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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Atomic Review: A Musical About The Bomb by Jonathan Mandell

Near the end of Atomic, a musical about the making of the atom bomb, there is an arresting piece of stagecraft when the bomb at Hiroshima goes off: A Japanese couple were quietly speaking at…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:28PM

Summer Blockbusters…on Stage? The Week in New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

Is there a live theater equivalent of the summer movie blockbuster? Yes! But instead of sequels, they are original cutting edge work – or lovely, familiar classics. Instead of blasts of ho…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:44PM

15 Summer Theater Festivals in New York City by Jonathan Mandell

During the summer, New York theater changes radically – thanks to the summer theater festivals. Some are outdoors (the others are air-conditioned.) Even New Yorkers who abandon the city fo…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:41PM

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Rita Moreno Dance Before West Side Story by Jonathan Mandell

Before a showing of “West Side Story” at the United Palace Theater in February, Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights), interviewed one of its stars, Tony and Academy Award winner R…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:24AM
Friday, July 11, 2014

Broadway in Bryant Park 2014 by Jonathan Mandell

The casts of Wicked (ie. Christine Dwyer and Justin Guarini), Rocky (Andy Karl and Margo Seibert)  If/Then (LaChanze and James Snyder) sang and danced, and Stomp hit the stage once again,…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:58AM
Thursday, July 10, 2014

So You Think You Can Dance + On The Town = New York, New York by Jonathan Mandell

The cast of the forthcoming Broadway revival of “On The Town” joined with the top 20 in season 11 of So You Think You Can Dance for this thrilling opening number, choreographed b…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:27AM
Sunday, July 6, 2014

Best American Musical. Prison Shows. Who’s An Artist (Who Decides?) The Week in New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

Who is an artist – and who gets to decide?  Is it the IRS? Do you have to make a living at it? Do you have to have a degree in it? Do you have to be better than average at it? Do you …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:03PM
Friday, July 4, 2014

4th of July Poll: Your Favorite American History Musical by Jonathan Mandell

Musical theater that takes American history as its subject has been called a “vastly underexplored genre.” Here are some of the best known. Which is your favorite?

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:14PM
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

New York Theater June 2014 Quiz by Jonathan Mandell

How well were you paying attention to the New York theater news in June — a lot of it oddness coming out of the Tony Awards? Answer these ten questions and see.

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:04PM
Sunday, June 29, 2014

New York Gay Pride Parade 2014 – Pictures by Jonathan Mandell

Forty-five years after the Stonewall Riots launched the modern gay rights movement, the annual LGBTQ Pride Parade has grown into a celebration with some 300 different “marching conting…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:13PM
Saturday, June 28, 2014

Shia in Handcuffs. RIP Eli Wallach, Mary Rodgers. Lin-Manuel=Meryl. Week in New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

Worrying enhances creativity, some new studies suggest, which is surely a cause for celebration in the back stages, posh offices, warren holes, wait stations and (at least in one case) polic…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:22PM
Friday, June 27, 2014

Shia LaBeouf Taken From Cabaret in Handcuffs. Social Media Unleashed. by Jonathan Mandell

Shia LaBeouf was handcuffed and removed by police during intermission of a performance of Cabaret,and charged with one count of criminal trespassing and two counts of disorderly conduct. He …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:39AM
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street: The Musical by Jonathan Mandell

This American Life’s “The Radio Drama Episode” a the Brooklyn Academy of Music in June, 2014 included a performance from “21 Chump Street: The Musical,” perform…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:00PM
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Tupac Shakur At The Palace. Harry Potter Star Broadway-Bound. Sondheim Censored. Week in New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

“The theater is the only institution in the world which has been dying for 4,000 years and has never succumbed. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive.”-John Stein…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:54PM
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Holler If Ya Hear Me Review: Tupac Shakur On Broadway by Jonathan Mandell

Eighteen years after his murder at the age of 25, Tupac Shakur has made it to Broadway, in a show that has taken on the awesome challenge of weaving 21 songs and poems by the charismatic rap…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:52PM
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Sondheim On Changing ‘Into The Woods’ for Disney, and Living With Censorship by Jonathan Mandell

In a Master Class at Sardi’s with a group of drama teachers, Stephen Sondheim revealed some of the changes that Disney is making to its film adaptation of the stage musical “Into The Woo…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:00PM
Monday, June 16, 2014

Best Plays by Women That Aren’t Being Produced (and Should Be) by Jonathan Mandell

This is the “Kilroy” list: “Each play is either unproduced or has had one professional production.” Authors include Theresa Rebeck, Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:11PM

The World Cup Translated for Theater People by Jonathan Mandell

1st half – Act 1 2nd half – Act 2 Offside – Upstaging Extra time – mega mix Penalties – curtain call Half time – intermission Coach – dance captain …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:46PM
Sunday, June 15, 2014

Neil Patrick Harris as Hedwig at Tonys – Happy 41st Birthday! by Jonathan Mandell

Neil Patrick Harris and the rest of the cast from the Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch perform the song “Sugar Daddy.” Hedwig won four Tonys in 2014: Best Revival of a …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:21PM

Tony Silent Treatment. Ruby Dee RIP. stAgeism. Week in New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

Old soldiers never die and neither do old Tony winners – at least judging from the omission of the In Memoriam video from the Tony broadcast last week. Complaints against this snub were dr…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:33AM
Saturday, June 14, 2014

stAgeism: Anti-Elderly Attitudes In The Theater by Jonathan Mandell

“The sometimes ugly rhetoric that people use about older audience members is in part fueled by resentment over their dominance and power. It is also, let us be frank, because there is a hi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:25AM
Friday, June 13, 2014

Randy Harrison’s Manhattan Project by Jonathan Mandell

  Randy Harrison is winning a new generation of fans thanks to Netflix, which is streaming all five seasons of Queer As Folk, a television series that ran on Showtime from 2000 to 2005,…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:39AM
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Jersey Boys, The Clint Eastwood Movie: Photographs, Trailers by Jonathan Mandell

Jersey Boys opened on Broadway on November 6, 2005, a surprise hit musical telling the true story about four young men from New Jersey with promising careers as juvenile delinquents who form…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:08AM
Monday, June 9, 2014

In Memoriam 2014 (Not Shown at the Tonys) by Jonathan Mandell

This is the video that was not shown at the 2014 Tony Awards that shows the people who died since the last Tony awards show. Here’s the full list: Jack Aaron Lamar Alford Cosmo Allegre…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:57PM
Sunday, June 8, 2014

2014 Tony Award Winners by Jonathan Mandell

The winners of the 68th annual Tony Awards as they are announced. (An asterisk besides the winners) Best Play Act One by James Lapine All The Way by Robert Schenkkan Casa Valentina by Har…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:00PM

2014 Tony Awards: How To Watch, What To Watch For. The Week in New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

Will Audra McDonald win her record-breaking sixth Tony? Will Bryan Cranston’s Broadway debut performance, as LBJ, break good for him?  Will more people watch Neil Patrick Harris perform a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:45PM
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

After Midnight Sweeps 2014 Astaire Awards by Jonathan Mandell

Warren Carlyle, the Tony Award-nominated director-choreographer of After Midnight, won the Astaire Award for Outstanding Choreographer for a Broadway show, while After Midnight cast memb…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:40PM
Sunday, June 1, 2014

2014 Drama Desk Award Winners by Jonathan Mandell

Outstanding Play Nell Benjamin, The Explorers Club Steven Levenson, Core Values Conor McPherson, The Night Alive Richard Nelson, Regular Singing Bruce Norris, Domesticated Robert Schenkkan, …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:27PM

Broadway Leading Ladies Dish – 2014 Tony Nominee Roundtable by Jonathan Mandell

Tyne Daly (nominated for Mothers and Sons), Sutton Foster (Violet), LaTanya Richardson Jackson (A Raisin in the Sun), Idina Menzel (If/Then), Jessie Mueller (Beautiful – The Carole Kin…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:35AM
Saturday, May 31, 2014

New York Theater May 2014 Quiz by Jonathan Mandell

How well were you paying attention to the theater in May? Answer these 10 questions to see.

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:20AM

Theater Awards Up The Wazoo. Avatar on Stage? RIP Tony Nominee Maya Angelou. The Month of May in New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

Somebody should launch the New York Dramamine Awards — for shows that put us to sleep? That’s about the only *theater award that hasn’t been thought up yet — most of…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:21AM

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