The musical Kimberly Akimbo has eight Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical. Joan Marcus/Kimberly Akimbo hide caption
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Actor and comedian D'Lo performing in his one-man play, "To T or Not to T." Mikel Darling hide caption
When your demographic clone tells their secrets, are they telling yours, too?
Annaleigh Ashford, left, and Josh Groban star in Broadway's current revival of Sweeney Todd. Ashford says it's rare for musicals to have this large of an orchestra. Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/Sweeney Todd hide caption
After years of ever-shrinking orchestras, some Broadway musicals are going big
Alex Newell has been nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Emilio Madrid/Shucked hide caption
Tony Awards have gendered actor categories — where do non-binary people fit?
Karoline performs as Katie and Tony Nam as Malcolm in Exclusion at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Margot Schulman/Arena Stage hide caption
In 'Exclusion,' Kenneth Lin draws on his roots as the son of Chinese immigrants
Sara Bareilles plays the Baker's Wife in Into the Woods. She says the first thing she did after taking the role was give her character a real name: "I named her Rebecca." Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman/MurphyMade hide caption
Sara Bareilles thought 'Into the Woods' would last 2 weeks — she ended up on Broadway
The musical adaptation of Monsoon Wedding has opened at Brooklyn's St. Ann's Warehouse. Matthew Murphy hide caption
You're invited to 'Monsoon Wedding' — a musical nearly 15 years in the making
Josh Groban and the combined casts of Hamilton and Sweeney Todd. Jennifer Vanasco/NPR hide caption
The cast of Some Like It Hot. Marc J. Franklin/Some Like It Hot hide caption
Writer Neil Gaiman (center) makes music with FourPlay (L-R: Peter Hollo, Shenton Gregory aka Shenzo Gregorio, Lara Goodridge and Tim Hollo) Chris Frape/Riot Act Media hide caption
Writer Neil Gaiman debuts his first music album with an Australian string quartet
Barry Humphries performs as Dame Edna for a farewell tour in London on Nov. 13, 2013. Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, died on Saturday in Sydney. Joel Ryan/Joel Ryan/Invision/AP hide caption
Chita Rivera as Anita in the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story. AP hide caption
Broadway legend Chita Rivera dances through her life in a new memoir
John Riddle as Raoul, Laird Mackintosh as the Phantom and Emilie Kouatchou as Christine, take a bow at the end of the final performance of the Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theater in New York City on April 16, 2023. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
'Phantom of the Opera' takes a final Broadway bow after 13,981 performances
Annaleigh Ashford and Josh Groban in the 2023 Broadway production of Sweeney Todd. Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman hide caption
As 'Sweeney Todd' returns to Broadway, 4 Sweeneys dish about the difficult role
Los Angeles artist Kristina Wong in Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, a co-production with East West Players. Javier Vasquez hide caption
From elected official to 'Sweatshop Overlord,' this performer takes on unlikely roles
Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan star in a rarely revived Lorraine Hansberry play. Catalina Kulczar/Brooklyn Academy of Music hide caption
A rarely revived Lorraine Hansberry play is here — and it's messy but powerful
A repurposed school bus from Control Group Productions' climate change-focused immersive theater experience, The End. Katie Weisberger/Control Group Productions hide caption
Theater never recovered from COVID — and now change is no longer a choice
Matt Butler performing at the Central Utah Correctional Facility. Liam Trouchard/Matt Butler hide caption
Playwright Paula Vogel speaks onstage during the 2017 Tony Awards. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions hide caption
Trade, created by Emma O'Halloran and Mark O'Halloran, will be featured at the PROTOTYPE festival this year. Maria Baranova/Unison Media hide caption
Who says opera needs a grand stage? This festival is all about intimate productions
A scene from the New York production of STOMP featuring Desmond Howard and Emmanuel "Manny" Scott at the Orpheum Theatre. Steve McNicholas hide caption
Prima Facie, by Suzie Miller, was a hit in London last year and now is coming to Broadway. Helen Murray/Prima Facie hide caption
A rare recording of Phinney's Rainbow — thought to be the first produced musical of Stephen Sondheim (shown here as a wizened showbiz veteran of 32, with three Broadway musicals under his belt) — has been found on a bookshelf in Milwaukee. Michael Hardy/Express/Getty Images hide caption