Jeff Lunden appears in the following:
Encore: Look out, Nets rivals! Octogenarian Mr. Whammy is coming for you
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
For every sports team, there are fans and there are super fans. For the Brooklyn Nets, that's 86-year-old Mr. Whammy — who tries to hex the opposing basketball team into missing their foul shots.
Look out, Nets rivals! Octogenarian Mr. Whammy is coming for you
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Super fan Bruce Reznick, 86, has been a fixture at Nets games since before the team moved to Brooklyn.
Meet Mr. Whammy, the Brooklyn Nets superfan and secret weapon
Thursday, January 12, 2023
A fan-favorite fixture at Brooklyn Nets home games, Bruce Reznick — a.k.a. Mr. Whammy — supports his favorite team by playfully hexing opponents at the foul line.
Who says opera needs a grand stage? This festival is all about intimate productions
Sunday, January 08, 2023
The PROTOTYPE festival, now in its 10th year, presents new operas and music-theater works in smaller settings. "We were trying to create a black box opera movement," says co-founder Beth Morrison.
Here are nine NYC shows we can't wait to see this spring
Monday, January 02, 2023
You never know what'll hit or miss — but you can look at who wrote the script and score, and who's directing and starring. Here's what Jeff Lunden is keeping his eye on, both on and off-Broadway.
Three superstar divas power opera 'The Hours' - coming to movie theaters everywhere.
Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Kelli O'Hara, Renée Fleming, and Joyce DiDonato star in a new opera based on Michael Cunningham's book.
Encore: At The Museum of Broadway, people learn what it takes to make a show
Friday, December 02, 2022
The Museum of Broadway in New York has lots of history and is also an interactive attraction where you can step inside a set or learn what it takes to make a show.
The Museum of Broadway reveals the show behind the show
Saturday, November 26, 2022
A new museum celebrating the history of Broadway is now in New York's theater district.
Korean pop star Luna comes to Broadway in 'KPOP'
Monday, November 21, 2022
The South Korean cultural phenomenon is now a new musical, starring actual K-pop idols.
K-Pop gets the Broadway treatment in a new musical about the industry
Sunday, November 20, 2022
A new Broadway musical follows how global K-Pop superstars put everything on the line when one singer tries to dismantle one of the largest record labels in the industry.
In the Broadway musical '1776,' the revolution is in the casting
Saturday, October 15, 2022
This production uses a cast of multi-racial actors who are female, nonbinary and trans — people who weren't even considered in the Declaration of Independence.
Robert Kalfin, director and producer of innovative theater, dies at 89
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Kalfin co-founded the Chelsea Theater Center, which was known for provocative off-Broadway shows.
Angela Lansbury, a beloved star of the screen and stage, has died at 96
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Lansbury's acting career extended over an extraordinary seven decades. She says she knew early on that she'd never be "groomed to be a glamorous movie star" and thus sought out nontraditional roles.
Stripped to the bones: Why a new NYC concert hall sounds so much better
Friday, October 07, 2022
The new David Geffen Hall in Lincoln Center, home of the New York Philharmonic, opens this week. And while the outside is the same, everything inside has changed.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Fuller dies at 83
Wednesday, October 05, 2022
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Fuller died on Monday in Toronto. He was 83. Fuller was best known for A Soldier's Play – which was turned into an Oscar nominated film, A Soldier's Story.
New Broadway play 'Leopoldstadt' looks at a large Jewish family in Vienna over a half century
Saturday, October 01, 2022
Tom Stoppard's new play, "Leopoldstadt," grew from a midlife realization concerning how many of his relatives died in the Holocaust.
Where are the Black musicians in the country's largest orchestras?
Thursday, September 29, 2022
In 2014, a study found that only 1.4% of orchestra musicians were Black. In 2022, it's hard to know if that number is better or worse.
The Broadway community is celebrating another year of pandemic survival
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
It's been a year since Broadway started back up again - and there've been a lot of ups and downs. COVID still had the power to shut down shows, but performers and audiences persisted.
Published 8 years after her death, Mary Rodgers' memoir is a true tell-all book
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Rodgers, the daughter of theatrical legend Richard Rogers, was a songwriter, children's book author and philanthropist. Her memoir, Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers, is out now.
Encore: 'Into the Woods' returns to Broadway
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
The concert version of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods moves to Broadway, with Sara Bareilles, Brian D'Arcy James and others.
