Martha and Mary Clarke, welcome to Broadway! Solea Pfeiffer, Liisi LaFontaine, Ledisi and the cast of WANTED take their opening night bows. Head to Broadway.com for tickets to the new musical. https://www.broadway.com/show…
David Gordon| PBS’s We Chose to Go to the Moon airs on November 10. ||New York City|Cady Coleman,John Monsky,NASA [...] Read More... from Historian John Monsky and Astronaut Cady Coleman …
Tickets for the Melbourne Premiere season of the acclaimed UK stage production of Agatha Christie’s iconic murder mystery, MURDER ON
After an extensive search process, leading regional arts organisation The Unconformity has appointed Tasmanian communications executive and musician Adrian Smith
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The writer and podcaster on why politics is made to seem more complicated than it is and his mission to unpack world events for everyoneWhy did you get into comedy? My mum was a profession…
TAICCA and the Korean Association of Musical Producers have signed a memorandum of understanding at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest, aiming to expand co-productions and industry exchange be…
WANTED, a new Broadway musical at the James Earl Jones Theatre, follows white-passing twin sisters who become outlaws in 1893 Texas, with Liisi LaFontaine and Solea Pfeiffer drawing praise f…
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Texas, 1893 — Twin sisters Mary and Martha Clarke are on the run. As Black women who pass for white and hide in plain sight, they straddle a dangerous line between two Americas. When power…
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This messiness is a shame because a great musical could yet be somewhere inside this odd contraption. It might need to be much shorter, with fewer of Baum’s songs, which tend to crowd one …
Sadly, the frequently disjointed final product too often feels like a victim of overdevelopment. Following a 12-year process of writing, rewriting and two out-of-town tryouts, Wanted now pac…
Wanted is at its most satisfying when it surrenders to the guttural. But that catharsis comes in fits and starts, getting caught in the throat of a poked and prodded musical that’s become …
Pfeiffer and LaFontaine have impressive voices, and do their best as actors to put blood into thinly written characters. Wanted, as a modestly diverting entertainment, didn’t need to make …
Wanted offers a bold reframing of the familiar tropes, backed by powerhouse performances and Ross Baum’s anthem-driven score, part-western, pop, soul, and gospel. The excitement of the sto…
In the end, because of its overstuffed book and themes, “Wanted” doesn’t quite know what it’s about, resulting in an underwhelming account of who the Clarke sisters were and why thei…
Disappointingly lacking in levels are Chéri and Baum’s songs, almost all of which are pitched as belting showstoppers. Wanted is a musical near entirely built out of pop- and gospel-infle…
Beyond the show’s two maids, the most riveting aspect of “Wanted” is the sly way in which Pfeiffer’s Mary goes from real gold digger to committed lover with her follow-up song, “Th…
The book for the musical, also written by Chéri, is full of holes and the plotting is so convoluted and farfetched it’s hard to know who to root for… None of that may matter all that mu…
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By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK Walking into the Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s Alloy Studios on Saturday night, I was met with something unexpected: the lobby itself had become part of the perform…
The musical, rooted in the writer Angelica Chéri’s family lore, follows Black twin sisters who pass for white and become vigilantes in 1890s Texas.
Solea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine lead the new musical at the James Earl Jones Theatre.
James Earl Jones theatre, New York CityA ‘mostly true’ tale of 19th-century sisters running from the law is underserved in a production stuffed with superfluous showboatingThe new retool…
Solea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine make memorable Broadway debuts as outlaw sisters in a gospel and R&B musical that’s thrilling to hear but overstuffed with plot and songs.
Theatrely's Broadway review of Wanted starring Solea Pfeiffer and Lisi LaFontaine at the James Earl Jones Theatre in New York City.
Hayley Levitt| Liisi LaFontaine and Solea Pfeiffer star as gun-slinging sisters in the new musical at the James Earl Jones Theatre. ||Broadway|Adam Honor,Angelica Chéri,Aurelia Williams,Awa…
One of the most beautiful things about legends and myths is they often stem from the truth. Written by playwright and lyricist Angelica Chéri and directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, the new Bro…
The new musical Wanted has had a long road to the Broadway stage, stretching over a 12-year stop-and-start development process or, if you want to get picky, more than 100 years of real-life …
Angelica Chéri grew up hearing about her great-great aunts, Mary and Martha Clarke, light-skinned Black sisters who passed for white in 1893 Texas while becoming gun-toting outlaws. In…
Highlights from Goodspeed Musicals' 50th anniversary production of ANNIE offer a look at the staging being presented at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Connecticut. The production is the final…
Footage from WANTED on Broadway offers a first look at the Kinfolk performing the show's opening number, titled PROLOGUE. The clip features six performers: Melody A. Betts, Aaron Arnell Harr…
Neil Patrick Harris made a special appearance at Off-Broadway's Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody, surprising audiences with a cameo performance as Scott Hunter before staying …
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Just In Time has shared a first look of Nicholas Christopher in his best Bobby Darin threads ahead of his takeover of the role on Tuesday, November 10th. Check out the video! Two-time Ton…
...it straddles a fine line between protest and party, telling the audience from first glance: we’re gonna get serious here, but we’re gonna have fun doing it. The post MS. BLAKK FOR PRE…
Ms. Blakk for President – 06 November 2026 From the moment you enter Vineyard Theatre to see Ms. Blakk for President, you are in the production’s capable hands. The walls are adorned wit…
Ato Blankson-Wood struts through a real drag queen's 1992 presidential campaign in an immersive show that never digs too deeply into history or its hero.
Zachary Stewart| Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau’s play opens at Vineyard Theatre. ||Off-Broadway|Adina Verson,Ari Fulton,Ato Blankson-Wood,Bradley King,David Zinn,Gideon Glick,Joan …
A new clip from HADESTOWN shows Jasmin Savoy Brown singing 'Wedding Song.' Check out the video! Hadestown currently stars television and film actress Jasmin Savoy Brown as Eurydice, two-t…
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As Joan Jett Blakk, Terence Alan Smith became the first (and so far only) Black drag queen to run for president of the United States, managing to sneak her way onto the floor of the 1992 Dem…
The veteran DC actress quit acting 23 years ago. She returns to the stage in a holiday play that, she says, ‘you will see yourself in.’ By JULIA TUCKER
Some theatre fans seriously need reminding that buying a ticket to a Broadway or West End show does not mean you are entitled to a performer’s time once the curtain comes down. Andrew Rann…
When it comes to Christmas, few characters are more recognisable than Santa — but in Elf The Musical, Colin Lane
Broadway’s magic returns to The Shops at Columbus Circle with the beloved Broadway Under the Stars series. Enjoy captivating performances from today’s top shows and intimate conversation…
★★★★☆ Emma Rice shapes, directs, choreographs the love-goes-wrong myth with firmly committed cast The post Tristan & Yseult: A Hot Look at Love Running Cold appeared first on N…
Peter Filichia and James Marino talk about A Few Good Men, Waiting for Lefty @ Classic Stage Company, Midnight @ Daryl Roth Theatre, and The Steel Man @ 59e59. After our reviews, James talks…
“Passing Strange” will seem just a little less strange to theatergoers now than it might have when it opened on Broadway in 2007 and scored big wins at the Tonys, the Drama Desk Awards a…
By GUILHERME MELETTI YAZBEK The black box of the Cultural Trust’s Peirce Studio had been shaped into something that overlapped theater and archive. Audiences found themselves arranged in a…
