Thursday, August 20, 2026
Which of the eleven shows scheduled so far to open on Broadway between now and the end of 2026 are you most looking forward to? Why? And which do you want to know more about? Take the poll…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:21AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 19, 2026
“Theater kid” revived as an insult; Superagent Ari’s takeover of ATG; AI taking over everything; a controversial casting choice; a eulogy for non-profit theater. There is no dearth of …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Tickets are on sale now for Broadway Week, 2-for-1 tickets to 25 Broadway shows, including some of the longest-running hit musicals and seven shows newly participating in this semi-annual d…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:01AM[SHARE]Monday, August 17, 2026
The dog days of August are a good time to get away, which may explain why there was so much New York coverage of theater festivals this past week that were out-of-town, some just a little o…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:46AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 16, 2026
Elon Musk, the world’s first trillionaire, wants you to know he had humble beginnings. “My father was an Africana farmer, but he suffered great prejudice, bias, and hatred, and had to se…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:31PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 15, 2026
Lavinia Draper would have reminded me of Carol Channing – an exaggerated show biz blonde with a theatrically raspy, half-spoken singing voice – if Channing had been a full-on floozy whos…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:33PM[SHARE]Friday, August 14, 2026
La MaMa is anything but retiring in its 65th year, an anniversary that will be celebrated with a free block party on East Fourth Street the afternoon of October 18th. The season promis…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:09PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 13, 2026
The casts from two Broadway and two Off-Broadway musicals performed in the final Broadway in Bryant Park concert of the summer. From Heated Rivalry, the Unofficial Parody Musical’s “Big …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:11PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Short videos below sample the puppet parade and red carpet that launched the fourth International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC today, as well as six of the 18 puppet shows for adults that are …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 11, 2026
The new production of the 1997 play “An American Daughter” has so much going for it that it takes a while to realize how much of a clunker it is. Written by the late Wendy Wasserstein…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:03PM[SHARE]Monday, August 10, 2026
Two of the plays that opened this past week dramatized the stories of two New York City architectural landmarks, one an imposing structure of granite, wrought iron and pine (the Brooklyn Bri…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 9, 2026
The building of the Brooklyn Bridge is a remarkable story; in some ways a ghastly one. “Brooklyn’s Bridge,” an earnest and largely workmanlike musical, deserves respect for wanting to …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:31PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 8, 2026
A dozen shows currently on Broadway were preceded by a movie with the same or similar name: They are either direct adaptations of the movies (Aladdin), or parodies of them (Titanique) or ins…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:16PM[SHARE]Friday, August 7, 2026
Three Broadway shows close this weekend. Two more close this month. I include details below — links to the shows’ websites to get tickets, links to my reviews, number of Tony wins, and d…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:41PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 6, 2026
Below are video excerpts of the performances by the five Broadwaycasts who performed in the Broadway in Bryant Park midday concert today: MJ, The Outsiders, Operation Mincemeat, Two Stranger…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:11PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 5, 2026
“I’m Jeremy, I’ll be your Bobby Darin tonight,” Jeremy Jordan says, working the room at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theater, which has been redesigned to look like a swanky n…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 4, 2026
It’s a 150-foot spaceship in the middle of Manhattan, a stairwell to nowhere, a $200 million monumental misfire that New Yorkers love to mock. The Vessel is a troubled tourist attracti…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:21AM[SHARE]Monday, August 3, 2026
The revival of this 12-year-old English play about a closeted footballer might seem well-timed to take advantage of the heightened interest both in gay athletes (thanks to a certain TV serie…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:40PM[SHARE]The producers of “Hadestown” on Broadway rescinded the casting of Geno Segers as Hades, after OnStageBlog reposted Segers’ (now deleted) videos on social media that belittled transgen…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 2, 2026
Below is a calendar of theater opening* in August, with some starry casts: Montego Glover, Robert Sean Leonard, et al in a revival of a political drama by Wendy Wasserstein; Raul Esparza, L…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:32PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 1, 2026
What’s most exciting about “The Saviors,” a play ostensibly about two altar boys, is the feeling that you are witnessing the literal early stages of several major talents: Playwright B…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:09PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 30, 2026
Below are video excerpts of the performances by the five Broadwaycasts who performed in the Broadway in Bryant Park midday concert today: Aladdin, Chicago, Six, Titanique and Wicked, as well…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:43PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 29, 2026
In the twenty months since “Maybe Happy Ending” opened on Broadway, it’s the Broadway show I most often mention when out-of-towners ask for a recommendation. Some have reacted skeptica…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:52PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 28, 2026
“Prince’s Purple Rain,” a new musical based on the album and movie of the same name, will open April 12 at Broadway’s Majestic Theater. It has been overhauled since its six-week run …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:24AM[SHARE]Monday, July 27, 2026
Heart surgery might not sound like a natural subject for a musical comedy, but in “Broad Strokes,” Cat Cohen’s effort to turn her medical trauma into comic turns and tunes gets an assi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:56PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 25, 2026
Country music star Jessica Nettles’ ambitious debut musical about a 17th century serial killer ends on a thrilling note. During the curtain call, the audience stands as if for the national…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:49PM[SHARE]Friday, July 24, 2026
Below are video excerpts of the performances by the six Broadway casts who performed in the first Broadway in Bryant Park concert of this summer: Hadestown, &Juliet, Just in Time, Maybe …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Broadway is still recovering from the pandemic, and not doing as well as it did last year, but things will look up, because the Broadway community will innovate and because there will be mor…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:47PM[SHARE]How theater artists helped restore democracy in Chile; thirty ways to consider the playwright María Irene Fornés; fifteen takes on immersive performance; the history of the Palestine Theat…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:50PM[SHARE]Monday, July 20, 2026
Whatever is happening in America, whether a blockbuster movie or the latest threat to democracy, will remind theatergoers of a show, past or present. This past week: The Odyssey the musical …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:22AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 19, 2026
There is an edge to watching five actresses portray characters that Whoopi Goldberg wrote and performed by herself, in her 1984 solo show on Broadway, a debut that led to her star-making rol…
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