One Whale’s Tale and The Bushwick Starr, in association with ¡OYE! Group, are thrilled to bring QUINCE, written and co-created by Camilo Quiroz-Vázquez and directed and co-created by Ellpetha Tsivicos, back to Bushwick this June, following an acclaimed and...
By Brian Scott Lipton . . . “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” This now-classic line from the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke could be projected above the stage for the entirety of Anchuli Felicia King’s ambitious, multi-pronged drama, Golden Shield,...
Off-Broadway saw the closing night of the new musical Harmony at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF). Joining the cast on stage at the curtain call were the creators, Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, along with the...
Productions With Multiple Wins: The Lehman Trilogy-6; Kimberly Akimbo-4; Company-3; How I Learned to Drive-3 (special Achievement Awards); SIX-3; Take Me Out-2 The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for...
By Sandi Durell . . . As with so many shows caught in the pandemic so was Romeo & Bernadette. We happily welcome back this new spin on Shakespeare . . . A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn where the real Romeo (dating back to the 16th century) and the...
Productions With Multiple Nominations - - - Six: 10; Kimberly Akimbo: 9; Company: 8; Intimate Apparel: 8; MJ: 7 Nominations for the 66th AnnualDrama Desk Awards were announced today, and the full list of nominees is available below.In keeping with...
This year’s 76th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony, directed by Tom D’Angora and Michael D’Angora, returns to a live in-person presentation on Monday, June 6, on the set of the Broadway revival of American Buffalo at Circle in the Square Theatre, 1633 Broadway. The...
By Adam Cohen . . . While we all strive to obtain and surpass our aspirations, few of us are afforded the opportunity . . . even if it’s a terrible goal. Success, failure. Living or dying. Self-preservation. These are the many issues tackled by playwright Bill...
By Carol Rocamora . . . “F***ing business!” Who better than David Mamet can sum up the essence of American society and its values in only two words and make them sound so eloquent!? As articulated at the end of Act I in American Buffalo, now playing at Circle in...
By Carole Di Tosti . . . The power of The Vagrant Trilogy, Mona Mansour’s incredible work, currently at the Public Theater until May 15, lies in the questions it raises. These concern the very real circumstances presented, especially in Act III. Mona Mansour’s...
by Adam Cohen . . . Candace Bushnell strides onto the stage of Café Carlyle armed with panache, wit, and brio. Bushnell spins urban tales of female sexual liberation, friendship, marriage, shoes, fashion, and real estate which grew from her mid-’90s...
By Marcina Zaccaria . . . Solo Theater is a courageous journey, where delving into the inner recesses of the mind must stop short of becoming a reckless, circuitous journey. Linda Manning (Writer of Bite the Apple and There is No You and Me)...
Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing Best Book of a MusicalGirl From The North CountryConor McPhersonMJLynn NottageMr. Saturday NightBilly Crystal, Lowell Ganz & Babaloo MandelParadise SquareChristina Anderson, Craig Lucas & Larry...
by Adam Cohen. . . The new musical currently at the George Street Playhouse, “A Walk on the Moon,” is visually stunning, aurally lush, and vibrant. Filled with glorious performances – especially while singing – the show is an entertaining mind-check. Set in summer...
New York Stage and Film, considered “one of the preeminent incubators for theater in the country,” returns July 9-August 7 for five weeks of in-person programming in Poughkeepsie for their 2022 Summer Season. For 38 years, NYSAF has operated as a vital incubator for...
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the third and final time to determine the eligibility of the 15 remaining Broadway productions in the 2021-2022 season. … -- Among the determinations, “How I Learned to Drive” will be considered eligible in...
By Brian Scott Lipton . . . We do not deserve Heather Headley. These words first left my lips in 2000 when I first watched this singular performer conquer Broadway in the title role of the musical Aida and again in 2016 when she magnificently took on the role of the...
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . The rock music blasts, the curtain rises, and the race (I mean show) is on at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre. We’re watching Selina Fillinger’s political farce, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,...
By Carol Rocamora . . . What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the name “Cyrano?” You beat me to it! I heard you say it before I could write it. The NOSE, of course. That legendary proboscis that has made Edmund Rostand’s 1897 classic so iconic, as well as...
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . Doctors who become playwrights are not quite as rare a phenomenon as you might think. Famous examples are Anton Chekhov, Friedrich Schiller, Arthur Schnitzler, and Mori Ōgai, each as gifted with a pen as with a stethoscope. The latest...
THE OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES THE 2022 AWARDS NOMINATIONS,LEGENDS, HALL OF FAME, AND FRIEND OF OFF BROADWAY HONORSFOR THE 11th ANNUAL OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE AWARDS The 11th Annua OBA Awards will be presented in five competitive categories: Best New Musical, Best...
By Melissa Griegel . . . The big winners at the 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards on May 1st were Kimberly Akimbo and Oratotio for Living Things, both of whom won three awards. The Outstanding Musical award went to Kimberly Akimbo and the Outstanding Play was awarded...
By JK Clarke . . . Does Sam Gold hate Shakespeare? I found myself wondering that as I watched his latest deconstructed, minimalist hatchet job as director of one of the Bard’s most beloved plays—the bloody Scottish tragedy, Macbeth. Don’t get me wrong, I have no...
By Carol Rocamora. . . American history as a hot theatre topic?! Apparently, it’s a trend. The sensational Hamilton, the moving Come From Away, the spirited Suffs – all playing this season – follow a long line of recent musicals that draw richly and...
By Carole Di Tosti . . . Thorton Wilder’s Pulitizer Prize-winning The Skin of Our Teeth—currently in revival at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater—presents the fate of the human race in three segments when the human family, represented by the Antrobuses (Greek...
By Marilyn Lester . . . What does it mean to be an American?—that’s a question we’ve been grappling with since 1776. It’s also the question the new musical, ¡Americano!, a true story, tries to answer through the lens of undocumented Mexican-American activist Antonio...
THE SIEGEL COLUMN By Barbara & Scott Siegel . . . When there is so much about the revival of Funny Girl that is actually cause for celebration, why is the show ultimately so disappointing? Put another way, Ramin Karimloo is the best Nick Arnstein Funny Girl has...
Gretchen Cryer makes her wish come true! A group of solo performers coming together under one roof to tell their funny, sad, sexy, shocking, and most importantly True Stories. It's all about to happen at the historic Cherry Lane Theatre, together with son Jon Cryer,...
Kimberly Akimbo takes win for Outstanding Musical with Victoria Clark (Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical) - headed for Broadway this Fall - and Oratorio for Living Things - each with 3 Lortel wins. More below. Watch for Red Carpet photos and more. *Please note:...
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . A Strange Loop, the raucously profane, satirical, Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy, which premiered Off Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in 2019, is now jubilantly planted at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre. Dazzlingly original, the show is a...
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