Theater Review: Will You Come With Me? Queer Love During Turkish Uprising by Jonathan Mandell

Having taken the trip to Gowanus to see “Will You Come With Me?,” a play billed as exploring “the chaos and complexities of living through an uprising,” I had dinner at a local vega…

News: Finalists Announced for the Inaugural Brandon Victor Dixon Awards at the National Theatre by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

Washington D.C. – Broadway at The National is delighted to announce the finalists for the inaugural Brandon Victor Dixon Awards. The Brandon Victor Dixon Awards highlights excellence in hi…

DC-area theaters unite to extend COVID mask and vax policies by News Desk

Mask-wearing and proof of vaccination for artists, staff, and audiences will be required at least through July 31, 2022.

Romeo & Bernadette by Sandi Durell

By Sandi Durell . . . As with so many shows caught in the pandemic so was Romeo & Bernadette. We happily welcome back this new spin on Shakespeare . . . A Musical Tale of Verona and Bro…

Broadway's The Music Man Announces $76 Standing Room Tickets | Playbill

The Tony-nominated revival co-stars Tony winners (and 2022 Tony nominees) Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster.

Theater: Drama Desk Noms So Weird They Actually Gave One to the Star of “Diana, the Musical” by Roger Friedman

I really don;’t understand what the Drama Desk is, except their nominations make for a lot of drama. They kind of ignore

You can celebrate Pride in Times Square this year

Playbill and the Times Square Alliance host the weekend-long event. ... You'll get to dance to disco tunes all around the Playbill Pride float ...

Suffs Continues to Cancel Performances due to COVID-19 Cases | Playbill

Shaina Taub's Suffs world premiere has faced difficulties throughout its run at The Public's Newman Theater due to COVID-19, with performances now ...

“Stay Woke” Reminded Me of The Importance of Telling Stories of Injustice by Those Most Affected by It by Niro Kandasamy

Review: Stay Woke, by Aran Thangaratnam, directed by Bridget Balodis. The lingering smell of incense and the hurried crunching of murukku and thattu vadai greets the audience as we settle in…

Disneyland Spicy Dole whip!? Canoes? Ep. 132, Haunted Mansion, bao, Winnie the Pooh and more! by Framily Travel

2022 Drama Desk nominations chaired by ATCA member honor the rich return of New York theater by Martha Wade Steketee

May 16, 2022 — Nominations for the 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today, and the full list of nominees and announced special awards are available here. In keeping with the …

A Walk on the Moon: An Inviting Musical About an Illicit Summer Romance by David Finkle

★★★★☆ Screenwriter Pamela Gray adapts her 1999 movie, with songs by Paul Scott Goodman and AnnMarie Milazzo The post A Walk on the Moon: An Inviting Musical About an Illicit Summer…

‘SOMEWHERE IN THE BODY’: SHINING A LIGHT ON THE REAL LUCIA JOYCE by Robert Shuman

(Michael Seaver’s article appeared in the Irish Times, 5/14; Photos (top to bottom): Choreographer Áine Stapleton has spent eight years exploring Joyce’s artistry; Lucia Joyce: Whenever…

Romeo and…Bernadette? Why Not; What’s In a Name? by Philip

There are many reasons for taking a date to a community theater production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Maybe you are both studying English Lit or are enrolled in acting classe…

'Tambo & Bones' Now Playing I Kirk Douglas Theatre by Center Theatre Group

Hit musical comedy ‘Romeo & Bernadette’ is back Off-Broadway and it’s bedduh than evuh by Deb Miller

Amas Musical Theatre’s hilarious musical comedy Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn made its critically acclaimed Off-Broadway debut at A.R.T./NY in January 2020,…

New York Theater: 2022 DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS: by Tony Frankel

Follow the Drama Desk Awards at Drama Desk and @DramaDeskAwards on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates 2022 DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS: (click links for Stage and Cinema reviews) Outsta…

Choir Boy Montage by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

Get your first look at Choir Boy, running now through May 29. Pharus doesn’t fit in at The Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys, a prestigious academy dedicated to the education of young …

Nominations announced for NYC’s 2022 Drama Desk Awards by Deb Miller

Nominations for the 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards, voted on and presented by theater critics, journalists, editors, and publishers covering the theater, were announced this afternoon, Monday…

Six and Kimberly Akimbo Lead 2022 Drama Desk Nominations by Caitlin Moynihan

Nominations have been announced for the 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards, honoring the best in Broadway, off and off-off-Broadway theater in the 2021-22 season. George Takei announced the nomi…

‘Harmony’ aims for Broadway transfer by Caitlin Hornik

The new musical “Harmony” is eyeing a Broadway production, according to press representatives. “Harmony” premiered Off-Broadway in a National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene production wh…

Suffs Continues to Cancel Performances Due to COVID-19 Cases by Leah Putnam

The Off-Broadway run at The Public continues to face difficulties due to the virus.

