They were, the showman in 42nd Street proclaimed, “the most glorious words in the English language: musical comedy!” But for a couple of decades, the people who made Broadway-style musicals forgot ...

Many of us survived the Covid days by rediscovering old MGM musicals, humming tunes from Singing In the Rain or doing a Fred Astaire tap from Top Hat. So if they represented islands of good cheer, let ...

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This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. In the last few weeks, the new Broadway musical Taboo closed, costing its backers millions of dollars. It was also announced that the Broadway revival of Gypsy, ...

Rewatching old shows is a very specific mood. You are not here to be surprised. You are not here to be impressed. You are here because you already know exactly what is going to happen, and that feels ...

Since the Wicked movie came out in 2024, musicals have enjoyed a surge in popularity amongst kids, tweens, and teens. My own kids weren't even out of the theater after seeing Wicked before they asked ...

This weekend, the Old Globe wraps up the most ambitious production in its 89-year history: Henry 6, which condensed William Shakespeare’s three Henry VI dramas into two plays that rotated in repertory ...

© Credit Ana Carballosa. Courtesy of AE Ops, LLC and Mohari Media US, LLC. Director Bill Condon‘s vision for adapting “Kiss of the Spider Woman” for the big ...