Thursday, April 25, 2024
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 05:12PMThe 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 01:34PMJordans 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 01:23PMWednesday, April 24, 2024
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 02:28AMTuesday, April 23, 2024
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 07:24PMMonday, April 22, 2024
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 09:12PMIn 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 08:57PMFirst 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 04:48PMThe 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 04:09PMThis 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 03:18PMRupert 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 09:46AMSunday, April 21, 2024
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 10:00PMWalking 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 09:38PMSaturday, April 20, 2024
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 11:38PMWhat’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 01:06PMFriday, April 19, 2024
Thomas R. Gordon (Director) is the leader of the motley crew that is The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company and a fighter for love and art in New York City. He is a graduate of Radford Universit…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:48AMThursday, April 18, 2024
A musical that captures the sweep of history in all its complexities without sacrifice of character or credibility is no easy feat.
But “Suffs,” which tells the story of the final pus…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:50PMSister Aloysius (Amy Ryan) invites Mrs. Muller (Quincy Tyler Bernstine) to her office to discuss Father Flynn's relationship with young Donald Muller.
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John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Pri…
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Capturing the magic in the studio! Go behind the scenes of the recording session for "God of Nowhere"—now st…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:28AMTheatre Royal Stratford East, London Nkenna Akunna’s monologue follows a young woman as she crashes her oldest friend’s 25th birthday party
At its core, Nkenna Akunna’s monologue is a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMReview of the Saturday, April 13, 2024 evening performance at the Imperial Theatre in New York City. Starring Grant Gustin, Samantha Gershman, Gregg Edelman, Paul Alexander Nolan, Stan Brown…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:32AMWednesday, April 17, 2024
★★★☆☆ Nichelle Lewis is Dorothy in Amber Ruffin's revamping of the audience favorite
The post The Wiz: Revival Doesn’t Ease Down the Road Easily appeared first on New York Stage …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:56PMThe Orchestra Now (TON) regularly presents concerts keyed into exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The most recent, William Grant Still and the Harlem Renaissance, focuses on Stil…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:12PMby Ron Fassler . . . . On Monday evening at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, the 38th Annual MAC Awards were handed out in a ceremony that honored the best in New York cabaret. MAC stands fo…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:35AMSunday, April 14, 2024
In a funny recounting of what happened when they placed an ad on Craig's List, they finally found a couple they thought would work. Charles and Aaron are a biracial gay couple. Charles is wh…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:00PMEmily Walsh is a comedian who performs nightly in bars and comedy clubs across New York City. Originally from Boston, MA, Emily moved to New York City after college to pursue her dream of…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 05:42PMSaturday, April 13, 2024
By: Samuel L. Leiter
April 15, 2024: We were pushing our way through the excitedly buzzing crowd leaving the Longacre Theatre after just having seen Lempicka, the new musical about Polish …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:01PMIt’s being an unusually busy theater season this spring with a baker’s dozen of Broadway shows still scheduled to open between now and the end of the month. So it’s no surprise that sm…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:24AMFriday, April 12, 2024
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Here's a sneak peek of the band of THE LONELY FEW in rehearsal! Listen to "God of Nowhere" now streaming wher…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:31PMOn April 11, the new musical The Outsiders celebrated its opening at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Broadway.com was there to speak with the stars, director Danya Taymor and Angelina Jolie, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PMThursday, April 11, 2024
‘LYSISTRATA’ Listen In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristophanes’ comedy in which the women of Athens and Sparta, led by Lysistrata, secure peace in the long-running war be…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:11PMWednesday, April 10, 2024
“The Audience” – a play about Queen Elizabeth II and her various prime ministers – was a landmark in the career of Helen Mirren. This 2013 reprisal of her Oscar and BAFTA winning rol…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMThe new musical features wine pairings for the audience with each scene.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMTuesday, April 9, 2024
No one should be sacrosanct or above satirical treatment, not even our heroes. Everyone has feet of clay. Cole Escola in their huge hit "Oh, Mary!" at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Green…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:28PMBy: Iris Wiener
April 11, 2024: Just as powerful as it was when it debuted in 2005, Broadway’s current production of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt has stood the test of time well. Th…
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Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: “Of all the vocal-driven ensembles in the world of contemporary music there is none as compelling …
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:18PMOn Monday, Corey Stoll joined Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss his role in the play Appropriate and how moving into a bigger space has affected the show and the audience. Following its…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMMonday, April 8, 2024
A special celebratory performance commemorating the anniversary was held on Thursday, March 28. Director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw staged a slate of hidden Easter eggs, including cameo ap…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:24PMWhere Did We Sit on the Bus? It’s a one-person show that immerses the audience in elaborate, layered soundscapes by fusing Latin rhythms, hip-hop, and spoken word poetry. And it’s all ma…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:24PM“Listen to that! Will you listen to that?” Reg Rogers gleefully cries in one of the most joyous moments of Merrily We Roll Along. As Broadway producer Joe Josephson, he’s reacting to t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM 