Porchlight puts Passing Strange in the spotlight by Matt Simonette

For Chicago-based director Donterrio, the late-00s musical Passing Strange represents a road map for how an artist—no matter the medium in which they create—can live their life.  The sh…

News: Drama Desk Awards 2020 Nominations Announced by David Roberts

The nominees for the 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Play Cullud Wattah, by Erika Dickerson-Despenza, The Public Theater English, by Sanaz Toossi, Atlantic Theater Company Prayer …

Josephine Sanges “The Funny Girl in Me” Was Spot-On Brilliant by Michael Barbieri

Fanny Brice is alive and well and appearing in New York City. No, I’m not referring to the current Broadway revival of Funny Girl, which has received mixed reviews at best. I’m talking a…

2022 Drama Desk Nominations by Barry Gordin

May 16, 2022: Nominations for the 66th AnnualDrama Desk Awards were announced today, and the full list of nominees is available below. In keeping with the Drama Desk's mission, the no…

Drama Desk Award Nominees Announced by Sandi Durell

Productions With Multiple Nominations – – – Six: 10; Kimberly Akimbo: 9; Company: 8; Intimate Apparel: 8; MJ: 7 Nominations for the 66th AnnualDrama Desk Awards were announced today…

Which Broadway Favorite Originally Had the Idea to Musicalize Mr. Saturday Night? by Logan Culwell-Block

2022 Tony nominee Billy Crystal stopped by The View to reveal what inspired him to revisit a character he's been playing since the '80s for Broadway.

Broadway's The Music Man Announces $76 Standing Room Tickets by Andrew Gans

The Tony-nominated revival co-stars Tony winners (and 2022 Tony nominees) Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster.

Fearless and funny ‘There’s Always the Hudson’ premieres at Woolly by John Stoltenberg

Paola Lázaro’s scintillating script about two sexual abuse survivors is astonishingly entertaining and deeply moving.

Jason Petty’s ‘Lonesome Tour’ Hank Williams tribute show is a winner by Alan Smason

By ALAN SMASON Jason Petty strides onto the stage of BB’s Stage Door Canteen wearing a classic white country and western suit. On the sleeves and lapels are black musical notes and staffs …

2022  Drama Desk Award Nominations: Six and Kimberly Akimbo Lead by Jonathan Mandell

Six and Kimberly Akimbo lead in the nominations for the 66th annual Drama Desk Awards, which honors achievement by professional theater artists on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broad…

Classic Stage Company's Snow in Midsummer Postponed Due to Technical Difficulties by Leah Putnam

Dorcas Leung, Teresa Avia Lim, John Yi, more star in the Off-Broadway production.

Broadway's Take Me Out Sets Post-Show Talkback With Gay Baseball Star Billy Bean and Sports Journalists Howard Bryant and Kat O'Brien by Logan Culwell-Block

The panel discussion will explore the real-world connections to the Richard Greenberg revival, which follows a baseball star as he navigates coming out of the closet.

Theatre Review: ‘A Chorus Line’ at Dundalk Community Theatre by Timoth David Copney

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who can dance, and those who wish they could. At least, that’s the way it seems to most of us showbiz types. The Broadway musical “A Cho…

Sequel to the popular ‘I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti’ to be served this summer at TheaterWorks by Christopher Arnott

TheaterWorks Hartford will be premiering a sequel to one of its signature hits, "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti," in July, featuring the original writer, star and director.

The Philadelphia Film Society presents SpringFest 2022 by Stephen Silver

In one movie-packed weekend, PFS SpringFest screened 22 films at the Philadelphia Film Center, from a full-length treatment of a viral shell with shoes to the film Apple hopes will be the ne…

Deaf Actor James Caverly Will Be Harold Hill in Olney Theatre Center's The Music Man by Andrew Gans

The production features a cast and creative team comprised of Deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing artists.

