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Sunday, April 19, 2020

K is for Kelli O'Hara. Busy on Broadway. Watch Her Online. by Jonathan Mandell

Kelli O'Hara seems as busy now as when theaters were open: She's singing this morning at 10 a.m. on "Morning Song," with her husband Greg Naughton, on the Instagram of Say.org (the Stutterin…

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Saturday, April 18, 2020

J is for Julie Andrews. Watch her on Broadway! (including Victor/Victoria in its entirety) by Jonathan Mandell

"I began my career when I came to New York in a show called 'The Boyfriend,'" Julie Andrews says. "'My Fair Lady" and 'Camelot' followed. But then came films and a family, and Broadway reced…

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Friday, April 17, 2020

What To Stream This Weekend: Phantom of the Opera, 25 Years of Disney on Broadway, Madama Butterfly by Jonathan Mandell

Below are just the shows I'm hoping to see myself this weekend. It's too overwhelming to try to list everything that's suddenly available from day to day online (See my Where to Get Your The…

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I is for Idina Menzel. Not Letting Go of Broadway by Jonathan Mandell

Before she originated the Broadway roles of Maureen the performance artist in "Rent," Elphaba the green witch of "Wicked" and the two-sided Liz/Beth in "If/Then," Idina Menzel had dreams of …

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

H is for Hugh Jackman. A Movie Star With a Broadway Musical Heart: Proof in Videos. by Jonathan Mandell

When Hugh Jackman won a Tony for his Broadway debut in The Boy From Oz, he was already a movie star (a Superhero even.) In the 16 years since then, he's been back on Broadway three more time…

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2020 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards: Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Strange Loop. The entire theater community by Jonathan Mandell

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Will Arbery's "Heroes of the Fourth Turning" best play of the 2019-20 season. The award for best musical went to Michael R. Jackson's A Strange L…

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

G is for Gwen Verdon. Broadway's heartstopping hoofer in photos and videos. by Jonathan Mandell

Gwen Verdon, who was dancing in movies from the age of 11, became the brightest of Broadway stars in the 1950s, winning four Tony Awards in five years for her performances " especially her d…

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Top 10 Coronavirus Song Parody Videos by Jonathan Mandell

You know COVID-19 song parodies are taking off when the original singer/songwriters start parodying their own songs: Neil Diamond creates new pandemic-appropriate lyrics for "Sweet Caroline"…

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Lucille Lortel Award Nominations 2020, Off-Broadway Best by Jonathan Mandell

Below are the nominations for the 35th annual Lucille Lortel Awards, presented online by Jeremy Jordan and Ashley Spencer (a married couple so they could actually present without a split scr…

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F is for Fred Ebb. Broadway Lyricist to the Stars by Jonathan Mandell

Although Fred Ebb is best known for partnering with composer John Kander on "Cabaret" and "Chicago," Kander and Ebb together created some two dozen Broadway musicals and musical revues, from…

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Monday, April 13, 2020

The Met at 150: 5,000 Years of Art about Theater by Jonathan Mandell

The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded 150 years ago today, April 13, 1870, by an act of the New York State Legislature, which makes it a good day to sift through its vast online collect…

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A Month Later: Theater and the Coronavirus. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

It's been a month since Broadway shut down. Today, April 13th, was the day Broadway was supposed to return, remember? Even the Broadway League realized that was unrealistic, on April 8th ext…

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Sunday, April 12, 2020

E is for Elaine Stritch. Over 60 years on Broadway in photos and videos. by Jonathan Mandell

Elaine Stritch died in 2014 at the age of 89, having performed in 19 Broadway productions, over more than 60 years. There are more still photographs of her early performances in plays and mu…

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Saturday, April 11, 2020

Happy 88th Birthday, Joel Grey! A virtual celebration on #StarsintheHouse! by Jonathan Mandell

Below is the hour-long celebration tonight of Joel Grey's 88th year (the number of keys on a piano) and his EIGHTY-YEAR career, via Stars in the House, with Joel Grey himself, his daughter J…

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D is for Darren Criss: Watch him sing Broadway by Jonathan Mandell

Darren Criss has performed in only two Broadway musicals, one as a replacement for three weeks; he was about to co-star in the revival of a David Mamet play opening this month on Broadway……

