Saturday, January 18, 2020
…”My Name is Lucy Barton” is a sometimes poignant, often tedious 90-minute monologue… The hope was that Laura Linney would do for it what France McDormand did in the HBO miniseries t…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 05:51PMFriday, January 17, 2020
Ann Harada, who made her Broadway debut more than 30 years ago, is philosophical about the latest character she portrays. “Sometimes you get to play glamorous roles,” she says, “and so…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 10:54AMThursday, January 16, 2020
They meet on a line for a movie; the man and the woman — each disfigured by childhood accidents — are used to be stared at, and they are used to being alone. Inspired by the late Urugu…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 01:41PMWednesday, January 15, 2020
Those theatergoers drawn to “Modern Maori Quartet: Two Worlds” for the authentic music and culture of the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand might feel blindsided by what seems like …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:18AMTuesday, January 14, 2020
This 15 minutes of Virtual Reality offering the sensation of looking at, walking on and flying over the moon — created by performance artist Laurie Anderson and new media artist Hsin-Chien…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 12:06PMMonday, January 13, 2020
The typical Broadway theatergoer is still a well-to-do , middle-aged woman from out-of-town, according to statistics presented in The Demographics of the Broadway Audience 2018–2019, the 2…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 02:54PMBelow are the nominations in 24 categories for the 92nd Academy Awards, Joker” led all films with 11 nominations, including for Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix and Best Director Todd Phillips, …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 08:24AMSunday, January 12, 2020
Nominations for the 92nd annual Academy Awards will be announced tomorrow January 13, so it seems a good time to test your knowledge of the history of Broadway at the Oscars. (The 92nd Oscar…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 05:25PMSaturday, January 11, 2020
Tickets are now on sale for Broadway Week, where you can buy two tickets for the price of one for performances from January 21 through February 9 of 21 Broadway shows, from “Ain’t Too Pr…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:35AMFriday, January 10, 2020
There was a time when people made a living by starving themselves in front of a paying audience — an art form that lasted for centuries, but one that was on the wane when Franz Kafka wrote…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 03:04PMThursday, January 9, 2020
The long arty title and the vague, grand description of the show in the Under the Radar festival listing are both misleading. “The Shadow” etc. has a straightforward subject and a clear …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 03:13PMWednesday, January 8, 2020
“Wild Dogs Under My Skirt,” a rhythmic, exuberant and startling work of theater that is the first of three New Zealand plays at Soho Playhouse this month, resembles Ntozake Shange’s ch…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 02:30PMTuesday, January 7, 2020
Two Broadway veterans — Taylor Mac, Tony-nominated playwright of “Gary” and Greg Kotis, the Tony-winning co-author of “Urinetown” – are back Off-Off Broadway this season, and why…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 03:44PMMonday, January 6, 2020
Broadway and Off-Broadway were represented at the 77th annual Golden Globes; click on photographs for details. (Full list of 2020 Golden Globe winners and nominees.) Theater is an art form t…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:20AMSunday, January 5, 2020
Choose the show that you are most looking forward to. The list below is for shows that have opening dates on Broadway from January through April 2020 as of this writing, and they are listed …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:48AMSaturday, January 4, 2020
Genocide, suicide, murder, deportation, terror, kidnapping, mass explosion – those are some of the bleak subjects of the Off-Broadway shows I’m most looking forward to this season, liste…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 10:49PMFriday, January 3, 2020
For all the Broadway lore and persistent hope that a show on the Great White Way will make new stars and break new ground, the appeal of Broadway increasingly has become its familiarity – …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 07:50PMThursday, January 2, 2020
Below is a selection of New York theater openings in January, organized chronologically by opening date.* Three shows are opening on Broadway this month — Laura Linney in “My Name Is…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 06:13PMWatch the entire 90-minute concert “Celebrating Sondheim,” performed by the New York Philharmonic live on New Year’s Eve 2020, with host Bernadette Peters and guest vocalist Katrina Le…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 10:11AMWednesday, January 1, 2020
In the decade just ended, there were unmistakable trends specific to the theater – teen musicals, for example, and celebrity bio jukebox musicals. Which of these trends will continue in 20…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 05:40PMTuesday, December 31, 2019
We celebrate the new decade by saluting Broadway veterans who are aged 88 to 105, many of them still working. Click on any photograph to see it enlarged and read the caption.
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 12:07PMMonday, December 30, 2019
It would be hard to have put together these weekly summaries of New York theater news for the entire decade, as I have, without noticing: This has been a weird decade. Even the name of the d…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 12:21PM Below are the ten most popular videos posted in 2019 on my New York Theater Youtube channel, in order of popularity. Below that are the top five New York theater videos of the decade Beet…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 09:13AMSunday, December 29, 2019
Recall what happened in theater in 2019 by answering these 16 questions, many adapted from my monthly quizzes throughout the year.
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 03:09PMSaturday, December 28, 2019
Here are the 10 most popular posts of NewYorkTheater.me from 2019, and below that some good reads from the year. Then: the top five posts of the decade! 10 Most Popular Posts From 2019 Poll:…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:43AMFriday, December 27, 2019
Broadway lights will dim on January 7 at 6:45 p.m. for Jerry Herman, who died on Thursday at the age of 88, at the end of a year that saw the death of Carol Channing at its beginning, …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 04:45PMBelow is a list of theater books to read in 2020, most of which were published in 2019*. Click on the titles to find more information and to purchase these books, grouped under four cate…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:28AMThursday, December 26, 2019
My annual New Year’s Eve last-minute guide to events that are still available to do on New Year’s Eve 2020 (when 2019 turns into 2020) in New York City Below: Times Square. Broadway sho…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 01:13PMWednesday, December 25, 2019
Below are some of the people from the theater community who died in 2019. Click on any photograph to read the caption.
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 12:37PMTuesday, December 24, 2019
Check out: Favorite stage performances in 2019. Top 10 Lists of Top 10 Theater in 2019. Best Broadway Cast Recording of 2019. Top 10 Theater of the Decade. Worst Theater of the Decade. …
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 09:06AMMonday, December 23, 2019
Below is the Broadway schedule between Monday December 23, 2019 and Sunday, December 29, 2019, with links to my reviews of the shows. Eight shows will be performing on Christmas Eve (Tuesday…
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