Saturday, December 21, 2024
My guide to the underground immersive hit “Life and Trust” was the best-read post on my NewYorkTheater.me blog in 2024, followed by my comparison of Wicked the movie with the Broadway m…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:06PMFriday, December 20, 2024
Cole Escola and Nicole Scherzinger made spectacular Broadway debuts this year, justly acclaimed, but less attention-grabbing performances in less conspicuous productions also impressed, alb…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:39PMThursday, December 19, 2024
The marquee says it all: “AudraGypsy.” With less brass and more heart, Audra McDonald’s distinctive portrayal of Madam Rose, the mother of all stage mothers, is the reason to see this�…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:55PMWednesday, December 18, 2024
On this day in 2019, in news reported on front pages around the world the next day, the House of Representatives impeached Donald J Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress o…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:04AMTuesday, December 17, 2024
The landscape has changed for theater. The loss of the Connelly Theater, while under unusual circumstances (see Joey Sims’ interview below with its departing director) feels emblematic of …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:28PMMonday, December 16, 2024
“Eureka Day” begins as a stock satire of the painstakingly earnest progressives at a small private elementary school in Berkeley, California, leading to one of the most hilarious scenes …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:55PMJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes her one-night-only Broadway debut in “& Juliet” (see videos below) What’s most intriguing about the end-of-year assessments, by both professiona…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:02AMSunday, December 15, 2024
“Maybe Happy Ending” is the most acclaimed show among theater critics whose lists of top 10 New York theater for 2024 are featured below; it is also the number one choice by far in a …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:30AMSaturday, December 14, 2024
My thirteenth annual theater gift guide below features links and information on shopping for theater tickets,theater subscriptions/memberships,cast recordings,play scripts and books about t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:23AMFriday, December 13, 2024
What did you think was the best of the forty-four shows that opened on Broadway in 2024? Which was the worst? Take the two polls below. Judge the quality of the show as you see it, not how i…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:31AMThursday, December 12, 2024
The title makes us wary of all the Christmas cheer at the Dahl family gathering when Leslye Headland’s play begins: Everybody is singing Christmas carols in a home awash in Christmas decor…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:26PMThe announcement gave me pause. The Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Guild announced five nominees in the new category of “Broadway and International” for its 12th Annual MUAHS (Makeup A…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:44AMWednesday, December 11, 2024
Watch the ten videos below that were the most viewed in 2024 of those that I’ve posted on my YouTube channel, arranged in order of popularity. Only two were created in 2024 — Sutton Fos…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:59AMTuesday, December 10, 2024
Denzel Washington as Othello, Jonathan Groff as singer Bobby Darin, George Clooney as journalist Edward R. Murrow: The Spring Broadway season promises a starry and vibrant mix: original show…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:43PMMonday, December 9, 2024
Ketanji Brown Jackson will make her Broadway debut, with a one-night-only walk-on role in the Broadway musical “& Juliet“ on December 14, after which she will participate in a talkba…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:04AMSunday, December 8, 2024
As Benji, Kieran Culkin has no sense of boundaries. On a Jewish heritage tour that he takes with his cousin David to Poland, the country where their grandmother survived the Holocaust, Benji…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:34PMSaturday, December 7, 2024
“The Books of Jacob” is a work of theater unlike any I’ve ever attended, a production more ambitious than any I can remember, one that is almost too complicated to explain. The perform…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:46PMFriday, December 6, 2024
“Sleep No More” is closing after almost 14 years, “Blue Man Group” after almost 34 years and more than 17,000 performances. The longevity of these shows strikes me as reason enough t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:31PMThursday, December 5, 2024
Choose your favorite Broadway cast recording of 2024* from among the 16 in the poll below, listed alphabetically. More on each album in links at bottom. Loading… *Two of the albums are not…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:03PMWednesday, December 4, 2024
Annie Baker is making her feature film debut as a writer and director some fifteen years after making her New York stage debut as a playwright, and I almost laughed at the déjà vu of it. �…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:50PMTuesday, December 3, 2024
On this thirteenth annual #GivingTuesday (created in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y), consider donating to a theater company or theater organization in New York City. Below, a sample, listed a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:15AMMonday, December 2, 2024
“Wicked,” a mission for marketers, has become a darling of pundits as well. During the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC, after interviews with Cynthia Erivo (No, she doesn’t min…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:14PMSunday, December 1, 2024
Below is a selection of theater opening* in New York in December, including four shows on Broadway, one starring Audra McDonald (Gypsy), two more with love in the title (The Cult of Love; A…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:28PMSaturday, November 30, 2024
Holiday shows take center stage between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve each year. Some of the plays, ballets, operas, concerts, musicals, burlesques, and hybrid entertainments have reappe…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:13PMTheater seems of little interest to the Times staff who put together the 100 Notable Books of 2024. Published plays are ignored (although books of poetry are included), and their annual lis…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:26AMFriday, November 29, 2024
How well were you paying attention to theater news, views and reviews in November, a month of Wicked and politics, and six Broadway openings? Take the quiz below and find out. Loading…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:17PMThursday, November 28, 2024
Below are videos from the Broadway casts who performed at the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; Hell’s Kitchen, The Outsiders and Death Becomes Her, and a bonus: Billy Porter leads th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:06PMWednesday, November 27, 2024
The surreal and now shocking election year is arguably responsible for much of my favorite theater in 2024, for which I give thanks, as I’ve done every Thanksgiving for more than a decade.…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:24PMTuesday, November 26, 2024
With “Wicked” and “Death Becomes Her” topping theatergoers’ attention in a busy and starry week, Paul Tazewell – the costume designer for both — is offering lessons in t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:20PMMonday, November 25, 2024
Wicked, which just had the biggest ever opening weekend for a movie adaptation of a Broadway musical ($160 million + globally), is faithful to the stage musical in several ways, and signific…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:47PMBelow is the Broadway schedule for Thanksgiving Week 2024, which differs from the usual week’s schedule: Only one show of the 38 currently playing has a performance on Thanksgiving Day, Th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:57AM 
