Friday, September 18, 2015
William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays (10 tragedies, 10 histories, 17 comedies) and 154 Sonnets — 884,647 words in all. He is said to have invented 1,700 words in the English language, in…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:47AM[SHARE]In "Hamlet in Bed," a new play which has opened at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, an actor named Michael (Michael Laurence), who was given up for adoption as an infant by his actress mothe…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:47AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 17, 2015
Do theology and theater mix? Is there an unspoken separation between church and stage? A day after the announcement that Amazing Grace will close on Broadway after little more than three…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:00PM[SHARE]Do theology and theater mix? Is there an unspoken separation between church and stage? A day after the announcement that Amazing Grace will close on Broadway after little more than three mon…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:28PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 16, 2015
At times during "Empire Travel Agency," a theatrical adventure that takes place in some dozen different downtown locales, it feels as if you're in a Bourne thriller, sharing escapades with M…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:40PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 13, 2015
This week starts 20at20. Next week starts Off Broadway Week Both are ways to get tickets to Off-Broadway shows that are even cheaper than usual. And, there's plenty new to see. The Week i…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:11PM[SHARE]Saturday, September 12, 2015
Twenty-five years from now, according to Max Posner's new play "Judy," there will be no more plays; cancer will be cured; cars will not need drivers; and couples will be able to arrange to d…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:53AM[SHARE]Friday, September 11, 2015
I will keep an open mind, I write three times in my notebook before the first scene in the first room of "Eve," which its creators describe as "a dance theatre immersion experience." It's ru…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 10, 2015
"I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire," Tennessee Williams told Gore Vidal, who recalls this in the introduction to t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:49PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Its title, its playful poster, its sleek chic showroom of a set, and its marketing suggest that "Laugh It Up, Stare It Down" is a shallow romantic comedy, telling the story of Joe and Cleo o…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:30PM[SHARE]It would be incorrect to say there's nothing surprising about "The Legend of Georgia McBride," an entertaining but slight and predictable comedy about drag performers, which has now opened a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 8, 2015
An unusually busy summer has now ended, and an exciting Fall slowly chugs into view. Take the New York Theater August 2015 Quiz to reminisce. If you missed the 19th annual New York Int…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:55AM[SHARE]Monday, September 7, 2015
At the end of the tuneful, rousing, and spectacular modern musical adaptation of Homer's three thousand year old epic poem about a ten-year journey home, everybody from the cast is on stage …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:31PM[SHARE]Friday, September 4, 2015
Has cell phone use in the theater really gotten worse, or are audiences and artists simply complaining more? That was my first question in the #Howlround Twitter chat on theater etiquette (f…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:35AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 3, 2015
One of China’s most celebrated stars, Zhang Huoding, is making her U.S. debut in two classic Beijing Operas at Lincoln Center, The Legend of the White Snake and The Jewelry Pouch. …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:17AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Below are the shows chosen for the 10th anniversary of the Fringe Encore Series, debuting September 10th at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street), selected from both the Ne…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:59PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 1, 2015
The new season’s Off-Broadway offerings are various, intriguing, and sometimes hard to describe — an absurdist kitchen-sink comedy about a dysfunctional family with a transgender…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:49PM[SHARE]Monday, August 31, 2015
How well were you paying attention to the New York theater news and reviews in August? Answer these dozen questions to see.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:54PM[SHARE]Overall Play: The Broken Record Divine Intervention Little One Maybe Tomorrow Night of the Living Overall Musical: The Crack in the Ceiling Far From Canterbury Popesical Solo Performance: bu…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:08AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 30, 2015
An informal memorial service will be held in Central Park Monday afternoon for Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21, the youngest actor and first African-American to portray Jean Valjean in Les Miserables…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:00PM[SHARE]Deaf West’s revival of “Spring Awakening” is the only Broadway show opening in September. Other New York theater that looks promising this month: Desire, an evening of play…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 27, 2015
On Christmas Eve, Sarah and her new boyfriend Sam are enjoying each other's company, engaging in a philosophical debate about the nature of suffering, when there is a knock on the door; Sara…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:47PM[SHARE]Sherie Rene Scott's new play at Second Stage Theater, about an actress teaching a class of murderers at a men's prison, recalls in at least one unfortunate way her Second Stage show of half …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:12PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Below are a list of 18 shows scheduled to open on Broadway from September 2015 to January, 2016, organized chronologically by opening date. Â Pick the one that most excites you. For inform…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:58AM[SHARE]Monday, August 24, 2015
"Love and Money," A.R. Gurney's latest comedy about WASPs, is as deep as dust, and no more solid, but as dust goes, it’s a fine light powder, ground by a craftsman who's been at it …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:23PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 23, 2015
#Ham4Ham, the name for the five-minute performances during the lottery drawings for the Broadway musical Hamilton, began last month with Lin-Manuel Miranda rapping, and roping in other cast …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:28AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 19, 2015
The horrific future conjured in "Mercury Fur" " a world piled high with atrocities ranging from the killing of zoo animals to random decapitations to child torture " is clearly meant to shoc…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 18, 2015
When she was a child, says Arella, a Native American character in the play "Informed Consent," "I'd hear about, 'the white man did this and the white man did that.' I thought there was one w…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:06PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 16, 2015
After 19 years of the New York International Fringe Festival, which runs this year until August 30, certain Rules for Fringing have emerged (or are they just habits?) 1. First, see shows you…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:05PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 15, 2015
Megan McGinnis (Les Miz, Beauty and the Beast, etc.) sings “The Secret of Happiness,” and she and Paul Alexander Nolan (Once, the best thing about Dr. Zhivago) sing “Color …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:36PM[SHARE]Friday, August 14, 2015
The fifth Broadway production of The King and I, has a new king — Jose LLana, who returned last month to the musical where he made his Broadway debut 19 years ago, at age 19, as the…
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