Camille A. Brown on Finding Her Place in the Legacy of Ntozake Shange's for colored girls by Lindsey Sullivan

After earning seven Tony nominations, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has extended its run at the Booth Theatre through June 5. Camille A. Brown garner…

Six and Kimberly Akimbo Lead the 2022 Drama Desk Nominations

The Awards consider outstanding productions on and off-Broadway.

Introducing: Dramatic Moments by Music Theatre International

Dive deeper into the works of the MTI catalog with Dramatic Moments™. Licensable versions of a single scene and song, each Dramatic Moment includes a short script of the scene, sheet music…

Review: Moving TimeLine play ‘The Chinese Lady’ is really about the audience’s act of watching by Chris Jones

Lloyd Suh’s play “The Chinese Lady,” now in its Chicago premiere, has a spectacular central performance from Mi Kang.

Dance legend Alonzo King: ‘People think of love as a sentiment but it’s a force’ by Lyndsey Winship

The revered American choreographer looks back at his political family life and the inspiration of his mother’s movement ahead of a rare UK production with Rambert During the endless screen…

Livestreaming a Conversation: #DeafWoke with John Autry II

By . Antoine Hunter presents #DeafWoke with John Autry II livestreaming on the commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 20 May 2022 at 5 p.m.

(Some) Tony Nominees Do A Victory Lap: Waiting for Hugh Jackman, Though, is Time Consuming by Regina Weinreich

Celebrating the Tony nominations this year held special excitement: it’s the 75th anniversary, the first in-person comeback after Covid, a year of

Broadway’s ‘Girl From The North Country’ announces live capture by Caitlin Hornik

Broadway’s “Girl From The North Country” has been professionally filmed for future use. The production was filmed in April before its recent reopening on Broadway. The announcement did…

Loving, repeating, collaborating, and intimacy by Coco Picard

In a new exhibition, longtime collaborators Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger created an immersive multimedia installation that explores intimacy, distance, and the fluctuations between. Th…

R. Eric Thomas: Laugh Till You Feel Something by American Theatre Editors

With 3 plays opening within as many months of each other, the prolific writer talks about comedy, empathy, and his deep love for television.

Meet Bartholomew | ...what the end will be by Roundabout Theatre Company

In this new work commissioned by Roundabout, three generations of men live under one roof and grapple with their own truths of what it means to be Black and gay. It’s an exploration of pri…

Meet Tony | ...what the end will be by Roundabout Theatre Company

In this new work commissioned by Roundabout, three generations of men live under one roof and grapple with their own truths of what it means to be Black and gay. It’s an exploration of pri…

Review: In striving to be modern, the Wallis makes a mockery of 'King Lear' by Charles McNulty

An updated version of Shakespeare's tragedy, set amid a climate apocalypse, stars Joe Morton as King Lear.

André & Dorine by Darryl Reilly

This charming show comes from the acclaimed Spanish troupe, Kulunka Teatro. The ensemble of Jose Dault, Garbiñe Insausti and Edu Cárcamo all offer awesome physically commanding silent port…

‘A Quick 5’ with Octavio Vazquez, Composer and Pianist, Performing with the American String Quartet at Candlelight Concert Society by Susan Brall

On May 22, 2022, Candlelight Concert Society will present “American String Quartet with Octavio Vazquez, Composer and Pianist.” The Quartet and Vazquez will perform his “Piano Quintet.…

Review: Breathing, Dancing Art at the Met Museum by Brian Seibert

Bijayini Satpathy, a MetLiveArts artist in residence, pushed the borders of her Odissi classicism to meet the art around her.

‘A Strange Loop’ Design Team Shares Thoughts on Solutions by Michael Eddy

From its world premiere off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons to a pre-Broadway run at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, the Pulitzer Prize winning musical, A Strange Loop, has now arrived on Broadway,…

Theatre Review: ‘Glitterus: Dragon Rising’ at Baltimore Rock Opera Society by Kateri Pelton

When you hear a ballad sung by a dragon, watch a dynamic and funny fight scene between the dragon and a powerful wizard, have your whole body resonate with heavy metal guitar when the dragon…

Q&A: The Estefans on finally seeing their story onstage in Spanish by Chris Kelly

"On Your Feet!," the Gloria and Emilio Estefan jukebox musical, is making its Spanish language debut at GALA Hispanic Theatre.

Patti LuPone, Ben Vereen, Sutton Foster, Gabby Beans, More to Present at the 88th Annual Drama League Awards by Leah Putnam

Frank DiLella will host the ceremony May 20 at 12 PM at The Ziegfeld Ballroom.

