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Sunday, June 8, 2025

How can I watch the 2025 Tony Awards? Why should I? Tony Night Cheat Sheet by Jonathan Mandell

The 78th Annual Tony Awards, with host Cynthia Erivo, will be broadcast and streamed live from Radio City Music Hall tonight, celebrating the Broadway 2024-2025 Broadway season. with perfor…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:54AM
Saturday, June 7, 2025

Eurydice Review by Jonathan Mandell

In the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Orpheus tries to retrieve Eurydice from the underworld, but can’t help looking back at his wife, and so loses her forever. Sarah Ruhl is also loo…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:41AM
Friday, June 6, 2025

Tribeca Festival: Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore by Jonathan Mandell

Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award, at age 21, for her role in “Children of a Lesser God. Thirty-five years later, another Deaf actor named Troy Kotsur, Matl…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:33PM
Thursday, June 5, 2025

2025 Tony Awards: Who SHOULD Win, and Why by Jonathan Mandell

Below are my preferences – not predictions – for the 2025 Tony Awards, in keeping with a tradition I’ve been maintaining for more than a dozen years. I am a critic, not a seer or a boo…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:43PM
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Theatre World Award Winners reveal what it takes by Jonathan Mandell

Leslie Uggams was six years old when she saw her aunt perform in a production of “Porgy and Bess” with Leontyne Price. “I was, like, I want to do that,” she told the audience at Hard…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:01PM
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

2025 Off Broadway Alliance Award Winners by Jonathan Mandell

“All the World’s A Stage,” a musical about a gay high school teacher in small town 1990’s America, won Best Musical from 14th annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards. The awards ceremon…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:01PM

2025 Dorian Theater Award Winners: Maybe Happy Ending. John Proctor. Cats. Audra, Sarah, Jak, Fina. André. by Jonathan Mandell

“Maybe Happy Ending” is continuing its winning streak, as the Dorian Theater Award’s Outstanding Broadway Musical. “John Proctor is the Villain” was voted Outstanding Broadway Play…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:58AM
Monday, June 2, 2025

Maybe Happy Ending? Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

“Maybe Happy Ending,” which leading up to the Tonys this coming Sunday has won best musical in a slew of other New York theater awards (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Critics Circle, Drama …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:55AM
Sunday, June 1, 2025

2025 Drama Desk Award Winners: Maybe Happy Ending and Purpose. Gypsy and Eureka Day. Audra and Jasmine. Donnelly and Snook. by Jonathan Mandell

“Maybe Happy Ending” won best musical and “Purpose” best play at the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards. “Eureka Day” won best revival of a play and “Gypsy” best revival of a musi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:34PM
Saturday, May 31, 2025

June 2025 New York Theater Openings by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a calendar of theater opening* in June. Jean Smart is returning to Broadway. John Krasinski is launching a newly rechristened Off Broadway theater. Both “Heathers” and “Grease…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:40PM
Friday, May 30, 2025

The Tony Awards Quiz 2025 by Jonathan Mandell

Answer these ten questions, plus a bonus question, in this quiz about the nominees for the 2025 Tony Awards.  Loading…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:26PM

Blood, Sweat and Queers Review by Jonathan Mandell

“Blood, Sweat and Queers” is inspired by the true story of a Czech sprinter who broke world records at the 1934 Women’s World Games in London,  and gained world-wide fame when the f…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:12AM
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Tribeca Festival 2025 for theater lovers by Jonathan Mandell

A “Hamlet” entirely inside his head…and in your ear. The Broadway cast of “The Gilded Age” in person. A documentary about actress Marlee Matlin, a feature film starring Kyra Sedwic…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:44PM
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Tony Contenders Tell All. Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Is it lobbying or reveling, or simply revealing?   Here are 10 out of the many Tony nominee profiles, interviews, behind-the-scenes and think pieces published or posted within the past we…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:19AM
Monday, May 26, 2025

A Broadway Theatergoer for Nine Decades by Jonathan Mandell

Muriel Mandell saw her first Broadway play in 1939 (“It was rah-rah America”) and her most recent in the season just past (“Terrible”) — and many of the original productions of lan…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:04PM
Saturday, May 24, 2025

