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Friday, April 18, 2014

What Michael Cera should learn from these celebrity train wrecks on Broadway by David Cote

Arrested Development’s hilarious man-child makes his Broadway debut in August; here are the scenarios he should avoid

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Act One | Vivian Beaumont Theater (at Lincoln Center) | Plays & Shows | Time Out New York by David Cote

Near the end of his best-selling 1959 memoir, Act One, dramatist-director Moss Hart relates an opening-night speech made by George S. Kaufman, his (grand-speeches-hating) cowriter on the sma…

SOURCE: Time Out at 11:52PM
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Of Mice and Men | Longacre Theatre | Plays & Shows | Time Out New York by David Cote

When Depression-era migrant workers George Milton (Franco) and Lennie Small (O’Dowd) roll into a California ranch, the hands say it’s “funny” that the guys travel together. There’s…

SOURCE: Time Out at 11:39PM
Monday, April 14, 2014

President Obama caught Denzel Washington on Broadway! What should he take in next? by David Cote

As someone accustomed to getting in and out of Broadway houses as quickly as possible to avoid the post-curtain death march up the aisle into the maelstrom of Times Square, I will admit to f…

SOURCE: Time Out at 04:40PM
Friday, April 11, 2014

Bullets Over Broadway | St. James Theatre | Plays & Shows | Time Out New York by David Cote

“The artist can be forgiven anything if he produces great art,” says one of Woody Allen’s proxies (and let’s face it, they’re all proxies) in Bullets Over Broadway. The maxim is ai…

SOURCE: Time Out at 08:08AM
Sunday, April 6, 2014

The Realistic Joneses | Lyceum Theatre | Time Out New York by David Cote

Will Eno’s Broadway debut is a unique opportunity for the idiosyncratic writer to alienate and irritate whole new demographics. Cranky defenders of well-made plays will fume over its lacon…

SOURCE: Time Out at 09:03PM
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Win tickets to A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder—and party with the cast! by David Cote

Get FREE tickets to the Sunday April 6 matinee of the show and then get on the guest list for the CD release party afterward.

SOURCE: Time Out at 06:13PM
Monday, March 31, 2014

Heathers: The Musical | New World Stages | Plays & Shows | Time Out New York by David Cote

At the risk of sounding, y’know, bitchy, you sorta know what to expect from a musical based on the 1989 cult movie Heathers. There will be the three titular mean girls, a fat gal cruelly n…

SOURCE: Time Out at 08:38PM
Sunday, March 30, 2014

If/Then | Richard Rodgers Theatre | Plays & Shows | Time Out New York by David Cote

Beloved diva Idina Menzel (Wicked) returns to Broadway in a new musical by the makers of Next to Normal. Menzel plays a fortyish woman whose life is followed along two parallel tracks in the…

SOURCE: Time Out at 08:13PM
Monday, March 24, 2014

Les Misérables | Imperial Theatre | Plays & Shows | Time Out New York by David Cote

A 16-year original run, a 2006 revival and a megahit movie clearly can't quell the French fighting spirit. Cameron Mackintosh brings his global phenomenon back to the Great White Way, in a r…

SOURCE: Time Out at 01:23PM
Friday, March 14, 2014

Rocky | Time Out New York by David Cote

Every few years, a piece of stagecraft drops so many jaws and pops so many eyes, it becomes a Broadway insta-icon: Add to that list the spectacular final bout in Rocky.

SOURCE: Time Out at 05:50AM
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Love and Information | Minetta Lane Theatre | Plays & Shows | Time Out New York by David Cote

The great English playwright Caryl Churchill dissects our fractured, data-clogged culture with this dizzying mosaic of microdramas, originally presented at the Royal Court Theatre in 2012. C…

SOURCE: Time Out at 07:34AM
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

DOMINATION AND SALVATION by David Cote

Conor McPherson’s spellbinding new play has the sense of something otherworldly reverberating within it.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 02:01PM
Monday, December 16, 2013

The best (and worst) theater of 2013 by David Cote and Adam Feldman

From the best new Broadway shows to groundbreaking downtown experiments, it was a very good year for New York theater.

SOURCE: Time Out at 12:49PM
Friday, December 6, 2013

20 Broadway shows and Off Broadway events this winter by David Cote and Adam Feldman

Days are growing shorter, the nights are getting colder…how to keep our spirits up during the winter months? That’s easy: Go see a show. Between now and the onset of spring, theater is a…

SOURCE: Time Out at 04:39PM
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

HOLLOW WORDS by David Cote

Ethan Hawke leads a host of underwhelming performances in Jack O’Brien s effects-heavy production.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:16AM
Monday, November 11, 2013

TRICKY DICK by David Cote

Mark Rylance’s take on Richard is a revelation – repulsive, pathetic, cunning and plausible all at once.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:46AM
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Time Out New York reviews of Twelfth Night and Richard III by David Cote

David Cote reviews the Shakespeare's Globe rep engagement of Twelfth Night and Richard III—two classics done in Elizabethan style

SOURCE: Time Out at 10:57PM
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Betrayal – review by David Cote

Ethel Barrymore theatre, New York CityDaniel Craig and a starry cast get the tone completely wrong in this rendition of Pinter's great play about a seven-year affairMike Nichols and his cast…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01PM
Friday, August 23, 2013

Time Out New York's 20 shows to catch this fall by David Cote and Adam Feldman

Autumn brings a wave of new plays, musicals and classic revivals. Use our guide to keep up with all the action.

SOURCE: Time Out at 11:31PM
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Time Out New York Reviews the Fringe by David Cote

Dirty clowns, nudity, classics trashed, puppets and outrageous meta-musicals: Looks like the New York International Fringe Festival is back in town. Read the latest reviews!

SOURCE: Time Out at 12:27PM
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Summer theater in New York: 20 shows to see on Broadway and Off by David Cote

New plays, musicals and revivals are busting out all over New York this summer. Use our guide to keep up with the big openings and festivals.

SOURCE: Time Out at 11:38AM
Monday, June 10, 2013

Tony awards: Matilda left wanting as Kinky Boots dances to victory by David Cote

Tony voters stuck to the American side of Broadway – even if Kinky Boots came with an English pedigreeThe overarching narrative of your average Tony awards ceremony goes one of two ways: t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:21AM
Friday, June 7, 2013

2013 Tony Awards: Who won the readers' poll? by David Cote

Time Out New York's readers cast their votes for the Tonys; what are Broadway's best plays and musicals?

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Time Out New York's 2013 Tony Award predictions by David Cote and Adam Feldman

Handicapping Broadway’s highest honor? Here are 2013 Tony Award picks you can bet on.

SOURCE: Time Out at 02:07PM
Friday, May 10, 2013

Time Out New York review: A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney by David Cote

Larry Pine and Frank Wood star in a mesmerizing fantasia on the man who built the Magic Kingdom.

SOURCE: Time Out at 02:40PM
Friday, May 3, 2013

Cast your vote for the 2013 Tony Awards at Time Out New York by David Cote

Why wait for the envelope? You can pick who should go home with the Tony gold right now.

SOURCE: Time Out at 05:31PM
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Tony Awards 2013: The complete guide to the best of Broadway by David Cote and Adam Feldman

All the nominees, predictions of the winners, reviews and news about Broadway's big night. Plus: Fill out your own ballot to decide who nabs the 2013 Tony Awards.

SOURCE: Time Out at 06:23PM
Friday, April 26, 2013

The 2013 TONY* nominees have been announced! by David Cote and Adam Feldman

Who should be nominated for 2013 Tony Awards? TONY’s experts choose the best of the Broadway season.

SOURCE: Time Out at 04:49PM
Friday, April 12, 2013

Time Out New York theater review: Matilda by David Cote

She's a little bit naughty and a whole lot of fun.

SOURCE: Time Out at 09:40AM
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

50 Reasons to Love NYC Theater by David Cote

Time Out New York's theater writers choose 50 of the best Broadway stars, venues, festivals and future legends of theater in New York. Slide shows, video interviews and more!

SOURCE: Time Out at 12:15PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime