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Sunday, May 21, 2023

Camp sci-fi parody ‘Khan!!! The Musical’ has landed Off-Broadway at Players Theatre by Deb Miller

Now playing a limited world-premiere engagement that opened on May the 4th (be with you) at Off-Broadway’s Players Theatre, Peekskill Productions’ Khan!!! The Musical – a wacky sci-fi…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 10:50PM
Friday, May 19, 2023

Recipients of the 2023 Drama League Awards for Broadway and Off-Broadway by Deb Miller

Winners of the 89th Annual Drama League Awards were announced today (Friday, May 19), beginning at noon, at the organization’s annual luncheon ceremony at The Ziegfeld Ballroom, honoring s…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:43PM
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Enduring bonds of male friendship in ‘King James’ at Off-Broadway’s Manhattan Theatre Club by Deb Miller

Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York premiere of King James, playing a limited Off-Broadway engagement at New York City Center, follows the path of an unexpected friendship between Matt and …

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:00PM

Winners of the 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards for Broadway and Off-Broadway by Deb Miller

This morning (Tuesday, May 16), the Outer Critics Circle announced the winners of its 72nd Annual Awards honoring achievements in the 2022-2023 Broadway and Off-Broadway season, which, for t…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 10:56AM

WGA will not picket unscripted broadcast of the Tony Awards on June 11 by Deb Miller

The striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) just announced that it will not picket an altered version of the 76th Annual Tony Awards, so the show can go on as scheduled on Sunday, June 11, i…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:07AM
Monday, May 15, 2023

Update on Broadway’s 76th Annual Tony Awards for the 2022-23 season by Deb Miller

The 76th Annual Tony Awards, presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, and hosted by Ariana DeBose, was scheduled to air live from NYC’s United Palace Theatre on Sund…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:26PM
Sunday, May 14, 2023

Nominations for the 2023 Off Broadway Alliance Awards by Deb Miller

The Off-Broadway Alliance is an organization of Off-Broadway producers, general managers, venue owners, press agents, and marketing personnel dedicated to promoting and supporting Off-Broadw…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:58PM

Sharing a harrowing journey to a new beginning in ‘Walking with Bubbles’ at NYC’s AMT Theater by Deb Miller

Created, written, and performed by Jessica Hendy (Cats; Aida; Amour) in the relatable everyday clothing of jeans, sneakers, and a tee-shirt, the new solo musical Walking with Bubbles, now …

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:24AM
Saturday, May 13, 2023

Jaime Lozano previews his upcoming ‘Immigrant Experiences’ at NYC’s Lortel Theatre and his concert residency at Lincoln Center by Deb Miller

One of NYC’s busiest and most talented musical multi-hyphenates, as well as a dedicated advocate for the Latine immigrant community of musical theater artists, Mexican-born Jaime Lozano ha…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 08:38AM
Friday, May 12, 2023

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with The Boy Band Project’s Chris Messina by Deb Miller

In addition to his fame as a member of the casts of Broadway’s Jersey Boys in 2005, the show’s Off-Broadway revival in 2021, and the Broadway production of A Bronx Tale: The Musical in 2…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:59AM
Monday, May 8, 2023

Recipients of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards for 2023 by Deb Miller

Founded in 1935 at the Algonquin Hotel by a group that included Brooks Atkinson, Walter Winchell, and Robert Benchley, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle is made up of 20 drama critics fro…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:51PM

The 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama by Deb Miller

The Pulitzer Prizes and Fellowships – established at NYC’s Columbia University in 1917, under the 1904 will of the Hungarian-born newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer as an incentive to e…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:48PM
Sunday, May 7, 2023

Winners of the 2023 Lucille Lortel Awards for Off-Broadway by Deb Miller

This evening, beginning at 7 pm, the 38th annual Lucille Lortel Awards were presented in fifteen categories to celebrate outstanding achievements in Off-Broadway theater. The 2023 awards pre…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:01PM
Friday, May 5, 2023

Riotous parody of political correctness in ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ at Broadway’s Hayes Theater by Deb Miller

As Winston Churchill famously said, “History is written by the victors,” while the voices of those brutally conquered too often remain silenced. Offering the historically unheard perspec…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:36PM
Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Dazzling spectacle with underdeveloped story and characters in ‘New York, New York’ at Broadway’s St. James Theatre by Deb Miller

Now playing at Broadway’s St. James Theatre, the new musical New York, New York is, as its name implies, an homage to the “city that never sleeps” (or at least never did before the pan…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:07PM
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

NYC’s Museum of Broadway extends inaugural Hirschfeld exhibit and adds a series of free programs by Deb Miller

