By Bart Greenberg . . . On the grounds of a distinguished state university, a museum dedicated to one of their most distinguished alumni and former professor is having an official opening or perhaps having a soft opening, or maybe it’s a delayed opening. That...
By Brian Scott Lipton . . . “It was a moment. A marvelous moment,” two characters sing at the end of Anyone Can Whistle, and that sentiment perfectly summed up the feeling many of the 2,500 people who packed Carnegie Hall on Thursday, March 10 had at the exact moment...
By Marcina Zaccaria Touring the New York City waterways can make one feel elated. Viewing the stunning footage of large expanses of waterways and maps, it's impossible not to be impressed by the larger infrastructure connecting parts of New York City. While some...
By Marcina Zaccaria Andy Warhol believed that anyone could be famous for 15 minutes or more. It's that jarring truth that introduces a point of inquiry in The Trial of Andy Warhol. Is Warhol responsible for creating Social Media culture? If Social Media is the...
By Andrew Poretz . . . Tulis McCall, a “woman of a certain age,” to borrow from the title of a previous McCall show, is a New York-based actor, writer and producer, as well as a fellow reviewer. Tonight, under the direction of the multihyphenate Austin...
By Brian Scott Lipton It seems impossible that each and every person watching the poignant musical revue Notes from Now, currently being presented by the Prospect Theater Company at 59E59 Theaters, won’t see themselves somehow reflected on stage—and not just because...
by Adam F. Cohen . . . Jane Anger was an English author of the sixteenth century and the first woman to publish a full-length defense of her sex in English. The title of her defense, Jane Anger Her Protection For Women was published in 1589....
Transport Group has announced that the revival of its acclaimed 2011 production of The Patsy, written by Barry Conners, performed by David Greenspan, and directed by Jack Cummings III, will begin performances Wednesday, March 30 - May 1 at Abrons Arts Center, 466...
The Drama League will hold its Awards at the Ziegfield Ballroom on May 20th and has announced the following: Hugh Jackman, Distinguished Achievement in Musical TheatreLileana Blain-Cruz, Founders Award for Excellence in DirectingBilly Crystal, Contribution to the...
By Samuel L. Leiter . . . After a two-year-hiatus because of Covid, Off Broadway’s Keen Company returns to Theatre Row with This Space between Us, a stumbling new family dramedy by Peter Gil-Sheridan (The Rafa Play) that perfectly matches the group’s commitment to...
By Brian Scott Lipton . . . The residents of the small southern cul-de-sac in Aleshea Harris’ brave and bracing new play On Sugarland, now at New York Theatre Workshop, have learned how to bury their dead. But even as they place their loved ones in a makeshift war...
Two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone returned to COMPANY after a brief absence while she recovered from COVID. LuPone, stopped the show twice: once with her first entrance when the crowd welcomed her with a standing ovation and then again when she delivered the...
Ukrainian-born director Igor Golyak and Arlekin Players Theatre of Boston have launched the powerful #Artists4Ukraine social media campaign to raise critical humanitarian funds for Ukraine through the non-profit organization Nova...
Atlantic Theater Company is proud to announce casting for the world premiere production of The Bedwetter, a new musical with a book by Drama Desk Award winner Joshua Harmon and Emmy Award winner Sarah Silverman, lyrics by Emmy Award winner Adam Schlesinger and Sarah...
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By Ron Fassler . . . It seems hard to fathom, but it’s been forty-two years since A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine appeared on Broadway (I saw it more than once). With music by Frank Lazarus (who also performed in the show) and book and lyrics by Dick...
By Carol Rocamora . . . Where do we begin talking about the landmark production of Intimate Apparel at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater? By saying that it’s a passionate musical adaptation of a 2004 play by an important American playwright? That it’s a part of a...
THE VAGRANT TRILOGY, a single epic story told in three parts, delves into the Palestinian struggle for home and identity. The cast and crew is back in the LuEsther Hall at The Public Theater where a set piece weighing almost a ton has been hanging since March 2020, to...
By Marilyn Lester . . . There’s a well-known expression, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Similarly, the word “English,” the title of a superlative new play by first-generation Iranian-American playwright, Sanaz Toossi, conjures up a raft of thoughts about what...
Tiananmen Requiem, directed by Dennis Yueh Yeh Li, is the love story of a gay People's Liberation Army soldier and a protesting student against the backdrop of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. It will play March 10-27 at The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street in New...
On the heels of their widely acclaimed season-opener, A Class Act, J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company (Jim Jimirro, Executive Producer/Co-Founder; Robert W. Schneider, Artistic Director/Co-Founder) continues their exciting second season with Frank Lazarus (music)...
By Marilyn Lester . . . The prolific writer, D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), was, if nothing else, a man of often baffling complexity. His writing, reflecting his philosophies on things spiritual and sexual, became increasingly bold and explicit. By the time he’d written...
by Marcina Zaccaria . . . In Space Dogs, Writers Van Hughes and Nick Blaemire fill the theater with brave imagination and learned sorrow. My generation grew up with the MTV promotional image of astronauts placing the MTV flag on the moon. Space...
By JK Clarke Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA), in a co-production with Washington DC's Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC), has taken a bold step in its new production of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. But not for the expected reason (casting a black...
Producers Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio, principals of The Neil Diamond Musical: A Beautiful Noise, announced that tickets for the production’s world premiere at Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre will go on sale exclusively to fans on Tuesday, March 1 starting at 10 AM...
Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of André Bishop) has announced the cast for its upcoming production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH. The production, which coincides with the 125th Anniversary...
By JK Clarke . . . The small-town America of The Music Man is the one people refer to when talking about “the good old days,” when everyone knew everyone, life was cheery and people left their doors unlocked. Men were men and women knew their place (usually the...
Everyone wants to be famous. It’s his fault. Ryan Raftery returns to Joe’s Pub for his sixth consecutive run, premiering his new celebrity biomusical comedy THE TRIAL OF ANDY WARHOL. Inspired by the classic film “It’s A Wonderful Life”, Raftery’s latest piece is an...
New Shows Coming Up Include: Made by God, Penelope (or How The Odyssey Was Really Written), The Forest, Paradise Square, The Baker's Wife, Cindy of Arc . . . Paradise Square new musical by Christina Anderson, Craig Lucas, Marcus Gardley, directed by Moises Kaufman,...
Audible Inc. live events from Audible Theater recorded live from the Minetta Lane Theatre and released to a global audience as Audible Originals. For three nights Thursday, March 3 through Saturday, March 5, Audible welcomes Tony Award...
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