Thursday, January 5, 2017
Two Broadway shows are opening this month, and fewer than a half dozen Off-Broadway, but January is as usual one of the most robust months for theater in New York. That's because there are m…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:20PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 4, 2017
The Spring 2017 season Off-Broadway offers new plays by Annie Baker, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, David Mamet, Sarah Ruhl; a new one-man show by John Leguizamo, “Latin History for Morons…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:09PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Broadway-style musicals commissioned during World War II by the U.S. Army and staged on an old aircraft carrier in the Hudson; Â and a do-it-yourself spy thriller at the Brooklyn Museum. A…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:59PM[SHARE]Monday, January 2, 2017
After Mariah Carey blamed technical glitches for her disastrous New Year's Eve performance in Times Square seen around the world, she wrote a Tweet that can serve as a succinct summary both …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 1, 2017
Choose the show that you are most looking forward to. The list below is for shows that have opening dates on Broadway in the Spring 2017 as of this writing, and they are listed chronological…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:53AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 31, 2016
For those understandably saddened by the premature deaths of so many beloved performers in 2016, here is a gallery of a dozen beloved theater artists who are still living — some still …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:23PM[SHARE]Among the worthwhile moments I saw on stage in 2016, a surprising number became more memorable because of off-stage events. It's impossible now to remember the Radio City Rockettes performin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:18AM[SHARE]Friday, December 30, 2016
Among the worthwhile moments I saw on stage in 2016, a surprising number became more memorable because of off-stage events. It's impossible now to remember the Radio City Rockettes performin…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:56PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 29, 2016
Below is a list of theater books published in 2016 (or reissued in paperback this year, or just books I couldn’t resist listing.) I reviewed some of these books or interviewed th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:16PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Yes, it’s a year that many would like to forget. But, before you do, test how much you were paying attention to the theater news in 2016 by answering these 16 questions. Most of them w…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:06PM[SHARE]As my best-read posts from 2016 below make clear, some theater trends stay strong year after year: Anything about “Hamilton” is still popular nearly two years after the musical f…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 27, 2016
 Instant gratification takes too long. Two of the saddest words in the English language are, ‘What party?’ I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive. Y…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:02PM[SHARE] My annual New Year’s Eve guide features the Broadway show schedule for New Year's week, and other shows, parties, concerts, intimate dinners, cruises, outdoor events and quiet a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:10AM[SHARE]Monday, December 26, 2016
All but a handful of Broadway shows are performing today, the day after Christmas, even though they usually don't on Mondays. Twenty-one of them are performing twice today " and one Broadway…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:56PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 25, 2016
What's most interesting about the century-old play "God of Vengeance" " and, let's face it, the reason why a new production of it is opening tonight, at La MaMa " is that it inspired …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:23PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 24, 2016
 The character Seth Cohen created the holiday that merges Christmas and Hanukah on the TV series The OC. But this year it seems especially apt, since Christmas and Hanukkah are celebrate…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:18PM[SHARE]Friday, December 23, 2016
Many New York theatergoers surely see 2016 as "the worst year ever, until next year" according to the title of an essay in the New Yorker by Jia Tolentino, who cited a Twitter meme that pict…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:15PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 22, 2016
Nobody would ever confuse 'Bright Colors and Bold Patterns," a gay comedy written and performed solo by Drew Droege, for "Long Day's Journey Into Night." Yet oddly, there were moments in …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Yes, Glenn Close, Sally Field, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Bette Midler, and Cynthia Nixon are all returning to Broadway in Spring 2017, and Cate Blanchett and Danny DeVit…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 20, 2016
My list of ten favorite shows on New York stages in 2016 reflect two unmistakable trends " the use of the stage to present important current issues facing the country, and shows that innovat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:36PM[SHARE]Monday, December 19, 2016
There IS still time left to do holiday shopping for theater lovers. There are also plenty of shows to see this holiday week: Today is the beginning of the Christmas week schedule for Broadwa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:05PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 18, 2016
My ten favorite individual performances in 2016 are listed alphabetically, with explanations for my choices largely excerpted from my reviews, but let's begin with three noteworthy ensembles…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:51PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 17, 2016
Below is the schedule for Broadway shows from Monday, December 19 to December 26. Broadway is not the place to see shows in New York specifically geared to the holiday season (with one excep…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:56PM[SHARE]Friday, December 16, 2016
Welcome to my fourth annual Worst Broadway Show poll. I chose these ten nominees; this is my Bottom 10 list this year (a counterbalance to my Top 10 list.) If you disagree with my choi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:21AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2016
While the Othello at the New York Theatre Workshop can be uncomfortable and even annoying, it is impossible for me to dismiss Sam Gold's often startlingly effective production, even when Dav…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:36PM[SHARE]If the Othello at the New York Theatre Workshop can be uncomfortable and even annoying, it is impossible for me to dismiss Sam Gold's often startlingly effective production, even when David …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:04PM[SHARE]At yesterday’s matinee of “Hamilton,” the show did not have a single member of the original cast in a principal role. The only one who remains, Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercu…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:14AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Here are drama critics' lists of Top 10 New York theater for 2016. Unlike last year’s top 10 lists, there is no one single show that dominates. But “Dear Evan Hansen,” R…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:15PM[SHARE]Monday, December 12, 2016
Two hit Off-Broadway plays on my Top 10 list for 2016Â are transferring to Broadway in the Spring, written by two of the most respected women playwrights in America — Pulitzer Prize …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 11, 2016
“In Transit” is the first a cappella musical on Broadway, and the rich harmonies and rhythmic beatboxing of a cappella evangelist Deke Sharon's arrangements reveal the human voic…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:18PM[SHARE]The members of the creative team behind "The Band's Visit," a delightfully low-key musical starring a memorably paired Tony Shalhoub and Katrina Lenk, have taken a 2007 Israeli film that is …
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