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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Review: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Diane Snyder

She may be iconic, but Holly Golightly is just one of many beautiful young women who come to New York seeking self-reinvention. Scores of TV and film stars arrive on Broadway each season, ho…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:04AM
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

More Forgotten Irish Drama from the Mint by Diane Snyder

Thanks to the Mint Theater Company I've had a lovely time getting acquainted with Irish playwright Teresa Deevy over the last three seasons. Their current offering, Katie Roche, isn't my fav…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 05:10PM
Monday, February 18, 2013

Review: The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Diane Snyder

Still jolly good fun after all these years...

SOURCE: cititour.com at 07:00PM
Monday, February 11, 2013

Talley for Two by Diane Snyder

It's quite delightful conducting an interview when your subjects are Danny Bursetin, who was equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking in the Broadway revivals of South Pacific, and Sarah Paul…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 05:27PM
Friday, December 21, 2012

Glengarry Glen Ross by Diane Snyder

As long as big-name actors yearn to inhabit the bodies and souls of the colorfully crass, ethically compromised salesmen of Glengarry Glen Ross, it seems producers will be happy to put up th…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:05PM
Thursday, December 13, 2012

A Christmas Story, The Musical by Diane Snyder

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular was once the only major family holiday show in town. Now there’s a flurry of them, including How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Elf and, new to the New Yo…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:07PM

Secular Celebrations by Diane Snyder

Sometimes the plays and films and TV shows that best fill me with the Christmas spirit aren't the ones that directly relate to the holiday. Take, for example, Red Bull Theater's jaunty, frol…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 03:51PM
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Annie by Diane Snyder

Think Annie is just for kids, do you? Then you might be surprised to know that the 1977 Tony-winning musical has a dark side, which is never more apparent than in this sterling-silver reviva…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 05:39PM
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Lesson in Bombing by Diane Snyder

Yep, there actually was an episode of This Is Your Life that featured a Hiroshima survivor meeting one of the pilots who dropped the bomb. Now there's even a play about it, written by Cusi C…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 04:33PM
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The Heiress by Diane Snyder

The Heiress isn't widely regarded as a 20th-century classic. But director Moises Kaufman and the starry cast of this Broadway revival will have you reconsidering its merits.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 06:45PM
Monday, November 5, 2012

Cyrano de Bergerac by Diane Snyder

Douglas Hodge embodies a larger-than-life persona to exquisite heights.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:58PM
Friday, October 26, 2012

Grace by Diane Snyder

One's relationship with God is a very personal matter. So it's only fitting that the best moments in Craig Wright's majorly misguided new play Grace occur in monologues. Karl, a German exter…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 12:41AM
Monday, October 22, 2012

Pinter the Poet by Diane Snyder

There's a Pinter lovefest going on over at the Irish Rep, with British actor Julian Sands of A Room With a View fame performing Pinter's poetry and prose--interspersed with reminiscences fro…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 02:00PM
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

An Enemy of the People by Diane Snyder

Never one of Ibsen's more revered works, An Enemy of the People won't win any converts with Manhattan Theatre Club's shrill, hopped-up revival.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:17PM
Monday, October 8, 2012

Up in Smoke by Diane Snyder

Having appreciated the stage work of Carolyn McCormick and Byron Jennings, who are married in real life, for many years (not to mention the former's appearances on Law & Order, I was pleased…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 01:49PM
Friday, October 5, 2012

No Title by Diane Snyder

One of the great things about writing features for the Theater section of Time Out New York is getting to do in-person interviews. Filmmakers are already finished with their product, so who …

SOURCE: Blank New World at 11:54PM
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Chaplin by Diane Snyder

Chaplin—played with understatement and comic artistry by the relatively unknown Rob McClure—conjures up childhood memories to create his most famous character...

SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:35PM
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Detroit in New York by Diane Snyder

Interesting fact I learned when I interviewed Obie-winning experimental artist Lisa D'Amour for Time Out New York: She'd never been to the city of Detroit at the time that she wrote the play…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 03:56PM
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Women on the Fringe by Diane Snyder

Very pleased to have had the chance to review a couple of worthwhile shows at this year's New York International Fringe Festival, especially ones in which women play such prominent roles ons…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 05:14PM
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Bring It On: The Musical by Diane Snyder

The creators of Bring It On: The Musical have invented a completely new story and characters. Making the show their own, however, doesn't mean that they've brought great depth or intricacy t…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:25PM
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Prom Night by Diane Snyder

Caught the terrific BBC Proms My Fair Lady concert on Saturday, thanks to the wonders of Internet radio and the BBC. I planned to listen just for a bit at the beginning, but three and a half…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 04:52PM
Sunday, July 15, 2012

Harvey by Diane Snyder

That six-foot-three-and-a-half-inch white rabbit from the 1944 comedy Harvey still has a lot to say some 70 years later. Not literally, because of course we never see or hear from the title …

SOURCE: cititour.com at 03:13PM
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

As She Likes It by Diane Snyder

I can't wait to see where Lily Rabe's career takes her, but I hope it won't be too far away from the New York and the theater world she's become so much a part of. Her Portia in the Shakespe…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 10:15AM
Monday, June 4, 2012

You never know who you'll run into at the Signature Center. by Diane Snyder

You never know who you'll run into at the Signature Center. Tuesday night John Guare was there, to see either Title and Deed or Medieval Play, I imagine. He wasn't in the audience of My Chil…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 11:00AM
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

The Lyons by Diane Snyder

Lions aren't known for eating their young, but try telling that to the mama Lyons at the center of Nicky Silver's dark new comedy.

SOURCE: cititour.com at 06:50PM
Friday, May 18, 2012

Double Guvnors by Diane Snyder

Here's nifty way to enjoy two men and four guvnors. On Sunday May 20, BAM is showing the NT Live broadcast of One Man, Two Guvnors, which was taped in London last fall, at 11am. If one real…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 12:01PM
Monday, May 14, 2012

Crazy for The Caretaker by Diane Snyder

Until I started looking into Jonathan Pryce's theatrical past for this Time Out New York feature, I hadn't realized that the last time he did a nonmusical play in New York was 1984, or that …

SOURCE: Blank New World at 12:41PM
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

The Fire's Burning by Diane Snyder

Anyone else notice that the New Group had a solid sleeper season in 2011-12? Maybe I'm the only one who thought so. Neither Thomas Bradshaw's Burning, Erika Sheffer's Russian Transport nor D…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 12:13PM
Monday, May 7, 2012

One Man, Two Guvnors by Diane Snyder

Forget what you think you know (and probably hate) about British farce or slapstick. One Man, Two Guvnors, the latest theatrical import from London, defies expectations on many levels. It's …

SOURCE: cititour.com at 09:49PM
Sunday, April 29, 2012

Man of the Year by Diane Snyder

It's good to know I have at least one thing in common with Her Majesty the Queen--we both laughed our asses off at One Man, Two Guvnors. I caught the NT Live broadcast last year, and she saw…

SOURCE: Blank New World at 06:18PM
Monday, April 23, 2012

Jesus Christ Superstar by Diane Snyder

Jesus certainly isn't underrepresented on Broadway right now. A revival of Godspell, an early Stephen Schwartz musical, came to town in the fall, and now spring brings Jesus Christ Superstar…

SOURCE: cititour.com at 06:34PM

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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 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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