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…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:14PM[SHARE]Two separate revivals of plays by Arthur Miller on the centennial of his birth illustrate two core aims of his work:Â "I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to cha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:14PM[SHARE]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…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:30PM[SHARE]Incident at Vichy, presented by the Signature Theater in the first major New York production since its short Broadway run in 1964, is intelligent, well acted, and occasionally so relevant th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:43PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 15, 2015
Misery on Broadway is the latest adaptation of Stephen King's story about a writer who's imprisoned by a berserk fan. It's not as good as either King's novel nor the movie, but it's likely t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:09PM[SHARE]Misery on Broadway is the latest adaptation of Stephen King's story about a writer who's imprisoned by a berserk fan. It's not as good as either King's novel nor the movie, but it's likely t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:45PM[SHARE]My cousin Bobby, a tie-dyed Deadhead, invited me to Madison Square Garden to see the free Dead & Company concert, which I found enough of an eye opener to write a piece for Howlround on …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:10PM[SHARE]The publicists ask for the review to run no earlier than 7:30 Sunday Nov 15 Misery Review: Bruce Willis' Broadway Debut in Faded Copy of Stephen King Misery on Broadway is the latest adaptat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:08PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 14, 2015
“There is nothing more important than the arts in a time of crisis,” Judith Light says in the video below, asked at the annual Sardi’s luncheon at the American Theatre Crit…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:20PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Today is Veteran’s Day, a good time to talk about how the arts have helped veterans, and how veterans have contributed to the arts. Theater helped military veteran Adam Driver adjust t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:03AM[SHARE]Monday, November 9, 2015
Reading 50 answers to “What’s the most exciting show you’ve ever seen?” is a lesson in the continuing power of theater — great to keep in mind as we sort throug…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 8, 2015
Some 120,000 Japanese-Americans were incarcerated a few months after Pearl Harbor, by order of President Roosevelt. George Takei and his family were among them. The actor, best known…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:51PM[SHARE]The Connor family is like any other middle class American family, except that Father Arnold is catatonic, and wearing a clown wig, makeup and a diaper; Mother Paige is morally opposed to cle…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:10PM[SHARE]Some 120,000 Japanese-Americans were incarcerated a few months after Pearl Harbor, by order of President Roosevelt. George Takei and his family were among them. The actor best known as Sulu …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 5, 2015
Kwame Kwei-Armah, the artistic director of Center Stage, has been leaving Baltimore over the past few weeks to go to prison in New York. He's also been busy in homeless shelters and recr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:16PM[SHARE]From the first moments of On Your Feet, the Broadway musical celebrating the life and music of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, I thought: This show is sure to be a hit despite what any critics sa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:13PM[SHARE]From the first moments of On Your Feet, the Broadway musical celebrating the life and music of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, I thought: This show is sure to be a hit despite what any critics sa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:35PM[SHARE]The Public Theater’s Mobile Shakespeare Unit, which travels to prisons and homeless shelters in all five boroughs before performing back at the Public’s East Village theater, Â…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:00PM[SHARE]Monday, November 2, 2015
A new month comes with two traditions " my monthly quiz testing how well you were paying attention to theater in October. and my monthly preview of the shows opening in New York in Nov…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:11AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 1, 2015
Is there some reason why an American audience should care about the future of the British monarchy? That's the question that hangs over King Charles III, playwright Mike Bartlett's cleve…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:50PM[SHARE]Is there some reason why an American audience should care about the future of the British monarchy? That's the question that hangs over King Charles III, playwright Mike Bartlett's cleverly …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:33PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 31, 2015
The shows opening in November, along with the usual complement of stars (Al Pacino, Bruce Willis, George Takei) are unusually diverse, including those on Broadway, with a play about Br…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:13PM[SHARE]Friday, October 30, 2015
How well were you paying attention to the theater news and reviews in October? Answer these 11 questions and see.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 29, 2015
Nobody applauds Keira Knightley when she first appears on stage for her Broadway debut in Thérèse Raquin. The audience doesn't recognize her; she's in the background under faded light, the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:37PM[SHARE]Nobody applauds Keira Knightley when she first appears on stage for her Broadway debut in Thérèse Raquin. The audience doesn't recognize her; she's in the background under faded light, the…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Ticket Givewaway: Win two tickets to see Spring Awakening for free. I love this show; it’s joyful and beautiful, with an exciting and appealing cast, 17 of whom are making their Bro…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:56AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Annaleigh Ashford has starred on Broadway in Wicked, Legally Blonde, Hair and Kinky Boots; accepted a Tony for what she called "the worst dancing that ever happened on Broadway” an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:36PM[SHARE]Annaleigh Ashford has starred on Broadway in Wicked, Legally Blonde, Hair and Kinky Boots; accepted a Tony for what she called "the worst dancing that ever happened on Broadway” and po…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:31PM[SHARE]Monday, October 26, 2015
Dress-up has never seemed more sophisticated than in "Before Your Very Eyes," the intriguing 70-minute theater piece at the Public Theater by the Gob Squad, the European experimental troupe,…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:14PM[SHARE]Two shows are opening on Broadway this coming week, and four Off-Broadway, to finish off this busy month of October The Week in New York Theater Reviews My review of Futurity In "Futurity," …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:25AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 25, 2015
The title for Stephen Karam's new play “The Humans,” which takes place during a family's Thanksgiving dinner, may come from a line of dialogue by a character who talks about the …
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