Sunday, January 25, 2026

Data Review by Jonathan Mandell

“Data” speaks to the precise moment in which we are living to an astonishing degree, and not just because of our concerns about AI. It begins and ends with characters playing ping pong! …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:23PM
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Broadway and the Blizzard 2026: Questions and Answers by Jonathan Mandell

A massive snow storm is expected to reach New York City Sunday morning, January 25, 2026 leading New Yorkers to ask one question — how bad will it get? — and New York theatergoers to…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:43PM

The Lost Boys Broadway musical: First Look by Jonathan Mandell

Below are two videos of LJ Benet, who will be making his Broadway debut as Michael Emerson in the forthcoming musical “The Lost Boys,” explaining the show, and singing one of the numbers…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:45AM
Friday, January 23, 2026

Edward Review. 27 Objects That Tell A Life by Jonathan Mandell

Ed Schmidt, a playwright and performer who should be better known, stood behind a table with twenty-seven objects on it, which he said were found in a box belonging to a man named Edward O�…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:36AM
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Oscar Nominations 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

“Sinners” received a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations, followed by “One Battle After Another” with 13. Several theater-related films received nods, including nine (including Best…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:31AM
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

An Ark Review by Jonathan Mandell

When this is over…things will have changed forever,”  Ian McKellen told me near the start of “An Ark,” staring directly at me. I didn’t roll my eyes. At first that was only becau…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:41PM
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Broadway Week. Fascist Year. #Stageworthy News by Jonathan Mandell

Last week was full of theater news, and politics. Hell’s Kitchen is closing; Darren Criss is leaving; Adrien Brody is making his Broadway debut. Dylvan Mulvaney is joining the cast of “S…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:09AM
Monday, January 19, 2026

Martin Luther King Jr’s Final Speech: “I’m so happy I didn’t sneeze” by Jonathan Mandell

The day before he was assassinated, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr delivered what is usually called the “I’ve Been To The Mountaintop” speech because of its stirring final moments.…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:39AM
Sunday, January 18, 2026

Audition: Three Insights about Theater in Katie Kitamura’s novel by Jonathan Mandell

The unnamed central character in Katie Kitamura’s acclaimed novel “Audition” (Riverhead Books, 197 pages) is a middle-aged actress of some repute and of great perception, who offers so…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:35PM
Saturday, January 17, 2026

Prototype Festival: What To Wear. Richard Foreman’s opera on beauty and ducks. by Jonathan Mandell

Why do the four opera singers repeat “This is Mad’line X” forty-one times?  What’s with the big ducks and why are they playing golf? Is the ensemble a group of courtiers or a deck o…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:50PM
Friday, January 16, 2026

Finding Dorothy Parker Review by Jonathan Mandell

Dorothy Parker hated the theater, especially the “wretched downtown plays. The actors represent characters like ‘truth’ or ‘poverty’ while the audience is content to represent ‘s…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:21PM
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Spring 2026 New York Theater Preview: 10 Shows to See* by Jonathan Mandell

In a season that promises to be rich in starry revivals and adaptations of familiar titles, the ten shows below are largely from beyond Broadway — most Off Broadway, some more out-of-the-w…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:16AM
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Under the Radar: Try/Step/Trip by Jonathan Mandell

“Try/Step/Trip,”  a terrifically rhythmic, unconventional musical that merges rap with step-dancing, was inspired by the court-ordered stay in drug rehab by poet, composer and performe…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:59PM
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Broadway Week 2-for-1 Tickets On Sale Now by Jonathan Mandell

There are seven new participants in the twice-yearly discount program: All Out:, Chess, Liberation, Marjorie Prime, Oedipus,Ragtime, Two Strangers (the links are to my reviews.) Click on the…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:41PM
Monday, January 12, 2026

Mamdani: Free tickets are just the beginning. APAP: “Outrage is not a strategy.” #Stageworthy News by Jonathan Mandell

At a press conference on Friday announcing 1,500 free tickets to the Under the Radar Festival, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said: “This is just one example of an agenda and an approach that we ar…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:38AM
Sunday, January 11, 2026

