Thursday, August 6, 2026
Melissa Maney’s "Hungry Women" has a fascinating premise: what would the world be like if there were no men? Obviously, things would be different, but would they be any better? However, th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:06PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 1, 2026
Famous pianist Hershey Felder has toured the world with his many shows about legendary composers from Chopin and Tchaikovsky to Gershwin and Irving Berlin giving over 6,000 performances. Now…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:30PM[SHARE]Friday, July 31, 2026
"The Saviors," Bubba Weiler’s second play to be produced in New York in the past year is a coming-of-age play about how to live your life as well as loss of faith. All of its four characte…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:46PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 30, 2026
Feminism did not start in the 20th century. Three-times Grammy winner country singer-songwriter Jennifer Nettles has written an exciting new musical (book, music and lyrics!) inspired by the…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 26, 2026
Kecia Lewis as Lurleen (foreground) and the cast of Whoopi Goldberg’s “The Whoopi Monologues” at the Mitzi E. Newhouse at Lincoln Center Theater (Photo credit: Angela Marie Orellana) N…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:07PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Don’t attend the world premiere of Joseph Summer’s new opera version of William Shakespeare’s "The Tempest" expecting to recognize the text or the characters. Both the libretto by Eve …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:08PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 19, 2026
In its second producing year, Ensemble Shakespeare Company is offering a fine staging of "Julius Caesar" with some debatable casting choices. As directed by Dylan Diehl, the use of theater i…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:13PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 16, 2026
Eric Bentley’s 1972 docudrama "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" is a powerful play based on the original testimony of the artists, writers and performers who were called to testify befor…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:01PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Although the three plays have been reduced to two and many of the actors appeared previously in the 2018 production, Henry VI is still challenging for audiences unfamiliar with the Hundred Y…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:38PM[SHARE]Monday, July 13, 2026
In the hands of avant garde director Daniel Fish, the world premiere of Courtney Bryan’s first opera "Suddenly Last Summer" derived from the one-act play by Tennessee Williams is more a pe…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:50PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 12, 2026
John S. Anastasi’s "Pied À Terre" is one of those small cast dramas with a lot of secrets to unload. Unfortunately, director Mitch Poulos has staged the play at so slow a pace that it see…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:15PM[SHARE]Sunday, July 5, 2026
The new musical "A Walk on the Moon" by original screenwriter Pamela Gray and composer and lyricist AnnMarie Milazzo is pleasant but innocuous. Based on the hit 1999 movie set during the sum…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:51PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Dr. Arthur Benjamin is a charming, genial “math-e-magician” and professor of mathematics. Presented by Science Theater Company in association with the National Museum of Mathematics (MoM…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:41PM[SHARE]Monday, June 29, 2026
Under Claudel’s direction, the four actresses are totally believable as teenage girls circa 2014, with Yoo’s Mal giving the most layered and mysterious performance. (Yoo had her big brea…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:22PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 21, 2026
Montaro’s career as an actor allows him to create a different voice and stance for each jockey, trainer and owner that he describes. That is enhanced by the atmospheric sound design by Bri…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:07PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 16, 2026
June designated as Pride Month is a time when a great many plays and entertainments are geared specifically for the gay community. The latest is Mickey Gooch, Jr.’s "Silverback Mountain," …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:38PM[SHARE]Monday, June 15, 2026
Associate artistic director/resident director Saheem Ali of The Public Theater believes in updating Shakespeare in ways that modern audiences can identify with. His latest production of "Rom…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:20PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 11, 2026
John J. Caswell’s "Jerome" is a lovely low-key play about a love, loss and illness. However, Dustin Willis who also directed Caswell’s "Wet Brain" at Playwrights Horizons never really le…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:41PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 9, 2026
The Scottish Ballet’s exciting "Mary, Queen of Scots" tells its complicated story extremely well and balances classical and modern choreography with ease. Its minimal décor helps make swi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:36PM[SHARE]Monday, June 8, 2026
The title of Eisa Davis’ "||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||" tells it all: four gifted teenagers attend a prestigious girls’ music program in Berkeley, California, apparently for unde…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, June 7, 2026
Part of the play is an eye-filling fashion show with Solange and Claire trying on Madame’s gowns or taking them out of her closet to ogle them. However, what is most remarkable about Willi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:32PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 4, 2026
While "I Wanttt a Unicorn Frappe!!!" could have been a satire on wedding and wedding planning, the mockery is much too mild and familiar to have any sting. Both Darla and Cassandra are way a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:45PM[SHARE]Sunday, May 31, 2026
Unlike earlier New York productions, for this "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" set designer David Gallo has moved the set and action up close to the audience. It is as though we have been invite…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:15PM[SHARE]The play is interesting and enlightening for those of us not aware of this chapter of American history. However, the author doesn’t make it easy for the audience to follow the characters: …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:12PM[SHARE]Monday, May 25, 2026
Sara Chase, McKenzie Kurtz, Brad Oscar, Alex Brightman and the company of Cinco Paul’s new musical “Schmigadoon!” at the Nederlander Theatre (Photo credit: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimm…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:59PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 23, 2026
The trials and downfall of groundbreaking 1960s counterculture comedian Lenny Bruce is a fascinating story judging from the success of Julian Barry’s play "Lenny," Bob Fosse’s film versi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 19, 2026
The Second Stage revival of Adam Bock’s "The Receptionist" first seen at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2007 appears to be more timely than ever. That may explain why is seems to shock less tha…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:47PM[SHARE]Monday, May 18, 2026
Inna Dukach as Vanessa and the shadow of Freddie Ballentine as Anatol in a scene from Heartbeat Opera’s production of Samuel Barber’s “Vanessa” at Baruch Performing Arts Center (Phot…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:37PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 16, 2026
Ben Andron’s "Broken Snow" has an interesting premise: two half-brothers who never knew of the others existence meet in an abandoned house which was their father’s last known address. Th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Much of the snappy dialogue in Dart and the late Thom Thomas’ script comes from the previous sources but somehow fails to land as intended. Possibly under the co-direction of Lonny Price a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:33PM[SHARE]Monday, May 11, 2026
There might be some advantages to a stripped-down version of a William Shakespeare play with fewer characters for small theater companies on a tight budget but Eric Tucker’s Bedlam product…
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