Thursday, January 16, 2025

Under the Radar: Old Cock. How to be a dictator by New York Theater

This 51-minute play starring a chicken may seem a startling evolution for the political playwright Robert Schenkkan, whose Broadway playwriting debut, “The Kentucky Cycle,” was six hours…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:41PM
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Under the Radar: Show/Boat: A River by New York Theater

Why has “Show Boat” been renamed “Show/Boat: A River?” The title change turns out to be typical of what’s being billed as a “daring reimagining”  of the 1927 musical. Many of…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:55PM
Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Prototype: Eat the Document. 70s radicals turned fugitives. by New York Theater

Bob Dylan hovers over this opera, which tells a story about early 1970s radicals who become fugitives for some three decades. The connection is deliberate if indirect, but Dylan also comes t…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:49PM
Monday, January 13, 2025

Boop Cast. Broadway Week. Theater Festival Abundance. Atlantic Theater Stagehands on Strike. Stageworthy News of the Week. by New York Theater

“New York City is where you want to be in January,” Pat Kaufman, commissioner of NYC Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment, said on the opening night Friday of the Association of…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:01AM
Sunday, January 12, 2025

Under the Radar: Dead as a Dodo by New York Theater

 Wakka Wakka is back with a new puppet musical, about the adventures of a boy and a dodo bird in the underworld. Compared to the 24-year-old company’s past shows, what most stands out ab…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:25PM

PhysFestNYC: KOAL. Caught in a wildfire. by New York Theater

“KOAL”  begins with the sound of a powerful wind and the crackle of an ominous fire. Inspired by the “Black Summer” wildfires in Australia in 2019, Jacinta Yelland’s solo show th…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:30AM
Saturday, January 11, 2025

Prototype festival: Telekinetik by New York Theater

“Telekinetik” is about as unconventional an opera as opera can be, and therefore more or less typical of the Prototype festival, which launched its twelfth annual season Thursday with …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:37PM
Friday, January 10, 2025

Under the Radar: SpaceBridge. Russian Refugee Kids at La MaMa by New York Theater

SpaceBridge is a show starring Russian refugee children living in New York City shelters after fleeing Russia because of their families’ opposition to the invasion of Ukraine.  It is als…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:59AM
Thursday, January 9, 2025

Under the Radar: Blind Runner. Responding to repression in Iran by New York Theater

“For years, I’ve learned that in reaction to all the hardships, I could do only one thing: run. Run instead of talk, run instead of cry, run instead of shout, run instea…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:20PM
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Under the Radar: The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy (redux) by New York Theater

Joshua William Gelb, an award–winning pioneer in digital theater, has restaged his earliest Internet hit in what some might consider a logical next step – in person.  But if I find �…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:45PM
Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Fringe Encore: My Mother’s Funeral The Show by New York Theater

Abigail’s mother has just died, but she can’t afford to pay for her funeral, so to raise the needed funds she decides to write a play about the death of her mother and the difficulty of …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:59PM
Monday, January 6, 2025

A Wicked Year? Stageworthy News of the Week by New York Theater

2025 begins as the Year of Wicked. Although the movie won only ”best cinematic and box office achievement” at the Golden Globes last night, both it and the stage musical broke box office…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:51AM
Sunday, January 5, 2025

Under the Radar: Techne at BAM by New York Theater

“Techne,” one of the shows that opened the 20th anniversary “Under the Radar” festival this weekend, reinforces its reputation for theater so experimental it makes you wonder what …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:51PM
Saturday, January 4, 2025

January 2025 New York Theater Openings by New York Theater

Below is a calendar of selected theater opening* this month in New York, including one Broadway show, Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize winning “English,” which is transferring intact fro…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:37PM
Friday, January 3, 2025

Broadway Poll: Spring 2025 Show You Most Want To See by New York Theater

Choose the show that you are most looking forward to, among the 20 that (so far) have firm opening dates on Broadway between now and April 27, 2025, when the 2024-2025 season ends. They are …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:02AM
Thursday, January 2, 2025

January Theater Festivals 2025: from Dodos to Dictators, Gwyneth Paltrow to Yoko Ono by New York Theater