Bug Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

“I’m not an ax murderer,” Peter (Namir Smallwood) says to Agnes (Carrie Coon.) It’s his first line in “Bug,” Tracy Letts’ intentionally unsettling 1996 play, now in its Broadwa…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:50PM
Saturday, January 10, 2026

LaChanze on her journey to Broadway producer by Jonathan Mandell

LaChanze, a 19-time Broadway veteran. has won five Tony Awards,  one of them for her starring role in the original 2005 Broadway production of “The Color Purple,” the other four as a B…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:58AM
Friday, January 9, 2026

Under the Radar: Mami by Jonathan Mandell

A young man strips an older woman of her clothes, wipes her bottom and changes her diaper: It is an early scene in “Mami,” one of the many startling wordless moments that have the otherw…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:30PM
Thursday, January 8, 2026

Never Mind The Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner by Jonathan Mandell

Marc Shaiman, one-half the songwriting team behind the Broadway musicals “Hairspray,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “Some Like It Hot,” and “Smash,” doesn’t even start to tell us …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:03AM
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Fringe: Diana and Bob Marley by Jonathan Mandell

Both Princess Diana and musician Bob Marley died tragically at the age of 36, and both have been the subject of an endless stream of books and films and plays. They each have another such sh…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:58PM
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Remembering January 6, on Stage by Jonathan Mandell

“Sweetheart, I’m fine, and I’m running for my life, I cannot talk to you right now,” Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif) recalls telling her son, when he telephoned her while she was scrambl…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:35PM
Monday, January 5, 2026

Broadway Picks for 2026? Theater Survives 2025. #Stageworthy News by Jonathan Mandell

“We expect greatness from the cooks wielding a thousand spices, from those who stride out onto our Broadway stages, and from our starting point guard at Madison Square Garden. Let us deman…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:07AM
Sunday, January 4, 2026

Broadway Poll: Spring 2026 Show You Most Want To See? by Jonathan Mandell

Choose the show that you are most looking forward to, among the 16 that (so far) have firm opening dates on Broadway between now and the end of April, 2026. Please consider answering two oth…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:42AM
Saturday, January 3, 2026

January 2026 New York Theater Openings by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a calendar of selected theater opening* this month in New York, including one Broadway show, “Bug” by Tracy Letts, a mixed-reality play starring Ian McKellen, and the return of…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:49PM
Friday, January 2, 2026

January Theater Festivals 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

There are more than 100 shows produced by the six annual theater festivals listed below, all of which begin in January. On offer are Beckett and Kabuki; a campy Princess Diana and an outrage…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:40PM
Thursday, January 1, 2026

10 Questions About Theater in 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

The affordability crisis, fascism, Artificial Intelligence, America’s 250th birthday: As 2026 begins, the theater is not immune to the large questions about what is happening in the count…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:09PM
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Ring IN The Old: Saluting 25 Broadway Troupers Aged 89 to 101 by Jonathan Mandell

Let us celebrate the new year by honoring Broadway veterans like Dick Van Dyke, who just wrote a book 100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist’s Guide to a Happy Life He turned 100 in Dec…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:30AM
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Year End Theater Quiz: A Look Back at 2025 by Jonathan Mandell

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 01:25PM
Monday, December 29, 2025

The Year in Theater: The Moments, Stories, Books, Lost Lives of 2025. #Stageworthy News by Jonathan Mandell

How DO you measure a year? New York theater lovers do so in shows, sure (Top 10 Critics’ Lists (+ 6) of Top 10 NYC Theater),but not in shows alone. Clockwise from top left: a moment from M…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:40AM
Sunday, December 28, 2025

Theater Books of 2025 to Read in 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a list of theater books that were published in 2025, most of which I read and enjoyed (sometimes immensely, sometimes with caveats), several I hope to get to in the new year. Beneat…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:53PM
Saturday, December 27, 2025

20 Memorable Moments on Stage in 2025 by Jonathan Mandell

The 20 moments I select below happened in an instant — an image, an action, a remark, a sudden realization, in one case a touch. All were far shorter than a scene or a song or even a monol…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:29PM

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre