Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Turkey Lurkey Time comes closest to the official Broadway anthem for Thanksgiving. It is a song with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David from Act 1 of Promises, Promises, that is…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:35PM[SHARE]Monday, November 19, 2012
"A Christmas Story," a musical based on the beloved holiday movie about a Midwestern family during the Depression, does "Annie" one better: It features TWO actual dogs rather than one, and m…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:29PM[SHARE]It was a giant week in New York theater, or at least a “Giant” week — one of the shows that opened in this busy week. Three shows opened on Broadway " and one has already c…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:14PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 18, 2012
The audience applauded David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver but not the other four cast members when they first entered the stage at the performance I saw of Christopher Durang's new play,…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:21PM[SHARE]Saturday, November 17, 2012
Robert Falls, the artistic director of  the Goodman Theater in Chicago, recalls the way he was able to get good seats with his subscription to the Lyric Opera. One day Danny Newman, who h…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 15, 2012
The news out of Texas the night I saw the musical "Giant" was that a Texas school district had \canceled a play about two gay penguins; that  a third George Bush " George P. Bush " was th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:12PM[SHARE]At the end of "Scandalous," the gossip columnist Louella Parsons asks: "Was she a true woman of God? Or just one hell of a woman?" She is talking about colorful radio evangelist Aimee Semple…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 14, 2012
As Chuck Wood, the aging porno star in "The Performers," a Broadway comedy about the adult film industry featuring an A-list cast, Henry Winkler becomes sentimental when accepting an award f…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 13, 2012
At the very beginning of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," the well-designed revival of Rupert Holmes' inventive musical cleverly adapted from Charles Dickens' last and unfinished novel, a chara…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:56PM[SHARE]Monday, November 12, 2012
Is New York City, or New York theater, completely back to normal? Hell no. Because of all the canceled performances, Sandy cost Broadway about $8.5 million and the effect continues. Opening …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:01AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 11, 2012
Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812, by the greatly talented Dave Malloy ends November 17 at Ars Nova" an extension from its original closing date. See it!  This is a s…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:31PM[SHARE]Friday, November 9, 2012
Chaim Potok's My Name Is Asher Lev is brought to life Off-Broadway. His daughter, collaborator and star reflect on the late author and rabbi's need to create.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM[SHARE]The timing seem ideal for a Broadway revival of "Annie,"  and director James Lapine is attempting a timely approach to this story of optimism triumphing in a bleak era. Lapine's "Anni…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 02:16AM[SHARE]You could not count me an "Annie" aficionado before I saw its third Broadway production, which has opened tonight. "Annie" to me conjured up nothing but "Tomorrow" sung badly by generations …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:52AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I’m SICK of sports metaphors in election coverage: slam dunk,Hail Mary, ground game. So I asked for suggestions for theater metaphors instead — and got enough to fill a musical! …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:29PM[SHARE]Monday, November 5, 2012
The main character of "The Whale" is 600 pounds, but one of the many pleasures of this funny and affecting new play by Samuel D. Hunter, being given a splendid production with a universally …
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 10:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 4, 2012
Sandy, arriving angrily last Monday, shocked New York, leaving much of the city, including most of its theater, in disarray. If New Yorkers have never completely embraced Spider-Man, they su…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:06AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 3, 2012
This photograph by Iwan Baan clearly shows how Sandy divided Manhattan into the Dark Zone and the Power Zones.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:56PM[SHARE]Has Sandy caused hardship for the theater you head, or for you personally as a theater artist? Help may be available. Many small organizations, including theaters and galleries, are eligible…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:49AM[SHARE]Broadway shows have been back since Wednesday, just two days after Superstorm Sandy hit the city. Now, with electrical power finally being restored downtown, Off-Broadway is back as wellR…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:59AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 1, 2012
At the beginning of "The Heiress," the heartbreaking story of an abandoned love, Jessica Chastain descends the staircase of a sumptuous mansion in a dazzling red dress and a glorious smile "…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 06:30PM[SHARE]To what are they referring? The accident nearly three years ago in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, where a performer fell off the stage some 30 feet and had to be hospitalized? Could Madison …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
All Broadway shows, already canceled Sunday and Monday evening, are also canceled Tuesday, due to the shut-down of public transportation and to Hurricane Sandy, according to the Broadway Lea…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:37PM[SHARE]The sun’ll come out Tomorrow [or maybe Wednesday}  Bet your bottom dollar  That tomorrow [Thursday latest] There’ll be sun! Eight shows are opening on Broadway in the month…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:13PM[SHARE]Andrea McArdle sings Tomorrow at the Tony Awards in 1977. The sun will come out tomorrow! Sandy from Space
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