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Thursday, February 16, 2023

The Wanderers Review: Two Jewish Couples and a Movie Star by New York Theater

That Katie Holmes portrays a movie star in Anna Ziegler’s play about two troubled Jewish marriages somewhat undercuts what’s meant to be a significant moment near the end:  Sophie (Sar…

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Could Avatar work on Broadway? The Fabelmans? 10 Best Picture Oscar Nominees as viewed by a theater critic by New York Theater

There is a spectacular other-wordly train crash in “Avatar” that recalls the one in “The Fabelmans,” which in turn explicitly mimics the one in Cecil B. DeMille’s film “The Great…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:50PM
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Broadway Love and Kisses On Valentine’s Day 2023 by New York Theater

Shows currently on Broadway are full of romantic or at least sexy moments, as these scenes and shots from a dozen of them attest: click on any photograph to read the caption. From Funny Girl…

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Monday, February 13, 2023

Biden: Ticket Fees Are Junk Fees. Off Broadway Week Begins. I’ll Never Fall In Love Again. #Stageworthy News of the Week by New York Theater

“Americans are tired of being played for suckers,” President Joe Biden said at the State of the Union Address last week, asking Congress to “pass the Junk Fee Prevention Act so compani…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:04AM
Saturday, February 11, 2023

Lucy Review. Motherhood as Bleak Class Struggle by New York Theater

From the moment Mary hires Ashling to be the nanny for her children, “things start to feel just a little….off,” according to the promotion for “Lucy.” But for the entire two hours …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:46PM
Friday, February 10, 2023

La MaMa’s First Home Reopens, 5 years and $25 million Later by New York Theater

It was the sort of remark that might have shocked people at any other ribbon-cutting ceremony, but this was the reopening yesterday of La MaMa Experimental Theater Club’s first home, a fou…

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

Pictures from Home Review. Nathan Lane and Zoë Wanamaker as Danny Burstein’s Dad, Mom and Subjects. by New York Theater

In 1992, photographer Larry Sultan published an unusual book about his parents Irv and Jean entitled “Pictures From Home,” a combination of staged photographs of them, stills from the fa…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:27PM
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

State of the Union 2023 Cast of Characters, Full Video, Transcript by New York Theater

The parents of police victim Tyre Nichols, the ambassador from Ukraine, a man who disarmed a killer, the father of a young woman who died from an overdose – these are among the nine indivi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:47AM
Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Celebrating Playwright John Guare by New York Theater

It was as if John Guare had come to his own memorial service, he joked at the end of last night’s two-hour celebration of his work at the 92nd Street Y. “But I’m so happy to be alive.…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:38PM
Monday, February 6, 2023

Broadway at the Grammys! Leslie Odom Jr’s Victorious Return! George Santos, Superhero Broadway Producer?? #Stageworthy News of the Week by New York Theater

“In the Woods” won the Grammy for best musical theater album, producer Sean Patrick Flahaven accepting the award as a tribute to the memory of Stephen Sondheim (who during his lifetime…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:06AM
Sunday, February 5, 2023

Into The Woods Wins Best Musical Theater Album Grammy 2023 by New York Theater

Into The Woods is the winner of the Grammy for Musical Theater Album. “This album is a tribute to Stephen Sondheim. We lost him a little more than a year ago.” The six nominees in the ca…

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Saturday, February 4, 2023

Black Theater in New York Over Two Centuries by New York Theater

Theater created by Black New Yorkers goes back two centuries, as chronicled in the collections of the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress, some items from which are posted be…

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Friday, February 3, 2023

Broadway Poll: Which Grammy Nominee Should Write a Musical? by New York Theater

Each of the following ten recording artists has been nominated for Album of the Year, the most coveted of the 91 categories in the 65th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held this Sunday. …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:17AM
Thursday, February 2, 2023

6 reasons to love the Between Riverside and Crazy Broadway simulcast, and hope for a digital theater future by New York Theater

When I saw “Between Riverside and Crazy” on stage at Broadway’s Hayes Theater in December, I called it a “must-see” production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s 2015 Pulitzer Prize win…

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

February 2023 New York Theater Openings by New York Theater

Below is a calendar of theater opening* in February 2023 in New York,  including one play on Broadway, starring Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein and Zoe Wanamaker, and much exciting Off-Broadway…

