In a year that has ended so dramatically off-stage, and during which so many people talked dismissively about “political theater” — but they didn’t mean anything actually happening i…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:48PM“Sing Street” is a stage musical based on the sweet, funny “happy-sad” 2016 Irish movie by writer/director John Carney about a teenager named Conor growing up in Dublin during the ec…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:31PM“Cats” isn’t for everyone – much of it is a cheesy, B-grade affair seemingly crafted solely to take over midnight-movie slots from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Those with an …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:49AMLuke Kirby, who portrayed a movie star hired to play “Hamlet” in the cult TV comedy “Slings & Arrows” 16 years ago, is now on stage for real, as Thomas Hudetz, a murderer in Ö…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:20PM“WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Wednesday impeached President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third president in history to be charged …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:08AMThe Sorceress (Di Kishefmakherin), the first work of Yiddish theatre ever presented in America, is back on stage in New York 136 years after its U.S. premiere. In my article for TDF Stages, …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:04PMThe NYC premiere of CATS the movie caps a week in which Broadway, with no more openings this year, seems to have migrated to the screen. The first trailer for the “In the Heights” movie …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:46PMMy ten favorite individual performances in New York stage shows that opened in 2019 are listed alphabetically, with explanations for my choices largely excerpted from my reviews. Ian Barford…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:57PMWanda Wheels bristles when Mateo calls her “kind” in this sprawling, funny, foul-mouthed, messy, moving ensemble piece, Stephen Adly Guirgis’s first new play in New York since his Puli…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:18PMWanda Wheels bristles when Mateo calls her “kind” in this sprawling, funny, foul-mouthed, messy, moving ensemble piece, Stephen Adly Guirgis’s first new play in New York since his Puli…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:51PM“Hadestown” and “Slave Play” were the most popular musicals or plays among critics whose top 10 lists of New York theater for 2019 are featured* below. Following in popularity we…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:48AMThere’s a joke Maggie and her son Joe like to tell on their tours of the local mine in Samuel D. Hunter’s latest play: “Guy falls down into the mine. His boss yells at him, ‘did you …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:33PMThere’s a joke Maggie and her son Joe like to tell on their tours of the local mine in Samuel D. Hunter’s latest play: “Guy falls down into the mine. His boss yells at him, ‘did you …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:29PMThere are several subplots involving Broadway in the third season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the TV series on Amazon Prime. Little of it rings true. Now, much of this is exaggeration fo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:57PM“The Thin Place” is a thin play by Lucas Hnath about a woman named Hilda whose grandmother had believed in being able to communicate with the dead, which sets Hilda on her own psychic jo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:16PMThis holiday season in New York means at least ten A Christmas Carols, including one this year on Broadway, and 15 Nutcracker Suites. Holiday shows in the city range from family fare to offb…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:03AM“In The Heights,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first breakthrough Broadway musical, has been made into a movie that will be released in June, 2020, 12 years after its debut at the Richar…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:35AMThis holiday season in New York means at least ten Christmas Carols, including one this year on Broadway, and 15 Nutcracker Suites. Holiday shows in the city range from family fare to offb…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:33AMGet free tickets to live theater, and other live events — dance, comedy, opera — through Goldstar’s three day Comptrain promotion — today through December 13. You pay just a small …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:23PMTheatergoers are a loyal lot even when they’re not at the theater: We listen to Broadway albums (vote for your favorite in 2019 below), we look for the theater content in movies (such as �…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:37PMChoose your favorite 2019 Broadway cast recording from among the 11 in the poll below, ordered alphabetically. If I’ve somehow missed your favorite, fill in the “Other” slot. (If enoug…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:34PMIn “Marriage Story,” a movie on Netflix about a couple getting divorced, stars Adam Driver as a New York theater director named Charlie, and Scarlett Johansson as his wife Nicole, an act…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:44PMAs heartfelt a musical about a troubled family as “Next To Normal,” as full of jaunty and jumpy rock rebellion as “Rent,” it’s hard to dismiss “Jagged Little Pill” as just anot…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:17PMFrench is Myriam Phiro’s first language, and Edith Piaf her first love. But it wasn’t until she moved to New York from her hometown in a rural area of Quebec a decade ago that Phiro star…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:54PMIn its effort to sum up the decade culturally (33 Ways to Remember the 2010s), the New York Times gives a nod to the return of theater in the cultural conversation — not always directly. M…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:01PMOn this eighth annual #GivingTuesday (created in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation), consider donating to your favorite New York area theaters, theater companies…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:41AMCyber Monday deals in New York theater tickets and more. (Come back as more deals are announced during the day) Ticket Liquidator: HUGE CYBER MONDAY SALE! Get 10% Off All Orders With Code CY…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:12AMToday is World AIDS Day. AIDS has been around so long that there’s a new wave of plays about the epidemic. This is not nostalgia. There were 1.7 million people newly diagnosed with HIV in…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:26PMBelow is a selection of New York theater opening in December, organized chronologically by opening date, including the one Broadway musical, “Jagged Little Pill,” with songs by Alanis Mo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:38PMHow well were you paying attention to New York theater news, views and reviews in November? Answer these ten questions and find out.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:21PM“The Young Man from Atlanta,” about an aging couple whose only son has died young, is the wrong play by Horton Foote to revive –- it’s dated, and overrated — but one can guess …
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