Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Drama Desks and Theater World Awards on the Same Day
By: David Sheward
February 13, 2024: Two major NY theater awards will be held on the same date. It was announced the 78th annual Theat…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:12PMSunday, February 11, 2024
By: David Sheward
February 11, 2024: Mary Todd Lincoln is an odd choice as the main character of a raucous, drag-centered satire. Most campy stage spoofs written by and starring either Ch…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:18PMSaturday, February 10, 2024
Opening reception for LOVE IS THE DRUG now on view at The White Room Gallery, 3 Railroad Avenue East Hampton, through March 30.
February 11, 2024: Andrea McCafferty & Kat O’Neill, co-…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:49PMThursday, February 8, 2024
By: David Sheward
February 8, 2024: The line between the truth and fake news becomes a blurry limbo pole the characters dance around, above and below in Sarah Gancher’s brilliantly rele…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:00PMSunday, February 4, 2024
By: Samuel L. Leiter
February 4, 2024: Note: The following is a slightly revised version of the review I posted on Theater Life last June, when this musical was at the Atlantic Theater Co…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:21AMSaturday, February 3, 2024
LIVE: JazzFest – Azar Lawrence Quintet @ SAC on Saturday, February 17th
February 3, 2024: Southampton Arts Center is excited to celebrate Black History Month and welcome Azar Lawrence to …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:54PMHistoric Flashbacks from Broadway Babe include West Side Story, Carol Burnett, Donna McKechnie & the original Sandy from Grease, Carol Demas.
February 3, 2024: Broadway Babe, Randie L…
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By: Samuel L. Leiter
February 2, 2024: An enthusiastic response greeted the end of Jonah, Rachel Bonds’s intriguing, if determinedly ambiguous dramedy - receiving its world premiere at t…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:05PMBy: David Sheward
February 1, 2024: “The present and the past. But everything is slippery.” So reads the time of the play in the program from Jonah, Rachel Bonds’ somewhat confusing…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:00AMWednesday, January 31, 2024
Dark Disabled Stories and Downstate Among 67th Obie Winners
By: David Sheward
January 31, 2024: Dark Disabled Stories, Downstate, and The Comeuppance were among the winners of the 67th a…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:26PMLegend Synonymous with Broadway ... A Tribute
By: Ellis Nassour
January 31, 2024: Long after many other performers of a certain age had disappeared from the scene, Broadway's former Q…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:13PMThursday, January 25, 2024
The White Room Gallery will present LOVE IS THE DRUG from February 9th through March 30th at their new East Hampton location/3 Railroad Avenue.
January 25, 2024: The White Room Gallery wi…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:51AMWednesday, January 24, 2024
Patriots to Open; Ohio Closes; OCC and Chita Rivera Dates.
By: David Sheward
January 24, 2024: One closes and another opens. How to Dance in Ohio will join the soon-to-shutter Harmony an…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:52PMThe Irresistible Leslie Uggams: Celebrating 75 Years in Show Business, Stormy Weather or Not, She Manages to Bring Out the Sun.By: Ellis Nassour
January 26, 2024: For an unbelievable 7…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:50PMBy: Samuel L. Leiter
January 26, 2024: The terror of life during the Third Reich—which would, of course, include the Holocaust—continues to generate a goldmine for dramatic treatment,…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:54PMBy: Isa Goldberg
January 26, 2024: With the use of immersive storytelling techniques - video cameras, projections, graphic animation, mime, and song, Our Class follows the lives of ten cla…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:57AMTuesday, January 23, 2024
Theater for the New City Honors performance artist, Penny Arcade at their 21st Annual Love ‘n Courage Benefit Gala.
January 25, 2024: Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Progr…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:52AMMonday, January 22, 2024
By: Samuel L. Leiter
January 22, 2024: Just a little more than a week ago I reviewed the Broadway production of Josh Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic, a searing drama about conte…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:03PMBy: Paulanne Simmons
January 22, 2024: If you’re looking for light entertainment, Woman on Fire: Fair Is Foul! is probably not for you. But if you want thought-provoking theater at it…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:57PMSupport The Next Generation of Theater Professionals.
By: Alix Cohen
January 23, 2024: During the Pandemic, a We See You manifesto was written by non-white theater artists and signed …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:06AMBy: Alix Cohen
January 22, 2024: “Don’t let the word ‘can’t’ stop you. Sink your teeth like a bulldog and don’t let go.” Mabel Marlowe, Kenneth’s mom.
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:01AMSunday, January 21, 2024
Nostalgic finds from Broadway Babe include the original “Merrily We Roll Along,” Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson and more.
January 21, 2024: Randie Levine-Miller, Broadway Babe, has come…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:19AMSaturday, January 20, 2024
By: Alix Cohen
January 20, 2024: The Alumni Tribute and Benefit for University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, was one of the best musical theater presentations I’ve seen t…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:39PMFriday, January 19, 2024
By: David Sheward
January 19, 2024: In the two years since it premiered at Manhattan Theater Club’s City Center stage Off-Broadway in 2022, Joshua Harmon’s moving, funny and challengi…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:34AMWednesday, January 17, 2024
Stereophonic Transfers, Harmony Closes, Gatsby Musical
By: David Sheward
January 17, 2024: As reported in an earlier update as a rumor, the Broadway transfer for Stereophonic, David Adjm…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:05PMThose Who Have Found Me
By: Iris Wiener
July 18, 2024: “If I keep coming back here I may make myself an A-list celebrity,” joked Mateo Lizcano as he returned to 54 Below with his sec…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:25AMMonday, January 15, 2024
By: Isa Goldberg
January 14, 2024: An evocative set design (Robert Dutiel) places Alice Jankell’s new play, The Sweet Spot, in a dated New York City apartment, like those tucked away in…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:45AMSaturday, January 13, 2024
WOMEN ON FIRE: FAIR IS FOUL @ Royal Family Arts Performance Space/145 West 46th Street January 19-29.
January 14, 2024: Royal Family, a spunky group of seasoned professions attracting inv…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:42PMFriday, January 12, 2024
By: Samuel L. Leiter
[Note: some of what follows is adapted from my review of the Off-Broadway production of this play in 2022.]
January 12, 2024: If there’s one thematic word that sums…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:58PMThursday, January 11, 2024
Bryce Edwards- At 23, The 20s and 30s Are His Bailiwick
By: Alix Cohen
January 9, 2024: Attending The Bryce Edwards Frivolity Hour feels like going back in time. The artist inhabits 1…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:12PMBy: Samuel L. Leiter
[Note: some of what follows is adapted from my review of a 2014 production.]
January 10, 2024: Greeting the audience before the curtain rises on Branden Jacob-Jenk…
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