Monday, December 22, 2014
The following is the text of letter protesting the dismissal of Ari Roth as the artistic director of Theater J in Washington D.C. "We, the undersigned Artistic Directors, are outraged by the…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:11PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 21, 2014
New Broadway shows announced this week include: School of Rock, Something Rotten, Bombshell (about Marilyn Monroe) and Sherlock Holmes " the last two have a catch to them (scroll to 18) Much…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:19PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 20, 2014
They begin with a blanket " manipulated like a puppet by the actor it cloaks, it comes alive, undulating in a fierce wind. They end with blankets, formed to ask the question: Is this land mi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 18, 2014
"As an actor, you're often the most visible part of a project while having the least amount of say over its final form,” James Franco said recently. Â Although at the time he was mak…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Last year, there were so many more bad shows on Broadway from which to choose. This year, I couldn’t bring myself to add some clear-cut flops that I considered well-intentioned efforts…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:01AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 16, 2014
In looking over my top 10 New York theater list for 2014, and top 10 lists by other critics, I realized that most of the shows we favored have ended their runs. So here is another top 10 lis…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:02AM[SHARE] "There are plenty of unhappy people in the world, why should we be the ones who get to be happy?" says one of the ten characters in "Pocatello," the new play at Playwrights Horizons b…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:43AM[SHARE]Monday, December 15, 2014
All but three of the 35 Broadway shows currently playing are offering Monday night performances on Christmas week, and many have scheduled matinees on the Friday after Christmas Day. (Scroll…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 14, 2014
"Every Brilliant Thing," a funny, fun and moving show about a boy who begins writing a list of "everything worth living for" to cheer up his suicidal mother, comes from Great Britain, where …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:31PM[SHARE]“I believe in the healing power of the theater,” actress Jane Summerhays has said, “that it is a place where we all come together, where we take refuge, where inexplicable …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:30PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 13, 2014
“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” is on most critics lists of the top 10 theater in 2014 so far, including mine. The second-most listed New York stage show: …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:41AM[SHARE]Friday, December 12, 2014
Sting, the composer of “The Last Ship” who took over the role of Jackie White in the musical on December 9th, will now stay through January 24th. Click on any photograph t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 11, 2014
An American in Paris, the musical based on the 1951 movie by Vincente Minnelli that starred Leslie Caron and Gene Kelly, opened yesterday at the Théâtre du Châtelet, in Paris. This st…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:44AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 10, 2014
My ten favorite shows on New York stages in 2014 were all plays, although one felt like a musical. They were mostly presented Off-Broadway, although one took place in a hospital.  Onl…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Almost every one of the performers pictured here was in the news this past week — this is not just a naked scheme for ratings, as some might accuse Peter Pan Live of having been. Below…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:29AM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2014
With scenes that recall hair-raising episodes from both "Homeland" and "Breaking Bad," Ayad Akhtar's latest play, which continues the winning streak begun with his Pulitzer-winning Disgraced…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:16PM[SHARE]On December 1, 2014, the Wall Street Journal published the following article by Joanne Kaufman, who “writes about culture,” in which she admits to having left at intermission at …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:15AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 7, 2014
Bradley Cooper is shirtless and in boxer shorts when we first see him on stage as John Merrick in director Scott Ellis’s competent production of Bernard Pomerance's play "The Elephant …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:41PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 4, 2014
During intermission for "The Illusionists – Witness the Impossible," which is a loud magic show making a six-week stop at Broadway's Marquis theater as part of a 32-city U.S. tour, I v…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:27PM[SHARE]Songs OVERTURE TENDER SHEPHERD I GOTTA CROW! NEVERLAND I'M FLYING! PIRATE MARCH VENGEANCE (a new song for Captain Hook) PIRATE MARCH (reprise) HOOK'S TANGO WENDY HOOK'S TARANTELLA I WON'T GR…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:05AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Scott Ellis, the director of “You Can’t Take It With You,” the soon to open “Elephant Man,” and the forthcoming “On The Twentieth Century,” is offer…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:31PM[SHARE]Monday, December 1, 2014
Two Broadway shows " The Illusionists and The Elephant Man " are opening in December, as are a handful of Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway# plays and musicals. (The bulk of the …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:18PM[SHARE]There’s been so much promotion for Peter Pan that it feels as if we’ve seen it already — and of course, we have, starting back in December, 1904, with the first stage Peter…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:58AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 30, 2014
How well were you paying attention to New York theater this month? Take these dozen questions and find out.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:27AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 29, 2014
Emma Stone is making her Broadway debut performing as Sally Bowles  in Cabaret thru February 1, 2015. Stone, 26, is best known for her movie roles in The Help and the Amazing Spider…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:11PM[SHARE]Friday, November 28, 2014
My Broadway gift guide has proven popular enough in the past couple years that I am updating it for 2014, with information on theater tickets, theater subscriptions, play scripts, cast re…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Broadway’s schedule is irregular this Thanksgiving holiday week. Below is the calendar, with links to my reviews. Only three shows will have a performance on Thanksgiving Day, but …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:26PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 23, 2014
A week full of openings, Great Britain celebrated #LoveTheatre Day, Â Elaine Stritch remembered, Mike Nichols mourned, and I’ve given into the promotional fever and include trailers …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:30PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 20, 2014
Glenn Close returns to Broadway after an absence of many years, as Agnes to John Lithgow’s Tobias, Â a wealthy middle-aged couple whose seemingly serene suburban existence is reveale…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Move over, Encores! In their second musical restoration after Sondheim and Lapine's Passion last year, the Classic Stage Company now brings us Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro, billed as th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The rowdy brothers of Young Jean Lee's play "Straight White Men," play a board game called Privilege, where Jake draws a card that says: "What I said wasn't sexist/racist/homophobic because …
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