August 1, 2022: From Gershwin to Carole King and beyond, Michael Feinstein expands the Great American Songbook into the modern era. Feinstein is a multi-platinum-selling, two-time Emmy and…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:00PMBy: David Sheward August 1. 2022: There are some stunning images and moving moments in Robert Icke’s massive modern adaptation of Aeschylus’ Oresteia, paying in repertory with Hamlet …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:04PMBy: Paulanne Simmons July 31, 2022: Turning a much beloved novel into a stage play is always tricky business. It’s especially difficult when that novel spans several decades and two co…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:49AMBroadway Update: Woods Extends, Piano Moves, Etc. By: David Sheward July 29, 2022: Into the Woods is now officially extending its limited run at the St. James through Oct. 16. The acclaim…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:12PMShy - The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers By: Alix Cohen July 29, 2022: “Au fond,” as Mary Rodgers might say, she was about as shy as Princess Winifred= NOT. (Once Upo…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:33AMBy: Samuel L. Leiter July 24, 2022: There have been five Broadway revivals, all of them star studded, and one with an all-Black cast, since Tennessee Williams’s Pulitzer Prize-winning C…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:00PMBy: David Sheward July 22,2022: Novels don’t always work well on stage, especially when there’s a first-person narrator. Plays rely on action rather than narration (“Show, don’t t…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:18AMBroadway Update: What’s Up with Into the Woods and Piano Lesson? By: David Sheward July 22, 2022: The Encores! revival of Into the Woods is such a big hit that there are rumors it will…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:55AMBeat the Heat with a variety of Summer blockbuster titles from BroadwayHD including Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Hair, and more. July 18, 2022: BroadwayHD, the premiere …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:48PMBy: David Sheward July 14, 2022: When a show is absolutely perfect, reviewing it becomes more of a challenge than if it were flawed. It’s not difficult to list a production’s shortcom…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:21PMBy: Randie Levine Miller July 17, 2022: Since the release of the Elvis movie, we are all obsessed (again) with the legend. Our Broadway Babe, Randie Levine Miller, has unearthed a fabulo…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:06AMBy: Paulanne Simmons July 15, 2022: First, let me confess; I am not a Sondheim fan. His music leaves me unimpressed. His lyrics leave me confused. His characters often make me want to for…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:25PMBroadway Update: Lea Michele Joins Funny Girl; Ain’t No Mo Transfers; Paradise Square Closing By: David Sheward July 12, 2022: It was one of the worst kept secrets in recent Broadway h…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:53PMJamie deRoy & friends acclaimed Cabaret Show To Benefit The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund) Special Guests include: Judy. Gold, Ben Jones, Daisy Jopling, Rober…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:28PMBy: David Sheward July 11, 2022: There have been female Hamlets (most notably Sarah Bernhardt, Diane Venora, and Ruth Negga), female King Lears (Glenda Jackson on Broadway and the West En…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:15PMCabaret legend, Marilyn Maye, brings her acclaimed show, “94, OF COURSE THERE IS MORE,” to Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on July 18 @8pm. July 11, 2022: If you have never experien…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:00AMBroadway Barks Returns to Shubert Alley July 11, 2022: BROADWAY BARKS returned to Shubert Alley on Saturday, July 9th, 2022 for the 24th annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event, …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:46AMFrench Music and Dance Spectacular Notre Dame de Paris Makes New York Debut By: Ellis Nassour July 9, 2022: After more than two decades playing in over 23 countries (selling more than 15…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:17AMBy: Randie Levine-Miller July 8, 2022: Our Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller has some great entertainment finds for us, perfect for a long weekend. In honor of Mel Brooks 96th birthday,…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:12AMBy: Alix Cohen July 9, 2022: First, multi-hyphenate talent Harvey Fierstein is not just a good writer, but a talented storyteller. You may be familiar with his plays, screenplays, and boo…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:06AMBroadway Update: Collaboration, & Juliet, Almost Famous By: David Sheward July 8, 2022: Summertime and the livin' is easy. Fewer shows are opening so my life isn't quite so hectic. B…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:25PMPulitzer Prize-winning drama, Anna in the Tropics, opens at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. By: Patrick Christiano July 6, 2022: Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor is on-a-roll. Their…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:56PM“Sex and the City” creator Candace Bushnell brings her one woman show to Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center this Saturday, July 9 at 8pm. July 7, 2022: Ladies, just three more day…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:12PMEast Village All Stars Make Hot Jazz for the Summer By: Paulanne Simmons July 8, 2022: If you’d happened to be walking past Greeley Square any late afternoon on a Thursday in June, you…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:04PMJuly 5, 2002: The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Anna in the Tropics, opened at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. The moving drama directed by Marcos Santana won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize. Set …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:45AMBy: David Sheward July 4, 2022: Shakespeare’s Hamlet is usually conceded to be the greatest play in world literature, because its essential conflict of the individual with him or herse…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:47PMBy: Isa Goldberg July 4, 2022: It verges on being a little too “Arsenic and Old Lace,” but in the agile hands of Marylouise Burke, “Epiphany” is a deliciously acidic satire about …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:19AMArts Education Nonprofit Hosts Festival De La Posibilidad, a Festival of Possbilites, celebrating cultural diversity July 16 & 17 at The Clemente Cultural and Educational Center on the …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:24PMBy: Samuel L. Leiter July 1, 2022: Another Hamlet. Another chance for a rising conceptual director, in this case Britain’s Robert Ickes, to show what he’s got with a major classic wit…
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