Fireflies by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Although Donja R. Love describes his new play "Fireflies," his second world premiere in New York in 2018, as a “surrealistic voyage through Queer love during pivotal moments in Black Histo…

Review: ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ at Brave Spirits Theater by David Siegel

Words have lethal consequences in the clear-eyed, unflinching production of The Duchess of Malfi from Brave Spirits Theater. Under the sure-handed direction of Casey Kaleba, The Duchess of M…

Coma Alliance at Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin by Blouin Artinfo

Coma Alliance will perform at Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, on January 25, 2019.Coma Alliance, the joint project of Wave/electro artists Adrian Hates (Diary of Dreams) and Torben Wendt (diorama…

13th Annual Latin American Cultural Week(s), November 13 through 21, 2018 with Theater, Music, Dance, Film, Literature, & Visual Arts Events throughout New York City, Emphasizing Latina…

Review: ‘East of Eden’ at NextStop Theatre Company by William Powell

Can one escape the sins of their ancestors? Can one choose their own course and overcome an evil background? These questions are explored in NextStop Theatre Company’s glorious new adapta…

Ned Kelly’s Mother by Arts Review

Ned Kelly’s Mother is a solo show, starring Nicola McKay as Ellen Kelly. Over the hour-ish running time, Ellen tells us a little of her own life as well as what she experienced of her …

2018 NYIT Awards: Backstage Interviews by Adam Rothenberg

"Call Me Adam" goes backstage at the 2018 NYIT Awards, celebrating Off-Off-Broadway theatrical productions."Call Me Adam's" 2018 NYIT Award Backstage Interviews: Interviews include: Dorothy…

ON THE TOWN… with Chip Deffaa …. October 28nd, 2018 by Chip Deffaa, Editor-At-Large

The generous spirit of Jonathan Larson (1960-1996) certainly was felt in New York's great supper club, Feinstein's/54 Below, the night I went to see The Jonathan Larson Project (which filled…

Theatre Review: ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ by Stand Up For… Theatre at Chesapeake Arts Center by Johanna Alonso

In a theatrical landscape largely dominated by musicals and plays focused on LGBT tragedies, Stand Up For… Theatre’s production of “La Cage Aux Folles,” directed by Ed Higgins and Jo…

TONY, OBIE & MING: LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NAMED FOR REVERED YALE DESIGNER (VIDEO) by Philip Boroff

The set designer and Yale professor Ming Cho Lee is officially synonymous with excellence in theatrical design. Last week at the Palm West Side restaurant, Lee was recognized for lifetime ac…

Peter DiMuro’s ‘Small Visitations in a Near Empty Room’: Beauty in perspective

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts.  October 11, 2018. In our frenetic 2018 western-culture lives, how often do we stop to appreciate true beauty? Urban life in particul…

THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT: Are You Kidding Me? by Peter Filichia

Expect any review you read of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT to contain a well-worn phrase that’s too often seen...Continue Reading The post THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT: Are You Kidding Me? appeared fi…

Today on Broadway: Monday, October 29, 2018 by Matt Tamanini

Listen: Tony-Nominated Playwright Ntozake Shange Passes Away, “Bat Out of Hell” Sets New York Premiere Run, Lopezes Pen Song for Female Candidates “Today on Broadway” is a…

Theatre Review: ‘How I Learned to Drive’ at Round House Theatre by Kristin Franco

“Family is family.” This seemingly straightforward and innocuous phrase takes on new meaning in the complex and deeply personal “How I Learned to Drive,” by Paula Vog…

BAT OUT OF HELL Musical Sets 8-Week NYC Run at City Center in 2019 by BroadwayWorld

According to the Wall Street Journal, Jim Steinman's BAT OUT OF HELL The Musical, currently playing in London's West End and touring the United States will hit New York City in 2019, but not…

Review: ‘Sing To Me Now’ by Rorschach Theatre Company by Kendall Mostafavi

What happens when human imagination runs dry? When the concept of artistic expression and creativity is stifled in a world that has become overwhelmed with frustration, anger, and despair? T…

Ntozake Shange, Trailblazing Playwright of For Colored Girls..., Dies at 70 by Andy Lefkowitz

Ntozake Shange, a celebrated poet and playwright who made her mark on Broadway with the Tony-nominated For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf, died on October…

Review: ‘Big Apple Circus’ at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park by Deb Miller

Now in its 41st season, the Big Apple Circus, originally founded in 1977, has had its ups and downs over the past few years, but it’s back with a bang for the holidays at Lincoln Center’…