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Friday, April 10, 2020

C is for Chita Rivera: A YouTube compilation of her Broadway career by Jonathan Mandell

Chita Rivera, born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero, has a Broadway career going back 70 years, to the original "Guys and Dolls," where she was a dancer. Luckily, she has re-created the …

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Offbeat New Audio Theater: "Prime" and "Play in Your Bathtub" by Jonathan Mandell

"Prime" and "Play in Your Bathtub" both reflect an exciting and unconventional new use of audio for theater in the absence of physical theaters. They are different in many ways, and also …

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Thursday, April 9, 2020

B is for Bernadette Peters: A YouTube compilation of her Broadway career by Jonathan Mandell

Bernadette Peters, born Bernadette Lazarro in Ozone Park, has a Broadway career that goes back more than 60 years; it's hard to find performances from many of her 16 shows on YouTube, althou…

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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

New York Theater Awards 2020: What, when, how and whether. by Jonathan Mandell

The schedule for most theater awards is still uncertain, as it is for theater as a whole, given that the fight against the coronavirus has resulted in the closing of New York theaters in …

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A is for Audra McDonald: A YouTube compilation of her Broadway career by Jonathan Mandell

Audra McDonald has won six Tony Awards performing in a dozen plays and musicals on Broadway. Below are videos organized roughly in chronological order that " not always perfectly, but someti…

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Lips Together, Teeth Apart Review: Looking at Terrence McNally's AIDS-era play in three new ways by Jonathan Mandell

There are at least three ways in which anyone must view the remarkable livestreamed reading of Terrence McNally's 30-year-old play on YouTube on April 6th (the video of which you can view be…

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Pandemic Theatre Aesthetic by Jonathan Mandell

By Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell examines the new theatrical landscape brought on by COVID-19 and discusses the emerging aesthetic"one that is low-tech, low-key, one-on-one, close-up.

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Monday, April 6, 2020

#AloneTogether, singing! Online theater gets seriously comic. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

In the first week of April, as the news remained scary and theaters remained closed, theater " and especially theater music " became a balm. Mrs. Doubtfire didn't open on Sunday, the first o…

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Sunday, April 5, 2020

Book Review: Terrence McNally Selected Works: A Memoir in Plays by Jonathan Mandell

Terrence McNally considered Shakespeare and Chekhov his gods, and Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera his goddesses; he learned a lot from all four. That's what he tells us within the first few p…

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In Memoriam: NYC Healthcare Workers Who Have Died from COVID-19 by Jonathan Mandell

At least 10 healthcare workers from New York City have died of COVID-19. Here is  who they are. More than 100 healthcare workers have died worldwide from the coronavirus. Years ago, my au…

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Saturday, April 4, 2020

Broadway is still selling tickets for April performances. But why? by Jonathan Mandell

You can currently buy tickets for dates in April to shows that were on Broadway when Governor Andrew Cuomo shut down all the theaters on March 12th for at least a month. On Telecharge and Ti…

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Friday, April 3, 2020

New York Philharmonic performs Ravel's Boléro, remotely by Jonathan Mandell

With this performance of Musicians of the New York Philharmonic , which has canceled all in-person performances through June 13th, continues online with this remote performance of Ravel's…

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire's Viral Monologues: "Charting my journey through the pandemic" and the emerging online theaters by Jonathan Mandell

Rachel Dratch portrays FrannyCakes, a makeup vlogger who fights with an old lady over a bottle of Purell in a Costco.  Marylouise Burke is Penny, a lovely suburban matron who wonders wher…

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Arts industry unemployment claims in New York rise 3,880 percent. How to apply for unemployment benefits. by Jonathan Mandell

The U.S. Labor Department reported the loss of 10 million jobs nationally in the last two weeks. No region and no industry are immune. So it's no surprise, but still a shock, at the unemploy…

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New York Theater Quiz for March 2020 by Jonathan Mandell

How much were you paying attention to theater news and views, on stage and online, in the month of March? Answer these 14 questions and find out.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

April 2020 Calendar of "Openings": What's Streaming on Netflix, National Theatre, Hulu, PBS Great Performances, Amazon Prime, HBO Etc by Jonathan Mandell

There are no "openings" on stage likely this month, but there is much to see online for theater lovers and screen enthusiasts alike.  Below is more than just the usual streaming services …

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