Liberation" is by far the most critically acclaimed theater of 2025, featured in nine of the ten Top 10 lists below. Bess Wohl's play about a woman's liberation group in the 1970s is followe…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:29AM[SHARE]The Broadway theatergoer liked "Ragtime," disliked "Queen of Versailles," and wished "Boop" had been better. That's the results so far of my annual poll. But who is "the Broadway theaterg…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:44AM[SHARE]Michelle Williams portrays a former prostitute in a play that was so bold when Eugene O'Neill wrote it that critics objected on moral grounds when it won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, b…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:12PM[SHARE]Which did you think was the best of the thirty-four shows that opened on Broadway (+ three that had no official opening) in 2025? Which was the worst? Which did you most want to like, and mi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:30AM[SHARE]The Broadway Spring season promises familiar stars in familiar shows, although both some of the stars and some of the shows are making their Broadway debuts. Nathan Lane and Laurie Metca…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:23AM[SHARE]Netflix is not just a streaming video platform anymore. It is now yet another example of immersive theater. There are new "Netflix Houses" " in Philadelphia, Dallas, and soon in Las Vegas " …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:54AM[SHARE]Jake Meyer, a Jew from Latvia, escapes conscription into the Russian Army by emigrating to America, landing first in New York, but winding up in Oklahoma,  where he and his bride Hatti…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:37PM[SHARE]Watch the ten videos below that were the most viewed in 2025 of those that I've posted on my YouTube channel ,and/or this blog, arranged in order of popularity. The majority were created …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:54PM[SHARE]"Marjorie Prime,"Â Â has turned even more uncanny in the ten years since its Off-Broadway run, when the 85-year-old Lois Smith gave a lustrous performance as the 85-year-old Marjorie, a …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:32PM[SHARE]Over the weekend, "Merrily We Roll Along" and "Hamnet" opened in cinemas nationwide, each connected to live theater in very different ways " one, a recording of a live Broadway production, t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:39AM[SHARE]Kara Young and Nicholas Braun were so much fun to watch in this latest production of Rajiv Joseph's peculiar play that it hurt. As Kayleen and Doug, they portray friends who are consistently…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:03PM[SHARE]The annual production of "Peter & the Wolf" at the Guggenheim Museum, which launched again last night and is running this year through December 13, has evolved in largely wonderful but a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:50AM[SHARE]The scenes from the play "Hamlet" will make you cry in this latest film from Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao ("Nomadland"), but there is a catch. The scenes don't occur until more than 90…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:08PM[SHARE]The "Merrily We Roll Along" movie is different from the Wicked films; it's not a film adaptation, it's a recording of the live 2024 Tony-winning Broadway production that turned the Stephen S…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:27PM[SHARE]Is "Dirty Books" itself obscene? Not at all,  if we go by the Supreme Court's three-pronged test. The theater company Bated Breath does enlist the audience to write erotica, but 1. …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:29PM[SHARE]Scrooge is back on stage this holiday season, as always, but as we head towards the end of a trying year, the question off-stage is which Scrooge will win out " the one at the beginning or t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:50AM[SHARE]On this fourteenth annual #GivingTuesday (created in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y), consider donating to a theater company or theater organization in New York City. This is what Scroog…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:30AM[SHARE]Below is a calendar of New York theater opening* in December. There are two new shows on Broadway, both with starry casts, one a revival of a futuristic play that feels almost present-day…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:39PM[SHARE]Any guide to holiday theatergoing in New York City must begin with the three annual staples: "The Radio City Christmas Spectacular" starring the Radio City Rockettes, "George Balanchine's th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:36PM[SHARE]Tom Stoppard, 88, an acclaimed author of some three dozen plays, had an extraordinary body of work, and lived an unusual life: Although he was viewed as one of the greatest English-language …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22AM[SHARE]How well were you paying attention to theater news and reviews in the month of November? Take this quiz to find out. Loading…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:49PM[SHARE]My fourteenth annual theater gift guide below features links and information on shopping for theater tickets,theater subscriptions/memberships,cast recordings,play scripts and books about…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:50AM[SHARE]Below are videos from the Broadway casts who performed at the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: Buena Vista Social Club, Ragtime and Just in Time, as well as Broadway veteran and Wicked s…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:41AM[SHARE]"The Baker's Wife" offers dual stories of redemption that make it feel designed for the holidays: There is the fable of all the villagers in a small French town setting aside their petty squ…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:53PM[SHARE]Once again, theater seems of little interest to the book review staff at the New York Times. Their Notable Books of 2025 features no published plays (although books of poetry are inclu…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:25AM[SHARE]Below are works of theater that I saw this year in New York for which I'm most grateful.  I have been posting such a list around Thanksgiving Day every year since 2013, which is my ann…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:22PM[SHARE]Fixings and pairings will be on the table later this week, and were on stage this past week, with the revival of a couple of old musicals that needed to be fixed (were they?), and some starr…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:31PM[SHARE]"Chess" is not a serious musical.  That's the key to appreciating this show, which is supposed to be about an American and a Russian grandmaster battling over both the game of chess an…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:13PM[SHARE]Below is the Broadway schedule for Thanksgiving Week 2025, which differs from the usual week's schedule: Only one show of the 34 currently playing has a performance on Thanksgiving Day, Thur…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:14AM[SHARE]Alice Brooks has an unusual way of talking about the difference between 'Wicked" and its sequel "Wicked: For Good.," which is opening nationwide today. The making of the two Wicked movies wa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:08PM[SHARE]What I found most surprising about this modest, appealing two-person musical, whose title more or less sums up what happens, was the reaction to it on the night I attended " the ecstatic che…
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