By popular demand, the Museum of Broadway has announced that its special inaugural exhibition, The American Theatre as Seen by Hirschfeld, has been extended through Wednesday, June 21, 2023;…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:44PM

Broadway’s 76th Annual Tony Awards nominations for the 2022-23 season by Deb Miller

Funny Girl star Lea Michele and 2022 Tony winner Myles Frost (MJ) announced the 76th Annual Tony Awards nominations this morning at 9:00, live from Sofitel New York and streaming on the offi…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 10:27AM
Monday, May 1, 2023

Nostalgic storytelling in ‘Summer, 1976’ at Broadway’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre by Deb Miller

Commissioned and produced by Manhattan Theatre Club in a world-premiere Broadway engagement at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn’s Summer, 1976…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 04:55PM

Winners of the 2023 Theatre World Awards for Broadway and Off-Broadway debut performances by Deb Miller

The Board of Directors of the Theatre World Awards – first presented in 1945, and the oldest awards given for Outstanding Broadway and Off-Broadway debut performances – has announced its…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 01:34PM
Sunday, April 30, 2023

Issues of mental health, entertainment, and exploitation in ‘Good Night, Oscar’ at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre by Deb Miller

A multi-hyphenate of the 20th century, long before the term existed, Pittsburgh-born, NYC-trained, and Hollywood-based actor and comedian, concert pianist and composer, TV talk show host and…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:00PM
Friday, April 28, 2023

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Badia Farha by Deb Miller

Famous to theater-lovers (for well more than a Warholian fifteen minutes) for her engaging performances and powerhouse vocals in Broadway’s School of Rock, the 1st National Broadway Tour o…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:28PM

2023 nominations for the Chita Rivera Awards for excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway, Off Broadway, and film by Deb Miller

Nominations for the 2023 Chita Rivera Awards, recognizing excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway, Off Broadway, and in film, as decided by three separate nominating committees, we…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:09PM
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Cracks in the façade of civility in TBTB’s off Broadway debut of the dark comedy ‘God of Carnage’ at Theatre Row by Deb Miller

When Henry hits Benjamin in the face with a stick at the local playground in Brooklyn’s upscale Cobble Hill neighborhood, breaking two of the eleven-year-old’s teeth and causing nerve da…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:31PM

New take on over-the-top Elizabethan comedy ‘The Knight of the Burning Pestle’ at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre by Deb Miller

With Red Bull Theater’s mission of sharing great classic stories and plays of heightened language, and Fiasco Theater’s dedication to presenting innovative and joyful productions that in…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:30PM

Nominations for NYC’s 67th Annual Drama Desk Awards by Deb Miller

Nominations for the 2022-23 Drama Desk Awards – the only major NYC theater awards for which productions on Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway compete in the same categories – w…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:09PM

Nonpareil solo performance addresses hot-button issue in ‘Prima Facie’ at Broadway’s Golden Theater by Deb Miller

In both civil and criminal law, the Latin words prima facie, translated as “at first sight” or “based on first impression,” denotes that, upon initial examination, a legal claim has …

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:22PM
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Outer Critics Circle announces nominations for its 2023 Awards for Broadway and Off-Broadway by Deb Miller

In a press release this morning at 10:00, the Outer Critics Circle – founded during the 1949-1950 Broadway season by theater journalist John Gassner as the official organization of writers…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:40AM
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Nominations for the 2023 Drama League Awards for Broadway and Off-Broadway by Deb Miller

This morning at 11:30, TV and stage star Justin Guarini (American Idol; Once Upon a One More Time) and Tony Award winner Roger Bart (The Producers; Back to the Future: The Musical) announced…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 01:44PM
Sunday, April 23, 2023

Chronicling our pandemic times with humor, heart, and a sense of community in ‘Plays for the Plague Year’ at NYC’s Joe’s Pub by Deb Miller

With the COVID-19 closure of theaters on March 12, 2020, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, a Pulitzer Prize winner and The Public Theater’s Writer-in-Residence, decided to put the time in lockd…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 01:01PM
Friday, April 21, 2023

Split-second timing and non-stop hilarity in Mischief’s ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre by Deb Miller

As with its Tony-winning predecessor The Play That Goes Wrong (still playing an open-ended Off-Broadway transfer at New World Stages), Mischief’s latest Broadway offering, Peter Pan Goes W…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 10:15PM
Thursday, April 20, 2023

Perfectly balanced ingredients of heartbreak, horror, and humor in the Broadway revival of ‘Sweeney Todd’ at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre by Deb Miller

Playing an open-ended engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, the new Broadway revival of the bloody 1979 musical thriller Sweeney Todd, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a boo…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:22PM

All that Chat

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