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Sunday, May 17, 2026

2026 Drama Desk Award event and winners by Martha Wade Steketee

May 17, 2026 — Winners and honorees for the 2026 Annual Drama Desk Awards were celebrated this evening at The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street). Titanique’s Marla Mindelle hosted the […

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Friday, April 10, 2026

Attention demanded with formidable insistence in this Salesman by Martha Wade Steketee

Death of a SalesmanFeaturing Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Abbott, Ben AhlersWinter Garden TheatreMarch 6, 2026 – August 9, 2026 [extension]production site Arthur Miller’s 19…

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Monday, March 30, 2026

Family style revenge in an early Shakespearen gore fest with heart by Martha Wade Steketee

Titus AndronicusFeaturing Patrick Page, Jesse Aaronson, Blair Baker, McKinley Belcher III, Francesca FaridanyRed Bull Theater at Pershing Square Signature CenterMarch 18, 2026 – May 3, 20…

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Friday, January 30, 2026

A courageous mother defends the indefensible by Martha Wade Steketee

And Her Children (A Reimagining of Mother Courage)Featuring Hailey McAfee and Julia Hoffman (violinist)SoHo PlayhouseJanuary 14, 2026 – February 13, 2026 In the 1995 movie The American Pr…

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

2025: excavation review by Martha Wade Steketee

Calendar year 2025 productions, events, exhibitions at which I counted, built collaborations, and supported theater and its creatives.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Water, fog, and lingering accents in a Scandinavian immigrant story of love and loss by Martha Wade Steketee

Anna ChristieFeaturing Michelle Williams, Tom Sturridge, Brian D’Arcy James, Mare WinninghamSt. Ann’s WarehouseNovember 25, 2025 – February 1, 2026production site We begin and end thi…

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Monday, December 8, 2025

Memory, holograms, and history that haunt and humanize by Martha Wade Steketee

Marjorie PrimeFeaturing Danny Burstein, Christopher Lowell, Cynthia Nixon, June SquibbSecond Stage Theater at The Helen Hayes TheaterNovember 20, 2025 – February 15, 2026 [extension]produ…

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

A taut procedural among colleagues in a hospital break room by Martha Wade Steketee

DiversionFeaturing Tricia Alexandro, West Duchovny, Colleen ClintonThe Barrow GroupNovember 20, 2025 – January 11, 2026 [extension]production site Barrow Group often produces in a tiny pr…

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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Passion and politics adapted from an ancient text resonates with our time by Martha Wade Steketee

OedipusFeaturing Mark Strong and Lesley ManvilleStudio 54October 30, 2025 – February 8, 2026production site There is that clock — a gimmick or a heartbeat? In Robert Icke’s adaption o…

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Monday, November 17, 2025

Glaciers, mammoths, dread and dancing, and singing to find hope in our future by Martha Wade Steketee

The Seat of Our PantsFeaturing Micaela Diamond, Shuler Hensley, Ruthie Ann MilesThe Public TheaterOctober 24, 2025 – December 7, 2025 [extension]production site The Seat of Our Pants, Eth…

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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Legacies of class and race and hopes on the wheels of a dream by Martha Wade Steketee

RagtimeFeaturing Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Brandon UranowitzLincoln Center Theater at the Vivian BeaumontSeptember 26, 2025 – August 2, 2026 [extension]production site There is a thrill…

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Mothers and children and embracing next stages by Martha Wade Steketee

CarolineFeaturing Amy Landecker, River Lipe-Smith, Chloë Grace MoretzMCC TheaterSeptember 12, 2025 – November 16, 2025 [extension]production site Caroline The resonance of the story in C…

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Sunday, September 21, 2025

History through song, looped song, and revelations by Martha Wade Steketee

MexodusFeaturing Brian Quijada and Nygel d. RobinsonAudible’s Minetta Lane TheatreSeptember 9, 2025 – November 1, 2025 [extension]production site Mexodus is a musical that pushes bounda…

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Friday, August 8, 2025

Mourning, precision, revelations, and humor in shadow and light by Martha Wade Steketee

Well, I’ll Let You GoFeaturing Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Cricket Brown, Michael Chernus, Will Dagger, Emily Davis, Danny McCarthy, Constance Shulman, Amelia WorkmanThe Space at IrondaleJuly…

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Women Count VIII: Fifteen-Year View of Female and Non-Binary Hires Off-Broadway by Martha Wade Steketee

[Selection from July 2025 report, published July 30, 2025 on the Women Count report series page.] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: WOMEN COUNT VIII The Women Count project collects, analyzes, and…

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Monday, July 21, 2025

Magician memoirist reveals himself with a PowerPoint by Martha Wade Steketee

ta-da!Featuring Josh SharpGreenwich House TheaterJuly 7, 2025 – September 27, 2025 [extension]production site As soon as I saw the big screen and otherwise bare stage confronting us at Gr…

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Entitlement, gender, debate, and the future of democracy by Martha Wade Steketee

Trophy BoysFeaturing Terry Hu, Louisa Jacobson, Esco Jouley, Renita Lewis, Emmanuelle Mattana, and Imani RussellMCC TheaterJune 5, 2025 – August 3, 2025 [extension]production site What da…

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Sunday, June 15, 2025

Clowning, choreography, and war through the eyes of children by Martha Wade Steketee

A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God, Whoever Reads This FirstFeaturing Xhloe Rice and Natasha RolandSoHo PlayhouseJune 4, 2025 – June 29, 2025production site SoHo Playhouse is a storied v…

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

event preview | Tony Awards preview and cabaret concert at The Coffee House Club by Martha Wade Steketee

A Coffee House Tony Awards Preview at the Coffee House Club at the Salmagundi ClubA Coffee House Tony Awards preview with Mark Rifkin, Simon Jones, David Barbour, and Martha Wade […]

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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

A "Good Night" for TV: Clooney and company bring Murrow play to CNN by Martha Wade Steketee

[Full article published in Quill Magazine June 3, 2025.] On June 7, CNN will be broadcasting, live from Broadway, "Good Night, and Good Luck," a play written by and starring […]

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

2025 Drama Desk Award event and winners by Martha Wade Steketee

June 1, 2025 " Winners for the 2025 Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this evening at the Jack H. Skirball Center For The Performing Arts (NYU Skirball at 556 LaGuardia […]

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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

2025 Drama Desk nominations announced by Martha Wade Steketee

April 30, 2025 " Nominations for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today on Spectrum News NY1 by Norm Lewis and Spectrum News NY1 hosts. In keeping with the […]

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Thursday, April 17, 2025

Churchill combines future terrors and present horrors with generous human instincts by Martha Wade Steketee

Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.Featuring Japhet Balaban, Ruby Blaut, Kyle Cameron, Orlagh Cassidy, John Ellison Conlee, Adelind Horan, Maddox Morfit-Tighe, Deirdre O'Connell, Cecilia A…

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Monday, April 14, 2025

Classroom scene study and deep power revelations by Martha Wade Steketee

John Proctor Is the VillainFeaturing Nihar Duvvuri, Gabriel Ebert, Molly Griggs, Maggie Kuntz, Hagan Oliveras, Morgan Scott, Sadie Sink, Fina Strazza, and Amalia YooBooth TheatreMarch 20,…

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Building a life and coming to personal truth in memoir-based drama by Martha Wade Steketee

Becoming EveFeaturing Tommy Dorfman, Judy Kuhn, Tedra Millan, Rad Pereria, Richard Schiff, and Brandon UranowitzNew York Theatre Workshop | Abrons Arts CenterMarch 20, 2025 " April 27, 20…

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Secrets, lies, social legacies, and family survival by Martha Wade Steketee

PurposeFeaturing Alana Arenas, Glenn Davis, Jon Michael Hill, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Harry Lennix, and Kara YoungHelen Hayes TheaterFebruary 25, 2025 " July 6, 2025production site Pu…

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Women find community at the social battle lines of 1970s America by Martha Wade Steketee

LiberationFeaturing Betsy Aidem, Audrey Corsa, Kayla Davion, Susanna Flood, Kristolyn Lloyd, Irene Sofia Lucio, Charlie Thurston, and Adina VersonLaura Pels TheatreJanuary 3, 2025 " March…

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Saturday, January 25, 2025

Language lessons as aspiration, identity, and community by Martha Wade Steketee

EnglishFeaturing Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Pooya Mohseni, Marjan Neshat, and Hadi TabbalTodd Haimes TheatreJanuary 3, 2025 " March 2, 2025production site Downtown moves uptown from Atl…

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Sunday, January 5, 2025

2024: excavation review by Martha Wade Steketee

Productions and events at which I counted, built collaborations, and supported theater and its creatives.

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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Gentle revelations in song in a robot-assisted future by Martha Wade Steketee

Maybe Happy EndingFeaturing Darren Criss, Helen J Shen, Marcus Choi, and Dez DuronBelasco TheatreOctober 16, 2024 " runningproduction site Our world of dramatic literature, films, and tel…

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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Thornton Wilder's small town story at a breakneck pace by Martha Wade Steketee

Our TownFeaturing Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Katie Holmes, Billy Eugene Jones, Ephraim Sykes, Richard Thomas, Michelle Wilson, Julie Halston, and Donald Webber, Jr.Ethel Barrymore TheatreS…

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All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off