Spoken-word poetry buoys ‘The Joy That Carries You’ in Olney premiere by Celia Wren

An uplifting vision is at the heart of new play by local playwrights Awa Sal Secka and Dani Stoller.

Six, Kimberly Akimbo Lead 2022 Drama Desk Award Nominations; See the Full List by Andrew Gans

The awards, set to be handed out the week of June 6, honor outstanding achievement on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.

Bewjeweled butt plugs and the war on abortion by Dan Savage

This is a column about worries. The post Bewjeweled butt plugs and the war on abortion appeared first on Chicago Reader.

Patti LuPone, Sutton Foster, Shoshana Bean and More to Present at the 2022 Drama League Awards Hosted by Frank DiLella

Emmy Award-winning journalist Frank DiLella will be hosting the 88th Annual Drama League Awards alongside theatrical legends and Tony Award winners, Patti LuPone, Ben Vereen, Sutton Fost…

Pacific Northwest Ballet in George Balanchine's "Diamonds" by Joycetheater

From June 22-26, The Joyce Theater returns to Lincoln Center to present Pacific Northwest Ballet, led by former New York City Ballet principal dancer Peter Boal. The anticipated return of PN…

Read Excerpts from Troy David Johnston's 'Going Dark'

Just last month, Matcham Books released Troy David Johnston's Going Dark- a new book featuring a series of photographs that document the closure of theatres across the West End and Greater …

First Standings Announced For The 19th Annual Theatre Fans' Choice Awards - SIX Leads Best Musical, WICKED Leads Best Long Running Show & More!

Voting is open for the 19th Annual Theater Fans' Choice Awards through June 3rd! The Theatre Fans' Choice Awards are the biggest New York Theatre Awards, where YOU, the fans, get to have yo…

Theatrical Mustang: Ada Karamanyan Would Like More, Please by American Theatre Editors

This month we talk to the administrator, activist, and casting professional about amplifying trans talent, rethinking the canon, and prioritizing mental health.

Ramin Karimloo, Busy Philipps & More to Join PFLAG Parent Day

PFLAG National has announced additional star power to the lineup for its second annual PFLAG Parent Day on Sunday, May 22, 2022, including actors Busy Philipps, Harvey Guillén, Bravo�…

Alison Leiby's Oh God, A Show About Abortion Extends Run by Raven Brunner

The work opened at Off-Broadway's Cherry Lane Theatre May 5 and was originally slated to close June 4.

George Takei to Announce 66th Annual Drama Desk Award Nominations May 16 by Andrew Gans

The awards honor outstanding achievement on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.

Sweet Sixteen ✨ (Going On Seventeen) by Rodgers & Hammerstein

Alison Leiby's OH GOD, A SHOW ABOUT ABORTION Announces Extension

The limited engagement of Alison Leiby’s Oh God, A Show About Abortion has been extended through June 30 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

Blue Wave Reunion 2022: Save Our Democracy Fundraiser Plays at the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Friday, May 27

On Friday, May 27, producer Stephen Hanks and the performers of the series’ CABARET CAMPAIGNS: BLUE WAVE 2018 and THE VOTING RIGHTS SHOW 2020, will reunite at the Laurie Beechman Theater a…

Amber Gray, Kara Young & More Receive 2022 Actors' Equity Foundation Awards

The Actors’ Equity Foundation announced the recipients of its 2022 awards.

Strike A Pose: Playbill’s Portraits of the 2022 Tony Award Nominees by Michael Wiltbank, Heather Gershonowitz

From Rachel Dratch to Jesse Williams, take a look at this year's nominees.

HBO Begins Production on THE GILDED AGE Season Two

The series stars Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Debra Monk, Kristine Nielsen, Taylor Richardson, Douglas Sills, Celia Keenan-…

Elastic Arts’ AfriClassical Futures series continues with the Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker by Hannah Edgar

Since January 2020, vocalist Julian Otis and Elastic Arts executive director Adam Zanolini have programmed AfriClassical Futures, a series offering an antidote to the overwhelming whiteness …

The Show Must Go On Documentary, Tracking the Survival of Live Theatre During the Pandemic, Now Available to Stream by Leah Putnam

The feature film comes from co-producer-directors Dori Berinstein and Sammi Cannold.

Return Engagement of Romeo & Bernadette Opens Off-Broadway May 16 by Talaura Harms

Check out new photos from the musical, which finds Shakespeare's Romeo in 1960 Brooklyn courting a gangster's daughter.

