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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "Shit. Meet. Fan." - 11/18/24 by Kimberly Ramírez

Shit. Meet. Fan., the latest production at MCC's Newman Mills Theater, presents a promising premise: a satirical dramatization of white privilege, toxic masculinity, and social façades. Ada…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:20AM
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "Table 17" - 9/6/24 by Kimberly Ramírez

When you enter the Frankel Theater at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, the ushers seem a bit like hosts seating you inside a vibrant, trendy restaurant. Some audience members take pla…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:10AM
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Talkin' Broadway on Broadway Review: "Job" 7/30/24 by Kimberly Ramírez

Job is just a two-hander, but it feels populated by a crowd of characters who haunt the mind of the play's desperate protagonist. This makes for 80 minutes of intense, gripping action as a h…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:33AM
Monday, May 20, 2024

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "The Lonely Few" - 5/20/24 by Kimberly Ramírez

A girl-meets-girl love story takes center stage at the Newman Mills Theater, ready to amp up your summer pride with a vibrant celebration of lesbian love. Presented in the style of a rock co…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:48PM
Monday, April 22, 2024

Talkin' Broadway on Broadway Review: "The Heart of Rock and Roll" 4/22/24 by Kimberly Ramírez

Yet another musical has arrived on Broadway that's ready to transport audiences "Back in Time." The Heart of Rock and Roll is still beating after its recent run at San Diego's Old Globe. Now…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:05PM
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "The Connector" - 2/6/24 by Kimberly Ramírez

Creator-director Daisy Prince and composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown have been collaborating on The Connector for more than a decade–well before "alternative facts" and "fake news" crept…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:58AM
Thursday, February 1, 2024

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "The White Chip" - 2/1/24 by Kimberly Ramírez

Written by Sean Daniels, a self-proclaimed recovering Mormon and alcoholic, The White Chip serves up a compelling autobiographical chronicle of one man's battle against addiction with a refr…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:03PM
Monday, December 18, 2023

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "The Night of the Iguana" - 12/18/23 by Kimberly Ramírez

You may be scrambling to book your ticket for what sounds like a hot revival at The Pershing Square Signature Center. After all, it is packed with star power: Emily Mann directs Tennessee Wi…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:04AM
Friday, October 27, 2023

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "Redwood" - 10/26/23 by Kimberly Ramírez

There is no mention of the title word anywhere in the play currently running at Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST), but playwright Brittany K. Allen called it Redwood "after the oldest, most resi…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:06AM
Saturday, September 23, 2023

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "Mary Gets Hers" - 9/23/23 by Kimberly Ramírez

In scripted prefatory remarks for Mary Gets Hers, playwright Emma Horwitz teases, "The girls are buzzing at the abbey at Bad Gandersheim because tonight, they're putting on a play!" This liv…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:15AM
Thursday, June 22, 2023

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "The Gospel According to Heather" - 6/22/23 by Kimberly Ramírez

If The Gospel According to Heather were billed as theatre for young adults, tween crowds might find it appealing, but it is likely to land as trite and trivial with adult audiences. As TYA, …

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:07PM
Monday, June 5, 2023

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "The Comeuppance" - 6/5/23 by Kimberly Ramírez

On the narrow porch of the same D.C.-area house where they once took their prom photos, a self-proclaimed Multi-Ethnic Reject Group (MERG(E)..."it's a soft G") reconvenes to "pre-game" for t…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:03PM
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "The Knight of the Burning Pestle" - 4/27/23 by Kimberly Ramírez

Red Bull Theater, in association with Fiasco Theater, is presenting a playful, relevant production of Francis Beaumont's riotously comic, fourth-wall-shattering metaplay The Knight of the Bu…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:39PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic