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What Profits an Off Broadway Show?

For three years "Altar Boyz," the little musical about a Christian boy band, playing at New World Stages, has been a classic example of commercial Off Broadway's struggles.

If a show with a cultlike following, stellar reviews, a not insurmountable $1 million capitalization cost ‹ and after some adjustments, a $50,000 weekly running cost ‹ couldn't turn a profit, then what could?
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Going to Extremes to Seek Dramatic Accuracy
A New York dominatrix taught Domination 101 to Sutton Foster and others in Second Stage’s “Trust” so they could portray S&M accurately.

Single, and Singular, Women Become Her
In “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” on Broadway, Cherry Jones gets to play yet another strong-willed woman.

Unlikely Path: Carrying Actors From Newcastle
Just as the miners portrayed in “The Pitmen Painters” never stray from their roots, the actors are themselves an unusual example of loyalty and collaboration.

Mick Lally, Irish Actor and Founder of the Druid Theater, Dies at 64
Mr. Lally’s troupe has received international acclaim for its productions of works by Irish playwrights, especially J. M. Synge and Martin McDonagh.

Theater Review | 'Vision Disturbance': Seeing in Just 2 Dimensions as Her Marriage Breaks Up
In Christina Masciotti’s “Vision Disturbance,” a Greek-born woman experiences a strange eye disorder while going through a divorce.

Theater Review | 'It Must Be Him': Has-Been Writer Hopes to Break Out of a Slump
In “It Must Be Him,” a comedy by Kenny Solms, Peter Scolari plays a television writer who’s trying to revive his career.

Urban Athlete: Chorus-Line Calisthenics
For beginning hoofers or advanced, Broadway dance routines can be an alternative to the gym.

Theater Review | Long Island: On an Avenue Far From Sesame Street
At the Gateway Playhouse, a sweet, naughty, hilarious, absolutely first-rate production of “Avenue Q.”

Brendan Fraser to Make Broadway Debut in 'Elling'
Mr. Fraser and Denis O'Hare are set to play a mismatched pair of roommates navigating the shoals of friendship, work, and women

'Yank!' Won't Reach Broadway This Season
The musical, about two World War II G.I.'s whose friendship turns into romance, has been delayed until the fall of 2011.

'You Can't Take it With You' Revival Off for Fall
Producer Elizabeth I. McCann, who had announced she would mount the show in November, said on Thursday that she is now aiming for a spring opening.

Off Off Off Broadway? Try Dublin
With top-tier actors and affordable tickets, the city’s theater scene is rich and intimate.

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