Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Reaction occurs in three distinct stages to "The Beast in the Jungle," an unusual new show at Vineyard Theater, inspired by a novella by Henry James, with music composed by John Kander. The …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:49PM[SHARE]"We don't want you to suffer and die," one of her granddaughters says to Mary Frances (Lois Smith), as she lies in bed. "We just want you to die." "Yeah," agrees Mary Frances with a laugh. S…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:16PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Eighteen minutes from The Band’s Visit, via NPR. The first Broadway musical ever to get the Tiny Desk concert treatment. SET LIST “Soraya” “Omar Sharif” “…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:48PM[SHARE]Monday, May 21, 2018
Rajiv Joseph's Describe the Night won the award for Best New American Play, and $1,000, at the 63rd Annual Obie Awards, celebrating Off and Off-Broadway Theater, which spread the love around…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:10PM[SHARE]The winners of the Drama League Awards and the Chita Rivera Awards were announced this past week (see results below), and the Obies will be held tonight. Â But they and all the other award…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:01PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 20, 2018
"What kinda f"in' world is this?" It is the first line in the first scene of "Our Lady of 121st Street," asked by a man in his underwear, ranting to a detective at the Ortiz Funeral Home in …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:23PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 19, 2018
Harry and Meghan got married this morning. Prince Harry is now the Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. Meghan Markle will be known as Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Susse…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:15AM[SHARE]Friday, May 18, 2018
In the original 2011 production of Jordan Harrison's prescient play, a married couple overwhelmed with the stresses and complications of their lives in the city, leave their high-powered job…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 17, 2018
Bump, a play by Chiara Atik that is as entertaining as it is informative, intertwines three different threads about pregnancy and childbirth " the most surprising of which turns out to be ba…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Summer begins next week in the city, theatrically speaking. That’s when the first of the summer theater festivals start presenting shows that are cheaper (often free), more cutting-edg…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:22PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Now that the hard-working, good-looking students of Stanton High School in dreary Stanton, Pennsylvania have put on the musical "Spring Awakening" Â in the season finale of "Rise," it will…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:07PM[SHARE]Monday, May 14, 2018
With the sudden countertrend of shows with long running times — “Light Shining at Buckinghamshire” at New York Theater Workshop (180 minutes), Â “Long Day’s …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:44AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 13, 2018
Christian Borle clowns like an old-time vaudevillian, Laura Michelle Kelly sings like a classic chanteuse, and director Warren Carylyle choreographs the topnotch cast like a 1930s showman; t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:42PM[SHARE]By the end of the Broadway revival of Long Days Journey Into Night two years ago, when Jessica Lange as mother Mary Tyrone rejoins her family, she is an ethereal ghost, her mind and body num…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 12, 2018
By the end of the Broadway revival of Long Days Journey Into Night two years ago, when Jessica Lange as mother Mary Tyrone rejoins her family, she is an ethereal ghost, her mind and body num…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:44PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 10, 2018
William Inge jumps Tennessee Williams within the first few minutes of meeting him, ripping off his clothes to have sex with him, in "The Gentleman Caller," a new, two-character play by Phili…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Here are the results of the survey in which I asked you to pick your personal preferences (not predictions) in 15 of the 26 categories in the 72nd Annual Tony Awards. Best Play Nominated:Â…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:46AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Dance Nation is a surprise, and a shock, and a delight. Although the characters are a team of 13-year-old competitive dancers from Liverpool, Ohio aiming to win the Boogie Down Grand Prix in…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:42PM[SHARE]Dance Nation is a surprise, and a shock, and a delight. Although the characters are a team of 13-year-old competitive dancers from Liverpool, Ohio aiming to win the Boogie Down Grand Pri…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:27PM[SHARE]The Theatre World Awards for outstanding New York stage debuts during the 2017-2018 theatrical season have been given to: Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and The Cursed Child Jamie Brewer,…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:18PM[SHARE]Monday, May 7, 2018
To director Rachel Chavkin, her revival of Caryl Churchill's early play about the English Civil War is a well-timed political work about a failed revolution, whose characters may insp…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:42PM[SHARE]To director Rachel Chavkin, her revival of Caryl Churchill's early play about the English Civil War is a well-timed political work about a failed revolution, whose characters may inspire Ame…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:02PM[SHARE]Among the surprises during this intense theater award week is the awarding of the 2018 Regional Theatre Tony Award to La MaMa, "for celebrating diversity and helping to introduce the Off…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:15PM[SHARE]Harry Potter and the Cursed Child won for new Broadway play,  SpongeBob SquarePants for new Broadway musical in the 68th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards.  Admissions won for Off-…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:25AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 6, 2018
KPOP won best musical and the best play was a tie between Cost of Living and School Girls, in the 33rd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. Full list:…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:22PM[SHARE]Make your pick in the survey below for 15 of the 26 categories in the 72nd annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway's best. The awards ceremony will take place on June 10th at Radio Music Hall …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:16PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 5, 2018
"Summer and Smoke," Tennessee Williams' ripe Southern Gothic tale about a preacher's daughter and her lifelong longing for the doctor's son next door, is being given a minimalist co-producti…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:51AM[SHARE]Friday, May 4, 2018
Some theatergoers objected to the changes in “My Fair Lady,” which made it more in line with the #MeToo era — Eliza more independent, and neither she nor Henry Higgins roma…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:04PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 3, 2018
Some of the 2018 Tony Award nominees who spoke to (or at least pose for) the press. The winners will be announced on June 10th. Click on any photograph to see it enlarged, and find out who t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Take this quiz about the nominations for the 2018 Tony Awards, which were announced Tuesday. How well do you know the nominees. How much were you paying attention to the season?
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:08PM[SHARE]Yes, we now debate theater nominations and await the awards, but the shows must go on in May. That includes just one play on Broadway — the first of the 2018-2019 Broadway season and s…
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