“A Chorus Line” is one of the most popular Broadway musicals of all time, as well as one of the most distinctive. Yet Goodspeed Musicals, the theater company dedicated to the glories and legacy of ...

Watching a new Broadway musical early on, you can always tell when one is going to be really big. The standing ovation is physically involuntary — not out of politeness or a ploy to be first in line ...

Goodspeed Musicals is dedicated not only to staging great American musicals but studying them, building upon them and figuring out what makes them tick. That’s what makes the theater’s new production ...

In the summer of 1975, a remarkable, historic coincidence happened on Broadway that saw the birth of two iconic musicals opening in the same season, just mere blocks from each other: CHICAGO, the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook The slinky jailbirds and Broadway hopefuls in these two classic shows have been fighting it out since 1975. Merry murderesses: Penny Worth and Carolyn Kirsch ...

Sing, dance and act all at the same time? Sure, nothing to it. Chorus lines do it every day. Of course, the classic Broadway musical “A Chorus Line” makes it clear just how challenging that can be.

Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the iconic Broadway musical “A Chorus Line,” which opened at the Shubert Theatre on July 25, 1975. The story of dancers auditioning for the chorus of a new musical ...

Performances in N.Y.C. To celebrate the shows’ golden anniversaries, the Broadway star Robyn Hurder demonstrates what makes their choreography so special. Credit... Supported by By Brian Seibert ...

One of the greatest things about live local theater is its power to surprise us, to defy our expectations and shake our sense of what we think we know. That said, sometimes it’s not a bad idea to have ...