Monday, March 18, 2024

Enemy of the People Broadway Review. Jeremy Strong is not a hero, Michael Imperioli not a villain by New York Theater

Jeremy 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 …

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American Rot Review by New York Theater

The 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…

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Love on Stage: The Notebook, The Effect. Platt Plays the Palace. Digital Theater at Year 4. Stageworthy News of the Week. by New York Theater

New 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…

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Broadway Spring 2024 Previews: The Final 16 by New York Theater

A 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 01:41PM
Saturday, March 16, 2024

Broadway Ephemera: Brando singing; Bernhardt thanked; Irving Berlin and Tallulah Bankhead, Herman and Merman by New York Theater

Marlon 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 10:37AM
Friday, March 15, 2024

Digital Theater’s Next Act. ACTA Year 4 by New York Theater

Four 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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Thursday, March 14, 2024

The Notebook Broadway Review by New York Theater

They’re selling a little box of tissues branded with the logo of “The Notebook: The Musical” at  Broadway’sGerald Schoenfeld Theater, where it’s opening tonight – perhaps the …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:33PM
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

The Effect Review. Is love real? by New York Theater

In “The Effect,” two researchers are conducting clinical trials of a new antidepressant, but their experiment stumbles and crashes after two volunteers undergoing the drug tests fall for…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:50PM
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Old Broadway On the Move: Reanimating Theater at NYPL Lincoln Center by New York Theater

During the Golden Age of Broadway, theater photographer Leo Friedman used his specialized still camera to capture image after image of show after show. The action on stage was rarely still, …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:31PM
Monday, March 11, 2024

Corruption Review. Murdoch’s phone hacking scandal by New York Theater

As he did more successfully with “Oslo” and “Blood and Gifts,” playwright J. T. Rogers dramatizes a complicated moment in history with sophistication, humor, some clarity, even some …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:12PM

Broadway at the Oscars 2024. A week of Doubt and Dance Theater. Stageworthy News by New York Theater

Broadway at the Oscars 2024, clockwise from top left: New Academy Award winners and Broadway veterans Da’Vine Joy Randolph (who was nominated for  a Tony  in 2012 for Ghost the Musical…

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

Oscar Winners 2024: Oppenheimer: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, 4 more. by New York Theater

Best Picture Oppenheimer Best Director Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Best Actor Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer Best Actress Emma Stone, Poor Things Best Supporting Actor Robert Downey Jr., Opp…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:21PM

Sen. Katie Britt or Scarlett Johansson: Which was the better parody? by New York Theater

“I”m worried about the future of our children, and this is why I invite you into this strange, empty kitchen, because Republicans want me to appeal to women voters. And women love kitche…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:13AM
Saturday, March 9, 2024

Oasis of Impunity Review. Abstracted cruelty in theater from Chile by New York Theater

“No carnival without cruelty,” a man dressed much like the horror movie character Freddy Krueger screams desperately in Spanish, trapped in a glass cube crowded with others who are grote…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:36PM
Friday, March 8, 2024

The 19 Women Playwrights Who Have Won Pulitzers by New York Theater

In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, here are the women playwrights who have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an annual award given for “a distinguished pl…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:26PM
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Doubt Review by New York Theater

The nun is certain, or says she is, that the priest is molesting one of the students in her school, but we never are so sure, thanks to John Patrick Shanley’s exquisitely well-crafted pla…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:54PM

Illinoise Review by New York Theater

For all the high-powered theatrical talent involved, this stage interpretation of Sufjan Stevens’ acclaimed 2005 album “Illinois” could probably use a warning label. It’s extraordina…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:11PM
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Broadway Poll: Favorite March and April 2024 Shows, in 4 Categories by New York Theater

Choose the shows that you are most looking forward to, in the four categories into which I’ve divided the 18 play and musicals that are opening on Broadway in March and April, 2024. These …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:59AM
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Theater Blog Roundup: Spring Theater Hopes Eternal by New York Theater

Whether offering a Spring Review, or praising a Broadway run, or welcoming the news that the Washington Post will indeed be hiring a new theater critic after all, the theater bloggers below …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:12PM
Monday, March 4, 2024

Broadway Overflowing! Overpriced? Overblown?? Stageworthy News of the Week by New York Theater

“With all the activity on Broadway, there will be plenty of good targets,” says Gerard Alessandrini, the wit behind the satirical revue “Forbidden Broadway,” which after more than …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:59AM
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Broadway Rush and Lottery for Spring 2024 Shows by New York Theater

Eighteen shows are opening in the final eight weeks of the 2023-2024 Broadway season, each of which offers discounts of one kind or another — rush, lottery, digital rush, digital lottery. …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:23AM
Saturday, March 2, 2024

Theater Quiz for February 2024 by New York Theater

How well were you paying attention to New York theater in the month of February? Answer these ten questions to find out, plus an extra question to match the extra day because it’s a Leap Y…

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Friday, March 1, 2024

March 2024 New York Theater Openings by New York Theater

Below is a calendar of theater opening* in March, including five shows opening on Broadway, two of them new musical adaptations of popular novels. Jeremy Strong returns to Broadway after 16…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:31AM
Thursday, February 29, 2024

Puppetopia: Adventures of Curious Ganz and Pescador by New York Theater

The Adventures of Curious Ganz I could tell you about the fascinating life of Joachim Ganz, who was the first Jew to settle in the first English colony in America in the late 1500s. He was a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:49PM
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Dragon Lady. Sara Porkalob gives 100 percent by New York Theater

“You might have seen me in the official revival of “1776” playing Edward Rutledge, aka the villain,” Sara Porkalob begins. And indeed we did – although many New York theatergoers m…

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

The Ally Review by New York Theater

With “The Ally,” playwright Itamar Moses clarifies with laser precision the dilemma facing liberal American Jews largely because of Israel. But the play takes wider aim as well, explorin…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:53PM
Monday, February 26, 2024

The Seven Year Disappear Review. Cynthia Nixon as 8 characters by New York Theater

It’s been seven years since Cynthia Nixon has appeared on a New York stage (when she won a Tony for “The Little Foxes”), but that’s not what Jordan Seavey’s new play is about, desp…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:48PM

18 Broadway Openings: How to Choose. Off Broadway Extensions. Stageworthy News of the Week by New York Theater

There will be 18 shows opening on Broadway in March and April, starting next week! Sure, that might feel overwhelming. But in his article on the “Crazily Crowded Broadway Spring Season”…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:01AM
Sunday, February 25, 2024

The Hunt Theater Review by New York Theater

In “The Hunt,” Tobias Menzies portrays a preschool teacher whose community turns against him after a false accusation by one of his five-year-old students.  The play is an English-lan…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:55PM
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Broadway Decoded by New York Theater

I didn’t know what a bunny hug is, nor its place in musical theater history, and I couldn’t precisely describe a surrey, before I browsed Thomas S. Hischak’s “Broadway Decoded: Music…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:24PM
Friday, February 23, 2024

Puppetry Preview: At a Festival, in a Horror Movie, on Broadway and Beyond by New York Theater

Puppets are in the spotlight this weekend and over the next couple of weeks, most prominently at the third annual Puppetopia Festival: Puppetopia 2024 HERE Arts Center, February 27 to March …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:10AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards