michael urie

'Once Upon a Mattress' review: Sutton Foster is a perfect princess on Broadway

A show and a star have šŸƒaligned. Mary Rodgersā€™ 1959 musical comedy has found Sutton FostešŸŒ r. 

'Monty Python's Spamalot' Broadway review: An OK copy of the original

Never hilarious, the revival sš“ƒ²talls out at pleasant. Spamalot, laugh a little.

Tickets for 'Spamalot' on Broadway are cheaper than you expect

Here's how to hop aboard the Holy Grail of Broadway comešŸ„ƒdies without breaking the bank this fallā™.

'Happy Birthday Doug' makes gay parties look like 'The Real Housewives'

Want drama, gossip and theatrics? Then head to a gay birthday party! That's where writer-performer Drew Droege set his latest off-Broadway solo show, "Happy Birthday Doug," a š“„§comedy about a...

Meet the 'most unloved woman in New York'

šŸ’Ÿ Once, sometimes twice a day, says Mercedes Ruehl, sheā€™s ā€œthe most unloved woman in New York.ā€ It happens during ā€œTorch Song,ā€ when her character, Mrs. Beckoff, tells her gay son...

Harvey Fierstein is adapting 'Torch Song' for today's short attention spans

The buzz around the revival of Harvey Fiersteinā€™s ā€œTorch Songā€ at Second Stage Theater is so good,ź¦ thereā€™s talk of a move to Broadway in the spring. But donā€™t tell...

šŸ§”Michael Urie bikes around with Pres. McKinleyšŸ„‚ in his backpack

š’…Œ In 19šŸ¼98, a Texas theater student named Michael Urie discovered New York on a class trip. ā€œIt was the dead of summer, it was hot and stinky and we saw...

Michael Urie wants an 'Ugly Betty' reunion

It started as a sketch. But Michael Urie believed Drew Droegeā€™s riff on gay weddings was morešŸ§ø than stand-up shtick. ā€œI thought, ā€˜This is a full play with an idea,...