‘Case’ and ‘Kimberly’ Take Top NY Drama Critics’ Circle Awards by Alexandra Pierson

New works by Samuel D. Hunter and by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire were named best play and best musical of 2021-22.

Joyce Theater Will Honor Pride 2022 with Queer Reimagining of Classical Ballet by Billy McEntee

The Joyce Theater will honor Pride 2022 with the debut of acclaimed, boundary-shattering movement artist Christopher Williams. The post Joyce Theater Will Honor Pride 2022 with Queer Reimagi…

True biz? There’s a lot to learn in Sara Nović’s new book. by Taryn Allen

“Eyeth—get it? In the Deaf storytelling tradition, utopia is called Eyeth because it’s a society that centers the eye, not the ear, like here on Earth.” That’s the opener to “Ear…

Sharon D. Clarke (‘Caroline, or Change’) on her 1st Tony nomination after a long journey with Caroline: ‘It’s the gift that keeps on giving’ by Sam Eckmann

“ “It’s the gift that keeps on giving,” reveals Sharon D. Clarke of “Caroline, or Change.” The British theater veteran made her Broadway debut in the title role of the recent rev…

Delaware Theatre Company presents Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs by Josh Herren

Delaware Theatre Company’s production of Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs provides nostalgia and some light laughs. Josh Herren reviews.

Ariana DeBose Cast in Chris Pine-Directed Movie Poolman by Raven Brunner

The movie will also star stage veterans Jennifer Jason Leigh, Annette Bening, and Danny DeVito.

Broadway's Girl From the North Country Filmed Prior to April Reopening by Andrew Gans

The Conor McPherson-Bob Dylan musical was recently nominated for seven 2022 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Lessons in Survival: 1971 Announces World-Premiere Casting

The play dramatizes an interview between poet Nikki Giovanni and novelist James Baldwin.

A Strange Loop Sets Release Date for Broadway Cast Album

Tony nominee Jaquel Spivey leads the cast of Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.

Barry Manilow's Harmony to Record Cast Album

Chip Zien and Sierra Boggess were along the cast of the recent off-Broadway musical.

Watch: From Dinosaurs to Fun Slides: Designing The Skin of Our Teeth on Broadway

Three of the production's Tony nominated designers share the secrets of this massive production at Lincoln Center Theater.

Marcel Spears, Star of Pulitzer-Winning Fat Ham, Talks Shakespeare and Southern Cookouts by Leah Putnam

“As a human being, I always enjoy Shakespeare. But as a young Black person, I didn’t always see myself reflected in it, and if I’m being completely transparent, sometimes it would feel…

FGO’s Unique Vision Of Handel’s Agrippina Is Humorous by Bill Hirschman

It’s unlikely that Handel imagined his Baroque opera Agrippina, rooted in the Roman transfer of power from Claudius to Nero, quite like this: Set in Regency England, staged with laughter a…

2022 Tony Awards predictions: Who will win on June 12? by David Buchanan

The 2022 Tony Award nominations have been unveiled and, per usual, we have opinions!  Susan Haskins joined us in a lively discussion to dissect this crop of nominees. We reveal what we thin…

Changing Bobby to Bobbie in Broadway’s “Company” by Julia Corbett

Listen to Katrina Lenk (Bobbie), Cynthia Nixon and the Company cast discuss switching the gender of the character of Bobbie, and how it opened the door to switch other roles in the cast as w…

Cast Set for U.K. Tour of Bugsy Malone Musical by Andrew Gans

Sean Holmes will direct the Alan Parker-Paul Williams musical based on Parker's 1976 film.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Hop On the Cursed Child Bus by Mirvish Productions

You know summer has officially begun when you see the double-decker hop-on hop-off buses all over Toronto. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has now taken over one of the buses! You can make…

Introducing the 2022 Bobby G Awards at the Denver Center for Performing Arts by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

Modeled after the Tony Awards, the Bobby G award ceremony includes performances from Outstanding Overall Production nominees and a medley featuring the nominees for Outstanding Performance b…

Broadway’s ‘Moulin Rouge!’, ‘The Skin Of Our Teeth’ Cancel Weekend Performances Due To Covid by Greg Evans

Moulin Rouge! The Musical and Lincoln Center Theater’s The Skin of Our Teeth canceled performances over the weekend due to Covid cases within their companies, another sign that the virus i…

Main Light Adds Chauvet Professional’s Color STRIKE M Luminaires to All Three Locations by Michael Eddy

Dry hire rental partner Main Light, LLC recently added Chauvet Professional’s Color STRIKE M LED strobe/wash luminaires to its inventory. These new units are already in stock in Main Light…

David Mitchell Resumes West End Debut with Return of The Upstart Crow by Leah Putnam

Mitchell is joined by Gemma Whelan, who also starred in the stage adaptation of the BBC sitcom prior to the pandemic.

