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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

New book, album, and Sunday concerts at NYC’s 54 Below pay tribute to Sondheim by Deb Miller

Since the passing of Stephen Sondheim last November, tributes to the life and legacy of the legendary Broadway composer and lyricist have continued with unabated love, respect, and admiratio…

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Lincoln Center Theater opera ‘Intimate Apparel’ to have broadcast premiere on PBS by Deb Miller

As part of the 50th anniversary season of the Great Performances series on PBS (channel 13 in NYC) and the PBS video app, Intimate Apparel will have its broadcast premiere this Friday, Septe…

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Spectacular celebration of the history of Broadway song and dance in ‘Broadway By The Year’ at NYC’s Town Hall by Deb Miller

To conclude the 21st season of the historic Town Hall’s popular series Broadway By The Year, creator, writer, director, and host Scott Siegel traced the momentous contributions of dance to…

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Saturday, September 17, 2022

Free ‘Curtain Up Broadway Festival’ returns to Times Square for three days of star-studded events by Deb Miller

The upcoming Curtain Up Broadway Festival will bring more than fifteen free interactive public events and live performances to the heart of NYC, from Times Square to Duffy Square, between 45…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 10:29PM
Friday, September 16, 2022

Riotous indictment of the CIA in spy thriller farce ‘Our Man in Santiago’ at Off-Off-Broadway’s AMT Theater by Deb Miller

In 1970, the Nixon administration enlisted the CIA in a covert operation to overthrow Salvador Allende, the democratically elected socialist president of Chile, who ultimately died in a viol…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:30PM
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Agonized parents deal with a son’s incurable illness in ‘Jasper’ at Off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center by Deb Miller

Winner of the TRU New Voices Award in 2018, Jasper, written by Grant MacDermott and produced by Yonder Window Theatre Company, is now making its powerful world premiere in a limited Off-Bro…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:30PM

NYC Off-Broadway Week returns with 2-for-1 tickets by Deb Miller

Sponsored by NYC & Company, Inc. and Mastercard, and supported by NYC Media & Entertainment, NYC Off-Broadway Week, a twice-a-year 2-for-1 ticket offer for Off-Broadway productions i…

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

A scintillating night of song and conversation in ‘Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway starring Jane Krakowski’ at NYC’s Town Hall by Deb Miller

Originally scheduled for Monday, January 31, but postponed due to Omicron, Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway starring Jane Krakowski was rescheduled for September 12, and the wildly appreciative h…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 03:33PM

A preview of Vangari’s new show ‘Funny You Should Ask’ at NYC’s Don’t Tell Mama by Deb Miller

Starting this coming weekend, the delightful mother/daughter musical comedy duo Vangari (Evangeline and Ariana Johns) returns to Don’t Tell Mama – the renowned cabaret club, piano bar, a…

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Saturday, September 10, 2022

Composer Jaime Lozano previews his work for the upcoming Broadway musical on Frida Kahlo by Deb Miller

On Wednesday night, September 7, the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts had a full house and a long waiting line of fans hoping to get in for Jaime Lozano’s …

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Friday, September 9, 2022

Free Shakespeare in the Park’s ‘As You Like It’ fills NYC’s Delacorte Theater with the joy of love and community by Deb Miller

When the reimagined musical production of As You Like It, co-adapted by Shaina Taub (who also created the music and lyrics) and Laurie Woolery (The Public Theater’s Director of Public Work…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:41PM
Thursday, September 8, 2022

Physics and human behavior collide in ‘Strings Attached’ Off-Broadway at Theatre Row by Deb Miller

In Pulse Theatre’s Off-Broadway premiere of Strings Attached at Theatre Row, playwright Carole Buggé explores the uncertainties of physics and human behavior, which collide in a cathartic…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:00PM
Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Finalists announced for the Clive Barnes Awards for Theater and Dance by Deb Miller

The Clive & Valerie Barnes Foundation, under the leadership of Holly Jones and Lloyd Mayor, has announced the finalists and date for the 12th Annual Clive Barnes Awards, recognizing exce…

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Annual ‘Table of Silence Project 9/11’ returns to NYC’s Lincoln Center on Sunday morning by Deb Miller

On Sunday, September 11, beginning at 8 am, Buglisi Dance Theatre and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in partnership with Dance/NYC, will present a live performance of the Table of S…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:35PM
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Beautiful stories of human connection in the Off-Broadway premiere of ‘Los Otros’ at A.R.T./New York Theatres by Deb Miller

Presented by Premieres NYC as part of its revived bi-annual Inner Voices series, the new one-act musical Los Otros, by Tony Award nominees Ellen Fitzhugh (book and lyrics) and Michael John L…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:00PM
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

John Lloyd Young makes a stirring return to NYC with a soulful new concert at 54 Below by Deb Miller

For his current six-night engagement at 54 Below, stage, screen, and concert star John Lloyd Young has curated a new set list of Mostly Soul: Beloved Hits from Motown to Broadway, featuring …

