in a Sicilian pop-eretta.
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. theater review
    Taking the Long View, Brilliantly: Birthright and CampingTwo powerful new works trace the way we grow up and draw closer — or come apart.
    By Sara Holdren
  20. stage whisperer
    Jimmy Award Winner Samia Posadas Is Ready to WorkThe musical theater wunderkind is off to college, unless the right job comes along: “Of course I’m going to take it.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  21. new york new york
    Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’s Warriors Musical Is Broadway BoundIt’s not about the cats.
    By Jason P. Frank
  22. stage whisperer
    The Best Play You Can Find in a One-Bedroom Greenpoint ApartmentThe buzzy Slanted Floors is being staged for six people per night — carrot stew included.
    By Jason P. Frank
  23. marmalade news
    Paddington Sails to AmericaThe long-rumored transfer of Paddington: The Musical will finally debut on Broadway.
    By Jason P. Frank
  24. theater review
    June’s Off Broadway Productions to SeeXhloe & Natasha and Todd Almond’s Fringe imports, plus a bracing dose of anti-McCarthyism at City Center.
    By Sara Holdren
  25. theater kids
    So Olivia Rodrigo Wrote a MusicalBroadway producers are probably salivating over You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.
    By Jason P. Frank
  26. theater review
    A Romeo and Juliet That Ignores Its Own StrengthA production that rejects Shakespeare’s poetry puts itself at a disadvantage from the start.
    By Sara Holdren
  27. the t in egot
    ‘Gitchie Gitchie Laurie Metcalf Unlocked Everything’The maestros behind P!nk’s name-checking, Moulin Rouge!–inspired Tonys opening number reveal how they pulled it all off.
    By Devon Ivie
  28. tony awards 2026
    Bernadette Peters Has a Passion for That Cynthia Erivo RumorShe believes the Wicked star will revive Sondheim’s Passion.
    By Bethy Squires
  29. rachel zegler voice: tony!
    The 2026 Tony WinnersSchmigadoon! was the night’s big winner, taking home Best Musical.
    By Jason P. Frank
  30. the t in egot
    Every Single Thing That Happened at the 2026 Tony AwardsThe Cats: The Jellicle Ball website crashed after the musical’s Tonys performance.
    By Vulture Editors
  31. theater kids
    P!nk Should Probably Just Host the Tonys Every Year Now“Gitchie gitchie Lesley Manville.”
    By Jason P. Frank
  32. stage whisperer
    Qween Jean’s Broadway Reign Is Just BeginningThe Cats: The Jellicle Ball and Liberation costumer is nominated for two Tonys in her first year of eligibility.
    By Jason P. Frank
  33. stage whisperer
    Theater Stars, Awards Gossip, and at Least Two Knicks FansTo kick off Tonys weekend, New York’s theater elite partied with Vulture high above Times Square.
    By Jason P. Frank
  34. stage whisperer
    Who Will Win the 2026 Tony Awards?It’s been a topsy-turvy Tony season, with new productions taking a backseat to revivals. But someone still has to win.
    By Jackson McHenry
  35. stage whisperer
    ‘Why Is There No Tony for Best Wigs?’Fallen Angels has one of the best jokes of the spring theater season. It’s on Rose Byrne’s head.
    By Jason P. Frank
  36. theater review
    Music in the Darkness: Girl, Interrupted Comes to the StageA new adaptation of the book incorporates music by Aimee Mann.
    By Jackson McHenry
  37. p!nk news
    How to Watch the 2026 Tony AwardsBecause New York doesn’t stop when the Knicks have a night off.
    By Jason P. Frank
  38. theater review
    The Loneliness of the Ghost-Town Throuple: JeromeIn John J. Caswell Jr.’s play, a gay couple living in the Arizona desert meet a stranger with a secret.
    By Jackson McHenry
  39. stage whisperer
    Gina Gionfriddo Does Mean WellAfter leaving theater for nearly ten years, the playwright is nominated for her first Tony for Becky Shaw. She’s ready for it.
    By Jason P. Frank
  40. theater review
    Video Killed The MaidsIn the hands of Kip Williams, Genet’s dark drama somehow becomes a play about how you look at your phone too much.
    By Jackson McHenry
  41. profile
    Morgan Bassichis Talks to GhostsThe performer’s hit solo show, Can I Be Frank?, is part séance, part comedy routine, and unlike anything else in theater right now.
    By E. Alex Jung
  42. theater review
    Indian Princesses, at the Corner of Cringe and CompassionIn Eliana Theologides Rodriguez’s play, fathers who don’t really understand their daughters still try to do right by them.
    By Sara Holdren
  43. the t in egot
    ‘I Struggle With the Scott Rudin of It All’Two anonymous Tony Awards voters tell us who’s earning their votes this year.
    By Devon Ivie
  44. scenes
    My Week in the Los Angeles Clown SceneThis winter, Allison P. Davis traveled to L.A.’s Eastside to settle one of comedy’s most controversial debates: Is the art of clowning a joke?
    By Allison P. Davis
  45. theater review
    Heather Christian’s Animal Wisdom Returns, Its Magnetism IntactFirst performed a decade ago by the composer-playwright (and MacArthur Genius) herself, this spectacular piece is now embodied by Kenita Miller.
    By Sara Holdren
  46. the culture business
    Why the Metropolitan Opera Needed a Saudi Lifeline“In spite of repressive aspects of the Saudi regime,” accepting up to $200 million from the kingdom was not a difficult decision, says Peter Gelb.
    By Rachel Corbett
  47. profile
    Only John Lithgow Could Get Away With ThisHe’s terrific as Roald Dahl in Giant, a play at the center of the antisemitism vs. anti-Zionism debate.
    By Rebecca Alter
  48. stage whisperer
    ‘If Those Stockings Had a Sound, What Would It Be?’For her Tony-nominated Death of a Salesman score, Caroline Shaw knew she had to do something different.
    By Justin Davidson
  49. theater review
    Teen Angst, Online and IRL, in Dad Don’t Read ThisYoung people entangle with friends and Sims in Eliya Smith’s new play.
    By Jackson McHenry
  50. in conversation
    Taraji P. Henson Tells It Like It IsThe actress is having a ball in her Broadway debut, but she still has some bones to pick with Hollywood.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  51. prettiest girl in america
    Meg Stalter’s Dream of Doing Oh, Mary Is Coming TrueThe prettiest girl in the America? More like … the prettiest First Lady in America.
    By Fran Hoepfner
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