Sunday, May 19, 2024

THE CHERRY ORCHARD: 2024 by Ron Fassler

Nina Hoss as Ranevskaya in “The Cherry Orchard.” Photo by Johan Persson.May 19, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. The Cherry Orchard is one of my favorite plays. I was…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 07:48AM

Rambert: Analogue review – close encounters on the dancefloor by Sarah Crompton

Stone Nest, LondonJill Johnson’s intricate new piece puts the audience in the midst of an exploration of interaction and connection There’s something magical about watching dance at a di…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM
Friday, May 17, 2024

REVIEW: The Who's Tommy by JK

Review of the Saturday, May 12, 2024 evening performance at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City. Starring Ali Louis Bourzgui, Allison Luff, Adam Jacobs, John Ambrosino, Bobby Conte and …

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:32AM
Thursday, May 16, 2024

Stereophonic by Elyse Trevers

Imagine you are the fly on the wall in a recording studio. One of your favorite groups is scheduled to record its latest album. It’s the 1970’s, and the group has an album on The Billboa…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:57PM
Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Bettye and the Jockettes Spinning Records at the Holiday Inn by Joel Benjamin

Christie Perfetti Williams’ genial new play "Bettye and the Jockettes Spinning Records at the Holiday Inn" transports the audience back to the moment Elvis Presley became an international …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:26AM

Brighton festival: Lived Fiction/Fault Lines review – revolutionary dance by Lyndsey Winship

Corn Exchange/Dance House, BrightonStopgap and Lîla Dance deliver poetic and political work at this year’s festival, displaying bold innovation and evocative visions ‘It’s impossible …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM
Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Alon Shnaiderman Powers Eden Hason with ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M Stadium Console by Michael Eddy

At times during his performances on his recent arena tour of the US/Israeli superstar Eden Hason seemed to be elevated in space as if he were seeking to connect himself and the audience to s…

SOURCE: PLSN at 02:23PM
Monday, May 13, 2024

New Trailer for the WICKED Movie to Debut Later This Week

New reports suggest that an extended first look at the Wicked film, totaling four minutes, will premiere online later this week. The new footage was first shown to ad buyers at Radio City Mu…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PM

First Standings Announced For the 21st Annual Theatre Fans' Choice Awards; THE GREATS GATSBY Leads Best Musical

The first standings have been announced for the 21st Annual Theater Fans' Choice Awards. The Theater Fans' Choice Awards, honoring and celebrating the best of New York Theater - as decided b…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AM
Sunday, May 12, 2024

Get Off review – walking the uncomfortable line between desire and disgust by Kate Wyver

Battersea Arts Centre, LondonKaty Baird’s strange, intimate work of performance art leaves little unexposed – but its lack of depth leaves us wanting more Last time I saw Katy Baird, she…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM

Uncle Vanya by Elyse Trevers

The revision of “Uncle Vanya” at Lincoln Center is notable for two reasons. One is that it has been modernized by Heidi Schreck (“What the Constitution Means to Me”) making it more r…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:09AM

The week in theatre: The Cherry Orchard; Minority Report; Laughing Boy – review by Susannah Clapp

Donmar Warehouse; Lyric Hammersmith; Jermyn Street, LondonThe aged servant steals the show in a fast-paced 21st-century Chekhov, Max Webster’s dystopian sci-fi dazzles the eye but skips th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Thursday, May 9, 2024

Mother Play, A Play in Five Evictions by Joel Benjamin

"Mother Play," though based on Vogel’s own life, is her most schematic, more an outline barely fleshed out with lots of details rather than the intense emotional revelations of her earlier…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:49PM

Twelfth Night, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review - burlesque overwhelms the darker notes in this mixed revival by Heather Neill

Queer themes and music take centre stage in a café setting In Shakespeare's day theatre was regarded as "wanton" by those of a Puritan disposition who feared boys dressed as girls could eng…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:06PM

Theatre Talk for the Broadway Revival of Home by Samm-Art Willams by Roundabout Theatre Company

Discover the Tony Award®-nominated play Home by Samm-Art Williams as it returns to Broadway. In this video, Roundabout Theatre Company Teaching Artists Nafeesa Monroe and Berk Uzman explore…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:24PM

How Julian Clary and Barb Jungr met: ‘We both follow our hearts – and we both have psychic skills’ by Maureen Paton

Comedian Julian Clary and singer-songwriter Barb Jungr met in 1985 on the same cabaret bill. Friends ever since, they have performed together and speak nightly on the phone, having helped ea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward May 8. 2024: When Cabaret, the musical based on Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Stories and I Am a Camera, John Van Druten’s straight-play adaptation, opened on Broad…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:05AM
Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Tony Nominee Eli Gelb On STEREOPHONIC on Broadway by BroadwayWorld

The last couple of months have been a whirlwind for Eli Gelb. Not only did he make his Broadway debut in the most acclaimed new play of the season, Stereophonic, but he earned a Tony nominat…

SOURCE: YouTube at 07:12PM

Mothering the Movement connects past and future by Emily McClanathan

In the first scene of Mothering the Movement, seven members of Free Street Theater’s youth ensemble riff on what mothers mean to them. On opening night, it was clear that some had their ow…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:50AM

Prelude to a Kiss highlights old souls in a fresh package by Matt Simonette

It’s amazing that this play about old souls moves along at such a brisk pace.  Theatre Above the Law’s new production of Craig Lucas’s romantic comedy/drama Prelude to a Kiss is inten…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:42AM
Monday, May 6, 2024

Broadway: In the Bizarro World, “The Great Gatsby” — No Tony’s — Gets 11 Audience Nominations, But “Suffs” and “Doubt” are Out by Roger Friedman

In the world of the Tony Awards, musicals like “The Great Gatsby,” “The Notebook,” and “Back to the Future” are considered, well, “bad,” and get no nominations. But in Broadw…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:24PM

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club **** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg May 6, 2024: Bawdy, entertaining, grotesque at times – this revival of Cabaret on Broadway focuses on those elements that have made it a beloved musical for a half cent…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:01PM

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

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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