There are almost 100 shows produced by the seven annual theater festivals listed below, all of whom begin in January. Largely experimental, avant-garde, mixed-genre, and at much lower ticket…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:12PM
Wednesday, January 1, 2025

10 Questions About Theater in 2025 by New York Theater

The year 2025 begins with some short-term questions about theater – the fate of “Warriors,” the effect of “Wicked”?– and more long-term ones – what new leadership will mean to …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:58PM
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Ring IN The Old for 2025: Broadway Veterans from 90 to 100 by New York Theater

Let us celebrate the new year by honoring these twenty Broadway veterans — accomplished performers, playwrights, producers, directors, composers (at least one of them all those things tog…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:30AM
Monday, December 30, 2024

Year End Theater Quiz: A Look Back at 2024 by New York Theater

How much do you remember of this year in New York theater? Answer these 10 questions to find out. Loading…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:48PM

2024 in Stage Moments, Broadway Backstage Stories, Theater Books, and In Memoriam. #Stageworthy News by New York Theater

How DO you measure a year? Yes, in laughter and strife, and also in nightlife. (New Year’s Eve in NYC Last Minute Guide to Greeting 2025) Theater lovers measure the year in shows, sure (se…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:24AM
Sunday, December 29, 2024

Theater Books of 2024 to Read in 2025 by New York Theater

Below is a list of theater books that were published in 2024, most of which I read and enjoyed (with caveats), several I hope to get to in the new year. Beneath that is a list of 10 scripts …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:07AM
Saturday, December 28, 2024

Memorable Moments on Stage in 2024 by New York Theater

When they hug in the rain in “The Notebook.” When they fight in the rain in “The Outsiders.” When the fourth sibling finally arrives in “The Hills of California.” When the fourth…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:46PM
Friday, December 27, 2024

10 Big Theater Stories of 2024 by New York Theater

The year began with Elton John getting an EGOT and ended with his giving Broadway a flop. It was that kind of year, offering theatergoers reasons to cheer and to jeer.  Here are ten of t…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:21PM
Thursday, December 26, 2024

New Year’s Eve in NYC Last Minute Guide: Greeting 2025 by New York Theater

My last-minute guide to New Year’s Eve in New York City, when 2024 turns into 2025, features information on: Times Square.Dining Out,Theater: Plays as parties, Broadway show schedule, fami…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:49PM
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

10 Movies in Cinemas Today, Reviewed. by New York Theater

On this traditional day of moviegoing, here is my quick take on ten new feature films, most of them only available in cinemas, including “A Complete Unknown,” “The Fire Inside” and �…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:11PM
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

In Memoriam: Theater Community Members Who Died in 2024 by New York Theater

Below are some of the people from the theater community who died in 2024, listed alphabetically. Click on any photograph (and click the ⌽ button) to read the caption. (In a few of these, t…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:20AM
Monday, December 23, 2024

Broadway Wraps Up 2024: Gypsy, Eureka,All In. Happy Christmukkah. Stageworthy News of the Week by New York Theater

The final three Broadway shows of 2024 opened last week — a play, a musical and…something else, for a total of 33 shows running on Broadway as we head into Christmukkah (both Christmas a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:11AM
Sunday, December 22, 2024

All In: Comedy About Love. Reading Simon Rich’s Stories by New York Theater

“All In: Comedy about Love,” opening on Broadway tonight, is not based on Simon Rich’s humorous stories; it is a selection of those stories, read aloud from hand-held binders by a ro…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:36PM

Broadway Schedule Christmas and Hanukkah Week 2024 by New York Theater

Below is the Broadway schedule between Monday December 23, 2024 and Sunday, December 29, 2024, with links to my reviews of the shows. Eight shows will be performed Christmas Eve (Tuesday), a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:37AM
Saturday, December 21, 2024

Top 10 Reads in 2024: Life and Trust. Wicked. Best and Worst of Broadway. by New York Theater

My guide to the underground immersive hit “Life and Trust” was the best-read post on my NewYorkTheater.me blog in 2024, followed by my comparison of Wicked the movie with the Broadway m…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:06PM

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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 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime