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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Review: King Charles III, Music Box Theatre by Katie Buenneke

What if Shakespeare wrote about today’s royals, rather than kings from the sixteenth century and earlier? That’s the premise posited by King Charles III, a five-act play in iambic penta…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:40PM
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Review: Fiddler on the Roof, Broadway Theatre by Katie Buenneke

Fiddler on the Roof has been produced by countless schools and community theatres since it premiered in 1964, and it’s currently appearing in its fifth revival on Broadway – so you m…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:50PM
Friday, January 8, 2016

Review: School of Rock, Winter Garden Theatre by Katie Buenneke

School of Rock, the stage musical, shouldn’t work as well as it does. The creative forces behind the show are all so disparate that it seems more like someone was playing the Broadway vers…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:40PM
Monday, January 4, 2016

Review: The King and I, Lincoln Center Theater by Katie Buenneke

The King and I is everything a classic musical should be. In director Bartlett Sher’s beautiful production, now playing at Broadway’s Vivian Beaumont Theater at the Lincoln Center, the f…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:54PM
Sunday, October 4, 2015

Review: These Paper Bullets, The Geffen Playhouse by Katie Buenneke

What if Benedick and his pals from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing were actually the Beatles, and Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day wrote all their music? That’s the question pose…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:18PM
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Review: Spring Awakening, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts by Katie Buenneke

At this point, it seems as if everyone and their grandmother has seen Spring Awakening. The musical about repressed teens in 1890s Germany premiered on Broadway almost a decade ago, and has …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:08PM
Monday, May 25, 2015

Review: Murder Ballad, Studio Theatre by Katie Buenneke

Immersive settings are the hottest trend in theatre right now. Every other production is set in a converted loft, warehouse, or whatever. Now owners of more traditional spaces are trying to …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:45PM
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Review: Honeymoon In Vegas, Nederlander Theater by Katie Buenneke

Jason Robert Brown can do much better than Honeymoon in Vegas. Brown, the composer of shows like Parade, The Last Five Years and The Bridges of Madison County, is capable of great artistry …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:14PM
Saturday, January 3, 2015

Feature: 10 great moments in American theatre in 2014 by Katie Buenneke

Image of The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Kevin Berne Note: This list is by no means representative of all of American theatre during the past year, but instead a compilation of some remarkab…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:47AM
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Review: Little Dance, Kennedy Center by Katie Buenneke

The world première of Little Dancer, now playing at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., could benefit from more dancing. That’s an odd thing to say about a musical about the painter E…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:56AM
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

THEATER TALK: Best Of 2012 by Katie Buenneke

From the 56 eligible shows I saw this year (shows that were professionally produced and which I saw for the first time in 2012), I now present the best theater I saw this year.

SOURCE: www.neontommy.com at 03:02PM
Monday, September 17, 2012

AYT USA: Inside the mind of Tony-winning costume designer Paloma Young by Katie Buenneke

After watching her effervescent acceptance speech for the Tony Award for Best Costume Design, it’s impossible not to be charmed by Paloma Young. This impression is furthered by picking her…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:47AM
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Theater Review: "Triassic Parq" Off-Broadway by Katie Buenneke

From the moment the audience walks into the Soho Playhouse in lower Manhattan, it is immediately clear that "Triassic Parq," playing through August 5 off-Broadway, is a play that doesn't tak…

SOURCE: www.neontommy.com at 09:17AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards