Monday, May 6, 2024

Confronting the audience and breaking the fourth wall: why Black drama is getting meta by Kemi Alemoru

On stage and screen, self-referential works such as A Strange Loop and American Fiction are on the rise, with playful postmodernism a potent weapon in the fight against inequality Officers s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM
Saturday, May 4, 2024

#tbt: Discordant 'Night Music' by Rob Weinert-Kendt

Catherine Zeta Jones in "A Little Night Music." (Photo by Joan Marcus) I'm not sure any Stephen Sondheim show is really underrated anymore—there are passionate partisans for every one, f…

SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 06:42AM
Friday, May 3, 2024

Hell’s Kitchen on Broadway by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

The new musical "Hell’s Kitchen" has made a successful transition to Broadway from The Public Theater and the new version seems to have corrected some of the flaws from before. This juke-b…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:58PM

STEREOPHONIC on Broadway Opening Night by BroadwayWorld

The music plays on at the Golden Theatre, where the critical darling of the spring season, David Adjmi’s Stereophonic, recently celebrated its opening night. The production is now the mo…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:54PM

Voting Opens for the 21st Annual Theater Fans' Choice Awards

BroadwayWorld is thrilled to announce that voting is now open for the 21st Annual Theater Fans' Choice Awards. The Theater Fans' Choice Awards honor and celebrate the best of New York Theate…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AM
Thursday, May 2, 2024

Titanique by Mirvish Productions

All aboard NYC’s must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning blockbuster film Titanic, you get TITANIQUE, off-Bro…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:06PM

 “Where Did We Sit on the Bus?” puts the audience in the Loop at the Denver Center | Theater review by Lisa Kennedy

Downstairs in the Singleton Theatre, things are positively loopy. Or rather brilliantly looping, as a young, Latina music-maker sets about crafting a mixed tape of her life in the hip-hop-in…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:48AM

TORCH SONG (1812 Productions): Songs from another time by Toby Zinman

Although the defense of gay life and  the LGBTQ+  community is in a different place now, I imagine for many in the audience, Torch Song still sings. The post TORCH SONG (1812 Productions):…

SOURCE: phindie.com at 09:52AM
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

IMPRESSIONS: Dominica Greene "ENUF" at Triskelion Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

"Greene’s ancestors smile as she smiles, laugh as she laughs, and the presence of her family in the audience fills the space with warmth and recognition. Her offering is for them as much a…

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Mary Jane by Kendra Jones

Mary Jane gives the audience a brief insight into the responsibilites, the committment, of doctors, mothers, home nurses. We see the optimism that oozes from them day and night, in the most …

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 03:25PM

REVIEW: Appropriate by JK

Review of the Wednesday, April 24, 2024 matinee performance at the Belasco Theatre in New York City. Starring Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll, Michael Esper, Natalie Gold, Ella Beatty, Graham Cam…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AM
Monday, April 29, 2024

THE LONELY FEW — Audience Reactions by MCC Theater

#laurenpatten #zoesarnak #rachelbonds #offbroadway #newmusical #musicaltheatre Audiences love the authentic queer love story found in THE LONELY FEW. Experience the electricity The Lonely F…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:07PM

Sophie’s Surprise 29th review – thrilling birthday bash of circus and cabaret by Brian Logan

Underbelly Boulevard, LondonThere are shocks aplenty as daredevils perform death-defying acts hair-raisingly close to the audience Circus used to happen in big tops. The Underbelly Boulevard…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM

‘I was brought up among giants’: Gillian Slovo on her revolutionary parents – and her mother’s murder by Emma Brockes

As she takes the words of Grenfell Tower fire survivors to the New York stage, the playwright talks about being drawn to painful subjects, and the disaster’s worldwide relevance The night …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32AM
Sunday, April 28, 2024

Dance Review: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ presented by Ballet Theatre of Maryland at Maryland Hall by Carolyn Kelemen

With a well-rehearsed rendition of “The Sleeping Beauty,” Ballet Theatre of Maryland brought the opening night audience at the Maryland Hall to its feet. From the moment  the curtain ro…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:46PM
Thursday, April 25, 2024

