Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Broadway shows have lower attendance than they did before the pandemic, and make less money, but "we are no longer in recovery," Broadway producer Ken Davenport says. "This is the new normal…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:55PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Summer for theater folk is usually a time to savor the past season, as illustrator Ray Kampf did in his clever rendition of "Stereophonic" as an Archie comic book. (The play didn't win th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:29PM[SHARE]Monday, July 15, 2024
"Oh, Mary," which opened on Broadway this past week, is meant to be funny and deliberately tasteless; one scene in it, reimagining the first American presidential assassination, turns out to…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:14AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 14, 2024
In "Ain't Done Bad," a gay boy who feels like a misfit in his hometown leaves to find love in the big city. Although there are 17 songs over the ninety minutes of the show, it could not b…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:09PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 13, 2024
Below are video snippets of the performances by the casts of five Broadway shows " The Who's Tommy, Water for Elephants, The Wiz, Back to the Future, and Hell's Kitchen " in the first Broadw…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:33PM[SHARE]Friday, July 12, 2024
There was a thrilling dance number in  last year's Kander, Ebb and Miranda musical "New York, New York," in which iron workers dance in mid-air on a beam of a skyscraper under construc…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:47AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 11, 2024
The opening of "Oh, Mary!" tonight at the Lyceum marks the Broadway debut of Cole Escola as both playwright and performer, but the Off-Broadway run earlier this year of this campy comedy abo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:27PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 10, 2024
The League of Independent Theater has announced the half dozen recipients of the 2024 New York independent Theater Awards, honoring "outstanding leadership, service, artistry and commitment …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:05PM[SHARE]Let's show our PresidentWe're glad he's the White House resident. Step on the gasAnd dance to a rhythm that's class-A,Hey, hey,This is the wayWe're keepin' cool with Coolidge. The song "Keep…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:29PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 9, 2024
These ten titles are newly available to watch for free at the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT), in the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, which since 1…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:29PM[SHARE]Monday, July 8, 2024
A friend writes about the final performance of Merrily We Roll Along on Sunday: "The Merrily performance was so moving. Worth every penny. The crowd was high energy  Saw some people with…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:29AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 7, 2024
Laura Benanti's autobiographical show is far from the first live performance that Audible has produced at the Minetta Lane Theater in order to turn it into an audiobook; the company has been…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:21PM[SHARE]Friday, July 5, 2024
My latest patriotic poll: Rank these ten Broadway musicals that take actual American history as their subject, from most to least favorite. Two are currently on Broadway; one is schedule…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:02AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 4, 2024
"Because our Constitution does not shield a former President from answering for criminal and treasonous acts, I dissent," Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent of Trump v. United Stat…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:38AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Only "Merrily We Roll Along" is performing on the 4th of July itself; its acclaimed run ends on Sunday! But more than a dozen of the 27 currently running Broadway shows have added performanc…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:23AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Below is a calendar of New York theater opening* in July,, including two Broadway plays, "Oh,Mary" and "Job,"  both of which are transferring from sold-out runs Off Broadway; Â�…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:33AM[SHARE]Monday, July 1, 2024
The patriotic fireworks arguably started early this year, with the fallout from the Presidential debate, which arguably was the very definition of "political theater" " something that Hillar…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:04AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 30, 2024
How well were you paying attention to theater news this past month? Answer these ten questions (plus a bonus question) to find out. Loading…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:01PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 29, 2024
Fifty-five years to the day after the riot that launched the modern gay rights movement, a group called Pride Live celebrated the official opening of a visitor center in the room where it ha…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:05PM[SHARE]Friday, June 28, 2024
One debater vigorously delivered one lie after another, but the other spoke with a raspy voice and a tentative manner.  (debate transcript.) So Republicans gloat and Democrats pa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:54AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 27, 2024
Holland Taylor and Ana Villafañe are perfectly cast in this intelligent and illuminating comedy about the relationship between the  first woman Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 26, 2024
When he first met Lucille Ball, his future mother-in-law, Laurence Luckinbill  accidentally set his apartment on fire.  He had been preparing a meal for her, and left the eggplan…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:42PM[SHARE]Broadway in Bryant Park has announced the lineup for this summer's four free Thursday lunchtime concerts, performed by the casts from current Broadway shows, which will begin on July 11. …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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 die with…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:38PM[SHARE]Monday, June 24, 2024
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, marki…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:40AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 23, 2024
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 one she's …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:51PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 22, 2024
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" " much-lov…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:32PM[SHARE]Friday, June 21, 2024
"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 exp…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:42PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 20, 2024
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 of…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:37AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 19, 2024
"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 Broadway …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:29PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 18, 2024
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[SHARE] 
