In front of the Stonewall Inn, on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which gave birth to the modern gay rights movement:
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:35PMHow well were you paying attention to theater in June? How much do you know about LGBT theater history? Find both answers in this 10-question quiz
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:14PMTheater lovers should expect “a spirit of adventure and invention” from the shows at The Shed, according to Alex Poots, the artistic director of this new $500 million arts center on West…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:48PMNear the beginning of David Cale’s shocking autobiographical one-man show, he gets a laugh when he explains that Luton, the industrial town where he grew up 30 miles north of London “h…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:08PMFor the 19th year in a row, Bryant Park is the site of free lunchtime concerts by cast members of current Broadway (and some Off-Broadway) shows on Thursdays in July and August between 12:…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:05AMA starry cast of 18, including Annette Bening and Zachary Quinto, performed “The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts”, a 77-minute adaptation of the Mueller Report by Pulit…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:05AMAt the 11th annual Jimmy Awards, Ethan Kelso won Best Performance by an Actor as Will Bloom in Big Fish at Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Ekele Ukegb…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:31AMAn all-star cast will perform a live reading of The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts, Robert Schenkkan adaptation of the Mueller Report. This one-night only event, beginning…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:33AMThe 2019-2020 Broadway season is still in formation, but there’s enough exciting already scheduled to offer this preview: Lin-Manuel is producing his hip-hop improv group on Broadway, and …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:49AM“Contradict This! A Birthday Funeral for Heroes,” by the freewheeling Philadelphia-based group called The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, is being presented as part of La MaMa’s celebration …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:43PM“Avenue Q” is no more, the Bil Baird Marionette Theater died decades ago, but there is plenty of puppetry in New York, as I detail in my article for TDF Stages, 5 Theatres You Need to Kn…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:39AMToni Stone was the first woman to play big-league professional baseball. She succeeded Hank Aaron playing second base for the otherwise all-male Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American Lea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:54PMToni Stone was the first woman to play big-league professional baseball. She succeeded Hank Aaron playing second base for the otherwise all-male Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American Lea…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:00PM“The Secret Life of Bees” – first a 2001 best-selling novel, then a 2008 all-star movie, now a musical written by theatrical all stars Lynn Nottage (Sweat, Ruined), Duncan Sheik (Sprin…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:11PMThe first publicity shot from Steven Spielberg’s movie remake of “West Side Story,” planned for December 2020, came on the same week as the death of Franco Zeffirelli, whose 1968 film …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:35AM“A Strange Loop” is a musical about a big, gay black guy who is struggling to write a musical about a big, gay black guy who is struggling….. Michael R. Jackson, the musical’s talent…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:44PMThe stunning production of “Fairview,” Jackie Siblies Drury’s challenging play, is now being remounted with the same extraordinary cast and creative team at the Theatre for a New Audie…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:01PM“….I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes,” Molly Bloom says, t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:34AMMoira Buffini’s inspired, inventive play about Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — two women born six months apart and forced to deal with one another for the 11 ye…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:37PMIn 1944, when FDR was running for an unprecedented fourth term as President, the Democrats kicked out his then-Vice President, Henry Wallace, and nominated Missouri Senator Harry Truman to r…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30PMFor the next three days (June 12th to 14th), you can get free tickets for certain seats at various future performances of live theater, concerts, dance, and comedy, courtesy of Goldstar’s…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:23AMAs Beatrice in the Public Theater’s all-black production of “Much Ado About Nothing,” Danielle Brooks proves herself a Shakespearean actress of a high order – and at the same time re…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:20PMFrom Ali Stroker tearfully dedicating her Tony to “every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability” to Elaine May’s wry explanation for her win to Andre De Shields’ three rule…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:58AM“This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation, who has a challenge, who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena. You …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:19AMHadestown won best musical and seven other awards, The Ferryman best play, the Boys in the Band best play revival of a play, Oklahoma best musical revival musical at the 73rd Annual Tony A…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:39PMThe American Theatre Wing’s 73rd Annual Tony Awards, with host James Corden, will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS tonight, Sunday, June 9, 2019 from 8:00 to 11:00 PM,…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:36AMIn her stage version of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved 19thcentury novel, Kate Hamill promises a “radical adaptation” and a “conscious explosion” of “the archetypes found in the nov…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:24PMFollowing up on her play “The Cake,” about a baker in North Carolina who struggles to accept her lesbian goddaughter, playwright (and “This Is Us” producer-writer) Bekah Brunstetter …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:16PMNow is the time when interest in Broadway is at its peak, piqued by the three-hour TV commercial for Broadway known as the 2019 Tony Awards. Get tickets to attend the Tony Awards in person! …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:23PMThis was an adventurous year for Broadway, with several unconventional works that seemed a more comfortable fit Off-Broadway or even Off-Off Broadway. This is a welcome development, albeit a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:36PMBelow are my preferences — not my predictions — for the 73rd Annual Tony Awards. See my article in DC Theatre Scene for an explanation for each of my choices, and shout-outs to other nom…
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