Sunday, July 15, 2018
Those who doubted that a Yiddish-language production of “A Fiddler on the Roof,” directed by Joel Grey, would turn out to be a great joy (“a shtik naches”) might react to Jackie Ho…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 10:03PM“Interstate,” an entry at the New York Musical Festival, is about two New Yorkers who form a band called Queer Malady and tour the country: Dash is a Chinese-born trans man and spoken wo…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:34AMSaturday, July 14, 2018
The Theater Collection at the Museum of the City of New York contains over 190,000 objects that document theatrical performance in New York City from 1785 on. These include more than 30,000 …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 12:37PMFriday, July 13, 2018
The title of this musical, a selection of the 2018 New York Musical Festival, comes from Operacion Pedro Pan (Operation Peter Pan), which between 1960 and 1962 brought more than 14,000 chi…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:24AMThursday, July 12, 2018
In her actual medieval memoir, which was rediscovered in the 1930s, Margery Kempe seems almost as extreme in her devotion as her 15thcentury contemporary, Joan of Arc. The English woman tell…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 08:13PMSix actresses — from Tatiany Maslany of “Orphan Black” making her New York stage debut, to Tony winner Blair Brown — play the title character in “Mary Page Marl…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 09:46AMOne of the real people that The Civilians theater troupe interviewed to put together “Gone Missing” resists the assignment, which is to tell them stories about objects she has lost, such…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 02:04AMWednesday, July 11, 2018
Choose the show that you are most looking forward to. The list below is for shows that have opening dates on Broadway between now and the end of December 2018, as of this writing, and they a…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 12:58PMTuesday, July 10, 2018
“I had one of the all time best conversations with a Condescending Theatergoer Who Sat In Front Of Me at intermission of My Fair Lady,” Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote in the first of a…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:56AMMonday, July 9, 2018
There’s more to life than online binging, and plenty to do in New York now that summer is here in full force: Free outdoor movies every day of the week Free Broadway concerts New theat…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 09:59AMSunday, July 8, 2018
The title alone would lead you to expect a stiletto-sharp political satire; why else would a theater in Tribeca present a solo play about the wife of George W. Bush, routinely ranked as am…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 01:28PMSaturday, July 7, 2018
You can watch a free movie outdoors in New York City every night this summer from now on — and whole movie series every weeknight except Tuesdays. The movies vary widely: current block…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 10:56AMFriday, July 6, 2018
Below are a dozen new or forthcoming books about theater, plus a bonus of two books likely to be of interest to theatergoers, which I list under the category Theater Adjacent. Not all these …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 01:49PMThursday, July 5, 2018
“Borders,” we’re told in the program, was the most “decorated play” at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and will have been performed on five continents by the end of 2018. The pl…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 09:24PMWednesday, July 4, 2018
The United States of America was founded in protest and resistance; most of the text of the Declaration of Independence is a protest against the actions of the British Crown. It is Americans…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 01:24PMTuesday, July 3, 2018
On the Eve of the Fourth of July, my biannual poll: What is your favorite Broadway musical that takes actual American history as its subject.
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 08:59PMMonday, July 2, 2018
Summer’s here, it’s time for theatergoers to take stock of the 2018-2019 Broadway season line-up taking shape; to attend NYC summer theater festivals or to plan theatric…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 09:45AMSunday, July 1, 2018
Two shows are opening on Broadway in July — Young Jean Lee’s “Straight White Men,” which marks the Broadway debuts of Armie Hammer and Josh Charles, among others; and …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 04:56PMSaturday, June 30, 2018
Jason Robert Brown was in his twenties when he composed his first musical, “Songs For A New World,” its first production in New York lasting just 12 performances and changing people’s …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:18PMFriday, June 29, 2018
In a country whose president marries younger models and reportedly hires government officials based on their looks, we could certainly benefit from some insights into Americans’ obsession …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 05:54PMThursday, June 28, 2018
How well were you paying attention to New York theater news in June, including the 72nd annual Tony Awards? Answer these 11 questions and find out.
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 03:04PMWednesday, June 27, 2018
When Carmen Jones opened on Broadway in 1943, one critic hailed it as “something more than a major theatrical event.” Seventy-five years later, the Classic Stage Company is presenting wh…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 06:59PMTuesday, June 26, 2018
In “Cyprus Avenue,” Stephen Rea portrays Eric Miller, a proud, profane bigot from Belfast, Northern Ireland who considers himself “exclusively and non-negotiably British.” He …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 10:40AMMonday, June 25, 2018
Watch the 10th annual Jimmy Awards, in 80 high school students from across America are competing for Best Performance by an Actor and Actress as well as other honors and scholarships.
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 08:16PMNear the beginning of Log Cabin, four old LGBT friends are so struck by their sudden societal acceptance that one of them jokes “It’s here, the gay takeover we’ve been plotting all thi…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 07:12PMSunday, June 24, 2018
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” C.G. Jung Repping, supporting, & marching with grand marshal @LambdaLegal today! Happy #Pride ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 pi…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 12:16PMSaturday, June 23, 2018
The latest show presented by En Garde Arts, “Red Hills,” a play about the Rwandan genocide, takes place on the entire empty ninth floor of an office building in the Financial District, a…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:51PMFriday, June 22, 2018
The Broadway composer Richard Rodgers found four things invariably gratifying: “eating, a warm bath, making love and having a successful show.” But how gratifying is it to read about su…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 05:24PMThursday, June 21, 2018
To judge only from Broadway, New York theater is experiencing a Renaissance of old gay plays, with starry revivals of three landmark dramas that are now period pieces: The Boys in the Band f…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 03:53PMWednesday, June 20, 2018
La Mama ETC, Off-Off Broadway’s only Tony-winning theater, has announced a 57th season that features more than 50 premieres, dizzyingly eclectic as usual, including a 50th anniversary …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 05:00PMFor the 18th year in a row, Bryant Park is the site of free lunchtime concerts by cast members of current Broadway (and some Off-Broadway) shows on Thursdays in July and August between 12:…
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