“Our Town”: Small Town Charm Exposes Need for Change—at Center REP by Alex Stimmel

Millennial Notes Thornton Wilder Summons Ghosts of 1900s America by Alex Stimmel As a Los Angeles native, I’m a stranger to the small-town dynamic. Yet Center REP’s version of “Our Tow…

Theatre Review: ‘The Butler Did it, Again’ at Arena Players by Max Garner

The late Tim Kelly was a prolific playwright who caught the parody bug sometime in the late 1970s. His “The Butler Did It” was a silly, formulaic melodrama, in which every detective ster…

Expressions of interest open for OUR MOB Aboriginal Art Exhibition

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Guide to the Classics: Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” The Everest of Literature by Jamie Q. Roberts

Although I’m wary of declaring any literary work to be the greatest ever, Shakespeare’s Hamlet would be a frontrunner. It’s often proclaimed to be or voted Shakespeare’s best play (G…

Kimberly Akimbo, Oratorio for Living Things Win 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards; See the Full Winners List by Logan Culwell-Block

The Off-Broadway honors were held at NYU Skirball Center May 1.

Winners of Off-Broadway’s 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards by Deb Miller

In a return to a live in-person ceremony for the first time in three years, winners were announced tonight (Sunday, May 1) for the 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achieveme…

“Bloody Difficult Women” at The Riverside Studios by Aleks Sierz

Although the current government has blundered through both Brexit and the pandemic, and is now deliberately making life more difficult for both low-income families and the rest of us, theate…

Carmel Rodrigues announced as Tracy Turnblad in the Tony Award-winning production of Hairspray

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Theatre Review: ‘The Mamalogues’ at 1st Stage by Jeannette Mulherin

In a creative twist, the audience quickly learns that they are the newest members of the BBSM (Bougie Black Single Moms) sisterhood, when they are warmly welcomed into the fold by BBSM Presi…

Carmel Rodrigues to join the cast of the Tony Award winning Broadway production of Hairspray set to open in Melbourne in August 2022 by Gabi Bergman

After an extensive national search, Carmel Rodrigues has beaten hundreds of auditionees to play the coveted role of Tracy Turnblad

Opera Review: Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Parable of the Sower’ at Strathmore Music Center by Charlotte Selton

In 1993, Octavia E. Butler imagined what awaited 30 years in the future, setting her novel, Parable of the Sower, in 2024. Many of Butler’s predictions have proven accurate: fires and drou…

A Ukrainian dance troupe in the U.S. fights disinformation, one high kick at a time by Laura Benshoff

The Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, which turns 50 this year, hopes to counter Russian aggression by teaching U.S. audiences about Ukrainian history and culture.

Theatre Review: Dream Hou$e at Baltimore Center Stage by Kateri Pelton

There’s blood in my mouth. The language of my mother and her mother, erased. These thoughts are mused by Patricia in the outro takes of “Flip it and List it” during the final moments o…

Over-the-top political farce of women at the White House in the world premiere of ‘POTUS’ on Broadway by Deb Miller

The mood is manic, with the White House in a state of panic, as a coterie of frantic females tries to deal with the PR nightmare that is the President, but creates an even bigger nightmare o…

‘Nothing short of a miracle’: Capital Fringe to return in July by News Desk

30 theater productions with 140 individual performances over eight days in Georgetown.

2022 Lucille Lortel Award Winners for Off Broadway: English, Kimberly Akimbo, Twilight LA 1992 by New York Theater

“English” won outstanding play, “Kimberly Akimbo” won outstanding musical, as well as outstanding performer and featured performer in a musical, and “Twilight Los Angeles 1992” w…

A ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ to admire at Rockville Little Theater by Bob Ashby

The comedy of manners spoofs the British class system. Direction, costumes, and set are worthy of Watch Awards.

DISNEYLAND! Ep. 130! The Classic rides in Anaheim! We did 6 rides in one hour!?!? Matterhorn! by Framily Travel

‘The Minutes’ Takes Audiences Inside Small-Town Council Meeting by Matthew Wexler

Tracy Letts' "The Minutes" takes audiences inside a small-town city council meeting, which unravels as the town's true origins are revealed. The post ‘The Minutes’ Takes Audiences Inside…

GET TICKETS TO LUCKY STAR! by Corine Cohen

    Get tickets to: “Lucky Star.” Playing at 59 East 59th. Review comes on May 5.

