Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Below is a calendar of New York theater opening* in July,, including two Broadway plays, "Oh,Mary" and "Job,"  both of which are transferring from sold-out runs Off Broadway; …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:33AM[SHARE]Monday, July 1, 2024
The patriotic fireworks arguably started early this year, with the fallout from the Presidential debate, which arguably was the very definition of "political theater" " something that Hillar…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:04AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 30, 2024
How well were you paying attention to theater news this past month? Answer these ten questions (plus a bonus question) to find out. Loading…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:01PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 29, 2024
Fifty-five years to the day after the riot that launched the modern gay rights movement, a group called Pride Live celebrated the official opening of a visitor center in the room where it ha…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:05PM[SHARE]Friday, June 28, 2024
One debater vigorously delivered one lie after another, but the other spoke with a raspy voice and a tentative manner.  (debate transcript.) So Republicans gloat and Democrats pa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 27, 2024
Holland Taylor and Ana Villafañe are perfectly cast in this intelligent and illuminating comedy about the relationship between the  first woman Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 26, 2024
When he first met Lucille Ball, his future mother-in-law, Laurence Luckinbill  accidentally set his apartment on fire.  He had been preparing a meal for her, and left the eggplan…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:42PM[SHARE]Broadway in Bryant Park has announced the lineup for this summer's four free Thursday lunchtime concerts, performed by the casts from current Broadway shows, which will begin on July 11. …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 25, 2024
In "Relics and Their Humans," we learn that Josh Quillen's father Jerry was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease: "…you will eventually lose all muscle control and then you will die with…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:38PM[SHARE]Monday, June 24, 2024
Among the free cultural events happening across all five boroughs this summer, there are many over the next week celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride, leading to the NYC Pride March on June 30, marki…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:40AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 23, 2024
At the beginning of "The Survival," as she's about to go on her third date with a man she met in a bar, Achan (Janet Kilonzo) tells her best friend that she thinks she's found the one she's …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:51PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 22, 2024
To say that I found this clever, fun-filled queering of Andrew Lloyd Webber's idiosyncratic 1982 musical at times confusing and even annoying is only to say that it's still "Cats" " much-lov…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:32PM[SHARE]Friday, June 21, 2024
"Titanic" turns out to be the ideal musical for an Encores! concert, focused on the music. The original 1997 Broadway production about the most famous maritime disaster in history was an exp…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:42PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 20, 2024
In his Tony acceptance speech this month, Jonathan Groff thanked his role as the gay character Melchior  Gabor sixteen years ago in "Spring Awakening" for inspiring him "to come out of…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:37AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 19, 2024
"How wonderful to see you all glistening in the sun," Phylicia Rashad said in Times Square, accepting this year's Legacy Award from the Broadway League as part of the fourth annual Broadway …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:29PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Below is a guide to this year's Tony-winning plays and musicals that are still playing " although several are closing soon; one next week.  The listings include a video of the Tony per…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:31AM[SHARE]Monday, June 17, 2024
"I'm gonna just talk fast and try not to cry," Daniel Radcliffe began his acceptance speech, and I felt like saying: Take your time! Cry! The Tony Awards is just a TV show, but listening to …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:21AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 16, 2024
"Stereophonic " won best play, "Appropriat" best revival of a play, at the 77th annual Tony Awards, (Here's a guide to the entire Broadway 2023-2024 Season, including shows not nominated)(He…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:44PM[SHARE]The 77th Annual Tony Awards, with host Ariana DeBose, will be broadcast and streamed live from Lincoln Center tonight, celebrating the Broadway 2023 " 2024 theater season with performances f…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:11PM[SHARE]You might think that Ariana DeBose would be too busy the night before her hosting duties at the Tony Awards to go to a movie. But the world premiere of "Satisfied,"Â Â a documentary abou…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:10AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 15, 2024
This eye-opening documentary about the role of social media in spreading white supremacist violence, which just won the Tribeca Festival's Best Documentary Feature Award, is at its most arre…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:32PM[SHARE]Friday, June 14, 2024
How did Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical "Merrily We Roll Along," one of the most infamous flops on Broadway, become one of the biggest hits of the 2023-2024 Broadway season, four…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:03AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 13, 2024
Below are my preferences " not predictions " for the 2024 Tony Awards, in keeping with a tradition I've been maintaining for more than a decade. I am a critic, not a seer or a bookie. We'll …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:29PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Watch Theatre World Award winners past and present talk below about when they first knew they were going to be professional performers. For more on Theatre World Awards, check out Theatre Wo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Jeremy O. Harris' film about his Broadway play "Slave Play" begins with a young Black woman in an NYU sweatshirt looking straight up at the ceiling and screaming with great violence. It's al…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:21PM[SHARE]Monday, June 10, 2024
"Stereophonic" won Outstandint Play and six other awards, "Dead Outlaw" Outstanding Musical and two others at the 68th annual Drama Desk Awards. Full list of winners below. Click here for 20…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:47PM[SHARE]Tonight ceremonies will take place for both the 68th annual Drama Desk Awards and the 78th annual Theatre World Awards, leading up to the endlessly anticipated/promoted climax of theat…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:20AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 9, 2024
"What Became of Us" is at heart a modest, moving two-character play about a brother and a sister, the children of immigrant parents, who tell us about each other over the course of the…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:13PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 8, 2024
Jessica Lange as Lillian Hall, one of the great legends of the American theater, is about to star once again on Broadway in "The Cherry Orchard." But she  is collapsed on her bed, when…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:28PM[SHARE]Friday, June 7, 2024
This first-time feature film by writer and director Nicholas Colia will inspire some of the same knowing laughs among grown-up theater kids as "Theater Camp,"  and some of the same …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:44PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 6, 2024
"Merrily We Roll Along" and "Oh, Mary!" received the most love at the Second Annual Dorian Theater Awards, winning four categories apiece, while "Stereophonic" won three awards, in…
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