Saturday, January 2, 2021
From the first song (“Anyone Can Cook”) to the final line of dialogue (Anton Ego the critic: “I didn’t like this musical…I loved it”), “Ratatouille” traces the journey not ju…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:14AMFriday, January 1, 2021
Irving Berlin wrote “All By Myself” in 1921, for “The Music Box Revue” in his then brand new Broadway theater, popularized in the decades to come by Al and Bing and Ethel and Ella. A…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:50PMMiss New Year’s Eve 2021? Watch it below — the festivities at Times Square, the annual Concert for Peace at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the annual Natalie Douglas New Year’…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:41AMThursday, December 31, 2020
At a time when matters of mortality are taking center stage, let’s ring in the new (and hopefully far better) year by saluting Broadway veterans who are aged 89 to 106, many of them stil…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:57PMBelow are ten stunning music videos put together by Broadway stars, often for a political cause, some just for kicks (literally.) Then below those: ten of the most popular videos I poste…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:28AMWednesday, December 30, 2020
Were there magical moments on New York stages in 2020? The question is debatable – just like the definition of “theater” is being debated – since nobody has been performing on any ac…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AMHow much do you remember of this unprecedented year in theater? (How much would anybody want to remember of 2020?) Answer these 20 questions to find out. Loading…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:58AMTuesday, December 29, 2020
Below is a list of theater books to read in 2021, most of which were published in 2020.‡ Click on the titles to find more information and to purchase these books, grouped under five categ…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:10AMMonday, December 28, 2020
The year that’s ending was one of shock and sorrow, but more uplifting to think of it as a year full of Sondheim — starting from the New York Philharmonic’s “Celebrating Sondheim…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:52AMSunday, December 27, 2020
Below are some of the most popular posts and the best reads in 2020, starting with 11 interviews with theater makers and news makers about the theater-related issues and events in this most …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:14PMSaturday, December 26, 2020
This is my annual New Year’s Eve last-minute guide to events that are still available on New Year’s Eve 2021 (when 2020 turns into 2021) in New York City. Times Square. theater. concerts…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:11PMFriday, December 25, 2020
Below are some of the people from the theater community who died in 2020, listed alphabetically. Click on any photograph to read the caption. Also: In Memoriam to New York City’s frontline…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:05AMThursday, December 24, 2020
The artist who calls himself Mur has written a musical about trees. On the surface, artist and subject differ greatly. Trees can live for thousands of years; a spruce in Sweden is said to be…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:47PMWednesday, December 23, 2020
Yes, there was good theater this year, enough to fill the Top 10 lists below. “Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration” followed by “Russian Troll Farm,” “Th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:33PMTuesday, December 22, 2020
“Being Alive”and “Losing My Mind” – are there any better Sondheim songs to sing at the close of a year full of loss, unrequited yearning and obsession? That they are sung by perfor…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:32PM“Being Alive”and “Losing My Mind” – are there any better Sondheim to sing at the close of a year full of loss, unrequited yearning and obsession? That they are sung by performers w…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:34PMMonday, December 21, 2020
Congressional leaders announced an agreement on a nearly $900 billion stimulus package on Sunday that includes some $15 billion for theaters and other cultural venues in the Save Our Stages…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:45AMSunday, December 20, 2020
On January 1, 2020, I explored seven possible major theater trends of the new decade, asking: What will the future of theater turn out to be? The future arrived abruptly without warning wi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:07PMSaturday, December 19, 2020
My ten favorite individual New York stage performances from 2020 are listed alphabetically, with explanations for my choices largely excerpted from my reviews. I say “New York stage perfor…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:10PMFriday, December 18, 2020
The beloved annual holiday shows return this year with two distinct differences: All are online, and many are free. That includes the two oldest and best-known: Radio City Christmas Spectacu…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:28PMThursday, December 17, 2020
What kind of weird holiday show is this? That was my initial reaction – not my usual reaction to a show by Taylor Mac, which is more often: Wow ( to Hir, and A 24 Decade History of Po…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:36AMMany people in the theater community have stepped up to this moment of multiple crises, including those I detail below, listed roughly in alphabetical order. They stand in for all the others…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:16AMWednesday, December 16, 2020
What kind of weird holiday show is this? That was my initial reaction…”Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce Pandemic!” begins with the star looking like a tropical fruit monster, or as Mac h…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:17PMHow do you make your “A Christmas Carol” so different that it stands out in a season piled high with streaming versions of Dickens’ heartwarming tale? That seems to be the main aim of …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:16AMTuesday, December 15, 2020
A solo musical about Mother Teresa performed in drag inside a closet? This may sound like an irreverent campy nun musical boosted to greater sacrilege because she is now officially Saint Ter…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:04PMAnn Reinking, Tony-winning choreographer, dancer, actor, Broadway veteran (Cabaret, Coco, Chicago, A Chorus Line, etc) Bob Fosse’s muse and lover, has died at the age of 71. The cause wa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:13AMMonday, December 14, 2020
August Wilson will be a “forever” stamp starting in January, the U.S. Postal Service announced last week, but the playwright is already forever stamped on American culture, which is clea…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:21AMSunday, December 13, 2020
The first reason I love the Irish Repertory Theater’s “performance on screen” of “Meet Me in St. Louis” will sound like a backhanded compliment: It got me to watch the original 194…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:03PMOn the occasion of 74-year-old André De Shields’ lifetime achievement Audelco award, I resurrect this speech by the long-time Broadway veteran from a decade ago, before his newfound accla…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:01AMSaturday, December 12, 2020
Even those who treat holiday cheer as a seasonal tyranny have to admire the pluck of the three Broadway princesses – Laura Osnes, Susan Egan and Courtney Reed (who portrayed Ella in Rodger…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:30PMFriday, December 11, 2020
See below a video of “Zazz,” the musical number starring Nicole Kidman and Jo Ellen Pellman, from The Prom, the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, released today on Netflix —…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:27PM 
