Friday, August 16, 2013
Daniel Curry, 23, one of the nine dancers who dons a Spider-man costume in “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” is reportedly in Bellevue Hospital in serious condition after his le…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:10AM[SHARE]Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie, who have been playing the leads in “Once” on Broadway for the past month, performed at the final Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert of …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:21AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 15, 2013
About a third of the way through “Soul Doctor,” a Broadway musical fashioned out of an impressive song catalogue and a remarkable true story, an Orthodox rabbi walks tentatively …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:30PM[SHARE]Billy Porter, the Tony-winning star of Kinky Boots, uses his Twitter feed to write sayings of optimism and encouragement. A sampling: Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone else&…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:24AM[SHARE]Monday, August 12, 2013
The team behind "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" has turned Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost" into a rock musical, now opened at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, and if you have to tu…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:25PM[SHARE]Remember Mr. Burns from “The Simpsons”? So will earthlings in a post-apocalyptic civilization. That is all they’ll remember. That is the premise of Ann Washburn’s …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:28PM[SHARE]This week features two ticket giveaway contests — Â one ending today, the other beginning. What is your favorite play or musical about a political figure? Why OR What current or hist…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:02PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 10, 2013
Ticket Giveaway:Â Win two tickets to see "Romeo and Juliet," Â Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy, in its first production on Broadway in 36 years. Directed by David Leveaux, it stars …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:32PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 8, 2013
Over the course of the evening that unfolds in "First Date," a slight but often charming musical about a blind date, the more experienced Casey (Krysta Rodriguez) offers Aaron (Zachary Levi)…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:32PM[SHARE]At the end of "Money Lab," the entertaining and enlightening "economic vaudeville" playing too briefly at The Brick Theater, one of the performers led us in a hymn to money. "Turn to pag…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:22PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Romeo and Juliet as biker and his chick? It was just a photo op. Orlando Bloom zoomed in a motorcycle onto the sidewalk in front of the Richard Rodgers Theater on Broadway, where a new bi-ra…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:06PM[SHARE]Bruce Vilanch, successful Hollywood writer (and Hollywood Square), has never even seen a show at the New York International Fringe Festival before, much less performed in one. “I live …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Midway through "Harbor," Chad Beguelin's uneven but ultimately rewarding comedy at Primary Stages, Ted is boasting about his boyfriend Kevin to Kevin's 15-year-old niece. "A few years af…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:22PM[SHARE]Monday, August 5, 2013
A video under six minutes that substitutes candy for crystal meth and uses adolescent actors, but is otherwise quite accurate about the TV series that is in its last season. Tagged: Breaking…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:24PM[SHARE]Ticket Giveaway: Â With Zimbabwe’s 89-year-old dictator Robert Mugabe last week extending his 33-year rule for five more years, there is no better time to see the “rivetingR…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 4, 2013
“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have,” Maya Angelou has said. “Talent can’t be taught, but it can be awakened,” said Wallace Stegne…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:37PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 3, 2013
“Hey, man, it’s Woodstock,” somebody said at the Broadway in Bryant Park concert on August 1, looking at the rain and the mud and the yellow flowers everywhere. Ok, I said …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:00PM[SHARE]Below is a transcript of  playwright Mark Ravenhill’s opening speech at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival — necessary because the BBC reports it this way: “One of Britain…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:38AM[SHARE]Friday, August 2, 2013
Age is just a number, as we learned in July, though “too old” was a phrase that some bandied about concerning certain performers in certain roles. But also during the month, seve…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 1, 2013
At the Broadway in Bryant Park concert, the rain took a breather to listen to two songs from a musical that is coming to Broadway in the Fall. Norbert Leo Butz sings Fight the Dragons in Big…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:42PM[SHARE]Zachary Levi ("Chuck") and Krysta Rodriguez ("Smash" and "The Addams Family") star in "First Date," a musical about a blind date, which will open at Broadway's Longacre Theater on August 8. …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:56PM[SHARE]Below are the shows scheduled to open in the Fall, arranged chronologically in order of their opening. For more information about the shows, see Broadway New Season Guide.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Denzel Washington has confirmed that he will play the frustrated son Walter Lee Younger in "A Raisin in the Sun" next year on Broadway. "We start previews in March." When Sidney Poitier play…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Sure “Smash” was killed after two season because of steadily decreasing viewers. But that hasn’t stopped the merchandising for the TV series about the backstage story of a …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:39PM[SHARE]Billy Magnussen — Casey Hughes in the soap opera “As The World Turns,” Tony-nominated for Spike in “Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike,” guitarist for the rock group…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:42AM[SHARE]Monday, July 29, 2013
Denzel Washington wants to return to Broadway " in a role that had some ….howling. Tracy Letts is planning a return to Broadway " in a play in which characters…howl. The Prince of Cambri…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:51PM[SHARE]“Crossing Swords” and “Volleygirls” will the biggest award-winners in the 10th annual  New York Musical Theater Festival. “Crossing Swords,” a musical …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:49PM[SHARE]Cirque de Soleil zoomed into town this past week for a handful of performances of  "Quidam," a production the Montreal-based company is taking on a five-nation tour.  The show, which w…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:07PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 28, 2013
Storyville, the musical revival bursting forth from the York Theater Company for a too-short five weeks, is a fascinating exercise in nostalgia, several times over. On stage, we experien…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:56PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 27, 2013
In an essay I've written for Howlround, I ask  ” Is New York City part of America?“ Next year for the first time, theaters within the five boroughs of New York City will…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:43PM[SHARE]Friday, July 26, 2013
“Avenue Q” began when Bobby Lopez, a recent college graduate still living with his parents, and Jeff Marx, a recent law school graduate working as an intern and trying to start a…
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