Big Apple Circus: A Lean, Keen, Family Show (and More) to its Core by Michael Sommers

★★★★ Kids will get a kick out of the 41st edition while their elders will see some nice sights, too The post Big Apple Circus: A Lean, Keen, Family Show (and More) to its Core appear…

James Parrett wins Aqualand Sculpture Award by Arts Review

Sculpture by the Sea and Aqualand have announced that Victorian James Parrett is the recipient of the prestigious Aqualand Sculpture Award for M-fortysix at the 22nd annual Sculpture by the…

BWW NewsBreak: Five Minutes in Heaven with Superstar ANNA NETREBKO, the Met's Next Salome by Richard Sasanow

The traffic in midtown Manhattan was its usual horror at lunchtime last Fridayand Anna Netrebko was stuck in it. She was on the way to Cipriani 42nd Street, across from Grand Central Station…

Meet Joel Granger: Rob Guest Endowment Finalist 2018 by Matt Edwards

The Rob Guest Endowment commemorates the life and achievements of one of Australia’s most respected musical theatre performers, Rob Guest, who passed away suddenly in 2008. Now in it&#…

Ntozake Shange, Who Wrote ‘For Colored Girls,’ Is Dead at 70 by Laura Collins-Hughes

Ms. Shange’s play featured seven black female characters named for the colors of the rainbow and inspired generations of playwrights.

Daniel’s Husband – Westside Arts Theatre by Sandi Durell

  By Ron Fassler   At the beginning of Daniel’s Husband, Michael McKeever’s play, the lights come up on a well-appointed living room set (designed by Brian Prather). Four m…

Daniel’s Husband: A New Drama Cautions Same-Sex Couples to Tie the Knot by Michael Sommers

★★★ Good acting breathes life into a comedy that unexpectedly turns sorrowful The post Daniel’s Husband: A New Drama Cautions Same-Sex Couples to Tie the Knot appeared first on N…

Dance review: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre season opens with 'Mozart in Motion' by Jane Vranish / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The PBT opening performance was also a farewell to outgoing principal dancer Julia Erickson.

Gilda Wabbit’s Big Gay Opera Show Hits All the Right Notes by Michael Barbieri

The music rose up! The lights began to flash and strobe! We heard the thunderous sounds of “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre, the second of the four operas in Richard Wagner’s …

THE SOUND OF MUSIC Cast Will Tribute OKLAHOMA! Before Launching Tour by BroadwayWorld

According to NewsOK, actors from the new national touring production of The Sound of Music will make a special stop in Oklahoma City Thursday morning to perform songs from the musical Oklaho…

Go Behind The Scenes of I PUT A SPELL ON YOU: THE RETURN OF THE SANDERSON SISTERS Tonight On Instagram by Jeffrey Vizcaino

BroadwayWorld will be going behind the scenes of tonight's spooktacular show,I Put A Spell On You The Return of the Sanderson Sisters at le Poisson Rouge The behind the scenes coverage will …

VIDEO: Alan Menken Visits Kennedy Center's LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS by Stage Tube

At a recent performance of Little Shop of Horrors at the Kennedy Center, composer Alan Menken stopped by He took to the stage to say a few words to the cast, and you can watch his whole spee…

“The Ferryman” at The Bernard Jacobs Theatre by Richard Seff

The New York theater season has barely begun and already we have several marvelous plays on which theater fans can feast. Some are revivals; some are newly minted; but all have impeccable cr…

Review: ‘Prinze’ at The Sheen Center by Deb Miller

Best known for his hit NBC series Chico and the Man and his unprecedented guest appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (he was the first comic Carson ever invited to the couch to …

“The Waverly Gallery” at The John Golden Theatre by Richard Seff

Kenneth Lonergan has been writing important and nourishing plays since The New Group presented his “This Is Our Youth” in 1997. That Drama Desk Award nominee was revived in 2015 and won …

Review: A Very Very Very Dark Matter at curtainup.com-London by Lizzie Loveridge

Martin McDonagh's new play is a sinister comedy starring Jim Broadbent

Review:The Niceties at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

a pas-de-deuux in Academia that turns into a mutually destructive political shouting match

A British Invasion: Spotlight on This Season's Shows from Across the Pond! by BroadwayWorld

The British are coming The British are comingThe 2017-18 Theatre season was littered with shows from London The Children, Farinelli and the King, Angels in America, Travesties, and of course…

A new play and a vintage satire reflect factional frenzy by Nelson Pressley

Politics invades a living room in ‘Blight,’ and Dario Fo’s ‘Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay!’ is revived.

A Tennessee Theatre Concludes Its Six-Year Search For The Right Home by Artsjournal2

It’s not easy to take a theatre from a 50-seater, renting space, to a 100-seat home. That requires money and luck – and persistence, and maybe a church congregation moving out of…

Theater Review: CIRCOLOMBIA: ACÉLÉRÉ (The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare on Navy Pier) by Lawrence Bommer

A COLOSSAL CIRCUS CARAVAN FROM COLOMBIA Three rings do not make a circus, any more than “two boards and a passion” make a play. Sometimes all you need is fifteen performers for for sixty…

India Pale Ale Review: A Killing In A House of God by Jonathan Mandell

“India Pale Ale,” a play by Jaclyn Backhaus running Off-Broadway, suddenly becomes shockingly timely with the killing of 11 Jews in a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Halfway through the play, a…

TimeLine’s ‘Master Class’ is about opera diva Maria Callas but doesn’t go to her true extremes by Chris Jones

When the great American playwright Terrence McNally wrote “Master Class” in 1995, it was generally accepted that studying the arts with a famously tempestuous diva — like, say, the lat…

Hannah Gadsby: 'I’m still struggling with how Americans make tea' by Brodie Lancaster

The acclaimed comic talks about Nanette’s legacy, her friendship with Emma Thompson, Louis CK’s comeback and how to dress like her on HalloweenEarly in 2018, Hannah Gadsby arrived in the…

Megyn Kelly: a star of the Trump Age wanes at NBC

Gamble of bringing a Fox News provocateur to a more liberal audience failed to pay off

Theater Review: Thunderbodies Is the Latest Political-Catastrophe Dramatic Farce by Sara Holdren

In November 2016, something big happened, and everybody who did plays started tearing their hair out over which plays to do. I watched as a lot of artistic directors leapt to program Julius …

Faith Ringgold @ ACA Galleries by Barry Gordin

The 70s on view October 25 through December 22 October 25, 2018: ACA Galleries, 529 West 20th Street, in the gallery district hosted an opening reception for Faith Ringgold: The 70s, a so…

A Poet’s World in Song: ‘Renascence’ by Matthew Wexler

Carmel Dean (score) and Dick Scanlan (book) adapt the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay into a new musical.

‘If you are not invited to the party, hold one yourself’: Spotlight On… Fennikusu Productions founder Hadesa Sonné by Shanine Salmon

Spotlight on writer, producer, actor and Fennikusu Productions founder Hadesa Sonné…

A Very Very Very Big Miss by Stephen Farrow

By the time the lights fade on the final scene of the Bridge Theatre‘s production of what one must assume is the unrevised first draft of Martin McDonagh‘s very very very uneven new play…

Authors and art at Chicago Humanities Fest, with insights into Lincoln’s grief, Grant and tattoo’s image problems

The Chicago Humanities Festival’s fall fest, bearing the title “Graphic!,” began this weekend and continues with a calendar of cultural events through Nov. 11. Saturday’s programs in…

A Week of WICKED: Elphabas and Fiyeros of Past Unite to Sing 'As Long As You're Mine' by BroadwayWorld TV

While we await the big night, BroadwayWorld is counting down with a week of flashbacks from Wicked past. Below, watch aseightElphabas and Fiyeros Teal Wicks,Richard H. Blake,Caroline Bowman,…

Review: In ‘Thunderbodies,’ War, Sheeple and Psychedelic Muumuus by Jesse Green

Soho Rep continues its laudable tradition of sure-to-be-divisive plays with Kate Tarker’s word-drunk new satire of … well, something.

‘There is nothing new being said here’: MACBETH – Touring ★★★ by Thom Dibdin

There is a peculiar absence of majesty at the heart of the National Theatre’s touring production of Macbeth.

Ntozake Shange, Celebrated Playwright of For Colored Girls..., Dies at 70 by Ryan McPhee

In addition to for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Shange wrote myriad plays, novels, and poems exploring the plight of Black women.