April 2022: A Forecast of Business and Snowdrops by Nicole Serratore

Gratuitous pic of my foster cat Disney+ has broken into the business of K-dramas and whoa was it a mess.  But Netflix offered some new shows that work well for their formulas.  **********…

LongHouse Gardens by Barry Gordin

LongHouse hosted a conversation with Steven & William Ladd and opened their Gardens on April 30th May 1, 2022:  Spring is here and the LongHouse Gardens in East Hampton are open and f…

A Strange Loop by Jk Clarke

By Samuel L. Leiter . . . A Strange Loop, the raucously profane, satirical, Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy, which premiered Off Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in 2019, is now jubila…

For May Day: A Round-Up of Robin Hoods by Trav S.D.

Happy May Day! In America, May 1 is at best a proto-holiday, identified with two things: 1) International Workers Day, with all of its leftist associations; and 2) the traditional English Pa…

Mr Hyde and Offshore Immigration Processing: The Dark Side of Good Intentions by Amanda Ellison

Almost twenty-two years ago to the day – 25 May 1990 – Frank Wildhorn’s musical version of The Strange Case

This Week on Broadway for May 1, 2022: POTUS by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about POTUS, Harmony, Funny Girl, A Strange Loop, and Hangmen. This Week on Broadway has been coming to you every week since 2009. …

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella Announces Closing Date by Margaret Hall

Webber teased a Broadway transfer in the West End closing announcement.

May 2022 New York Theater Openings by New York Theater

Below is a day-by-day calendar of a selection of shows opening in May, a month that gives Off-Broadway and indie theater their time in the sun after the end of the 2020-2021 Broadway season.…

Theatre Openings: from May 2 w/c onwards by Mark Shenton

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PRG Supports the Lighting for the Latin American Music Awards by Michael Eddy

The seventh-annual Latin American Music Awards, which were held on April 21 at the Michelob Ultra Arena at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas in Las Vegas, NV offered up a sizzl…

Finding a Home at La MaMa Moves! by Brian Seibert

This year’s dance festival pays homage to a Butoh founder, tango’s encounters, the pop group TLC and more.

Review Roundup: ‘Mr. Saturday Night,’ ‘Funny Girl,’ and ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’ by Matthew Wexler

Critics weight in on three dazzling productions that opened on Broadway this week, just in time for Tony Award eligibilities. The post Review Roundup: ‘Mr. Saturday Night,’ ‘Funny Gir…

The Rainbow Shimmers in Broadway’s ‘for colored girls …’ by Matthew Wexler

Ntozake Shange’s "for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf" arrives on Broadway. The post The Rainbow Shimmers in Broadway’s ‘for colored girls …’ ap…

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella West End show to close 12 June by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo After a 12 month run disrupted continually by the pandemic Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella has announced that it will close on 12 June. This post Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cin…

Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical ‘Cinderella’ Sets June Close In London, Will Be Revamped For Broadway In 2023 by Baz Bamigboye

Composer and London theatre owner Andrew Lloyd Webber (Phantom of the Opera) informed cast and creatives Sunday that his Cinderella musical will close at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, Covent Ga…

Andrew Lloyd Webber's CINDERELLA Will Conclude West End Run

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella will close its West End run on June 12th. The show is currently playing at the Gillian Lynne Theatre. The new musical began previews in June, 2021, and is no…

Review: ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ depends on its Helen, finding love amid death — she succeeds mightily at Chicago Shakespeare by Chris Jones

Love often begins at funerals, since those events put everything in context of mortality. We’re only her for a while, Helen realizes, so you might as well go after the lover who only looks…

“Hollywood, Nebraska,” a Comedy About Coming Home, Gets Trio of World Premiere Productions in 2022-23 by Kenneth Jones

Kenneth Jones’ six-actor comedy Hollywood, Nebraska — the story of two actresses returning to their dying hometown — will get at least three “rolling world premiere” productions by…

REVIEW: Bloody Difficult Women, Streaming Online ✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davis reviews Tim Walker's play Bloody Difficult Women staged at Riverside Studios and now streaming online until 3 May 2022. This post REVIEW: Bloody Difficult Women…

Jennifer Piercey obituary by Alan Strachan

My wife, Jennifer Piercey, who has died aged 79 from amyloidosis, was an actor who had a crowded career for more than 40 years on stage, television and radio. She worked with Alan Ayckbourn …

VIDEO: Gretchen & Jon Cryer Get Ready to Bring TRUE STORIES to NYC

For nearly a decade, Gretchen Cryer has imagined a group of solo performers coming together under one roof to tell their funny, sad, sexy, shocking, and most importantly True Stories. Her dr…

The week in theatre: Jerusalem; The Corn Is Green; Marys Seacole by Susannah Clapp

Apollo; Lyttelton; Donmar Warehouse, LondonSpellbinding Mark Rylance returns as the anarchic Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron; Nicola Walker hits the mark in Dominic Cooke’s brilliant Emlyn Will…

Screenwriter Abi Morgan: ‘I am absolutely the same, but profoundly changed’ by Rachel Cooke

The acclaimed creator of The Split and The Iron Lady has endured three gruelling years of loss and illness. Now she’s written it all up, and it reads like a thriller The screenwriter Abi M…

The Osmonds: A New Musical – an awful lot of Osmond for your buck by Miriam Gillinson

Churchill theatre, BromleyThe musical based on a book by Jay Osmond hints at unsettling moments in the brothers’ televised childhood before reality is swept under the carpet Thanks to thei…

Habibti Driver review – predictable east-meets-west cabbie comedy by Clare Brennan

Octagon, BoltonAn Egyptian-British father and daughter tussle over culture clashes in an underpowered Wigan-set drama saved by its smart design Ashraf (Dana Haqjoo), born in Egypt, longtime …

Much Ado About Nothing review – gaiety abounds in the Globe’s great garden party by Arifa Akbar

Globe Theatre, LondonLucy Bailey’s ambling production of Shakespeare’s comedy, set in northern Italy on the eve of Mussolini’s defeat, exudes pastoral elegance and feels like the start…

‘A disappointingly toothless & rather dreary non-satire’: SCANDALTOWN – Lyric Hammersmith by Aleks Sierz

Mike Bartlett is very prolific, but this Restoration-style satire on society at London's Lyric Hammersmith is sadly timid and predictable.

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: Cost of Living; Tony and DD Noms Delayed; DD-OCC Mash Up By: David Sheward May 1, 2022: Manhattan Theater Club will produce Martyna Majok's Pulitzer Prize-winning Cost o…

BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

NBC’s The Wiz Live with Queen Latifah from 2015 comes to BroadwayHD on May 5.  May 1, 2022: BroadwayHD is excited to announce the latest addition to their streaming platform for May. St…

Listen to Lerner and Loewe Tunes on This Week's Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. Paige gearing up for the next month of spring by playing …

Macbeth ** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter May 1, 2022: Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time and still I await a production of Shake…

Happy Birthday Judy! by Barry Gordin

COMING UP: Happy Birthday Judy! – Bufford and Blythe Celebrate Judy Garland’s 100th Birthday By: Alix Cohen On June 10, 2022, preeminent vocalists Carle J. Bufford and Stephanie Blyth…

Who Will Win at the 2022 Lucille Lortel Awards?

The 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway will be presented tonight, Sunday, May 1, 2022 at NYU Skirball beginning at 7:00pm EST. Stick with BroadwayWor…

SIX The Musical

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Pan Underground’s popular ‘Red Bike’ block party returns May 21 by News Desk

The play by Caridad Svich is reimagined as an immersive experience at the center of an outdoor community celebration.

The best theatre to stream this month: Red Pitch, Constellations and more by Chris Wiegand

Our roundup of plays to watch at home in May includes The Tempest with Jessie Buckley, Robert Icke’s The Doctor staged in Amsterdam and Amanda Wilkin’s superb solo show Shedding a Skin T…

Playwright David Eldridge: ‘What’s important to me is to move people’ by Rachel Cooke

The dramatist and West Ham fan on exploring what it means to be a couple in his trilogy of plays and how King Lear blew his mind David Eldridge is an acclaimed dramatist and screenwriter. Bo…

In Case You Missed It: Did Something Happen With a Cell Phone? | Playbill

It was the week of the audience interference all across New York stages, with the battle over deteriorating audience etiquette reaching new highs, ...

Critical Race Theater Soils Broadway - Knowledia

Here Are the Winners of Broadway Black's Inaugural Antonyo Awards. 2 years ago. www.playbill.com ; 'A Strange Loop' Triumphs, Uncompromisingly, on ...

Watching Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem For The First Time by Jess Young

As I was walking towards the Apollo Theatre stuffing my face with a Pret salad on Shaftesbury Avenue you would think I was thinking about all of the things I’d heard about Jez Butterworth�…

Havana-based Malpaso Dance Company steps out at The Clarice by Lisa Traiger

Four pieces showcased ten dancers’ drive, indomitable spirit, and unassailable technical abilities.

Scènes de ballet/ A Month in the Country/ Rhapsody review – an outstanding Ashton triple bill by Sarah Crompton

Royal Opera House, LondonIn a showcase of works from across their founding choreographer’s career, the Royal Ballet prove their mastery of his technical and dramatic complexity Mikhail Bar…

Off-Broadway's Oratorio for Living Things Cancels Performances Through May 4 | Playbill

Lee Sunday Evans directs the work, a fusion of music and theatre, surrounding the audience with 18 singers and instrumentalists to perform Christian's ...

FUNNY GIRL: FELDSTEIN ON BROADWAY by Peter Filichia

One big mistake made in the new revival of FUNNY GIRL has nothing to do with Beanie Feldstein. Those who...Continue Reading The post FUNNY GIRL: FELDSTEIN ON BROADWAY appeared first on Broad…

Prima Facie playwright Suzie Miller: ‘We should be able to go out, get drunk, party and walk home without being afraid’ by Ellie Harrison

The former lawyer’s play starring Jodie Comer, about a defence barrister who is raped, is a fierce indictment of the legal system. She tells Ellie Harrison why the court is not fit for pur…

Philadelphia Theater Calendar May 2022 by Calendar

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Spanish Plays and Translations by Lindsay Price

Are you looking for plays for your Spanish students? These plays are available for productions or classwork and all have relatable and relevant themes, with modest technical requirements. Pe…

May 27, 2022: Blue Wave Reunion @ Laurie Beechman by David Sabella

STEPHEN HANKS, PRODUCER & HOST OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED 2018 CABARET VARIETY SERIES BLUE WAVE 2018 & THE VOTING RIGHTS SHOW 2020, PRESENT BLUE WAVE REUNION 2022: SAVE OUR DEMOCRAC…

37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards Held May 1 by Logan Culwell-Block

The Off-Broadway honors are held at NYU Skirball Center; Kimberly Akimbo and Oratorio for Living Things lead the pack in nominations.

Broadway Veterans Take the Stage for Prospect Theater Company's Spring 2022 Gala May 1 by Leah Putnam

The theatre company honors four recipients with its first annual Muse Awards.

DREAMer-Inspired Musical ¡Americano! Opens May 1 at Off-Broadway's New World Stages by Andrew Gans

Sean Ewing heads the cast of the musical based on the life of Tony Valdovinos.

"City Center Put Their Whole Cussy Into This Year," Tweets Man Hoping to Enter the Kingdom of God by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - Local theatre fan Nick Welsher unabashedly tweeted "city center put their whole cussy into...

MFA Recipient Spends Four Hours Self-Taping Perfect Hot Dog Bite by Broadway Beat

by Conor Moroney. @conorseamusactor. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY - Erika Raines, a recipient of a Master of Fine Arts from a prestigious drama...

Audience Member Upset His "Company" Playbill Has Picture of "Some Old Guy" Instead of Bobbie by Broadway Beat

by Mike Abrams. @TheWrongCatDied. NEW YORK, NY - Tourist George Williams waved his Playbill in anger at Sunday’s matinee of Company,...

“Nobody Dresses Up for the Theater Anymore,” Claims Audience Member in Pirate Costume

by Emily Claypoole. IG: @playdohpoole / Twitter: @thisisemilyok. NEW YORK, NY – Broadway audience member and Kansas City native Gilbert...

Parents Relieved Drama Club Will Never Have Chops to Pull Off Controversial Musical by Broadway Beat

by Devin Wallace. @thedevinwallace. GROVE CITY, OH - Parents in the Grove City School District announced their relief that the High...

Justice Served: Denny's Employees Loudly Cook Hamburgers in Audience of High School Musical by Broadway Beat

by Audrey Clark. @audreynotfunny. DOLTON, IL - Tables were turned last night at Thornridge High School’s production of Anything Goes,...

OPINION: I Remember When Women Were Women and Men Were Tap Dancing in Slick Slacks and Dandy Hats by Broadway Beat

by Devin Wallace. @thedevinwallace. I feel like I don’t recognize the world I live in. Everything seems upside down; everyone’s roles are...