Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Colin Quinn, former Weekend Update anchor for Saturday Night Live, has brought back "The New York Story" to the Cherry Lane Theater, where it ran this summer. This strikes me as terri…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:44PM[SHARE]Monday, December 21, 2015
There IS time left to do holiday shopping for theater lovers. There are also plenty of shows to see this holiday week — not just holiday shows, although plenty of those. With the…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:02PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 20, 2015
Tevye is back on Broadway, this time with Danny Burstein as the Russian Jewish milkman who tries to uphold tradition. "Fiddler on the Roof" has become a tradition in its own right. The produ…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:50PM[SHARE] On the same weekend that 195 nations reached an unprecedented agreement to take action on climate change, a dozen or so theatergoers were dancing the Climate Change Macarena. Guided b…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:20PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 19, 2015
The plot is by Shakespeare cleverly transposed to Swinging London of 1964; the original, terrifically tuneful songs in the style of the early Beatles are by Green Day's Billie Joe Arm…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:50PM[SHARE]Friday, December 18, 2015
Women dominated New York stages this year, giving the majority of the most memorable performances. My ten favorite individual performers are listed alphabetically, but let's begin with tw…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Near the end of The Color Purple, Cynthia Erivo, as Celie, sings "I don't need you to love me….I'm beautiful, yes I'm beautiful, and I'm here" " which provokes the audience to rise up, tea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:57PM[SHARE]Welcome to my third annual Worst Broadway Show poll. I chose the ten nominees. Feel free to disagree by 1. not voting for a show on the list that you liked, and 2. adding your choice for wor…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:18AM[SHARE]Monday, December 14, 2015
Near the beginning of "Marjorie Prime," Jordan Harrison's insightful and only slightly science fiction play, Walter is reminding his wife about the poodle they had –"Not the fussy kind…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:53PM[SHARE]This has been an unusual year in theater in several ways. George Takei represents a couple of those ways: Diversity Is the current diversity on Broadway a blip, an exception, or do you fores…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:25PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 13, 2015
Jackie Hoffman is the only person she knows who's never until now performed in a production of the musical comedy "Once Upon A Mattress," the comic retelling of the fairy tale The Princess a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:19PM[SHARE]There is a push to make the day after Christmas a new event called “Show Day,” in the way that the day after Thanksgiving is “Black Friday” — except instead of …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:32AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 12, 2015
“Hamilton” made the top or near the top of every critics' top 10 theater list so far for shows that opened in New York in 2015, with the exception of Charles Isherwood, who delib…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:03AM[SHARE]Friday, December 11, 2015
Lazarus, the hottest ticket right now in New York, is a startling new musical, featuring 18 songs written by David Bowie (four of them new), a production directed by auteur-du-jour Ivo van H…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:27AM[SHARE]Lazarus, the hottest ticket right now in New York, is a startling new musical, featuring 18 songs written by David Bowie (four of them new), a production directed by auteur-du-jour Ivo van H…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:57AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 10, 2015
Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo  and Danielle Brooks (from Orange is the New Black) make their Broadway debuts in the first Broadway revival of The Color Purple, based on the Pulitzer-winn…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Near the end of La MaMa's graphic production of "Pylade," the barely-clad princess Electra was grappling with the naked prince Pylade, who minutes earlier had been on the floor doing to a sm…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 8, 2015
My list of ten favorite shows on New York stages in 2015 tilt towards Broadway musicals " five out of “ten”  " which is in great contrast to my top ten lists last year and …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:58PM[SHARE]Monday, December 7, 2015
“Talk less. Smile more.” #Force4Ham pic.twitter.com/Uh6RlqDVJu " Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) December 1, 2015 What do you do on your spare time if you have a big Broadway …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:11PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 6, 2015
In his first original musical on Broadway in a decade, Andrew Lloyd Webber has chosen to adapt a movie with a plot that could hardly be sillier, and supplies a new score that could hardly be…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:30PM[SHARE]In his first original musical on Broadway in a decade, Andrew Lloyd Webber has chosen to adapt a movie with a plot that could hardly be sillier, and supplies a new score that could hardly be…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:13PM[SHARE]David Mamet's China Doll involves two dramas. There's the one on stage starring Al Pacino as an old billionaire in something of a cynical primer on wealth and political ambition. Then there'…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:03PM[SHARE]David Mamet's China Doll involves two dramas. There's the one on stage starring Al Pacino as an old billionaire who gets snared in a vague conspiracy of power and political corruption. Then …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:33PM[SHARE]Friday, December 4, 2015
The Wiz Live eased on down the road Thursday, the best-attended Broadway try-out in history. Next year, director Kenny Leon is planning a Main Stem transfer of the production, although it's …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:26PM[SHARE]The Wiz Live! eased on down the road Thursday, the best-attended Broadway try-out in history. Next year, director Kenny Leon is planning a Main Stem transfer of the production, although it's…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:40AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 3, 2015
Why do people find fat funny? That is one of the questions provoked by "Gigantic," a musical originally entitled "Fat Camp," about a summer camp for overweight teenagers. To be fair, the sho…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30PM[SHARE]Invisible Thread superficially recalls The Book of Mormon, both musicals telling the story of a couple of Americans in Uganda trying to do good works. But the new musical does not mock the e…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:02PM[SHARE]Below is the tracklist for The Wiz live broadcast on NBC today December 3, 2015, 8 to 11 p.m. The song titles (accompanied in parentheses by who is singing) are linked to lyrics as performed…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Four shows are opening on Broadway in December: Â “School of Rock” is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first new musical on Broadway since 2005. Â Jennifer Hudson makes her Broadw…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:07AM[SHARE]Monday, November 30, 2015
Holiday Gifts for Theater Lovers: My recommendations for shows, theater subscriptions, theater books, cast recordings posters, and show-related doo-dads to get as gifts for the theater lover…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:30AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 28, 2015
How well were you paying attention to the theater news and reviews in November? Answer these 13 questions and see. Tagged: Al Pacino, Barbra Streisand, Break A Leg, Broken Legs exhibition on…
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