Survey Reports Gen Z and Millennial Audiences Are 'Broadway Curious'

A new report by producing group No Guarantees focusing on getting Gen Z and Millennial audiences to the theatre has released their findings - with the key takeaway of the survey being that …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PM

Still by Tony Marinelli

The performances are quite stellar. Jayne Atkinson’s Helen is simply gorgeous. We do see that woman who 30 years ago wore a red dress to a party…and that was enough for Mark and Lorraine…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:34PM

JORDANS by Brittany Crowell

Jordans presents a worthy perspective with lots to unpack.  How do we unlock the door and let ourselves out of the complex?  The play doesn’t have solutions to offer, though it creativel…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:23PM

Eurovision 2024 Design Revealed and Stage Build Time Lapse by Michael Eddy

The stage design for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest was recently unveiled ahead of the grand final in Malmö, Sweden, on May 11th.  Lighting and Screen Content designer Fredrik Stormby …

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:54AM
Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Grenfell by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . Nine actors enter the performance space of St Ann’s Warehouse. Surrounded by the audience on all sides, it is stark and empty save for a dozen boxe…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:28AM
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

A Little Night Music by Wendy Caster

A lovely production of A Little Night Music is running at Theatre 2020 in Brooklyn Heights thru May 12th. I highly recommend it. The show has some excellent acting and much wonderful singing…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 07:24PM
Monday, April 22, 2024

“Law & Order” Star Sam Waterston Cries, “I’m Not Retired!” at “Cabaret” Opening, Cynthia Nixon Predicts 5th Season of “And Just Li by Roger Friedman

EXCLUSIVE A lot of A-listers and stars packed their way into the two opening nights of “Cabaret” this weekend. The show is sizzling, so it’s understandable that it required two premier…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:12PM

My Variety Review: "Patriots" on Broadway by Frank Rizzo

In Peter Morgan’s tantalizing but disappointing new play “Patriots,” Boris Berezovsky is presented as a larger-than-life oligarch in a post-Soviet Russia who transforms Vladimir Putin …

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:57PM

Suffs by Tulis McCall

First of all the term is "Suffragist" not "Suffragette".  A Suffragist is a person who demands suffrage (the right to vote) for everyone.  Suffragette is a derogatory term created to turn …

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 04:48PM

Orlando by Kendra Jones

The fluidity of gender and defying social norms take center stage. Feathers, sequins, tulle, lots of tulle, so much tulle. Orlando notes how change of clothes can change a person: clothes we…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 04:09PM

ASSASSINS by Music Theatre International

This archival video conversation piece sheds light about the original Broadway production of Assassins. We were able to talk to book writer John Weidman, and composer and lyricist Stephen So…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:18PM

Theater review: ‘Drood’ a mirthful musical mystery with multiple endings at the Goodspeed by Christopher Arnott

Rupert Holmes' musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" lets the audience decide whodunnit. The 1985 Broadway hit is getting a fun revival at the Goodspeed Opera House through June 2.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:46AM
Sunday, April 21, 2024

‘Cabaret’ Review: Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin Lead High-Style Revival That Cuts to the Bone by Gordon Cox

When Eddie Redmayne’s slithering Emcee assures the audience at “Cabaret” that “here, life is beautiful,” he’s telling a half-truth. The August Wilson Theater, done up like the Ki…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM

‘Cabaret’ Broadway review: Revival with Eddie Redmayne is luxe — and bleak by Johnny Oleksinski

Walking into the August Wilson Theatre, which has been gutted and impressively transformed into a sexy nightspot called the Kit Kat Club, my immediate reaction was, “Wow. This is cool!” …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:38PM
Saturday, April 20, 2024

Agreement by Scotty Bennett

What makes this play such an extraordinary experience is how McCafferty’s words are presented in a way that captures the intensity and stress of the three days of point and counterpoint. W…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:38PM

Their Wobbly Books Cause "Lempicka" and "Suffs" to Stumble More Than They Should by Jan Simpson

What’s the hardest job in show business?  There are obviously lots of contenders but right now as one musical after another is opening on Broadway, I’ve been thinking that the answer to…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 01:06PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards