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Monday, May 9, 2022

Review: Oh God, A Show About Abortion by New York Theater

At the very beginning of Alison Leiby’s joke-filled solo show, which I saw a few days after the leak of the draft of a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade, she told us that “Oh…

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“Fat Ham” wins 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Drama by New York Theater

“Fat Ham,” James IJames modern take on “Hamlet,” has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Finalists were “Selling Kabul” by Sylvia Khoury, and “Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Owner�…

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2022 Tony Award Nominations. A Strange Loop, MJ, Lehman Trilogy lead by New York Theater

“A Strange Loop” received 11 nominations and “MJ The Musical” ten, the most for musicals, and “The Lehman Trilogy” received eight, the most for a play, at the 2022 Tony Award nom…

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Sunday, May 8, 2022

Wedding Band Review. Alice Childress’ Love/Hate Story in Black and White by New York Theater

The overdue resurrection of Alice Childress continues with this first New York production in half a century of “Wedding Band,”  her richly resonant story of an interracial couple set i…

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Friday, May 6, 2022

Theatre World Awards 2022 by New York Theater

 Below are the dozen honorees bestowed with Theatre World Awards for outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway debut performances during the 2021-2022 theatrical season The 76th annual Theatre W…

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Our Brother’s Son Review. Would you give your kidney to a bossy relative? by New York Theater

Leo has long dominated and even bullied his family, but he’s also looked after them. Now he needs them desperately, but he’s not sure any of them will come through for him as he has for …

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Thursday, May 5, 2022

2022 Off Broadway Alliance Award Nominations by New York Theater

Below are the nominations for the 11th annual Off Broadway Awards. Winners will be announced May 24th. Don’t know the difference between the Off Broadway Alliance Awards and the Off Broadw…

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known, on HBO Max by New York Theater

Is there a better time to debut a documentary about “Spring Awakening,” a musical that features a lead character who dies after a botched back-alley abortion?  “Spring Awakening: Tho…

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Broadway Season Closer Quiz by New York Theater

How well were you paying attention to the Broadway shows that opened in April 2022, the last month of the unusual 2021-2022 Broadway season? Take this ten-question quiz to find out. Loading�…

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Monday, May 2, 2022

Broadway Reviews: Macbeth, POTUS, Mr Saturday Night, A Strange Loop, The Skin of Our Teeth. Award Season Begins. #Stageworthy News by New York Theater

The Broadway 2021-2022 season ended last week with five shows opening in a row (two on the same day!), a taxing finish to a both trying and triumphant return to live, in-person theater. And …

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Sunday, May 1, 2022

2022 Lucille Lortel Award Winners for Off Broadway: English, Kimberly Akimbo, Twilight LA 1992 by New York Theater

“English” won outstanding play, “Kimberly Akimbo” won outstanding musical, as well as outstanding performer and featured performer in a musical, and “Twilight Los Angeles 1992” w…

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May 2022 New York Theater Openings by New York Theater

Below is a day-by-day calendar of a selection of shows opening in May, a month that gives Off-Broadway and indie theater their time in the sun after the end of the 2020-2021 Broadway season.…

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Saturday, April 30, 2022

Macbeth Review: Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga in Sam Gold’s Version by New York Theater

Shakespeare didn’t write the very beginning and the very end of this generally wan and inscrutable production of “Macbeth,” starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga. The aggressively inven…

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

POTUS Broadway Review by New York Theater

In “POTUS,” seven female characters  save the president of the United States from himself during a series of scandals and crises on a single day in the White House – at the same time…

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Mr. Saturday Night Broadway Review. Billy Crystal Recreates His Borscht Belt Comic by New York Theater

In “Mr. Saturday Night,” opening on Broadway tonight, Billy Crystal stars as a very funny comedian who decades ago self-sabotaged, and is now trying to make a comeback.  The show itsel…

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

A Strange Loop Broadway Review by New York Theater

“A Strange Loop,” Michael R. Jackson’s  “Big, Black and Queer-Ass American Broadway Show,” as the characters in the musical itself repeatedly call it, has changed since I saw it …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:06PM