FIRST-LOOK: Production shots + preview audience reactions to The Hound of the Baskervilles by Featured Content

Preview audiences are loving the Barn Theatre's new production of Sherlock Holmes' three-hander The Hound of the Baskervilles. If you love The 39 Steps and The Play That Goes Wrong coupled w…

This Week on Broadway for October 28, 2018: The Ferryman by James Marino

James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson discuss The Ferryman, India Pale Ale @ Manhattan Theatre Club, The Waverly Gallery, Girl From The North Country @ The Public, The Book of …

Spotlight: Adam Shapiro, Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish) at National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene [NYTF] by James Marino

The Spotlight podcast is hosted by Jena Tesse Fox. Guest: Adam Shapiro, Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish) at National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene [NYTF]   Host: Jena Tesse Fox | Tw…

INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Full Monty star Gary Lucy & director Rupert Hill by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

The Full Monty heads to Southampton from 11 to 16 February next year. Recently I caught up with the cast, including star Gary Lucy, and director Rupert Hill and we had a chat.

Ntozake Shange, who wrote the influential play 'For Colored Girls,' has died at 70 by The Associated Press, Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press

Playwright, author and poet Ntozake Shange, who wrote the Tony Award-nominated 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide,' died in her sleep.      &n…

Review: Truth or Dare, Britney or Goofy… at Unicorn Theatre by Alice Saville

A spreading bruise: Alice Saville writes on Lies Pauwels' participatory exploration of dealing with emotional pain. The post Review: Truth or Dare, Britney or Goofy… at Unicorn Theatr…

Upcoming Equity Auditions Sunday, Oct. 28 by Audition Roundup

Updated this week Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, October 28, 2018 for both productions in your area and around the country including whatwhenwhere and how to audition

What’s The Status Of African-American Theatre In 2018? by Artsjournal2

Robert Hooks, founder of the Negro Ensemble Company of New York and the DC Black Repertory Company, has some thoughts: “All the people that run [non-Black-specific] companies are getti…

In the studio: Bat Out of Hell’s Sharon Sexton & Rob Fowler record their duets album Vision Of You by Olivia Mitchell

Stars of Bat Out of Hell the musical Rob Fowler and Sharon Sexton are currently in the process of recording their debut duets album, Vision of You.

Tennessee’s Stories Sing In Nightingale But Script Rambles by Bill Hirschman

Confessions of a Nightingale spends time listening to Tennessee Williams escorts visitors through a rambling tour of his life. Actor Christopher Dreeson and director Jeffrey Bruce have worke…

Review: A Very Very Very Dark Matter, Bridge Theatre by A Younger Theatre

All writers have a secret method that gives their work an extra something special. For some it’s an exercise regime, for others it might be a particular place they like to sit, but for wri…

Next for Stephen Schwartz - Readings of Revised RAGS and New Movie Musical by Stephanie Wild

Composer Stephen Schwartz has revealed what's next for him in his most recent newsletter for The Schwartz Scene.

Ntozake Shange, Tony Nominated Writer of FOR COLORED GIRLS... Has Passed Away at 70 by BroadwayWorld

Ntozake Shange, Tony nominated writer of the play, for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf, has died at age 70.

Apologia by Barry Gordin

Five Reasons Not to Apologize for Enjoying Apologia By: Iris Wiener At first glance it might seem difficult to get behind Apologia. At times the show is a slow burn, but one that is argua…

‘Theatrically, it feels like a proper moment’: COMPANY – West End by Rachel Williams

Marianne Elliott’s new and updated production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company is so utterly necessary. And I use the word necessary very deliberately.

People You Should Know . . . William Youmans by Zack Calhoon

William Youmans - Film: Birdman, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, A League Of Their Own, Mrs. Soffel, Nadine, Compromising Positions, Fresh Horses.  TV: The Little Match Girl, Separ…

Meet Janet McTeer, the Legendary Actress Behind BERNHARDT/HAMLET's Legendary Actress by Julie Musbach

Roundabout Theatre Company's BernhardtHamlet tells the story of stage legend Sarah Bernhardt and her battle to take on one of the most sacred roles in theatre canon. Bernhardt was unrivaled …

Film Review: “Border” — Memorable Swedish Gothicism by Tim Jackson

Border memorably skims the border between reality and the supernatural, respecting the irreconcilable division between the civilized and the perverse.

‘A joyful circus-theatre playdate’: PLINK & BOO – Touring by Katharine Kavanagh

Plink & Boo, from Can’t Sit Still, is a joyful circus-theatre playdate that shows us fun doesn’t have to be coded by gender.

