Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Near the end of La MaMa's graphic production of "Pylade," the barely-clad princess Electra was grappling with the naked prince Pylade, who minutes earlier had been on the floor doing to a sm…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 8, 2015
My list of ten favorite shows on New York stages in 2015 tilt towards Broadway musicals " five out of “ten”  " which is in great contrast to my top ten lists last year and …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:58PM[SHARE]Monday, December 7, 2015
“Talk less. Smile more.” #Force4Ham pic.twitter.com/Uh6RlqDVJu " Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) December 1, 2015 What do you do on your spare time if you have a big Broadway …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:11PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 6, 2015
In his first original musical on Broadway in a decade, Andrew Lloyd Webber has chosen to adapt a movie with a plot that could hardly be sillier, and supplies a new score that could hardly be…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:30PM[SHARE]In his first original musical on Broadway in a decade, Andrew Lloyd Webber has chosen to adapt a movie with a plot that could hardly be sillier, and supplies a new score that could hardly be…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:13PM[SHARE]David Mamet's China Doll involves two dramas. There's the one on stage starring Al Pacino as an old billionaire in something of a cynical primer on wealth and political ambition. Then there'…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:03PM[SHARE]David Mamet's China Doll involves two dramas. There's the one on stage starring Al Pacino as an old billionaire who gets snared in a vague conspiracy of power and political corruption. Then …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:33PM[SHARE]Friday, December 4, 2015
The Wiz Live eased on down the road Thursday, the best-attended Broadway try-out in history. Next year, director Kenny Leon is planning a Main Stem transfer of the production, although it's …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:26PM[SHARE]The Wiz Live! eased on down the road Thursday, the best-attended Broadway try-out in history. Next year, director Kenny Leon is planning a Main Stem transfer of the production, although it's…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:40AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 3, 2015
Why do people find fat funny? That is one of the questions provoked by "Gigantic," a musical originally entitled "Fat Camp," about a summer camp for overweight teenagers. To be fair, the sho…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30PM[SHARE]Invisible Thread superficially recalls The Book of Mormon, both musicals telling the story of a couple of Americans in Uganda trying to do good works. But the new musical does not mock the e…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:02PM[SHARE]Below is the tracklist for The Wiz live broadcast on NBC today December 3, 2015, 8 to 11 p.m. The song titles (accompanied in parentheses by who is singing) are linked to lyrics as performed…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Four shows are opening on Broadway in December: Â “School of Rock” is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first new musical on Broadway since 2005. Â Jennifer Hudson makes her Broadw…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:07AM[SHARE]Monday, November 30, 2015
Holiday Gifts for Theater Lovers: My recommendations for shows, theater subscriptions, theater books, cast recordings posters, and show-related doo-dads to get as gifts for the theater lover…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:30AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 28, 2015
How well were you paying attention to the theater news and reviews in November? Answer these 13 questions and see. Tagged: Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Break A Leg, Broken Legs exhibition on…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:29AM[SHARE]Friday, November 27, 2015
How shows and performers and theater people gave thanks on Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving from #WaitressMusical and Jessie Mueller! pic.twitter.com/PLEq0oY9KB " Waitress Musical (@Waitress…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 26, 2015
The 89th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has 41 big balloons (17 of them really big), 27 floats, 1,100 cheerleaders & dancers; more than 1,000 clowns; 12 marching bands ̵…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:25AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Theater is "ephemeral," says Maggie Smith " "every performance is like a ghost; it's there and then it's gone" " but a theater lover is for life. This helps explain my fourth annual Broadway…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:44PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 24, 2015
What would make a woman leave her husband and three small children? The reason that Nora gives in "A Doll's House" shocked audiences when Ibsen wrote his play in 1879, and the final scene st…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:25PM[SHARE]Monday, November 23, 2015
During Thanksgiving week, there is plenty to do besides travel and talk to your relatives. Performing Thanksgiving Day on Broadway: Chicago, Dames at Sea, Finding Neverland, On Your Feet, an…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:28PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 22, 2015
"Night is a Room" is the last of Naomi Wallace's plays in the Signature season devoted to her work, and it is the most gratifying" but only for the first half. In place of her other plays' g…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:23PM[SHARE]Below is the schedule for Broadway shows during Thanksgiving week. The titles are linked to my reviews or other information, and a collection of photographs, about each show. (Those shows wi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:23AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 21, 2015
“I’ve always been SHY/ I confess that I’m SHY,” Jackie Hoffman sings as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone in the Transport Group’s revival of “Once U…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:46AM[SHARE]To mark the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will present “No Longer Sile…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:44AM[SHARE]Friday, November 20, 2015
In "Mourning Sun," a beautifully acted new play by Antu Yacob, two young teenagers in Ethiopia both love to sing and dance to Michael Jackson. The "sun" part of the title is clear from the g…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:56PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 19, 2015
Yes, people have been telling actors to “break a leg” for hundreds of years, but not for the reason you may think, according to Rebekah Lazaridis in the video below. An actress s…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:03PM[SHARE]"Steve," a play produced by The New Group at the Signature Center, begins and ends with its characters singing show tunes, which is a lovely and appropriate touch by director Cynthia Nixon, …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:22AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Today is the second annual #LoveTheatreDay, originating in the United Kingdom but spread throughout the world. This afternoon, Spring Awakening will perform at the White House, and simultane…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:10PM[SHARE]It sounded like a good match: Batman and Lost Boy movie director Joel Schumacher, versatile master of action and suspense, in his New York stage debut directing a play by Jennifer Haley, a w…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:16PM[SHARE]In its 18th year, The Lion King is now the third longest-running musical on Broadway. To celebrate, Disney has filmed the breathtaking opening number “Circle of Life” in 360 degr…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:03AM[SHARE]Monday, November 16, 2015
A View From The Bridge, one of Arthur Miller's most popular plays, has been on Broadway four times before, most recently just five years ago, starring Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson i…
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