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Off Broadway Week 2-for-1 Tickets by New York Theater

Tickets are now on sale for Broadway Week, where you can buy two tickets for the price of one for performances from February 13 through March 5 to 23 Off-Broadway shows, including such fan f…

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Theater Quiz for January 2023 by New York Theater

How well were you paying attention to New York theater in January? Answer these ten questions to find out. Loading…

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Monday, January 30, 2023

Mayor Adams: Theater is Thriving. Parade, Shucked Complete Casts. #Stageworthy News of the Week by New York Theater

A year after Eric Adams delivered  his first official speech as mayor in Manhattan’s theater district urging New Yorkers to “enjoy a Broadway show,” he made his second State of th…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:44AM
Sunday, January 29, 2023

Heaven and Hunger, at 1st Irish Theater Festival by New York Theater

A Ukrainian play at an Irish theater festival? It was one of the two plays I attended in the final weekend of the annual 1st Irish Festival, which on the surface seemed as opposite as thei…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:26PM
Saturday, January 28, 2023

Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams’s Greatest Creation by New York Theater

Vivien Leigh said it tipped her over into madness. It left Ann-Margret “twisted and shaking, confused, agitated, and staring ahead in a daze.” For Jessica Lange, “I don’t think ther…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:45AM
Friday, January 27, 2023

Theater About the Holocaust, from The Diary of Anne Frank to Leopoldstadt by New York Theater

On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day – designated by the United Nations every January 27th, because that was the date in 1945 when Soviet soldiers liberated the 6,000 remainin…

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Thursday, January 26, 2023

George Santos: 6 Memorable Articles by New York Theater

Ever since newly-elected New York Congressman George Santos was revealed as a liar, and worse, not a day has gone by without something new. It’s embarrassing, of course; much of it is infu…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:24PM
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Without You Review. Anthony Rapp looks back at Rent and grief by New York Theater

“525,600 minutes 525,000 moments so dear 525,600 minutesHow do you measure… half a lifetime?  That’s how long it’s been” This is how Anthony Rapp begins  “Without You,” h…

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

2023 Oscar Nominees Who Are Broadway Veterans! NEA chief on changes since the pandemic. #Stageworthy News of the Week by New York Theater

Nine of the 20 Oscar nominees for performance announced this morning are veterans of Broadway. (Full list of nominations) They are: Actor in a Leading RoleAustin Butler (Elvis) made his Broa…

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Oscar Nominations 2023 by New York Theater

The full list of nominations for the 95th annual Academy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC. …

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Monday, January 23, 2023

Small Talk Review. Colin Quinn’s 7th solo show by New York Theater

“Throughout history weather was the only important subject; everything else was small talk,” Colin Quinn explains; now weather’s the go-to subject for small talk, except for members of…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:00PM
Sunday, January 22, 2023

Memorial Review. Maya Lin fights for her Vietnam Veteran design amid anti-Asian attitudes. by New York Theater

Maya Lin was still a college student when her design was selected out of more than 1,400 entries for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., which resulted in criticism, conflict, …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:27PM
Saturday, January 21, 2023

Broadway at the Oscars Quiz by New York Theater

Nominations for the 95th annual Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday January 24th, so it seems a good time to test your knowledge of the interplay between Broadway and Hollywood, with…

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Friday, January 20, 2023

Theater Blog Roundup: Assessing 2022. Rebuilding. Reminiscing. Retiring? by New York Theater

Many of the dozen or so theater bloggers below offered end of year assessments for 2022, a less evidently emotional year than the previous two — but that’s just on the surface. “This y…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:26PM
Thursday, January 19, 2023

8 Things to Understand About Digital Theater Now, According to Jared Mezzocchi by New York Theater

Jared Mezzocchi is a pioneer in digital theater, and probably its most quoted evangelist, an Obie winning theater artist who works as a multimedia designer, director, playwright, performer…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:58AM
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Under the Radar Review: Otto Frank by New York Theater

An 88-year-old white supremacist who claimed “The Diary of Anne Frank” was a hoax shot and killed a 39-year-old African American security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in W…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:21AM

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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