BWW Review: Eleanor Burgess' Thought-Provoking THE NICETIES Debates Microaggressions and Revolutions by Michael Dale

You're more afraid of looking like a racist than you are of being a racist, an African-American college student surmises when her white professor reacts with panic when it becomes clear that…

BWW's On This Day - October 28, 2018

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

‘Feels fresh & unique’: TESTAMENT – Hope Theatre by Liz Dyer

Following a warm reception in Edinburgh, Chalk Line Theatres brings their show Testament to The Hope Theatre for a limited run, and one thing is instantly clear: this is not a company who be…

REVIEW: Baby, Drayton Arms Theatre ✭✭✭ by Jennifer Christie

By Jennifer Christie Jennifer Christie reviews Baby the musical which is now playing at the Drayton Arms Theatre presented by MKEC Productions. This post REVIEW: Baby, Drayton Arms Theatre �…

Classic American Musicals Have Problems, But They’re Good Place To Reexamine What America Could Be by Artsjournal2

Or at least, this year, the first Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma!, has had three different – and all radically new and different from each other, all offering new interpreta…

‘It is achingly done’: SUNDOWNING – Tristan Bates Theatre by Ian Foster

The latest dementia play is Nessah Muthy’s Sundowning, currently showing at the Tristan Bates Theatre and based as it is, in part at least, on Muthy’s own family history, it is achingly …

How about these West End Women? Rachel John, Lauren Samuels & Celinde Schoenmaker headline new Cadogan Hall concert

Following the sell-out success of their debut production, There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame, Lambert Jackson has announced West End Women – A Celebration of Women in Musicals. Rachel John, L…

REVIEW: Tuck, Wales Millennium Centre ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Neontopia’s production Tuck which is now playing at the Wales Millennium Centre. This post REVIEW: Tuck, Wales Millennium Centre ✭✭✭✭ fir…

REVIEW ROUND-UP: A Very Very Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre by Emma Clarendon

Matthew Dunster directs Martin McDonagh’s new play A Very Very Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…

REVIEW: Consensual, National Youth Theatre at Soho Theatre ✭✭✭ by Julian Eaves

By Julian Eaves Julian Eaves reviews Consensual by Evan Placey performed by the National Youth Theatre at Soho Theatre. This post REVIEW: Consensual, National Youth Theatre at Soho Theatre �…

Review: The Capital at Birmingham REP by Eve Allin

Walking, standing still: Eve Allin writes on Stan's Cafe's new show about urban inequality, performed on two travelators. The post Review: The Capital at Birmingham REP appeared first on Exe…

Review: Gallanach at Tramway, Glasgow by Andrew Edwards

Finding the language: Andy Edwards reviews Amy Rosa's durational work exploring chronic pain and fatigue. The post Review: Gallanach at Tramway, Glasgow appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

The week in theatre: The Wild Duck; A Very Very Very Dark Matter – review by Susannah Clapp

Almeida; Bridge, LondonAll becomes beautifully clear in Robert Icke’s pared down Ibsen, while Martin McDonagh overloads his dark, dizzying fairytaleAh, Robert Icke and his theatrical revel…

Clear White Light review – Edgar Allen Poe meets the NHS by Clare Brennan

Live theatre, NewcastleA fantastical reworking of The Fall of the House of Usher set in a Tyneside psychiatric ward hits all the right notesA large, bright clock face looms over double doors…

Medusa review – snakes with overbite by Luke Jennings

Dance East, IpswichA retelling of the Greek myth for the #MeToo generation makes some clever points but clobbers them homeIn her new full-evening show, Jasmin Vardimon tells the tale of the …

Meet the cast of debbie tucker green’s ear for eye: 'What's on stage needs to reflect life' by Arifa Akbar

As the award-winning writer’s new play opens at the Royal Court, the actors involved talk about breaking boundaries in British theatre and tucker green’s innovative approachBefore the Ro…

Theater Review: THE LITTLE FOXES (Antaeus Theatre) by Samuel Garza Bernstein

THE DEVASTATION OF POWERLESSNESS When the curtain comes down at the end of The Little Foxes you hear a remarkable sound: 80 people letting the air out of their lungs. We have all been holdin…

'Admissions' is in a class by itself by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Henny Russell stars in shockingly hilarious satire at the Rep.

Victims of the USA gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar tells their stories in a new podcast

The series asks: how did Nassar get away with his abuse for so long?

Desperate Measures Ends Off-Broadway Run October 28 by Andrew Gans

Lauren Molina and Conor Ryan star in the award-winning David Friedman-Peter Kellogg musical at New World Stages.

Atlantic Theater’s Donja R. Love and Saheem Ali Change the Kinds of Stories We See Onstage—and Who’s Seeing Them by Olivia Clement

The playwright of Sugar in Our Wounds and Fireflies and his director tells stories about the marginalized of the marginalized.