Monday, September 28, 2015
During the intermission for the Elevator Repair Service's "Fondly, Collette Richland," at the same time that a noticeable number of theatergoers fervidly exited New York Theatre Workshop for…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:29PM[SHARE]In a program note for Daddy Long Legs, director John Caird wonders why the 1912 novel on which the musical is based isn't considered a great American classic. I wonder the opposite " why its…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:36PM[SHARE]In a program note for Daddy Long Legs, director John Caird wonders why the 1912 novel on which the musical is based isn't considered a great American classic. I wonder the opposite " why its…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:28PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 27, 2015
The Deaf West production of Spring Awakening at the Brooks Atkinson tangibly enhances an acclaimed musical about rebellious and repressed adolescents. By cleverly pairing deaf actors who are…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:52PM[SHARE]The Deaf West production of Spring Awakening at the Brooks Atkinson tangibly enhances an acclaimed musical about rebellious and repressed adolescents. By cleverly pairing deaf actors who are…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:00PM[SHARE]Friday, September 25, 2015
"Sommerfugl" at the 4th Street Theater is a new Off-Off Broadway play inspired by the true story of a Danish man who had gender reassignment surgery, way back in 1930 — the same story …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:03PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 24, 2015
John Lahr reviewed New York theater for half a century, starting with a now-defunct Manhattan neighborhood weekly and ending as the longest-lasting chief drama critic for The New Yorker maga…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:47AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Seeing "The New Morality" the day after Thomas Bradshaw's sex-plicit “Fulfillment" gave the title of Harold Chapin's century-old comedy of manners far more irony than the playwright su…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30PM[SHARE]We are pleased to welcome noted theatre critic John Lahr back to Washington with this interview, conducted last week in New York. ————————R…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:10AM[SHARE]Monday, September 21, 2015
"Fulfillment," Thomas Bradshaw’s latest in-your-face play, which has opened at the Flea, offers much the same ironic moral lesson as the inspiration behind "Answered Prayers," the titl…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:28PM[SHARE]Winners of the 11th annual New York Innovative Theater Awards, honoring theaters and theater artists working Off-Off Broadway, are chosen from 145 individual artists, 57 productions and 55 t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:34AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 20, 2015
Broadway veterans Viola Davis, Jeffrey Tambor, Allison Janney, Uzo Aduba, Margo Martindale and Frances McDormand are among the winners of the 67th annual primetime Emmy awards. The complete …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:59PM[SHARE]Denzel Washington says he will direct and produce all 10 of August Wilson’s American Century Cycle plays (also known as the Pittsburgh Cycle) for HBO, one per year, over the next de…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:25PM[SHARE]Friday, September 18, 2015
William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays (10 tragedies, 10 histories, 17 comedies) and 154 Sonnets — 884,647 words in all. He is said to have invented 1,700 words in the English language, in…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:47AM[SHARE]In "Hamlet in Bed," a new play which has opened at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, an actor named Michael (Michael Laurence), who was given up for adoption as an infant by his actress mothe…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:47AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 17, 2015
Do theology and theater mix? Is there an unspoken separation between church and stage? A day after the announcement that Amazing Grace will close on Broadway after little more than three…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:00PM[SHARE]Do theology and theater mix? Is there an unspoken separation between church and stage? A day after the announcement that Amazing Grace will close on Broadway after little more than three mon…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:28PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 16, 2015
At times during "Empire Travel Agency," a theatrical adventure that takes place in some dozen different downtown locales, it feels as if you're in a Bourne thriller, sharing escapades with M…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:40PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 13, 2015
This week starts 20at20. Next week starts Off Broadway Week Both are ways to get tickets to Off-Broadway shows that are even cheaper than usual. And, there's plenty new to see. The Week i…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:11PM[SHARE]Saturday, September 12, 2015
Twenty-five years from now, according to Max Posner's new play "Judy," there will be no more plays; cancer will be cured; cars will not need drivers; and couples will be able to arrange to d…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:53AM[SHARE]Friday, September 11, 2015
I will keep an open mind, I write three times in my notebook before the first scene in the first room of "Eve," which its creators describe as "a dance theatre immersion experience." It's ru…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 10, 2015
"I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire," Tennessee Williams told Gore Vidal, who recalls this in the introduction to t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Its title, its playful poster, its sleek chic showroom of a set, and its marketing suggest that "Laugh It Up, Stare It Down" is a shallow romantic comedy, telling the story of Joe and Cleo o…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:30PM[SHARE]It would be incorrect to say there's nothing surprising about "The Legend of Georgia McBride," an entertaining but slight and predictable comedy about drag performers, which has now opened a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 8, 2015
An unusually busy summer has now ended, and an exciting Fall slowly chugs into view. Take the New York Theater August 2015 Quiz to reminisce. If you missed the 19th annual New York Int…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:55AM[SHARE]Monday, September 7, 2015
At the end of the tuneful, rousing, and spectacular modern musical adaptation of Homer's three thousand year old epic poem about a ten-year journey home, everybody from the cast is on stage …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:31PM[SHARE]Friday, September 4, 2015
Has cell phone use in the theater really gotten worse, or are audiences and artists simply complaining more? That was my first question in the #Howlround Twitter chat on theater etiquette (f…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:35AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 3, 2015
One of China’s most celebrated stars, Zhang Huoding, is making her U.S. debut in two classic Beijing Operas at Lincoln Center, The Legend of the White Snake and The Jewelry Pouch. …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:17AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Below are the shows chosen for the 10th anniversary of the Fringe Encore Series, debuting September 10th at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street), selected from both the Ne…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:59PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 1, 2015
The new season’s Off-Broadway offerings are various, intriguing, and sometimes hard to describe — an absurdist kitchen-sink comedy about a dysfunctional family with a transgender…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:49PM[SHARE]Monday, August 31, 2015
How well were you paying attention to the New York theater news and reviews in August? Answer these dozen questions to see.
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