Broadway 2025 2026 Season Preview Guide by Jonathan Mandell

Below is my preview guide of Broadway openings in the 2025-2026 season, starting in June with Jean Smart, fresh from her raved-about performance in “Hacks,” returning to Broadway after a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:57PM
Friday, May 23, 2025

Top 13 Posts in the 13 Years of New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

Below are the 13 most popular new posts in each of the 13 years since I launched NewYorkTheater.me, on May 23, 2012, which amounts to a kind of time capsule of theatergoers’ evolving enthu…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:40PM

Watch Adam Driver, Sarah Snook, Jasmine Amy Rogers et al accept their OCC Awards by Jonathan Mandell

Below are some of the speeches from the winners of the 75th Outer Critics Circle Award held Thursday afternoon at the New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. (Don’t kn…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:40AM
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Puppetopia: The Harlem Doll Palace and Rhynoceron by Jonathan Mandell

“The Harlem Doll Palace,” an unusual musical that launches the fourth annual Puppetopia Festival at HERE, is not just the true story of Lenon Holder Hoyt, an art teacher in public scho…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:04PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

2025 Tony Award Winners — YOUR Picks? by Jonathan Mandell

Make your pick in the survey below for 12 of the 26 categories in the 78th annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway’s best — plus two poll questions about the future of the Tonys: which c…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:54AM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Goddess Review. Amber Iman is heavenly. by Jonathan Mandell

Right after Amber Iman finishes her first song, a sudden admirer gasps: “Your voice is like nothing I’ve ever heard.” The reaction is understandable.  Iman portrays the title characte…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:53PM

2025 Chita Rivera Award Winners: Buena Vista Social Club, Cats by Jonathan Mandell

Below is the complete list of 2025 Chita Rivera Awards for dance and choreography, on Broadway, Off-Broadway and the movies, presented Monday night at the NYU Skirball Center. Check out the …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:31AM
Monday, May 19, 2025

Broadway on TV. John Leguizamo,Jordan E. Cooper at the Public. Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Two Tony-nominated plays from the current Broadway season are being broadcast on television. Both of them originated decades ago, and have gained new relevance because of the current politi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:18AM
Sunday, May 18, 2025

Creditors Review by Jonathan Mandell

Jen Silverman might seem an unlikely writer to adapt August Strindberg’s 1888  play for this starry production featuring Liev Schreiber as a man trying to undermine a married couple port…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:36PM
Saturday, May 17, 2025

New Theater Books for Summer Reading by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a manageable list of a dozen theater books — recently published or soon to be– that look to be good summer reads: five memoirs or biographies, four books of history or criticism…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:02PM
Friday, May 16, 2025

2025 Drama League Awards: Nicole Scherzinger, Oh, Mary, Maybe Happy Ending by Jonathan Mandell

Nicole Scherzinger won the Distinguished Performance Award for her work in “Sunset Blvd.”;  “Maybe Happy Ending” won outstanding musical and “Oh, Mary” won outstanding play at t…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:15PM
Thursday, May 15, 2025

5 Takeaways from the Broadway 2024-2025 Season by Jonathan Mandell

Does a single Broadway season say something about the times we live in, or about the current state of culture?  I’m not sure, but I do detect some trends, make of them what you will: The…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:36PM
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Poll: Broadway Showstopper of 2025? by Jonathan Mandell

The nominations for the third annual Dorian Theater Awards include a unique category: The Broadway Showstopper Award. It’s a great idea. These musical numbers or standout scenes are often …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:55AM

2025 Dorian Theater Awards by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a list of the nominations for the third annual Dorian Theater Awards, “Death Becomes Her” leading with seven nominations, followed closely by “John Proctor is the Villain,” …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:05AM
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

More Awards and Worse Alarms. Stageworthy News of the Week. by Jonathan Mandell

Normally the weeks leading to the Tonys are primarily a time for anticipation and celebration; five major theater awards were announced this past week alone — “Purpose” and “Maybe H…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:20PM
Monday, May 12, 2025

2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards: Maybe Happy Ending, John Proctor by Jonathan Mandell

  “John Proctor is the Villain” was chosen as the outstanding Broadway play and “Maybe Happy Ending” was awarded outstanding Broadway musical and three other awards at the 75th annu…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:09AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis 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