Today is Sunday, December 22, 2024 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Ralph Fiennes Andrew Lippa
The enemy of the people is misanthropic technocrats! No! It’s selfish, amoral politicians! No! The enemy of the people is…people?
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:57AMAt 'Seven Deadly Sins' — a suite of short plays staged in storefronts in the Meatpacking District — it’s still under glass, this time with writhing, exotic specimens offered up for mo…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:18PMOur top theater picks for summer 2021, full of wicked performances from 'Whore's Eye View' to 'Tiny House.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:56AMThis American Wife sets out to be an avant-garde, haute-camp allegory of seduction, corruption, and betrayal that conspicuously consumes itself.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:08PMThe National Theatre's 'Romeo and Juliet' focuses refreshingly more on the angst of these star-crossed lovers than the heat.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:17AMGiven that the event is automated except for ushers and operators, you’re effectively both spectator and live performer.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:45AMUnfolding in 90 minutes of hospital visits, "Men’s Health" is sort of "Pygmalion" with its pants off.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:49AMDomestic pain and culinary craft combine to quietly wrenching effect in 'This Is Who I Am,' a Zoom drama by Amir Nizar Zuabi streaming at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMPerforming an abridged but faithful version of 'A Christmas Carol,' Jefferson Mays keeps this holiday tradition alive for streaming audiences.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMPlaywright Adrienne Kennedy gets a long overdue major retrospective, streaming online courtesy of the Round House Theatre and McCarter Theatre Center.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:28PMSurrounded by few set pieces and zany couture, Irwin draws on decades of performance genius to present his memoir-ish review 'On Beckett,' transformed for the streaming age.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMOne a three-hour epic play, Anne Washburn’s 'Shipwreck' has been turned into three-part audio drama produced by the Public Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00AMHeidi Schreck’s fiercely urgent and soul-restoring play 'What the Constitution Means to Me' retains all the impact it had on Broadway in its shift to streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:18PMMichael Sheen stars as a drunk, self-exiled Irishman who claims to have the gift of curing maladies in the Old Vic's excellent streamed production of 'Faith Healer.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00AMA new production of Madhuri Shekar's 'Love and Warcraft' exploits the limitations of Zoom to bring new meaning to this work about intimacy found through a computer screen.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:30PMFrom Molière in the Park's 'The School for Wives' to the experimental work 'Cannabis! A Theatrical Concert,' there's plenty for theater lovers to steam this fall.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMVoila: live theater thriving online.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00AMDespite the insane popularity of the brand, delivering an equally great small-screen 'Hamilton' was never a slam dunk.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMFake piety and the stupidity of the rich prove to be as resonant topics now as they where when Molière wrote 'Tartuffe' in 1664.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:22PMAudra McDonald, Tituss Burgess and LaChanze are among the celebrity presenters slated to appear at the Antonyo Awards, which kicks off its first edition via a livestream.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00AM'This House,' now streaming via the National Theatre, chronicles the triumphs and failures of the Labor party's time in power from 1974 to 1977, as they struggled to keep the soon-to-be That…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:16PMThe loss of incubators for emerging stage talent will be devastating if Off-Off Broadway venues can't be saved.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMIn this dazzling one-person show, Simon McBurney tells a series of nested stories about a wild ride into the depths of the Amazon.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:09PMWhen the text is as good as in Brian Friel’s 'Molly Sweeney,' even actors emoting at their computer screens with blank backdrops can be engaging viewing.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:34PMPlaywright Richard Nelson shows how a thoughtful script and superb actors can make for an hour of online drama that is touching, funny, and deeply satisfying in 'What Do We Need to Talk Abou…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:24PMGet comfortable, turn off the lights, use headphones and give the screen the same attention you would 'the real thing.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:37AMAfter you've finished streaming some favorite musicals or plays from the comfort of your home, consider these ways of supporting out-of-work actors and theaters that have been forced to clos…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:30AMThis Bob Dylan jukebox musical is an interesting experiment in historical mood-setting, but it suffers from too many characters and plot lines.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:48PMThis spring on and Off Broadway, the best shows are revivals and memory plays, presenting a window into the past—and maybe also the future.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00AMDespite vibrant acting and intimate scenes, the narrative threads sag in the second half of this coming-of-age drama.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 02:24AMRuth Negga's must-see turn as Hamlet is so fresh, capturing an essential quality of the melancholy Dane that too many others have lacked.
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