Jonathan Berry Named Artistic Director of Penobscot Theatre by American Theatre Editors

A Chicago-bred director, producer, and teacher, Berry will join Penobscot executive director Jen Shepard to lead the company's 49th season.

‘The cast constantly succeeds in keeping the momentum going’: CLUEDO – Touring ★★★ by Thom Dibdin

The touring Cluedo at the King’s is billed as a ‘brand new play’ and ‘an exciting comedy thriller’. It is certainly possible to quibble with those descriptions as there is little e…

Ariana DeBose, Jennifer Jason Leigh Board Chris Pine’s Directorial Debut ‘Poolman’ by Manori Ravindran

Ariana DeBose and Jennifer Jason Leigh have joined Chris Pine’s directorial debut, “Poolman.” Fully financed by Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, the actors join an existing cast of Annette…

‘Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!’ resumes live tapings in brand new Chicago location by Chris Jones

NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program will resume live audience recordings this June, hosted by Bill Kurtis and Peter Sagal.

From Everything Everywhere All At Once to Architectural Digest: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment by Guardian Staff

Whether you want to go far out or snoop at someone else’s home, our critics will keep you busy for the next seven days Everything Everywhere All at OnceOut nowFirestarter notwithstanding, …

Revenge is sweet: the music, TV and theatre about getting your own back by Jason Okundaye, Jessica Kiang, Miriam Gillinson, Hugh Morris and Sam Jordison

From Shakespeare’s dithering Dane to Desperate Housewives’ steely-eyed Bree, our critics serve up the coldest revenge dishes In Desperate Housewives, when her gay son, Andrew, sleeps wit…

“Going Out”: Humorous & Heartfelt Memories thru a COVID Lens—at The Marsh by Jennifer Charron

Don Reed’s Wit & Brilliance Charm Hometown Crowd by Jennifer Ann Charron Don Reed truly does it all. Star of TV and film, he writes, acts, produces, directs, and does standup comedy—…

James Monroe Iglehart Will Join Freestyle Love Supreme National Tour in Philadelphia by Raven Brunner

The Tony winner will perform at select performances in June.

NYTW and La MaMa Present 3rd Annual Reflections of Native Voices Festival by Leah Putnam

The festival is curated by Safe Harbors NYC to present works from Indigenous artists.

John W. Vogel: Monarch Among Mastodons by Trav S.D.

Brief mention this morning of John W. Vogel (1863-1951). Born in Chillicothe, Ohio just months after the Emancipation Proclamation, Vogel was to succeed J.H. Haverly as America’s pre-emine…

Jeremy Jordan Adds Additional London Concert Date by Andrew Gans

The Newsies and Bonnie and Clyde star will perform at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

British Music Hall & Variety Day by Trav S.D.

Today we invite you to join our friends of the British Music Hall Society in celebrating British Music Hall & Variety Day. How can you do this? Why, you could share your favorite relevan…

76th Annual Theatre World Awards by Sandi Durell

This year’s 76th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony, directed by Tom D’Angora and Michael D’Angora, returns to a live in-person presentation on Monday, June 6, on the set of the Bro…

The wait is over for Terminus’ “Everything is Waiting” at Stillwell Theater May 21 by Gillian Anne Renault

With a one-night-only performance of Tara Lee’s Everything Is Waiting, Terminus Modern... The post The wait is over for Terminus’ “Everything is Waiting” at Stillwell Theater May 21 …

Chita Rivera Will Announce Nominees for Chita Rivera Awards on New York Live by Andrew Gans

The annual ceremony will be held in June at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.

