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Saturday, June 10, 2023

Sondheim, Lin-Manuel, Tommy Kail and the ghosts of Sardi's by NewYorkTheater

At the 67th annual Drama Desk Awards at Sardi’s, Myles Frost introduced Lin-Manuel Miranda who presented the Outstanding Direction of a Musical to Tommy Kail for Sweeney Todd.

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

Theatre World Award Winners: My First Time by NewYorkTheater

Past and present winners of the Theatre World Awards answer the question on the red carpet at Circle in the Square theater: When did you first know you were going to be a professional perfor…

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The Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody Show at the Drama Desk Awards by NewYorkTheater

Husband and wife Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody served as hosts of the 67th annual Drama Desk Awards at Sardi’s on June 6, 2023, with Mandy becoming more emotional than some of the winn…

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Shucked's Ashley D Kelley tells a joke by NewYorkTheater

Ashley D. Kelley, a winner of the 77th annual Theatre World Awards, is asked on the red carpet to tell a joke from “Shucked,” the joke-filled Broadway musical that marks Kelley’s Broad…

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Life of Pi's Hiran Abeysekera: It’s been a long journey by NewYorkTheater

“It’s been a long journey, a very trying one too at times,” Hiran Abeysekera says in a red carpet interview at the Circle in the Square on March 5, 2023 , where he was collecting his T…

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Jodie Comer accepts another theater award by NewYorkTheater

Jodie Comer accepts the 2023 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for “Prima Facie” on Broadway, from presenters Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody at a ceremony at Sardi’s …

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Jessica Chastain Acceptance Speech: Theater Saved Me by NewYorkTheater

Jessica Chastain accepts the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play for "A Doll’s House" on Broadway, from presenter Tovah Feldshuh at a ceremony June 6, 2023 at Sard…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:54PM
Friday, May 26, 2023

Robert Horn of Shucked: If at first you don't succeed, redefine success by NewYorkTheater

In his acceptance speech for the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, for Shucked, Robert Horn offered something of a stand-up routine, which would not surprise anyb…

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Brandon Uranowitz on Leopoldstadt: an insane risk, a resonant call to action by NewYorkTheater

Brandon Uranowitz accepts his Outer Critics Circle Award as Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Play for his role in Leopoldstadt. "This is the first award I've ever won in my life.)

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Jonathan Groff: Thrilled Lindsay Mendez: Grateful by NewYorkTheater

Lindsay Mendez reads a letter of gratitude from Jonathan Groff, winner of the Outer Critics Circles Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Musical for his role in “Merrily…

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J Harrison Ghee: An honor, a joy a privilege using my ministry by NewYorkTheater

J. Harrison Ghee, the star of "Some Like It Hot" on Broadway, accepts his Outer Critics Cricle Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical

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Fat Ham Playwright James Ijames by NewYorkTheater

James Ijames, playwright of "Fat Ham," accepts the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award for New American Play. "Plays are a gesture towards creating community around an idea..."

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Jodie Comer: It's equal parts terrifying and exhilarating by NewYorkTheater

Jodie Comer accepts her Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance in "Prima Facie"

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Bill Irwin: It's an exciting time to work in theater by NewYorkTheater

In his acceptance speech at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Bill Irwin talks about adjusting to being an "elderly" actor,

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

Sean Hayes Acceptance Speech by NewYorkTheater

Lea Salonga presents Sean Hayes with his Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Play (Good Night, Oscar.) In a joke-filled four-minute acceptance speech, Hay…

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Alex Newell Acceptance Speech by NewYorkTheater

Alex Newell accepts their first-ever award, from the Outer Critics Circle for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical (Shucked.)

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Saturday, May 13, 2023

How Emilio Sosa became a costume designer by NewYorkTheater

At a costume shop in the theater district, Broadway costume designer Emilio Sosa describes the serendiptous path to his art, explains one lesson he learned by making the same mistake that An…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:57PM
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

New York, New York Broadway musical in rehearsal by NewYorkTheater

Two minutes of rehearsal by the cast and orchestra of the Broadway musical "New York, New York." (A Sitzprobe is a German phrase meant to describe the first rehearsal that integrates the sin…

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Monday, April 24, 2023

Peter Pan Goes Wrong on Broadway by NewYorkTheater

Thirty seconds of mishap and mayhem from "Peter Pan Goes Wrong" on Broadway.

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

Life of Pi on Broadway by NewYorkTheater

A minute from the new Broadway play "Life of Pi," starring Hiran Abeysekera as Pi battling the elements and a tiger named Richard Parker on the open sea

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Sunday, March 19, 2023

Bob Fosse's Dancin' on Broadway by NewYorkTheater

The cast of "Bob Fosse's Dancin'" on Broadway perform the song-and-dance number "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man."

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Friday, February 24, 2023

Maybe Love from "Shucked" by NewYorkTheater

Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally perform the song "Maybe Love" from the musical they composed, "Shucked," which has its first preview at Broadway's Nederlander Theater on March 8, 2023 and …

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Monday, February 13, 2023

Pictures From Home on Broadway excerpts by NewYorkTheater

80 seconds from the Broadway play starring Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein and Zoe Wanamaker

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Friday, February 10, 2023

Andre De Shields Reopens La MaMa by NewYorkTheater

Tony winning actor Andre De Shields reopens the first permanent home of Off Off Broadway's La MaMa ETC -- and says he wants to work there again

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

New York, New York Broadway Musical Trailer by NewYorkTheater

Colton Ryan and Anna Uzele lead the cast in this stage musical that gets its title, and its score, from the 1977 movie, but not apparently its story. The show opens at Broadway's St. James T…

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Saturday, January 14, 2023

Wynton Marsalis serenades APAP by NewYorkTheater

Wynton Marsalis and his band serenade the members of Association of Performing Arts Professionals at the end of the opening ceremonies of its annual conference on January 13, 2023.

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Brian Stokes Mitchell on Life and Song After COVID by NewYorkTheater

Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell speaks and then sings to those attending the annual conference in New York of APAP (the Association of Performing Arts Professionals) on January 13, 2023.…

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

The Collaboration: Warhol and Basquiat by NewYorkTheater

In two scenes from the Broadway play "The Collaboration," Paul Bettany as Andy Warhol and Jeremy Pope as Jean-Michel Basquiat explain their very different reasons for making art.

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Sunday, December 11, 2022

Some Like It Hot on Broadway: One minute glimpse by NewYorkTheater

A sixty-five second preview of the Broadway musical "Some Like It Hot" at the Shubert Theater. Click https://newyorktheater.me/2022/12/11/some-like-it-hot-broadway-review/ for my videos, pho…

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Some Like It Hot title song by NewYorkTheater

The cast recording of the title song of "Some Like It Hot," a Broadway musical with music by Marc Shaiman. Click https://newyorktheater.me/2022/12/11/some-like-it-hot-broadway-review/ for mo…

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Thursday, December 8, 2022

"Ohio State Murders" on Broadway with Audra McDonald by NewYorkTheater

A minute from "Ohio State Murders," a play starring Audra McDonald that marks Adrienne Kennedy's playwriting debut at age 91. Click https://newyorktheater.me/2022/12/08/ohio-state-murders-re…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime