Thursday, September 11, 2014
All three stars – Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and the 18-year-old fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson – are making their Broadway debuts, as is playwright Kenneth Lonergan, in the r…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:01PMWednesday, September 10, 2014
In the first of Robert O’Hara’s ten scenes about growing up black and gay, a young child named Sutter asks his mother some uncomfortable questions, including why she and his grandmother …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:02PMHow did Juarez, a Mexican border town said to be the birthplace of the burrito and the margarita, become labeled the Murder Capital of the World, specializing in violence against young women…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:30PMTuesday, September 9, 2014
Win the chance to see theater in New York for an entire year, by entering this first-ever giveaway contest for a membership to Play-By-Play. As they explain on their website, Play-By-Play is…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:09AMMonday, September 8, 2014
What’s fun about Broadway in September — the marquees go up for the Fall season, even if the shows won’t be opening for months. The Week in New York Theater, Sept …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:21PMCBS announced today that James Corden will be the new host of The Late Late Show starting in 2015. New York theatergoers know him mostly for his roles in two shows on Broadway —…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:54AMThere was a party on stage at the Delacorte this weekend — Big Bird, shirtless capoeira acrobats, horn-players on stilts, a loud four-piece rock band , ballerinas dressed in white, Ind…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:03AMSunday, September 7, 2014
John and Julie meet in the kitchen of what we eventually learn is a private sm sex party; he turns out to be an intern for her Dad, who’s a famous artist. He’s 31, she’s 20. She discov…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:23PMThursday, September 4, 2014
The four busboys who work in the kitchen of a tony Upper East Side restaurant in the well-acted, superbly directed new play by Elizabeth Irwin, “My Manana Comes,” bring home a cruel iron…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:38PMA.R. Gurney was surprised at the Signature Theater’s choice for the opening play in his playwright-in-residence season with them. “The Wayside Motor Inn was dismissed by the critics when…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:52PMSunday, August 31, 2014
A look at the Broadway Fall 2014 Season Preview Guide and especially the Off-Broadway Fall 2014 Season Preview Guide show promise of a rich and varied season. Starting tomorrow R…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:41PMHow well were you paying attention to the theater news in August, some of which was quite silly, some quite sad. Answer these 11 questions and see.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:40PMSaturday, August 30, 2014
Lin-Manuel Miranda, eating a banana, posed in front of a succinct summary of the 2014-2015 season at the Public Theater – including (fifth from the top) “Hamilton,” an orig…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:13PMFriday, August 29, 2014
Here’s what you missed if you went away all summer
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:33PMMonday, August 25, 2014
In “And I And Silence,” a challenging play by Naomi Wallace, two women, Dee and Jamie, one white, the other black, meet in prison when they are teenagers, and after they are relea…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:13PMWinners of the Fringe Excellence Awards, 2014: Overall Play: Absolutely Filthy The Three Faces of Dr. Crippen This is Where We Live Overall Musical: Jump Man: A Mario Musical King of Kong Ur…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:46AMSunday, August 24, 2014
These are supposed to be the dog days of August, but too much is going on — maybe because so many theater people are pouring ice water on their heads, or because we’re looking at…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:01PMIt wasn’t supposed to be on Broadway at all. Then it was only going to run for five months. But “Newsies” lasted more than 1,000 performances over two and a half years. And…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:12AMSaturday, August 23, 2014
Sixteen of the most popular shows from the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival will be presented at the 10th annual Fringe Encore series,September 4 to October 5, which (like last…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:24AMFriday, August 22, 2014
Listed below, chronologically by opening dates, are the shows officially scheduled so far on Broadway in the 2014-2015 season, with basic information and my two cents for the Fall shows. Bot…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:53AMThursday, August 21, 2014
There are 16 shows scheduled to open on Broadway between September and December, 2014 (as of this writing). Take this poll: Which one are you most looking forward to? The shows are organized…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:48PMNewsies (half-naked) The Lion King The Book of Mormon Once Tagged: Newsies, Once, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:17AMIn “Kunstler,” a fascinating play at the New York Fringe Festival about radical lawyer William Kunstler’s most significant cases, playwright Jeffrey Sweet strives to present a balanced…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:49AMWednesday, August 20, 2014
Andrew Rannells replaces Neil Patrick Harris in the lead role of Hedwig and the Angry Inch tonight (August 20th) through October 12th. Harris won a Tony for his portrait of the “girlyb…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:34AMTuesday, August 19, 2014
Eugene O’Neill wrote “Abortion” exactly a century ago, shortly after he had decided to become a playwright. Director Heather Lanza and producer Taryn A Wisky have chosen to “adapt”…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:21PMMonday, August 18, 2014
Death was an unfortunate theme this week, with the passing of two performers , Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, as comfortable on stage as on screen. We are midway through the 18th annual …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:45AMSunday, August 17, 2014
“Poor Behavior,” Theresa Rebeck’s comedy at Primary Stages, revolves around a basic question: “What is goodness?” The play begins in the middle of a debate on the subject by two ch…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:06PMIn the first-ever revival of “I’ll Say She Is,” the Marx Brothers’ first-ever Broadway musical, Harpo honks once again; Chico puns, Zeppo courts; and Groucho, cigar in hand, says thi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:22PMSaturday, August 16, 2014
“Sex With Strangers,” a comedy about a coupling with complications, stars two performers – Anna Gunn, Bryan Cranston’s wife Skyler in “Breaking Bad,” and Billy Magnussen, the boy…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:29AMFriday, August 15, 2014
Mamma Mia opened on Broadway in 2001, just a few months after the first Broadway in Bryant Park, a weekly summer series of free lunch-time concerts featuring current Broadway casts. Cast mem…
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