![At Strand Bookstore, books of scripts line the shelves. Reading the script or screenplay of a production can give audience members a different perspective on the play than just viewing it in theaters. (Staff Photo by Sasha Cohen)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_4920-900x643.jpg)
Here’s Why Scripts Deserve as Big of Spotlight as Books
Poems and prose are conventional materials for reading while plays are wrongfully excluded despite their many admirable qualities.
Sasha Cohen, Books and Theater Editor
• February 10, 2020
![A pile of trash was lit on fire across from the Tisch building on Broadway. (Staff Photo via Lisa Cochran)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image_from_ios-1-900x546.jpg)
Trash Fire Spotted Near Tisch Building
An NYU student spotted a man setting fire to a pile of trash across from the Tisch building on Broadway.
Emily Mason, News Editor
• February 7, 2020
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Instead of Demonizing Bootlegs, Make Professional Recordings Available
Bootlegs of musicals are a temporary fix for the problem of accessibility in the theater community, which would be solved by professionally recorded shows.
Alexandra Chan, Staff Writer
• October 21, 2019
![Sami Staitman, Corbin Williams, Ariana Valdes, and Eli LaCroix act in The Green Room, a musical at the American Theatre of Actors. (Photo Courtesy of S. Scott Miller)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/18.-Sami-Staitman-Corbin-Williams-Ariana-Valdes-Eli-LaCroix-Credit-S.-Scott-Miller-900x695.jpg)
‘The Green Room’ Is a Love Letter to Thespians That Falls Short of Its Premise
While the play promises a story of a group of actors’ struggle to make it Off-Broadway, “The Green Room” delivers a high school drama instead.
Megan Chew, Staff Writer
• October 10, 2019
![A theatrical rendition of Byrne’s world tour of the same name, the performance features Byrne and 11 other artists from a host of countries. (Via Playbill)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/americanutopia-570x900.jpeg)
Coming to Broadway in Fall 2019
A rundown of Broadway and Off-Broadway shows opening this fall.
Dani Herrera, Staff Writer
• September 30, 2019
![Colleen Ballinger,who starred in “Waitress”, just had her final show of Broadway run. (Via Twitter)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/微信图片_20190918180153-713x900.jpg)
Miranda Sings on Broadway! Colleen Ballinger Wraps Up Broadway Debut in “Waitress”
Colleen Ballinger, most famously known as Miranda Sings, just ended her limited four-week engagement run as Dawn in “Waitress.”
Liv Rocklin, Contributing Writer
• September 18, 2019
![Food and Fun Guide 2019](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/FFG2019-Header-900x338.jpg)
Food and Fun Guide 2019
WSN Staff
• August 25, 2019
![(Illustration by Min Ji Kim)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ticket3-900x900.jpg)
8 Broadway Shows to Rush Before the Year Is Over
A guide to what Broadway shows to rush for under $50 and where and how to do it.
Liv Rocklin, Contributing Writer
• May 7, 2019
![Sarah Teed and David Leeper in "Where Do All the Ghosts Go?" The new play, running at Theater for the New City, follows the ghosts of five historical figures who haunt a soon-to-be-demolished building. (Photo by Joe Bly)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/unnamed.jpg)
Ghosts Face Gentrification in ‘Where Do All the Ghosts Go?’
In Barbara’s Kahn’s dark comedy, an eclectic group of ghosts who call the St. Denis building home must team up with a young lesbian couple to find new dwellings to haunt before the historic building is demolished.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• April 14, 2019
![(Photo by Katie Peurrung)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/artsissue_katie-peurrung_21-600x900.jpg)
Luca Renzi Smith | From Bethlehem to Bleecker Street, It’s Queer Dance Jesus
Claire Fishman, Film Editor
• April 3, 2019
![(Photo by Katie Peurrung)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/influential_online_04-600x900.jpg)
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Pamela Jew, Under the Arch Managing Editor
• December 6, 2018
![Bryan Cranston in "Network," an adaptation of the 1976 film. (Courtesy of the National Theatre)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/theater-network-900x507.jpg)
‘Network’ Is a Genius Adaptation of the Film
This new play featuring Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston hopes to find the same success it had on the West End on Broadway.
Kaylee DeFreitas, Contributing Writer
• December 3, 2018
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Jake Christy, Contributing Writer • February 11, 2025
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Brian Sanchez, Contributing Writer • February 11, 2025
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