In the middle of the busiest theater month in memory, the theater company Playco held a group nap today. It was the first of its slate of free events during its “Month of Rest” �…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:00PMIn “The Outsiders,” opening on Broadway tonight, an exciting cast of gifted young performers, a lovely if little-varied folk and country score, and some thrillingly muscular, almost cine…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:40PMSince the publication of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel of the Jazz Age – on April 10, 1925, 99 years ago today — “The Great Gatsby” has been turned into an opera, a ballet, seve…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:29PMBy the end of “Oh, Mary!,” we have learned that First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln was a homicidally bitter alcoholic and frustrated cabaret singer married to a vicious closet homosexual whose…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:47PMNature’s getting dramatic, taking center stage, with the earthquake last week and the eclipse today. (New York City is expected to see a partial solar eclipse, with the moon covering about…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:15AMZombie fungi – the same parasites that wipe out civilization in the sci-fi thriller “The Last of Us” — are real; fruit flies grieve; a group of five towns in 17th century Italy f…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:27PMThe Great American Eclipse of 2024 is happening in North America on Monday, with the moon completely blocking the light of the sun in cities from Mazatlan, Mexico to Montreal, Canada, inc…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:01PMThere is an arresting tidbit about Leonard Bernstein and “West Side Story” near the beginning of “Broadway Melody” (Benzinger and Frank, 492 pages), written by Jack Viertel, whose il…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:56PM“Wet Brain,” “Buena Vista Social Club” and “Stereophonic” received the most nominations for the 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:16PMBelow is a calendar of dates in 2024 when nominations and awards are announced, and ceremonies take place, for the major New York theater awards (and a few others), followed by an opinionate…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:47PMOnce again, the voices of the original Broadway cast of “Rent” rang out from a New York stage — this time at Lincoln Center. But as Idina Menzel sang “Over the Moon,” Sandra Mae Fr…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:35PMAriana DeBose will once again be the face of Broadway, when she returns for the third time as host of the Tony Awards. The Oscar-winning actress of “West Side Story” and six-time Broadwa…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:42AMBelow is a selection of theater opening* in April. It’s an overwhelming number of shows — fourteen just on Broadway, twelve of them in the week leading up to the April 25th cut-off date…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:38AMElmer J. McCurdy was killed in a shoot-out with sheriff’s deputies in Oklahoma in 1911, but took 66 years to be buried, his mummified remains having been exhibited all that time by a seri…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:29PMHow well were you paying attention to the theater news and reviews in March? Answer these ten questions — plus a bonus question — to find out. Loading…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:01PMThere is a core of irresistibly tuneful songs in “The Who’s Tommy” that have drawn in fans for more than half a century, first with the rock band’s pioneering 1969 double album, th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:45PMIn honor of World Theater Day, celebrated internationally every March 27th since 1962, here are 10 beautiful theaters from around the world, and 10 great books about New York theater. But …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:39AMJohn Patrick Shanley’s latest play begins with a tentative connection between two lonely middle-aged people, Fran (Cecily Strong), who brings her latest bag of dirty laundry to the neighbo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:28PMI reviewed seven shows this past week – two on Broadway, two Off-Broadway, two Off-Off Broadway, and one in Kentucky. A mad busy theatergoing week, prelude to an even more insane month, wi…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:07AMWe’re in the parking lot of the New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church on a hot Good Friday afternoon in Dallas, Texas. We’re also on stage in the Pamela Brown Auditorium of the Acto…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:03PMBathhouse.pptx, “a mess” of a play about gay bathhouses that is “a symptom of loneliness and longing” (in the words of its playwright Jesús I. Valles), won the 2023 Yale Drama Se…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:10PMLaurence Fishburne is an award-winning actor who’s been in the business for more than half a century, debuting on TV at age 10, in the movies at age 12, and in a major motion picture, �…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:53AMWhen at the start of “Water for Elephants,” Jacob jumps a train during the Depression, he lucks out – and so do we.“You didn’t jump just any old train, son,” a character named Ca…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:47PMDescribed below are forty-seven shows opening over nineteen days in April. That beats even the Broadway schedule for the month. And tickets are a lot cheaper — no more than $35, and as lit…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:00PMThere are elements of a smart and campy popular entertainment, comparable to “Little Shop of Horrors,” in this latest musical from Michael R. Jackson ( “A Strange Loop,” “White Gir…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:36PMJeremy Strong as a righteous scientist? Michael Imperioli as his pompous, persnickety brother? One might initially question this casting. Strong is best known for his recent role as Kendall …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:49PMThe Dred Scott decision, widely considered the worst ruling in the history of the United States Supreme Court, inspired “American Rot,” which should have been a better play. It certainly…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:03PMNew York theater revs up for its final stretch, with 16 of the 38 shows of the Broadway 2023-2024 season opening up over the next six weeks. I’m not even halfway through the 10 “can’t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:49AMA look at the final stretch of the Broadway 2023-2024 season:: The sixteen Broadway shows opening over the next six weeks, starting tomorrow and ending April 25th, the cut-off date for Tony …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:41PMMarlon Brando singing “Luck Be A Lady” in rehearsal with “Guys and Dolls” composer Frank Loesser. Fifteen pairs of Liza Minnelli’s false eyelashes. A first edition of “West Side …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:37AMFour years ago today – the ides of March, 2020 – the COVID-19 pandemic forced the then-mayor of New York City to shut down the smaller In-person theaters that had remained open after t…
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