By JK Clarke . . . Let’s go back to the beginning and remind ourselves that Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard is fundamentally about social change. Almost cataclysmic social change in some ways—and unknowingly prescient, as it premiered (in 1904) just a year...
Bob Gunton, a two-time Tony nominee, Drama Desk and Obie winner (Sweeney Todd, Evita, How I Got That Story) returns to the New York area stage after a thirty-year hiatus to star in the acclaimed drama The Soap Myth by Drama Desk winner Jeff Cohen Aug 10-28...
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . Since 1995, the mission of Off-Broadway’s Mint Theater has been to revive worthy but forgotten plays, mainly British and American. Some have proved gems, some interesting but flawed, and others perhaps best left forgotten. One of the...
By Brian Scott Lipton . . . Dinners and dinner parties, the automatic catalyst for awkward, revealing and often life-changing interactions, have fascinated such writers as Thornton Wilder, A.R. Gurney, and especially James Joyce. Now, we can add Brian Watkins to the...
By Carole Di Tosti . . . Presented by the Voyage Theater Company in their World Premiere, Don’t Look Back, by Adam Kraar, highlights current issues and profound themes in his reimagining of the Biblical story of Lot and his family fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah. With a...
Extended thru July 17 . . . By Brian Scott Lipton . . . “There’s a part of me that really wants this program note to say ‘Corsicana is a small city in Texas. This play is about four people who live there. Thanks for coming.’ The end.” So begins the lengthy,...
The revival of Stephen Sondheim’s and George Furth’s Company, which is the most honored musical of the Broadway season receiving every major award for Best Musical Revival including the 2022 Tony Award, will play its final performance at the Bernard B....
See Red Carpet Photos In Slider Below// By Sandi Durell . . . On June 20 at NYU Skirball Center, the 2022 Chita Rivera Awards were back with a vigor that can only be described as bold and dynamic after surviving two years of pandemic challenges. These awards are the...
DISNEY’S WINNIE THE POOH: THE NEW MUSICAL STAGE ADAPTATION opened its special summer engagement at the Hundred Acres Theatre on Theater Row last night with several Broadway friends, families and kids celebrating with Winnie and all his friends. The evening’s audience...
By Ron Fassler . . . The title of this review alone offers three reasons that should send anyone rushing to see dance of the highest order: 1) American Ballet Theatre (ABT) being one of the premier ballet companies in the world; 2) Don Quixote, composed by...
Circle Jerk, the critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize® Finalist piece has announced special guest hosts for its late-night performances in honor of Pride live at The Connelly Theater (220 E 4th Street) and live streamed online. Every performance of Circle Jerk is...
By Sandi Durell and Melissa Griegel . . . On June 14, the Drama Desk Awards were hosted by Renee Elise Goldsberry at Sardi’s and a who’s who of presenters (Charles Busch, Kerry Butler, Liz Callaway, Lileana Blain-Cruz, Max von Essen, Santino Fontana,Jessica Hecht,...
By Marilyn Lester . . . Sometime during the Yuan Dynasty, playwright Guan Hanqing (1241-1320) wrote Gan Tian Dong Di Dou E Yuan—translated as: The Injustice to Dou E that Touched Heaven and Earth. It was a heck of a drama—part ghost story and part morality tale about...
By Yani Perez . . . Eva Luna, written by Caridad Svich with direction by Estefanía Fadul, is based on Isabel Allende's novel by the same title. This production, presented by Repertorio Español, warms the soul and enlivens the spirit. Eva Luna tells...
Kara Young, a 2022 Tony nominee for her performance in Clyde's, will play Viola in the Classical Theatre of Harlem's free production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night July 5-29 at Marcus Garvey Park in East Harlem. CTH Associate...
And Complete List of Tony Nominees and Winners - - - By Ron Fassler - our man at the Tonys . . . Simon Russell Beale - The Lehman Triology Last evening the 75th Annual Tony Awards were handed out at Radio City Music Hall, and it was my personal joy to be present for...
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . Don’t get me wrong. I love Sarah Silverman, the comedian. She’s the very model of a modern Mrs. Maisel, using potty-mouthed wit to shoot darts at contemporary shibboleths, and she’s both a true blue Jew (as Rachel Brosnahan is not) and...
Tony Award Nominee Jennifer Simard, for her current role as Sarah in Broadway's revival of Company, is the latest actress to join the coveted Sardi's Wall of Fame. The unveiling of the caricature, by Sardi's Max Klimavicius, took place on Friday June 10th with friends...
Donald Pippin, a celebrated and prolific musical director for Broadway and New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the last living recipient of the long-discontinued Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director — which he won for 1963’s Oliver! — died June 9 at the...
Hadestown producers Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, and Tom Kirdahy announced today that original Broadway cast member and one of the show’s celebrated understudies T. Oliver Reid will assume the role of Hermes at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West...
In a historic first, the Nederlander Organization will rename one of its Broadway theaters to honor the great performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne, the company announced today. The venue, currently the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, will be the...
by Adam Cohen . . . Sister Act is musical theater comfort food. It makes no intellectual demands. The songs are eminently hummable. The performances are often perfection. And the plot is markedly inane: When mobbed-up nightclub singer Deloris Van...
Joining Harriet Harris, André De Shields and Jeremy Jordan in Matthew Lombardo's new comedy are Arnie Burton, Nik Alexander, and Irene Sofia Lucio in the world premiere of When Playwrights Kill for its upcoming run at Bushnell's Belding Theatre in Hartford,...
TheaterWorksUSA is proud to bring Family Summer Theater back to New York audiences with the NYC premiere of El Otro Oz. Join la fiesta and journey to El Otro Oz! Click your heels together tres veces and take a transformative journey with this salsa, merengue,...
This year’s Drama Desk Awards will take place at Sardi’s Restaurant (234 W 44th Street) on June 14th from 3:00 – 6:00pm. The full list of winners is available at the website www.DramaDeskAwards.com, and below. In keeping with...
Green Light Group Productions has announced the cast and creative team for the July 2022 Off-Broadway premiere of Audrey: The New Musical, by Danielle Moore, directed and choreographed by Kelli-Ann Paterwic. Audrey will feature newcomer Marina Yiannouris (Milburn...
By Melissa Griegel . . . The 76th Annual Theatre World Awards returned to a live ceremony this year with an event at Circle in the Square, on the set of American Buffalo. The Theatre World Awards are presented annually in recognition of twelve outstanding performances...
By Marcina Zaccaria . . . In an effort to build bigger business, West Africans battle with Chinese fighter pilots in Sky of Darkness. With convincing and upsetting spoken text and a series of video portraits, much is revealed about the Chinese occupation of...
By Yani Perez . . . Quince—written and co-created by Camilo Quiroz-Vázquez; directed and co-created by Ellpetha Tsivicos—is a lively, interactive birthday party, a feel-good show that is worth the trip to Bushwick. Quiroz-Vázquez and Tsivicos create a...
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . I have a bone to pick, but first the play: Mr. Parker, originally produced by Island City Stage, Fort Lauderdale, in 2018. Michael McKeever (Daniel’s Husband) has written a smartly-acted, briskly-paced, 90-minute domestic drama about Terry...
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