2022 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations: The Lehman Trilogy, Harmony, Kimberly Akimbo lead by New York Theater

“The Lehman Trilogy,” “Harmony” and “Kimberly Akimbo received the most nominations in the 71st annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, announced this morning. The winners will be annou…

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Monday, April 25, 2022

The Skin Of Our Teeth Broadway Review. A Black Family with a Pet Dinosaur by New York Theater

A startling moment occurs near the beginning of Lincoln Center’s  wonderfully over-the-top production of “The Skin of Our Teeth,” Thornton Wilder’s weird play about a modern-day Am…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:18PM

Drama League Award 2022 Nominations by New York Theater

Below are the nominations for the 88th annual Drama League Awards, which were announced this morning by Denée Benton and André De Shields. The awards ceremony, open to the public, will b…

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Tony Nominations Delayed. Broadway Reviews: Funny Girl, For Colored Girls…, Hangmen, How I Learned to Drive. #Stageworthy News by New York Theater

The Tony Award nominations will be announced May 9th (changed from May 3rd), as the eligibility cut off has been changed to May 4th (it was April 28th) to give the nominators the chance to s…

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Sunday, April 24, 2022

Funny Girl Review. Beanie Feldstein in the Streisand role of Fanny Brice by New York Theater

“Funny Girl,” a revival of which opened tonight on Broadway, is supposed to be a musical about Fanny Brice, the singing comedienne who was a star of the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway for …

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Friday, April 22, 2022

Earth Day on Broadway 2022 by New York Theater

Earth Day is officially April 22nd, but it’s being celebrated on Broadway, Saturday April 23rd, when the 30 blocks of Broadway between Union Square and Times Square will be closed to vehi…

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

Hangmen Broadway Review. Martin McDonagh’s gallows humor by New York Theater

“Hangmen,” Martin McDonagh’s black comedy about an ex-executioner, which opens tonight on Broadway, had a run Off-Broadway four years ago with the same director and the same design tea…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:50PM
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Broadway Review: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf by New York Theater

It’s taken more than 45 years for Ntozake Shange’s theatrical evening of narrative and lyrical poetry, dance, and song to return to Broadway’s Booth Theater….and for me finally to …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:14PM
Tuesday, April 19, 2022

How I Learned to Drive Broadway Review. Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse return to Paula Vogel’s play 25 years later. by New York Theater

This is a play about child abuse. Strip away the humor, the artful metaphors, the theatrical craftsmanship and the empathy, and “How I Learned to Drive” is the story of a pedophile, alco…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:45PM
Monday, April 18, 2022

Broadway Nixes Vax Chex, Keeps Masks. Reviews: The Minutes, American Buffalo, Harmony, To My Girls, The Little Prince. #Stageworthy News of the Week by New York Theater

Broadway theaters will no longer be required to check vaccination status of theatergoers after April 30th, but they will require theatergoers to continue to wear masks past at least until Ma…

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Sunday, April 17, 2022

The Minutes Review. Tracy Letts’ political satire and haunted history lesson by New York Theater

“Democracy’s messy,” the mayor, portrayed by Tracy Letts, says to the newest member of the Big Cherry City Council, Mr. Peel (Noah Reid.) But messy is too mild a word for the goings-on…

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Friday, April 15, 2022

Broadway Cheap Seats: How to Get Discount Tickets to Spring 2022 Theater by New York Theater

Below are the various discounts offered by the shows that have opened or are about to open (or reopen) on Broadway in Spring 2022, listed alphabetically. These are the official ways to get t…

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

American Buffalo Review by New York Theater

In this third Broadway revival of David Mamet’s “American Buffalo,” which feels like at least one revival too many, Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, and Darren Criss portray three low…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:03PM
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Harmony Review. Barry Manilow’s Musical in NYC At Last by New York Theater

The Comedian Harmonists, the singing group whose story is told in “Harmony,” Barry Manilow’s long-gestating musical, were as popular as the Beatles in their time and place. But their t…

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

To My Girls Review by New York Theater

What’s most cringeworthy about “To My Girls” is not that, in an era of “they/them,” the group of gay men in their late 30s who meet for a weekend in Palm Springs are all “She nee…

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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