Friday, December 23, 2016
Many New York theatergoers surely see 2016 as "the worst year ever, until next year" according to the title of an essay in the New Yorker by Jia Tolentino, who cited a Twitter meme that pict…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:15PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 22, 2016
Nobody would ever confuse 'Bright Colors and Bold Patterns," a gay comedy written and performed solo by Drew Droege, for "Long Day's Journey Into Night." Yet oddly, there were moments in …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Yes, Glenn Close, Sally Field, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Bette Midler, and Cynthia Nixon are all returning to Broadway in Spring 2017, and Cate Blanchett and Danny DeVit…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 20, 2016
My list of ten favorite shows on New York stages in 2016 reflect two unmistakable trends " the use of the stage to present important current issues facing the country, and shows that innovat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:36PM[SHARE]Monday, December 19, 2016
There IS still time left to do holiday shopping for theater lovers. There are also plenty of shows to see this holiday week: Today is the beginning of the Christmas week schedule for Broadwa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:05PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 18, 2016
My ten favorite individual performances in 2016 are listed alphabetically, with explanations for my choices largely excerpted from my reviews, but let's begin with three noteworthy ensembles…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:51PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 17, 2016
Below is the schedule for Broadway shows from Monday, December 19 to December 26. Broadway is not the place to see shows in New York specifically geared to the holiday season (with one excep…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:56PM[SHARE]Friday, December 16, 2016
Welcome to my fourth annual Worst Broadway Show poll. I chose these ten nominees; this is my Bottom 10 list this year (a counterbalance to my Top 10 list.) If you disagree with my choi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:21AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2016
While the Othello at the New York Theatre Workshop can be uncomfortable and even annoying, it is impossible for me to dismiss Sam Gold's often startlingly effective production, even when Dav…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:36PM[SHARE]If the Othello at the New York Theatre Workshop can be uncomfortable and even annoying, it is impossible for me to dismiss Sam Gold's often startlingly effective production, even when David …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:04PM[SHARE]At yesterday’s matinee of “Hamilton,” the show did not have a single member of the original cast in a principal role. The only one who remains, Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercu…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:14AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Here are drama critics' lists of Top 10 New York theater for 2016. Unlike last year’s top 10 lists, there is no one single show that dominates. But “Dear Evan Hansen,” R…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:15PM[SHARE]Monday, December 12, 2016
Two hit Off-Broadway plays on my Top 10 list for 2016Â are transferring to Broadway in the Spring, written by two of the most respected women playwrights in America — Pulitzer Prize …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 11, 2016
“In Transit” is the first a cappella musical on Broadway, and the rich harmonies and rhythmic beatboxing of a cappella evangelist Deke Sharon's arrangements reveal the human voic…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:18PM[SHARE]The members of the creative team behind "The Band's Visit," a delightfully low-key musical starring a memorably paired Tony Shalhoub and Katrina Lenk, have taken a 2007 Israeli film that is …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:29AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 10, 2016
Below are a dozen photographs from “Hairspray Live,” which was broadcast on NBC December 7th; videos of seven of its songs; and my ten takeaways. Takeaways from Hairspray …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:53AM[SHARE]Friday, December 9, 2016
"A Bronx Tale," the new Broadway musical co-directed by Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks, tells a story that its author, Chazz Palminteri, says is true: He really did witness a mob killing as a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:15PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 8, 2016
My list of ten favorite shows on New York stages in 2016 reflect two unmistakable trends " the use of the stage to present important current issues facing the country, and shows that innovat…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:09PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 7, 2016
While watching "Tiny Beautiful Things," a stage version at the Public Theater of Cheryl Strayed's best-selling book, I started to wonder whether it made sense to try to adapt a collection of…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:00PM[SHARE]Below is the tracklist for Hairspray Live broadcast on NBC today December 7, 2016, 8 to 11 p.m. ET.  The song titles (accompanied in parentheses by the character or characters  s…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:05AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 6, 2016
At one of the continual neighborhood get-togethers in "Rancho Viejo," Dan LeFranc's new play at Playwrights Horizons about the residents of a fictional California suburb, one of the characte…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:03PM[SHARE]Below, ten major theater artists are interviewed by their peers as part of the Dramatist Guild Fund’s Legacy Project TONY KUSHNER Interviewed By Michael Friedman GRETCHEN CRYER & N…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:57AM[SHARE]Monday, December 5, 2016
The world may feel as if it's coming to an end (see The Trump Effect, below), but the future looks promising for the theater, even in the few weeks remaining of this year, with several intri…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:43AM[SHARE]For its third annual holiday appearance on Broadway, The Illusionists, a variety showcase for a rotating group of magicians and stunt performers,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:20AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 4, 2016
For its third annual holiday appearance on Broadway, The Illusionists, a variety showcase for a rotating group of magicians and stunt performers, has a new subtitle, "Turn of the Century," w…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:00PM[SHARE]Dear Evan Hansen has changed now that it's on Broadway, in ways that make it an even more affecting musical. Ben Platt's performance, impressive from the get-go, is even better. But what's c…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:02PM[SHARE]"Dear Evan Hansen" has changed now that it's on Broadway, in ways that make it an even more affecting musical. Ben Platt's performance, impressive from the get-go, is even better. But what's…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 1, 2016
Four shows are opening on Broadway this month, three of them new musicals: “A Bronx Tale” marks the Broadway debut of Robert De Niro as a “co-director,” although Jerr…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:24AM[SHARE]Live from the Hamilton stage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City, some of the recording artists in the Hamilton Mixtape — songs directly from, or related to, the Hamilton m…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:22AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 30, 2016
"Ride the Cyclone" begins with six teenagers from the high school choir of a small Canadian town dying on a roller coaster called the Cyclone. Then, one by one, we hear their stories " or, m…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:02PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Here is a 2 1/2 minute excerpt from tonight’s episode of the Comedy Central series, Drunk History, in which Lin-Manuel Miranda recounts Alexander Hamilton’s adulterous affair wit…
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