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SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:10PMLaurie Metcalf as Sarah in rubber gloves and Micah Stock as Ethan in a face mask stand in front of a lone couch, making awkward chit-chat until she finally says:“I’m, uh. Sorry about …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:47PMThis solo play co-written and starring “Severance” actress Jen Tullock is on one level the story of lesbian author Frances Reinhardt, who has written a new book about her abusive childho…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:21PMPlaywright Bess Wohl wants us to know about the time before she was born when “women’s lib” was neither pejorative nor ironic. In “Liberation,” her warm, funny play opening tonight…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:56PM“Jewish Plot” starts as an entertaining resurrection of a (fictitious) 19th century play about antisemitism written by an obscure British playwright, and descends into a kind of mad poe…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:18PMAmericans like to be scared even during scary times; how else to explain Halloween, a deliberately scary theater festival, and “The Phantom of the Opera,” which persists beyond Broadway,…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:45PMThe best thing to say about Bedlam’s irreverent, sister-centered riff on “Pride and Prejudice” is that it demonstrates once again the enduring appeal of Jane Austen’s centuries-ol…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:31AMElection Day in New York is Tuesday, November 4, 2025, for mayor of New York and other city-wide and local offices, as well as six ballot proposals. Below is what you need to know in order t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:43PMA French novel, several silent horror films, a Broadway musical, a site-specific work of immersive theater: It all has led to….Joshua William Gelb’s closet. “Many people have asked why…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:34PMSaul Rubinek long has wanted to play Shylock, a role that his father, a Yiddish actor and Holocaust survivor, never got a chance to play. But now that he has finally gotten to star in “The…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:50PMThe best scene in “Dimension Zero” features icons of New York City: individual slices of pepperoni pizza who dance back into a whole pie, a Greek coffee cup, a yellow cab, a row of sky…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:27PM“Moonstruck,” John Patrick Shanley’s movie comedy about a fiery Italian American romance, won him (and Cher) an Oscar in 1988, the same year that Shanley’s play “Italian-American R…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:38PMJordan E. Cooper’s face might not look so happy in “Oh Happy Day!” – or, clockwise, Hugh Panaro’s in “Masquerade,” Nichelle Lewis’s in “Ragtime,” Ari’el Stacher’s …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:46AMAfter Ari’el Stachel won a Tony Award for his charming and hilarious Broadway debut in the role of a sexy Egyptian trumpet player in “The Band’s Visit,” he was made so anxious by all…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:41PMThere will be more than 2,500 peaceful protests throughout the United States — including in each of the five boroughs of New York City – to say in one voice: “The president thinks his …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:12AMBelow is a video of the full two hours of the first of two televised general election debates between three candidates for New York City mayor: State Assemblyman and Democratic Party nominee…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:14PMThe revival of “Ragtime” has taken on more of the epic feel to which it aspires, thanks to its move from an Encores series concert to a full Broadway production on the Vivian Beaumont’…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:37PM“Oh Happy Day!” may sound like church: The plot retells the Biblical story of Noah’s Ark; a divinely-dressed trio called the Divines belt out original gospel songs; we hear theolo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:25PMMidway through “Masquerade,” the Phantom of the Opera himself suddenly grabbed hold of me, his touch light and electric, and pushed me aside. The masked musician and magician had crept u…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:11PMHow do you respond to a creeping authoritarian takeover? Resistance takes many forms. This coming Saturday, people will take to the streets throughout the country for “No Kings” protests…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:48PMWhat’s surprising about the fight over Christopher Columbus is not that this year’s official White House proclamation about Columbus Day crudely attacks “left-wing arsonists” for t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:40AMElection Day in New York is Tuesday, November 4, 2025, for mayor of New York and other city-wide and local offices, as well as six ballot proposals. Here is what you need to know in order to…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:59PMDiane Keaton, who died today at the age of 79, made her Broadway debut in the original company of “Hair” (above is a publicity photograph of her for the musical.) But the actress who wen…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22PMWhat goes into the making of a musical theater production? The process, from audition to curtain call, is presented in verse and illustrations about the people involved, from director to ac…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:39PMAfter an alarming vacation in Germany, British writer Sally Carson wrote “Crooked Cross” about the rise of Nazism as told through its effect on one ordinary German family. It was publ…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:59PM“Art” is not about art, and it’s not really about friendship. If it’s about anything at all, the Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza’s 30-year-old play is about the celebrity of Bobby…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:59PMDylan Mulvaney has chosen an obviously ironic title for her extravagantly staged solo show about her viral life story as a targeted trans social media celebrity. But she also exudes an innat…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:05PMLast week, four new Broadway shows announced their dates and venues for Spring 2026: Dog Day Afternoon, opening March 30. Fallen Angels, April 19. Schmigadoon, April 20. The Rocky Horror Sh…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:12AMIn her hour-long solo show, Abby Wambaugh both spoofs and nails a wide variety of comedy styles, from standup to slapstick to Moth-style storytelling to musical comedy. At various times, she…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:26PMIn its thrilling opening rap, “Mexodus” gives an overview of the little-known history of Mexico as a refuge for thousands of escaping American slaves before the Civil War. Rhythmic, unco…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:30PMElizabeth Marvel has been summoned to an ominous-looking room by a uniformed official; she doesn’t know why, and the chatty official keeps her (and us) in suspense. She is the lawyer wh…
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