Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Uma Thurman and Josh Lucas neither kill a dog nor bed an FBI agent in The Parisian Woman, a tame, tidy, talky and only superficially timely play about a D.C. power couple engaged in politica…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:50PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Playwright Rajiv Joseph aims high in this ambitious, pertinent, resonant, sometimes compelling but often confusing drama that sprawls over 90 years (and three hours), taking place in Poland,…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:10PM[SHARE]You are not alone. That was the message o  the Town Hall on sexual harassment in the theater that was held on Monday at the Public Theater, which included both comments from dozens of peo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:59AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 3, 2017
In September, 1976, at least 20 young men charged into Washington Square Park and swung bats, chains and pipes at any African-Americans and Latinos they found there, as they shouted racial e…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:28PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 2, 2017
"Who are you?" Billy Crudup asks near the end of "Harry Clarke," as he looks in an imaginary mirror, a tight spotlight on his face, the rest of him in darkness. It's the question animating D…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:39PM[SHARE]Friday, December 1, 2017
The death from AIDS of theater artist Michael Friedman in September at the age of 41 was a shocking reminder that, yes, people still die from AIDS — and yes it is still affecting th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:16PM[SHARE]Four shows are opening on Broadway in December, two musicals and two plays, placing Mark Rylance in 18th century Spain, Lea Salonga in the Caribbean of the 19th and 20th centuries, and a mix…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:28PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 29, 2017
How well were you paying attention to theater news and reviews in November? Answer these 12 questions and see.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 28, 2017
On this sixth annual #GivingTuesday (created in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation), consider donating to your favorite New York area theaters and theater companies.…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:24AM[SHARE]Monday, November 27, 2017
Cyber Monday deals are not just for gadgetry. They extend to shows, as offered by theaters and ticket services. This week in New York Theater: Broadway stars give Thanksgiving greetings, Bro…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 23, 2017
The 91st annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade had two big balloons that are also Broadway shows  " and performances by such Broadway shows as Dear Evan Hansen (with the new Evan Hansen, …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 22, 2017
The holiday show tradition in New York ranges way beyond Radio City Music Hall and family entertainment, to include shows that are offbeat and others that are decidedly not for children. Let…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:36AM[SHARE]My sixth annual Broadway gift guide below includes links and information on shopping for theater tickets, theater subscriptions, cast recordings, play scripts, librettos and new and cheri…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:37AM[SHARE]Monday, November 20, 2017
Ben Platt left “Dear Evan Hansen,” the Tony-winning musical that made him a star. That was yesterday. Tomorrow marks the publication of the  behind-the-scenes book and librett…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:49PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 19, 2017
Readers who cherish Jane Austen's 1813 novel "Pride and Prejudice" can certainly enjoy Kate Hamill's stage adaptation, now at the Cherry Lane, as long as they accept that the tone has been r…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:57PM[SHARE]In his dressing room at "Dear Evan Hansen," Ben Platt has kept an anonymous letter from a fan: "You stopped me from letting go." That letter kept him going when "I don't want to cry, and sin…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:33PM[SHARE]Friday, November 17, 2017
Scroll below for the Broadway schedule for Thanksgiving week. On Thanksgiving Day this year, theater lovers will be able to see “SpongeBob SquarePants” twice — both as …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:32PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 16, 2017
Paulina is the most popular, the most ambitious and by far the meanest girl in the Aburi Girls Boarding School at the outset of Jocelyn Bioh's often unsubtle but ultimately stimulating new p…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:23PM[SHARE]For some theatergoers wondering whether to see the hour-long romantic comedy bravely entitled "Hot Mess," it might be enough to know that Max calls his girlfriend "Poopy Pants." Or that his …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:52PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 15, 2017
The ushers are wearing "Ghetto Scholar" sweatshirts in Studio 54, where for his sixth solo show John Leguizamo stands in front of a blackboard and lectures on the history, politics, cult…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:42PM[SHARE]The ushers are wearing "Ghetto Scholar" sweatshirts in Studio 54, where for his sixth solo show John Leguizamo stands in front of a blackboard and lectures on the history, politics, culture …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Millions of African-Americans moved from the rural South to industrial cities in the North in the decades after World War I, one of the largest migrations in the history of humanity, ignored…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:35PM[SHARE]Monday, November 13, 2017
Today is the 20th anniversary of the opening of “The Lion King.” Now the third-longest running show in the history of Broadway, the musical is worth celebrating. Based on …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:17PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 12, 2017
Lin-Manuel Miranda's efforts to aid Puerto Rico in recovering from Hurricane Maria took the logical next step during his visit there this past week, when he announced his return to his starr…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:29AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 11, 2017
Today is Veterans Day, a day that’s always been special to me because my father was not only a U.S. military veteran; he was born on Veterans Day, Â which was originally called Armis…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:12AM[SHARE]Friday, November 10, 2017
Jeopardy had the following answers in a “Broadway 2017” category during the Double Jeopardy Round of the Tournament of Champions earlier this week. Guess the questions: $400 R…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:52AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 9, 2017
What happens when a lovely, low-key musical based on an offbeat Israeli film moves from Off-Broadway to a Broadway theater five times its size? You get the same widely acclaimed show " with …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:12PM[SHARE]What happens when a lovely, low-key musical based on an offbeat Israeli film moves from Off-Broadway to a Broadway theater five times its size? You get the same widely acclaimed show " with …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:35PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Dennis, the sullen and unsettling student at the center of Julia Cho's play "Office Hour" is strongly reminiscent of the real-life student Cho Seung-Hui, an English major at Virginia Polytec…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Len Cariou, one of the five performers who recently reminisced about having originated roles in musicals by Stephen Sondheim, recalls getting the script for "Sweeney Todd" and thinking "You'…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:40AM[SHARE]Monday, November 6, 2017
"When did money become the thing – the only thing?" a character asks at the beginning of "Junk," a play by Ayad Akhtar, who seems to answer: In the 1980s. Akhtar, the playwright of "Di…
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