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:32AM
Sunday, August 28, 2022

Off-Broadway revival of ‘Kinky Boots’ dazzles at Stage 42 by Deb Miller

When it premiered on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in 2013, the blockbuster stage adaptation of Kinky Boots, with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, book by Harvey Fierstein, and dire…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:43PM
Friday, August 26, 2022

Lessons in Japanese culture, language, and humor in ‘Katsura Sunshine’s Rakugo’ at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages by Deb Miller

In 1999, Katsura Sunshine – born Gregory Robic in Toronto, Canada, to parents of Slovenian origin – went to Japan to pursue studies in Japanese theater. In 2008, he began a strict three-…

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Off-Broadway time-traveling comedy ‘Don’t Do This To Us!’ at The Tank has a remedy for recent anti-Semitism by Deb Miller

Now in its world premiere at The Tank, Don’t Do This To Us!, written by and co-produced with Stephanie Swirsky, takes a novel “What if?” approach to increasing anti-Semitism in the US…

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with John Lloyd Young by Deb Miller

Known and loved by fans everywhere for his multi-award-winning portrayal of the Four Seasons’ lead singer Frankie Valli in the original Broadway musical and Warner Bros. movie adaptation o…

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Monday, August 22, 2022

Mash-up of hypnosis and improv comedy fails to mesmerize in ‘HYPROV’ at Off-Broadway’s Daryl Roth Theatre by Deb Miller

Co-created by comedian Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), hypnotist Asad Mecci, and Mochrie’s manager Jeff Andrews in 2016, HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis is now playing a twelve-wee…

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Sunday, August 21, 2022

Broadway musical director David Loud to discuss his autobiography ‘Facing the Music’ at NYC’s Barnes & Noble by Deb Miller

On Wednesday, August 24, Broadway musical director, arranger, and conductor David Loud (The Visit, The Scottsboro Boys, Sondheim on Sondheim, Curtains, Ragtime, A Class Act, Steel Pier, and …

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:40AM
Friday, August 19, 2022

One-night performance of ‘Lyrics From Lockdown’ live and livestreaming from NYC’s Apollo Theater by Deb Miller

The award-winning theatrical hip-hop and multimedia production Lyrics From Lockdown, written and performed by renowned artist, writer, and activist Bryonn Bain, will play one historic perfor…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:40PM
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Talents from Broadway unite for the benefit ‘NF Hope Concert 2022’ at NYC’s The Green Room 42 by Deb Miller

On Sunday, August 21, a roster of Broadway talents will unite at The Green Room 42 for NYC’s fourth annual NF Hope Concert – a great night of music and entertainment that will take place…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 11:51PM

Broadway’s Paul Schoeffler previews the new play ‘Strings Attached’ at NYC’s Theatre Row by Deb Miller

Known to fans everywhere for his roles in Broadway’s Rock of Ages (Hertz), Sweet Charity (Vidal), Sunset Boulevard (DeMille), Peter Pan (Hook), Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere), Cyrano (Le B…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:19PM
Monday, August 15, 2022

NYC Broadway Week returns in September with 2-for-1 ticket offers by Deb Miller

Tckets sales for the general public begin on Tuesday, August 16, for the return of NYC Broadway Week, produced by NYC & Company in collaboration with the Broadway League and running from…

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Friday, August 12, 2022

Into the mind of ‘The Butcher Boy’ in a world-premiere musical adaptation at Off-Broadway’s Irish Rep by Deb Miller

In 2017, Irish Repertory Theatre was approached by Asher Muldoon (Dear Evan Hansen National Tour), then a senior in high school, with a new musical adaptation of Patrick McCabe’s unsettlin…

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Ingeniously wacky campy musical parody ‘Titanique’ at Asylum NYC has all the makings of a cult classic by Deb Miller

Not only does the over-the-top hilarious musical parody Titanique, now playing a limited engagement at Asylum NYC, bring “kooky crazy” non-stop laughs, it also delivers the spot-on comed…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 09:45PM
Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Recent and upcoming book releases for theater-lovers by Deb Miller

If you love reading about the works and stars of the theater almost as much as seeing them, check out the variety of offerings in these four new and soon-to-be-released books of plays and bi…

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Saturday, August 6, 2022

Finding your family in TOSOS’ ‘House of Chavis’ at Off-Off-Broadway’s The Flea by Deb Miller

Robert Macke’s House of Chavis, a world-premiere play presented at The Flea Theater by TOSOS (The Other Side of Silence) – NYC’s oldest and longest producing professional LGBTQIA+ thea…

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Friday, August 5, 2022

Graffiti artists clash in ‘Hit the Wall’ at Off-Broadway’s The Kraine by Deb Miller

When Rae, a protégé, friend, and apartment mate of Amir, the world’s most famous graffiti artist, comes close to painting the perfect wall, it goes viral and results in conflict, jealous…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic