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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Relics and Their Humans Review by Jonathan Mandell

In “Relics and Their Humans,” we learn that Josh Quillen’s father Jerry was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease: “…you will eventually lose all muscle control and then you will …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:38PM
Monday, June 24, 2024

Pride on Stage. Tonys Postmortem. Jimmys Live. Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Among the free cultural events happening across all five boroughs this summer, there are many over the next week celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride, leading to the NYC Pride March on June 30, marking…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:40AM
Sunday, June 23, 2024

Criminal Queerness Festival: The Survival by Jonathan Mandell

At the beginning of “The Survival,” as she’s about to go on her third date with a man she met in a bar, Achan (Janet Kilonzo) tells her best friend that she thinks she’s found the on…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:51PM
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Cats The Jellicle Ball Review. The Queering of Andrew Lloyd Webber by Jonathan Mandell

To say that I found this clever, fun-filled queering of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s idiosyncratic 1982 musical at times confusing and even annoying is only to say that it’s still “Cats” �…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:32PM
Friday, June 21, 2024

Titanic Encores Review by Jonathan Mandell

“Titanic” turns out to be the ideal musical for an Encores! concert, focused on the music. The original 1997 Broadway production about the most famous maritime disaster in history was an…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:42PM
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Happy Pride Month 2024: LGBTQ characters in current Broadway shows by Jonathan Mandell

In his Tony acceptance speech this month, Jonathan Groff thanked his role as the gay character Melchior  Gabor sixteen years ago in “Spring Awakening” for inspiring him “to come out …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:37AM
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth 2024 by Jonathan Mandell

“How wonderful to see you all glistening in the sun,” Phylicia Rashad said in Times Square, accepting this year’s Legacy Award from the Broadway League as part of the fourth annual Bro…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:29PM
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

The 10 Tony winners you can still see (4 of them, hurry!) by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a guide to this year’s Tony-winning plays and musicals that are still playing – although several are closing soon; one next week.  The listings include a video of the Tony per…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:31AM
Monday, June 17, 2024

Tony Highlights. Broadway at Tribeca. Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

“I’m gonna just talk fast and try not to cry,” Daniel Radcliffe began his acceptance speech, and I felt like saying: Take your time! Cry! The Tony Awards is just a TV show, but listeni…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:21AM
Sunday, June 16, 2024

2024 Tony Award Winners: Stereophonic, Merrily by Jonathan Mandell

“Stereophonic ” won best play, “Appropriat” best revival of a play, at the 77th annual Tony Awards, (Here’s a guide to the entire Broadway 2023-2024 Season, including shows not nom…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:44PM

How can I watch the 2024 Tony Awards? Why should I? Tony Night Cheat Sheet. by Jonathan Mandell

The 77th Annual Tony Awards, with host Ariana DeBose, will be broadcast and streamed live from Lincoln Center tonight, celebrating the Broadway 2023 – 2024 theater season with performances…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:11PM

Satisfied at Tribeca: Hamilton’s Renée Elise Goldsberry by Jonathan Mandell

You might think that Ariana DeBose would be too busy the night before her hosting duties at the Tony Awards to go to a movie. But the world premiere of “Satisfied,”  a documentary abou…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:10AM
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Tribeca Festival: Hacking Hate by Jonathan Mandell

This eye-opening documentary about the role of social media in spreading white supremacist violence, which just won the Tribeca Festival’s Best Documentary Feature Award, is at its most ar…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:32PM
Friday, June 14, 2024

“Merrily We Roll Along” Director Maria Friedman on Why It Works by Jonathan Mandell

How did Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical “Merrily We Roll Along,” one of the most infamous flops on Broadway, become one of the biggest hits of the 2023-2024 Broadway season…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:03AM
Thursday, June 13, 2024

2024 Tony Awards: Who SHOULD win, and why by Jonathan Mandell

Below are my preferences – not predictions – for the 2024 Tony Awards, in keeping with a tradition I’ve been maintaining for more than a decade. I am a critic, not a seer or a bookie. …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:29PM
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Theatre World Award Winners on When They First Knew by Jonathan Mandell

Watch Theatre World Award winners past and present talk below about when they first knew they were going to be professional performers. For more on Theatre World Awards, check out Theatre Wo…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:39PM
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Tribeca Festival: Films by Jeremy O. Harris and Betty Buckley by Jonathan Mandell

Jeremy O. Harris’ film about his Broadway play “Slave Play” begins with a young Black woman in an NYU sweatshirt looking straight up at the ceiling and screaming with great violence. I…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:21PM
Monday, June 10, 2024

2024 Drama Desk Award Winners: Stereophonic, Dead Outlaw by Jonathan Mandell

“Stereophonic” won Outstandint Play and six other awards, “Dead Outlaw” Outstanding Musical and two others at the 68th annual Drama Desk Awards. Full list of winners below. Click her…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:47PM

Awards Crescendo. How Hollywood Views Broadway. Hello Dolly and Jez! Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Tonight ceremonies will take place for both the 68th annual Drama Desk Awards and the 78th annual Theatre World Awards, leading up to the endlessly anticipated/promoted climax of theater a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:20AM
Sunday, June 9, 2024

What Became of Us Review. Immigrant Siblings, Quirky Choices. by Jonathan Mandell

“What Became of Us” is at heart a modest, moving two-character play about a brother and a sister, the children of immigrant parents, who tell us about each other over the course of the…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:13PM
Saturday, June 8, 2024

The Great Lillian Hall. Jessica Lange Stars. Marian Seldes Hovers. by Jonathan Mandell

Jessica Lange as Lillian Hall, one of the great legends of the American theater, is about to star once again on Broadway in “The Cherry Orchard.” But she  is collapsed on her bed, when…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:28PM
Friday, June 7, 2024

Tribeca Festival: Griffin in Summer by Jonathan Mandell

This first-time feature film by writer and director Nicholas Colia will inspire some of the same knowing laughs among grown-up theater kids as “Theater Camp,”  and some of the same sy…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:44PM
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Dorian Theater Awards 2024. Queer Critics Weigh In by Jonathan Mandell

“Merrily We Roll Along” and “Oh, Mary!”  received the most love at the Second Annual Dorian Theater Awards, winning four categories apiece, while “Stereophonic” won three awar…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:55PM
Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Home Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

Samm-Art Williams was born in Burgaw, North Carolina seventy-eight years ago, and died in that same small rural town last month; he liked to tell people he was “just a country boy.” Act…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:36PM
Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Tribeca Festival 2024: 12 films for theater lovers, from Brats to Broadway, Liz to Liza by Jonathan Mandell

Twenty-two years after Robert De Niro et al founded the Tribeca Film Festival in the wake of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, the festival has grown so large and overwhelming that …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30AM
Monday, June 3, 2024

Audra in Gypsy. Groff on Pride. Guilt on Stage? Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Mr. Steinglass: Donald Trump cannot shoot someone during rush hour on Fifth Avenue and get away with it.Mr. Blanche: Objection your Honor.The Court: SustainedMr. Steinglass: You, the jury, h…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:56AM
Sunday, June 2, 2024

How To Eat An Orange Review. After Mass Murder, Justice and Art. by Jonathan Mandell

There is a sly strategy to the fanciful title of this solo play, as there is to performer Paula Pizzi’s soft-spoken lyricism. They make it easier, for one, to take in the underlying horror…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:18PM
Saturday, June 1, 2024

June 2024 New York Theater Openings by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a selection of New York theater opening* in June, presented in a day-by-day calendar, including the first Broadway revival of Samm-Art Williams’ play “Home,” and a radical re…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:34PM
Friday, May 31, 2024

The Tony Awards Quiz by Jonathan Mandell

Answer these ten questions, plus a bonus question, about the nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards.  Loading…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:31PM
Thursday, May 30, 2024

2024 Off Broadway Alliance Award Winners by Jonathan Mandell

“Dead Outlaw” won Best New Musical and “Oh, Mary!” Best New Play among the six competitive categories of the 13th annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards. The ceremony will take place Ju…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:23PM
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

The Comedy of Errors. by Jonathan Mandell

The outdoor bilingual musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s shortest play has returned, just as festive and comically confusing as it was last summer, but now the main attraction of Free Sha…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:58PM

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