GRACE NOTES: Monday, May 16, 2022 by Susan Grace

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Tim Federle’s Better Nate Than Ever by Sandi Durell

A SHINY BEACON OF LIGHT FOR (INNER) THEATRE KIDS EVERYWHERE by Matt Smith . . . “I need to get to Manhattan. It’s a matter of life, death and dreams.” They say the neon lights are brig…

I Want My Hat Back: Jon Klassen classic goes from shoebox-sized puppet show to the stage by Kate Wyver

Two friends delighted half a million kids with a tiny production in a cardboard box. Now they’re sizing up the much-loved bulbous bear for the Little Angel theatre ‘We made nearly half a…

American Buffalo by Barry Gordin

5 Reasons Why American Buffalo Has Lost its Shine By: Iris Wiener             May 23, 2022: David Mamet’s work is notably controversial and quite often meant to rile up li…

Vineyard Theatre's Holds Annual Gala May 16 | Playbill

Mandy Gonzalez, Judy Kuhn, Anika Noni Rose, and more are announced performers. By Raven Brunner. May 16, 2022.

Ben Elton’s The Upstart Crow returns to the West End in September 2022. by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo David Mitchell and Gemma Whelan return in Ben Elton's comedy The Upstart Crow. The hit stage adaptation will run from 23 Sept - 3 Dec at the Apollo Theatre. This post Ben El…

Mr. Saturday Night by Barry Gordin

5 Reasons Why We Can Forgive Mr. Saturday Night for Being a Musical By: Iris Wiener May 22, 2022: The musical adaptation of Billy Crystal’s Mr. Saturday Night features a score by To…

Exposing the Ills of Forced Marriage of Women and Young Girls in Nigeria Through the Theatre by Eseovwe Emakunu, Josephine Odunze

By Eseovwe Emakunu, Josephine Odunze. In 2021, Nigerian director Josephine Awele Odunze directed a powerful production of Wedlock of the Gods by Zulu Sofola.

IT’S TONY SEASON by Ron Fassler

Harold Prince, victorious with Tony #20 for “Showboat,” with Gregory Hines (1995).Now that the 2022 Tony Awards nominations have been announced and campaigning is in full swing, as usua…

Miracles Happen on Broadway, to Two “Girls.” Also: Lizzo Wants Broadway?! #Stageworthy News by Jonathan Mandell

In What happened last week at “Girl from the North Country” and “for colored girls…” might not be miraculous, precisely, but they’re the kind of stories in the face of adversity …

Reasons by Jk Clarke

By Adam Cohen . . .  While we all strive to obtain and surpass our aspirations, few of us are afforded the opportunity . . . even if it’s a terrible goal. Success, failure. Living or dyin…

A Crueler Screwball Comedy: A Review of “The Seagull” at Steppenwolf Theatre by Ted C. Fishman

Yasen Peyankov’s translation and trimming of the script plays up the comedy, letting it flow from the Chekhovian checklist of dreadful character traits.

Dumb Fun Times: A Preview of Chris Higgins at The Comedy Bar by Zach Freeman

"I’m not gonna make anybody question anything. You’re gonna have some dumb fun times, that’s it.”

Today on Broadway: Monday, May 16, 2022 by Matt Tamanini

“Doubtfire” to Close, “North Country” Extends, Lizzo Needs to Be on Broadway “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of t…

Westfield News/Mass Live ArtsBeat 5/16/22 by Mark G. Auerbach

Westfield News/Mass Live ArtsBeat 5/16/22. Tony Award nominees with local ties, a New Works Festival at TheaterWorks Hartford, Varla Jean Merman returns, plus a musical benefit for Ukraine.

The Breach, Hampstead Theatre review - profoundly uncomfortable work that burns like ice by Rachel Halliburton

Naomi Wallace's writing is brave and uncompromising Jude is the kind of girl that no-one would want to mess with – she can dance like a demon to Eric Clapton, skewer an ego in seconds and …

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Broadway Update: Beautiful Noise, Kimberly, Mask Mandates, Etc. By: David Sheward May 22, 2022: As the 2021-22 Broadway season comes to a close, 2022-23 is taking shape. A Beautiful Nois…

This dissident artist had to leave Hungary. Now he’s making theater about U.S. gun culture by Lily Janiak

Árpád Schilling doesn't think of himself as Hungarian. "I'm European, or I'm a human," he says.

‘A slow burn’: THE BREACH – Hampstead Theatre ★★★ by Rev Stan

There is a stillness that descends over a theatre audience when they are gripped and fidgeting when they aren’t. In the first half of The Breach at Hampstead Theatre, the audience was fidg…

London label Touch brings its 40th-anniversary celebration to the International Museum of Surgical Science by Monica Kendrick

London-based Touch isn’t a record label in the traditional sense; it’s far more multifaceted. It might be more accurate to describe Touch as a collective that also extends into publishin…

On the Couch with Jack Chambers

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Lohengrin 

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‘The Joy That Carries You’ at Olney is a gem of the theater season by Bob Ashby

The playwrights’ skills and vibrant acting provide memorable portraits of two very different women seeking to be more fully together.

