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Monday, May 20, 2019

2019 Obie Awards by Jonathan Mandell

The 64th Annual Obie Awards, celebrating Off and Off-Off-Broadway Theater We're live at the 2019 #ObieAwards hosted by @Racheldoesstuff https://t.co/CHOOYEdiLX " Obie Awards (@obieawards) Ma…

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Game of Thrones vs Hair Live. Sondheim at Town Hall. David Byrne On Broadway, Bat Out of Hell Off. More Awards! #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Fans can add another reason to be disappointed with Game of Thrones. NBC executives are now claiming they killed Hair Live, which they had planned to broadcast yesterday, when HBO announced …

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Sunday, May 19, 2019

2019 Chita Rivera Awards: Hadestown, Alice By Heart, Ephraim Sykes by Jonathan Mandell

Hadestown won best Broadway choreography and Alice By Heart best Off-Broadway choreography in the third annual Chita Rivera Awards honoring excellence in dance and choregraphy. Complete list…

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Mac Beth: 7 Schoolgirls Put On Shakespeare's Tragedy by Jonathan Mandell

At the end of "Mac Beth," Macduff severs Macbeth's head and then she takes a selfie of it, posing with two of her fellow murderous teenage girls, all dressed in parochial school uniforms. Th…

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Saturday, May 18, 2019

Original Sound Review: When Is It Musical Inspiration, and When Theft? by Jonathan Mandell

Did George Harrison steal from The Chiffons? A judge ruled that his 1970 hit, "My Sweet Lord" was "virtually identical" to The Chiffons' 1962 hit "He's So Fine." But, though the ex-Beatle ha…

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The Best Immersive Theater Companies in New York and their Shows by Jonathan Mandell

  So many theater companies label their shows "immersive" these days that the term can feel like little more than a synonym for "hip." But five adventurous and meticulous companies consis…

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Friday, May 17, 2019

2019 Drama League Awards: Bryan Cranston, Hadestown, The Ferryman by Jonathan Mandell

Bryan Cranston won the distinguished performance award at the 85th annual Drama League Awards for his performance in Network, while Hadestown won best musical, and The Ferryman best play. Di…

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Enter Laughing The Musical review. ridiculous, terrific " far funnier than it should be. by Jonathan Mandell

Comedian Carl Reiner called his comic novel Enter Laughing, because that is the first stage direction that his 17-year-old main character is given, at his first ever-audition, and he makes a…

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Thursday, May 16, 2019

Enter Laughing: Review and pics by Jonathan Mandell

Comedian Carl Reiner called his comic novel Enter Laughing, because that is the first stage direction that his 17-year-old main character is given, at his first ever-audition, and he makes a…

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Happy Talk Review: Susan Sarandon as Marin Ireland's matchmaker in Jesse Eisenberg's sour play by Jonathan Mandell

From the moment Susan Sarandon makes her entrance in Happy Talk, Jesse Eisenberg's latest play, it is clear her character Lorraine is extravagantly self-absorbed to the point of delusion. Sh…

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Happy Talk by Jesse Eisenberg with Susan Sarandon: Review and pics by Jonathan Mandell

From the moment Susan Sarandon makes her entrance in Jesse Eisenberg's latest play, it is clear her character Lorraine is extravagantly self-absorbed to the point of delusion….It would be …

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

The Pink Unicorn Review: Alice Ripley as Small-Town Mother of Genderqueer Child by Jonathan Mandell

The story that Tony winner Alice Ripley tells in this one-woman show " of an unsophisticated mother named Trisha Lee in the small Texas town of Sparktown who becomes woke after her child …

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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Yoko Ono, Moliere, Danielle Brooks and the Bard on Summer Stages. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Summer begins officially next month, but the summer theatergoing season launches this week with the first two of 13 annual New York summer theater festivals.  Clubbed Thumb, which has bee…

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Monday, May 13, 2019

2019 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners: The Ferryman, Hadestown, White Noise. Santino Fontana, Stephanie J. Block by Jonathan Mandell

"The Ferryman" won outstanding Broadway play and "Hadestown" outstanding Broadway musical in the 69th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards. 'White Noise" won best Off-Broadway play an…

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Sunday, May 12, 2019

Mothers Day on Broadway: Watch Theater Songs About Mama by Jonathan Mandell

In a culture where "stage mother" has a negative connotation, and mothers aren't always the most endearing characters on stage, it's good to honor Mother's Day by watching videos of Katie Bo…

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Saturday, May 11, 2019

Fosse Verdon Episode 6: Brandon Uranowitz as Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce and Bianca Marroquín as Chita Rivera as Velma Kelly by Jonathan Mandell

In episode 6 of the FX TV series "Fosse Verdon," which will air on Tuesday May 14th, Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) splits his time between editing the movie he's directing, "Lenny" about Lenny Br…

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Friday, May 10, 2019

12 Summer Theater Festivals in New York City 2019 by Jonathan Mandell

Summertime is a good time for the adventurous New York theatergoer, and the broke New York theatergoer. Summer theater festivals present shows that are usually cheaper (often free), and more…

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Thursday, May 9, 2019

Are Off Broadway Shows Redeemed or Ruined on Broadway? by Jonathan Mandell

Ten of the 34 shows that opened on Broadway during the 2018-2019 season began life Off-Broadway.  I was struck  by how sharply different my reactions were to seeing the Off-Broadway an…

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

2019 Tony Awards " Who YOU Want As Winners by Jonathan Mandell

Here are the results of the survey in which I asked you to pick your personal preferences (not predictions) in 16 of the 26 categories in the 73rd Annual Tony Awards. Best Play Nominated:Cho…

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Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Broadway at #MetGala. Theater Awards Up The Wazoo. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Tony winner Billy Porter became the pharaoh of fashion at the Met Gala red carpet, his Egyptian-themed…production number… right up there with Katy Perry wearing a chandelier, Jared Leto …

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Monday, May 6, 2019

2019 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards: The Ferryman, Tootsie, What The Constitution Means to Me by Jonathan Mandell

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth best play of the 2018-19 season, Tootsie best musical, What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schrec…

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Sunday, May 5, 2019

2019 Lucille Lortel Award Winners by Jonathan Mandell

in the 34th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. Full list of winners: Outstanding Play Outstanding Musical Outstanding Revival Outstanding Solo Show Fleaba…

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Saturday, May 4, 2019

2019 Tony Award Winners " YOUR Pick? by Jonathan Mandell

Make your pick in the survey below for 16 of the 26 categories in the 73rd annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway's best. The awards ceremony will take place on June 9th at Radio Music Hall i…

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Friday, May 3, 2019

2019 Theatre World Award Winners for Spectacular NY Stage Debuts by Jonathan Mandell

The Theatre World Awards for outstanding New York stage debuts during the 2017-2018 theatrical season have been given to: Gbenga Akinnagbe, To Kill A Mockingbird Tom Glynn-Carney, The Ferrym…

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Thursday, May 2, 2019

2019 Tony Awards Quiz by Jonathan Mandell

Take this quiz about the nominations for the 2019 Tony Awards, which were announced Tuesday. How well do you know the nominees. How much were you paying attention to the season?  

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

May 2019 New York Theater Openings by Jonathan Mandell

May is not just the month that theatergoers debate nominations and await awards. Shows do open. That includes just one play on Broadway " the first of the 2019-2020 Broadway season, starring…

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

2019 Tony Award Nominations: Hadestown, Ain't Too Proud, Tootsie Lead by Jonathan Mandell

Hadestown, Ain't Too Proud and Tootsie received the greatest number of nominations in the 2019 Tony Awards, announced by Brandon Victor Dixon and Bebe Neuwirth. The winners of the 73rd annua…

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Monday, April 29, 2019

Broadway Season Ends. Tony Award Nominations Tomorrow: Which will be picked? #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

The Broadway 2018-2019 season has ended, and the New York theater award season is in high gear. The Tony nominations will be announced tomorrow. Here are the shows that opened on Broadway th…

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All My Sons Review, Tracy Letts and Annette Bening bring star power to Arthur Miller's tragedy by Jonathan Mandell

Nobody applauds when Annette Bening first appears on stage in All My Sons, the third Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's 1947 tragedy, the playwright's first hit play. This is  because of…

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Sunday, April 28, 2019

All My Sons With Annette Bening, Tracy Letts: Review, Pics, Video by Jonathan Mandell

Nobody applauds when Annette Bening first appears on stage in All My Sons, the third Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's 1947 tragedy, the playwright's first hit play. This is because of dir…

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Friday, April 26, 2019

Ink Review: Rupert Murdoch inside story, another 'how we got where we are' lesson by Jonathan Mandell

Ink recounts how Rupert Murdoch, newly arrived in London from Australia in 1969, bought the Sun, "a stuck-up broadsheet that…never once made a profit," and in a year's time made it a wildl…

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