Wednesday, May 26, 2021
With COVID infections dropping and vaccinations reaching higher levels, the New York theater is poised to reopen after a year and a half of lockdown. Both Governor Cuomo and Mayor DeBlasio h…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 09:53AMSaturday, April 17, 2021
Still spry and charismatic at 91, John Cullum offers an enchanting and charming solo turn in John Cullum: An Accidental Star, a 80-minute career retrospective with songs. This virtual caba…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 03:19PMThursday, April 15, 2021
If a live event has no live actors, stage, sets or costumes, is it really theater? That’s the conundrum posed by Blindness, the unique gathering at the Daryl Roth Theater and the first ind…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 12:03AMWednesday, April 14, 2021
COVID vaccinations are ramping up and restrictions are beginning to loosen, but variant strains threaten another pandemic surge. Thus the reopening of Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters is s…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 11:07PMSaturday, February 6, 2021
When I was a kid back in the 1970s, PBS used to run a series called Meeting of the Minds. Created, written and hosted by the comedian-writer Steve Allen, the show brought famous figures from…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 06:12PMSaturday, January 9, 2021
In the 20th century, the number of African-American playwrights who have had financially successful, non-musical productions on Broadway can be counted on the fingers of one hand—Lorraine …
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 01:57PMMonday, December 21, 2020
With Broadway shut down at least until June of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, one must rely on streaming services and the occasional broadcast network special for a musical theater fi…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 05:59PMSaturday, October 17, 2020
The Broadway League recently announced that the hiatus for all of its member theaters has been extended until June of 2021. That means at least seven more months of no live performances on N…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 11:40PMWednesday, September 16, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci recently predicted we may not be able to sit safely in theaters until the end of 2021. If that is the case, we’ll have to make due with the new hybrid form of theater, th…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 06:58PMThursday, August 13, 2020
The intimate environs of cabaret will probably be the last aspect of the entertainment industry to return to normal in this COVID world. Patrons squeezed shoulder to shoulder at tiny tables,…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 06:40PMThursday, July 23, 2020
Five lonely people swap ghost stories in a secluded Irish country pub in Connor McPherson’s touching play The Weir. This woes of this disheartened quintet are strikingly relevant for the C…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 09:12PMWednesday, July 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the closures of theaters and reinforced the feeling of being in suspended animation. With no live dramatic reaction to this national crisis which has brought…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 04:49PMMonday, July 6, 2020
As the hiatus from live theater continues with no respite in sight until at least 2021, we draw what sustenance we can from Zoom plays, archival broadcasts, benefit readings, and Hamilton on…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 08:45PMWednesday, June 10, 2020
Normally this would have been one of the best weeks of the year for theater lovers. The Tony Awards for Broadway’s best would have presented on Sunday June 7. But because of the COVID-19 p…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 11:21PMMonday, May 25, 2020
There is one upside to all the theaters being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through streaming, YouTube, Zoom and other digital platforms, we get a chance to catch up with intriguing p…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 01:43AMFriday, May 15, 2020
“We’re heads now. We talk in windows,” cries one of two nameless characters in Bill Irwin’s touching, ten-minute play In-Zoom, presented by the Old Globe Theater of San Diego. The cr…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 08:54PMFriday, May 1, 2020
With Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional stages closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, theater artists have adapted to the new normal rather than waiting in limbo for a return to their trad…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 01:31PMWednesday, April 22, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over and its effect on the theater world will be felt for months and possibly years. Though parts of the country have begun making moves to “reopen” the…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 07:29PMWednesday, April 15, 2020
Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced stages in New York City and around the world to close until further notice and much of the world remains in lockdown, many theater companies are off…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 07:38PMWednesday, April 8, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the New York theater world as well as all aspects of American and world society. All 41 Broadway theaters are officially closed until June 7. On Mar…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 04:02PMWednesday, April 1, 2020
Note: This production’s run ended abruptly on March 12 due to Broadway and Off-Broadway’s theaters closing because of the coronavirus crisis. Roundabout Theater Company has announced the…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 07:55PMWednesday, March 11, 2020
Fractured narratives are featured in two recent Off-Broadway offerings depicting how families of severe trauma victims cope—or don’t—with their personal tragedies. Three generations of…
SOURCE: www.culturalweekly.com at 12:54PMWednesday, April 27, 2016
While the Outer Critics Circle can be a precursor for the upcoming Tonys, this year there are significant differences between the two on the musical side. “Hamilton,” the overwhelming…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:31AMWednesday, April 20, 2016
“Hamilton” is the biggest thing to hit Broadway in decades and will dominate the upcoming Tony Awards. During its Off-Broadway incarnation last season at the Public Theater, Lin-Manuel M…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:29PMMonday, May 25, 2015
You may think you've already heard everything there is to know about Hurricane Katrina. But 23 Feet in 12 Minutes, written by Mari Brown and performed by Deanna Pacelli, transforms a five-ye…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMPlaywright-performer Tracey Conyer Lee skillfully ricochets from standup comedy to kitchen-sink drama in this solo show.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMHistorical drama becomes lurid soap opera in Luigi Creatore's "speculation" on the brothers Booth.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMClichés and stale jokes pervade this sitcom of a play from Emmy-winning TV veteran Kenny Solms. Peter Scolari, Alice Playten, and Bob Ari valiantly attempt to add dimension to their…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMThe veteran singer-pianist and the Broadway legend team up for a terrific evening of Great American Songbook standards delivered with unexpected twists and consummate skill.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMReality and fantasy are seamlessly blended in this fascinatingly bizarre new play about an Argentinean family haunted by the horrors of a military dictatorship.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PMTwo realities clash in Lucy Thurber's uneven comedy-drama about a young woman in mourning for her sister and the "fictional" world of the late sibling's last novel.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:58PM 
