Wednesday, January 1, 2020
In the decade just ended, there were unmistakable trends specific to the theater " teen musicals, for example, and celebrity bio jukebox musicals. Which of these trends will continue in 2020…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:40PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 31, 2019
We celebrate the new decade by saluting  Broadway veterans who are aged 88 to 105, many of them still working. Click on any photograph to see it enlarged and read the caption.  Â
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:07PM[SHARE]Monday, December 30, 2019
It would be hard to have put together these weekly summaries of New York theater news for the entire decade, as I have, without noticing: This has been a weird decade. Even the name of the d…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:21PM[SHARE]Â Below are the ten most popular videos posted in 2019 on my New York Theater Youtube channel, in order of popularity. Below that are the top five New York theater videos of the decade Be…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:13AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 29, 2019
Recall what happened in theater in 2019 by answering these 16 questions, many adapted from my monthly quizzes throughout the year.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:09PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 28, 2019
Here are the 10 most popular posts of NewYorkTheater.me from 2019, and below that some good reads from the year. Then: the top five posts of the decade! 10 Most Popular Posts From 2019 Poll:…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:43AM[SHARE]Friday, December 27, 2019
 Broadway lights will dim on January 7 at 6:45 p.m. for Jerry Herman, who died on Thursday at the age of  88, at the end of a year that saw the death of Carol Channing at its beginnin…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:45PM[SHARE]Below is a list of theater books to read in 2020, most of which were  published in 2019*.  Click on the titles to find more information and to purchase these books, grouped under four …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:28AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 26, 2019
My annual New Year's Eve last-minute guide to events that are still available to do on New Year's Eve 2020 (when 2019 turns into 2020) in New York City Below: Times Square. Broadway show …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Below are some of the people from the theater community who died in 2019. Click on any photograph to read the caption.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:37PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 24, 2019
 Check out: Favorite stage performances in 2019. Top 10 Lists of Top 10 Theater in 2019. Best Broadway Cast Recording of 2019. Top 10 Theater of the Decade. Worst Theater of the Decade. …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:06AM[SHARE]Monday, December 23, 2019
Below is the Broadway schedule between Monday December 23, 2019 and Sunday, December 29, 2019, with links to my reviews of the shows. Eight shows will be performing on Christmas Eve (Tuesday…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:59AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 22, 2019
Welcome to my annual Worst Broadway Show Poll. Pick the show you thought was the worst to open on Broadway between 2010 and 2019. Most of the 20 nominees were the two highest scorers in each…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:16PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 21, 2019
In a year that has ended so dramatically off-stage, and during which so many people talked dismissively about "political theater" " when they didn't mean anything actually happening in a …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:36PM[SHARE]In a year that has ended so dramatically off-stage, and during which so many people talked dismissively about "political theater" " but they didn't mean anything actually happening in a work…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:48PM[SHARE]Friday, December 20, 2019
"Sing Street" is a stage musical based on the sweet, funny "happy-sad" 2016 Irish movie by writer/director John Carney about a teenager named Conor growing up in Dublin during the economical…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:31PM[SHARE]"Cats" isn't for everyone " much of it is a cheesy, B-grade affair seemingly crafted solely to take over midnight-movie slots from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' Those with an open mind, t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:49AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 19, 2019
Luke Kirby, who portrayed a movie star hired to play "Hamlet" in the cult TV comedy "Slings & Arrows" 16 years ago,  is now on stage for real, as Thomas Hudetz, a murderer in Ödö…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:20PM[SHARE]"WASHINGTON " The House of Representatives on Wednesday impeached President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third president in history to be charged with…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:08AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 18, 2019
The Sorceress (Di Kishefmakherin), the first work of Yiddish theatre ever presented in America, is back on stage in New York 136 years after its U.S. premiere. In my article for TDF Stages, …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The NYC premiere of CATS the movie caps a week in which Broadway, with no more openings this year, seems to have migrated to the screen. The first trailer for the "In the Heights" movie What…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:46PM[SHARE]Monday, December 16, 2019
My ten favorite individual performances in New York stage shows that opened in 2019 are listed alphabetically, with explanations for my choices largely excerpted from my reviews. Ian Barford…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:57PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 15, 2019
Wanda Wheels bristles when Mateo calls her "kind" in this sprawling, funny, foul-mouthed, messy, moving ensemble piece, Stephen Adly Guirgis's first new play in New York since his Pulitzer P…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:18PM[SHARE]Wanda Wheels bristles when Mateo calls her "kind" in this sprawling, funny, foul-mouthed, messy, moving ensemble piece, Stephen Adly Guirgis's first new play in New York since his Pulitzer P…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:51PM[SHARE]"Hadestown" and "Slave Play" Â were the most popular musicals or plays among critics whose top 10 lists of New York theater for 2019 are featured* below. Â Following in popularity were "…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:48AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 14, 2019
There's a joke Maggie and her son Joe like to tell on their tours of the local mine in Samuel D. Hunter's latest play: "Guy falls down into the mine. His boss yells at him, 'did you break an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:33PM[SHARE]There's a joke Maggie and her son Joe like to tell on their tours of the local mine in Samuel D. Hunter's latest play: "Guy falls down into the mine. His boss yells at him, 'did you break an…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:29PM[SHARE]Friday, December 13, 2019
There are several subplots involving Broadway in the third season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the TV series on Amazon Prime. Little of it rings true. Now, much  of this is exaggeration …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:57PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 12, 2019
"The Thin Place" is a thin play by Lucas Hnath about a woman named Hilda whose grandmother had believed in being able to communicate with the dead, which sets Hilda on her own psychic journe…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:16PM[SHARE]This holiday season in New York means at least ten A Christmas Carols, including one this year on Broadway, and 15 Nutcracker Suites. Holiday shows in the city range from family fare to offb…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:03AM[SHARE]"In The Heights," Lin-Manuel Miranda's first breakthrough Broadway musical, Â Â has been made into a movie that will be released in June, 2020, Â 12 years after its debut at the Richar…
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