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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Chatting with Joe Iconis about ‘The New Wave’ of Broadway by Deb Miller

Tony Award-nominated writer and performer Joe Iconis (Be More Chill) isn’t just one of the most supremely talented people in NYC, he’s also one of the busiest and most prolific. Most rec…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:54AM
Monday, March 14, 2022

Battery Dance, Gingold Theatrical Group, and ‘Rockers on Broadway’ streaming this week from NYC by Deb Miller

Though theaters in NYC are open and vigilant about maintaining COVID-19 protocol, many companies continue to present online programming to ensure safety and to extend their outreach to audie…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:03PM
Saturday, March 12, 2022

NYC comics to present ‘The Kraine for Ukraine Variety Comedy Benefit’ in-person and online by Deb Miller

In response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, a line-up of NYC-based standups, clowns, and comedy favorites will come together for The Kraine for Ukraine Variety Comedy Benefit. Produced by …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:20AM
Friday, March 11, 2022

New Ohio Theatre’s hilarious Off-Broadway comedy ‘Jane Anger’ thrusts a feminist rapier at Shakespeare by Deb Miller

Everything about New Ohio Theatre’s Off-Broadway premiere of Jane Anger, as you can discern from the extended title of The Lamentable Comedie of JANE ANGER, that Cunning Woman, and also of…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:29PM
Thursday, March 10, 2022

Audible’s masterful return of the devastating docudrama ‘Coal Country’ at Off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre by Deb Miller

After the world-premiere production of Coal Country, which opened Off-Broadway at The Public Theater on March 3, 2020, was unexpectedly cut short by the closure of theaters necessitated by t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00PM

A musical anthology of challenges, connection, and hope in ‘Notes from Now’ at Off-Broadway’s 59E59 by Deb Miller

Following two years of pandemic shutdowns, isolation, loss, and socio-political divisiveness, Prospect Theater Company takes a look at the challenging journey of life and the need for connec…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30PM
Wednesday, March 9, 2022

A dramedy of dysfunction in Keen Company’s ‘This Space Between Us’ at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row by Deb Miller

Personal agendas, familial dysfunction, strained relationships, and an identity crisis drive the characters and conflicts in the Off-Broadway world premiere of This Space Between Us, present…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:00PM
Tuesday, March 8, 2022

An encore performance of ‘Vangari: Cautionary Tales’ coming to NYC’s don’t tell mama by Deb Miller

Following a successful run in 2021, the musical mother/daughter duo Vangari returns to the iconic NYC nightspot don’t tell mama on West 46th Street’s Restaurant Row for a special encore …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:45PM
Friday, March 4, 2022

Feeling the excitement and love streaming from NYC with ‘Mauricio Martínez: Back at 54th Street’ at Feinstein’s/54 Below by Deb Miller

In his return to NYC nightspot Feinstein’s/54 Below, actor and singer Mauricio Martínez, renowned in his native Mexico, on Broadway, and beyond for his concerts, albums, and acclaimed app…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:02PM
Thursday, March 3, 2022

Six new audio-play releases from Audible by Deb Miller

Audible Inc., the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, has just released a new slate of Audible Original theater titles, to continue to deliver the theater experience …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:55PM
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Red Bull Theater, Mauricio Martínez, and Lynn Nottage streaming this week from NYC by Deb Miller

Streaming this week are three top picks from NYC that offer a variety of events to suit every taste, from a staged reading of a re-envisioned classic to a contemporary cabaret concert by a B…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:48PM
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

It’s a dream come true with ‘Lindsay Lavin: The Beatles Unplugged’ at NYC’s The Green Room 42 by Deb Miller

Like so many of us, Lindsay Lavin grew up listening to The Beatles – in her case and her family’s, as she noted, to the point of being “completely obsessed!” So it was a “huge item…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:59PM
Monday, February 28, 2022

Satisfy your appetites with the ‘Boy Band Brunch’ at NYC’s Chelsea Table + Stage by Deb Miller

On Sunday, February 27, The Boy Band Project kicked off their Boy Band Brunch residency at Chelsea Table + Stage, playing every other Sunday at 2 pm, through April 24. And it was absolutely …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:50PM
Sunday, February 27, 2022

An uplifting absurdist search for the meaning of life in Off-Broadway’s world premiere of ‘sandblasted’ at the Vineyard by Deb Miller

For their return to live in-person performances after the long pandemic shutdown, Off-Broadway’s Vineyard Theatre and WP Theater have teamed up for the world-premiere co-production of sand…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:00PM
Friday, February 25, 2022

Spencer Day reimagines songs from iconic musicals on his new album ‘Broadway By Day’ from Club44 Records by Deb Miller

On his debut album with Club44 Records – an independent label that highlights the music of Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and the American Songbook – #1 Billboard jazz/pop singer and songwrite…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:54AM
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with musical multi-hyphenate Jaime Lozano by Deb Miller

Musician, composer, arranger, orchestrator, music director, and vocal coach Jaime Lozano has taken the term multi-hyphenate and extended his flourishing fame with it, from his homeland of Me…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:32PM
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

The impact of learning a foreign language on cultural identity in ‘English’ at Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company by Deb Miller

When four adult students enroll in a six-week course to prepare to take the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) in 2008 Karaj, Iran, issues arise that lead them and their teacher t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00PM

Stellar portrayals of class conflict, familial dysfunction, and Freudian psychology in ‘The Daughter-in-Law’ at Off-Broadway’s Mint Theater Comp by Deb Miller

After keeping audiences connected to its mission of preserving under-represented plays and forgotten classics with a pandemic-time series of archival streams of its previous productions, Min…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:00PM
Thursday, February 17, 2022

The Broadway revival of ‘The Music Man’ at the Winter Garden Theatre hits high notes and low notes by Deb Miller

When con man Howard Hill arrives by train to River City, Iowa, it’s to swindle the townsfolk with promises of forming a marching band that will keep their kids out of trouble and away from…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:39PM
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

A cutting-edge account of the cold-hearted Cold War in Off-Broadway’s ‘Space Dogs’ at MCC by Deb Miller

Creators/performers Nick Blaemire and Van Hughes take a highly entertaining, astute, and affecting look at the cold-blooded values of the Cold War and man’s inhumanity to animals in the wo…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:40PM
Tuesday, February 15, 2022

A stirring cry to stop the hatred in The New Group’s world premiere of ‘Black No More’ at Off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center by Deb Miller

The world-premiere musical adaptation of author George S. Schuyler’s 1931 Afrofuturist novel Black No More, by John Ridley (book), Tariq Trotter (music and lyrics), and Anthony Tidd, James…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:30PM

Mark William filled the house with music and love on Valentine’s Day at NYC’s Chelsea Table + Stage by Deb Miller

For his Valentine’s Day debut at NYC’s new nightspot Chelsea Table + Stage, new-age crooner Mark William celebrated love with a special curated set list of standards, more recent hits, a…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:08PM
Sunday, February 13, 2022

DC’s Happenstance Theater embodies the fatal faux pas of the aristocracy in ‘Barococo’ at NYC’s 59E59 by Deb Miller

What’s an 18th-century aristocrat to do, when trapped inside a luxurious salon while the French revolution rages right outside the door? The DC area’s Happenstance Theater shows us, in t…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00PM
Saturday, February 12, 2022

Celebrate Valentine’s Day live and online from NYC by Deb Miller

Valentine’s Day is on Monday, and love is in the air, with two star-studded online events coming direct to your home from NYC. One is an open-mic Zoom celebration; the other a live in-pers…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:28PM

TCG Books Play Collection goes live on Drama Online by Deb Miller

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) – the national organization for theater, founded in 1961, and North America’s largest independent trade publisher of dramatic literature – has announ…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:09AM
Friday, February 11, 2022

A boffo birthday bash with Billy Stritch and friends at NYC’s Birdland by Deb Miller

Multiple award recipient and Grammy-nominated pianist, singer, and songwriter Billy Stritch – known for his 25-year collaboration with Liza Minnelli as accompanist and opening act, his rec…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:59PM
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Original cast albums of ‘Love in Hate Nation’ and ‘Space Dogs’ from Ghostlight Records by Deb Miller

On Friday, February 11, Ghostlight Records – the leading independent force in original Broadway cast recordings, with a library of more than 200 records over the past 20 years, and a missi…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:21PM
Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Mark William and The Boy Band Project coming soon to NYC’s Chelsea Table + Stage by Deb Miller

Though its launch was put on hold by the pandemic closure of public venues in 2020, NYC’s newest high-end supper club, Chelsea Table + Stage, located in the lower level of the Hilton New Y…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:55PM
Monday, February 7, 2022

The trauma of anti-Semitism across five generations in MTC’s ‘Prayer for the French Republic’ Off-Broadway at New York City Center by Deb Miller

Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of Prayer for the French Republic, written by Drama Desk Award winner Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews; Significant Other), directed by Tony winner David Cro…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:33PM
Sunday, February 6, 2022

Lincoln Center to offer free programming in NYC and online by Deb Miller

To make the arts more accessible to everyone, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced an exciting spring season of free and choose-what-you-pay programming, beginning on Sunday,…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:26PM
Friday, February 4, 2022

Broadway’s ‘MJ’ offers a spectacular and sensitive look at the brilliance and pain of Michael Jackson by Deb Miller

Lauded and beloved by fans around the globe as one of the world’s best-selling music artists in history and one of the most successful entertainers of all time, with an unsurpassed number …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:25PM

All that Chat

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