Tuesday, July 10, 2018
“I had one of the all time best conversations with a Condescending Theatergoer Who Sat In Front Of Me at intermission of My Fair Lady,” Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote in the first of a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:56AM[SHARE]Monday, July 9, 2018
There’s more to life than online binging, and plenty to do in New York now that summer is here in full force: Free outdoor movies every day of the week Free Broadway concerts New theat…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:59AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 8, 2018
The title alone would lead you to expect a stiletto-sharp political satire; why else would a theater in Tribeca present a solo play about the wife of George W. Bush, routinely ranked  as …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:28PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 7, 2018
You can watch a free movie outdoors in New York City every night this summer from now on — and whole movie series every weeknight except Tuesdays. The movies vary widely: current block…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:56AM[SHARE]Friday, July 6, 2018
Below are a dozen new or forthcoming books about theater, plus a bonus of two books likely to be of interest to theatergoers, which I list under the category Theater Adjacent. Not all these …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:49PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 5, 2018
"Borders," we're told in the program, was the most "decorated play" at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and will have been performed on five continents by the end of 2018. The play was "in…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 4, 2018
The United States of America was founded in protest and resistance; most of the text of the Declaration of Independence is a protest against the actions of the British Crown. It is Americans…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 3, 2018
On the Eve of the Fourth of July, my biannual poll:Â What is your favorite Broadway musical that takes actual American history as its subject.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:59PM[SHARE]Monday, July 2, 2018
Summer’s here, it’s time for theatergoers to take stock of the 2018-2019 Broadway season line-up taking shape; to attend NYC summer theater festivals or to plan thea…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:45AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 1, 2018
Two shows are opening on Broadway in July — Young Jean Lee's “Straight White Men,” which marks the Broadway debuts of Armie Hammer and Josh Charles, among others; and ̶…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:56PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 30, 2018
Jason Robert Brown was in his twenties when he composed his first musical, "Songs For A New World," its first production in New York lasting just 12 performances and changing people's lives.…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:18PM[SHARE]Friday, June 29, 2018
In a country whose president marries younger models and reportedly hires government officials based on their looks, we could certainly benefit from some insights into Americans' obsession wi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 28, 2018
How well were you paying attention to New York theater news in June, including the 72nd annual Tony Awards? Answer these 11 questions and find out.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 27, 2018
When Carmen Jones opened on Broadway in 1943, one critic hailed it as "something more than a major theatrical event." Seventy-five years later, the Classic Stage Company is presenting what i…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:59PM[SHARE]When Carmen Jones opened on Broadway in 1943, one critic hailed it as "something more than a major theatrical event."Â Seventy-five years later, the Classic Stage Company is presenting wh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 26, 2018
In "Cyprus Avenue," Stephen Rea portrays Eric Miller, a proud, profane bigot from Belfast, Northern Ireland who considers himself "exclusively and non-negotiably British." He is shock…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:40AM[SHARE]Monday, June 25, 2018
Near the beginning of Log Cabin, four old LGBT friends are so struck by their sudden societal acceptance that one of them jokes "It's here, the gay takeover we've been plotting all this time…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:36PM[SHARE]Watch the 10th annual Jimmy Awards, in 80 high school students from across America are competing for Best Performance by an Actor and Actress as well as other honors and scholarships.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:16PM[SHARE]Near the beginning of Log Cabin, four old LGBT friends are so struck by their sudden societal acceptance that one of them jokes "It's here, the gay takeover we've been plotting all this time…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 24, 2018
"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are." C.G. Jung Repping, supporting, & marching with grand marshal @LambdaLegal today! Happy #Pride â¤ðŸ§¡ðŸ’›ðŸ…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:16PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 23, 2018
The latest show presented by En Garde Arts, "Red Hills," a play about the Rwandan genocide, takes place on the entire empty ninth floor of an office building in the Financial District, as I …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:51PM[SHARE]Friday, June 22, 2018
The Broadway composer Richard Rodgers found four things invariably gratifying: "eating, a warm bath, making love and having a successful show." But how gratifying is it to read about succ…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 21, 2018
To judge only from Broadway, New York theater is experiencing a Renaissance of old gay plays, with starry revivals of three landmark dramas that are now period pieces: The Boys in the Band f…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:53PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 20, 2018
La Mama ETC, Off-Off Broadway’s only Tony-winning theater, has announced a 57th season that features more than 50 premieres, dizzyingly eclectic as usual, including a 50th anniversary …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:00PM[SHARE]For the 18th year in a row, Bryant Park is the site of free lunchtime concerts by cast members of current Broadway (and some Off-Broadway) shows  on Thursdays in July and August between 1…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:52AM[SHARE]Friday, June 15, 2018
The new Broadway season is shaping up into something familiar — lavish revivals, jukebox musicals, musical adaptations of movies, a musical about a diva and about a giant ape — b…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:26PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 12, 2018
There ARE straight plays on Broadway, contrary to the impression left by the 2018 Tony Awards, which showcased only the musicals. Maybe not a Scandal exactly, but Kerry Washington can set th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:39PM[SHARE]Monday, June 11, 2018
My favorite moments in the 72nd Tony Award broadcast were moving, inspiring, funny and weird. Â Click on any of the photographs to read the captions explaining the moment.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:23AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 10, 2018
Below is the complete list of the winners of the 2017 Tony Awards, listed in red with an asterisk* (Highlighted show titles link to further information. Also listed are my personal preferenc…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:08PM[SHARE]The American Theatre Wing’s 72nd Annual Tony Awards, with hosts Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles, will broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS Â tonight, Sunday, June 10, 2017…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:39AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 9, 2018
Now is the time when interest in Broadway is at its peak, piqued by the annual three-hour TV commercial for Broadway known as the Tony Awards broadcast. I regularly get asked for recommendat…
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