Austin Pendleton Is Still on Broadway, Still a Babe Magnet by Henry Alford

The actor and director hangs at the lounge of Studio 54, where he is performing in “The Minutes,” to discuss sixty years in the theatre, casting a young Laurie Metcalf and John Malkovich…

Actor Richard Thomas is Atticus in the ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ tour. This new adaptation ‘takes Atticus down off his pedestal a little bit.’ by Emily McClanathan

The current play opened in New York in 2018 and became the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history.

Follies (Broadway, Winter Garden Theatre, 1971) | Playbill

SYNOPSIS: The Weismann Follies showgirls reunite before their old theatre is torn down, singing and dancing their old numbers and confronting past ...

New Australian Printmaking opens at NGV Australia

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Step behind the curtain with Adelaide Festival Centre’s new podcast series

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Of punk and prizes: notes from the Australian neurodiverse theatre company lauded around the world by Chloe Hooper

Back to Back Theatre shocked when it took out one of the most prestigious prizes in theatre, but, says artistic director Bruce Gladwin, ‘they deserve it’ Get our weekend culture and lif…

Wish You Were Here ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter May 24, 2022: Remember the postman’s motto?  “Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the postmen from their appointed rounds.” These words coul…

Tony-Nominated Director and Choreographer Camille A. Brown Has Arrived by Talaura Harms

With the revival for colored girls..., Brown becomes the first Black woman to direct and choreograph a Broadway production in six decades.

The celebrated assassin: the play about Gandhi’s killer, still dividing India by Ammar Kalia

Having written about sex tapes and the Delhi bus gang-rape, Anupama Chandrasekhar is tackling Nathuram Godse, the gunman who was raised as a girl – and is now a hero to Hindu nationalists …

Times Square Alliance & Playbill Celebrate Pride in Times Square with Fun, Inclusive ...

Playbill and the Times Square Alliance are PROUD to partner on an exhilarating Pride In Times Square list of events, centered around NYC Pride ...

Tony winner Santino Fontana leads Signature Theatre's Sondheim tribute to Carol Burnett - WTOP

It's the first Sondheim Award Gala since the Broadway icon's death in November. “Nobody made a bigger impression on theater in the last century,” ...

Sydney International Ballet Galaworld Stars of Ballet by Aussie Theatre

The spectacular Sydney International Ballet Gala – World Stars of Ballet will debut at West HQ’s Sydney Coliseum Theatre on

Step behind the curtain with Adelaide Festival Centre’s new podcast series by Aussie Theatre

Audiences can take a front row seat from the comfort of their own home to enjoy thought-provoking conversations from some

“Black Boy,” or What to Do with the White Theatre Critic by Lara Cox

What do you do when you are blown away by a show, and yet you know that there is something inherently troubling in its premise? Or how about, what do you do when you go to see a play about a…

Vineyard Theatre's Holds Annual Gala May 16 by Raven Brunner

Mandy Gonzalez, Judy Kuhn, Anika Noni Rose, and more are announced performers.

Rachelle Ann Go Joins U.K. and Ireland Tour of Les Misérables May 16 by Raven Brunner

The stage veteran replaces Katie Hall, who played her last performance May 14.

Erica Schmidt's All-Female Mac Beth Begins Streaming May 16 by Leah Putnam

The lauded 2019 production will be available on demand from Red Bull Theater.

York Theatre Company Presents Benefit Concert With Marilyn Maye May 16 by Andrew Gans

The evening features Tedd Firth on piano.

Carrie Preston, Portia, Florencia Lozano, More Are Part of Streaming Performance of Roe v. Wade 2.0 May 16 by Andrew Gans

Margaret Vandenburg's satire kicks off a week of theatrical action in defense of abortion rights.

Director Gives Notes on His Own Intervention by Broadway Beat

by Dan Kozuh. @dankozuh. NEW YORK, NY - A group of family and friends who had gathered together to confront renowned theatre director...

Drama Desk Award Nominations 2022: 'SIX' and 'Kimberly Akimbo' Lead the Pack - Which of your favorites made the list? by Raven Snook

Theatre's return season has been triumphant and rocky. Because of COVID-19, schedules are constantly changing, not just for individual productions but for theatre awards, too. Traditionally,…