Tuesday, April 21, 2026

The Balusters Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

The squabbling over whether to put a stop sign on the neighborhood’s prettiest street might not sound  substantial enough to build a play around. But David Lindsay-Abaire’s fresh and f…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:20PM

Outer Critics Circle Award 2026 Nominations by Jonathan Mandell

“The Lost Boys” leads the nominations for the 76th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, announced this morning by Isa Briones and Sepideh Moafiat the Museum of Broadcasting. The winners …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:22AM
Monday, April 20, 2026

Schmigadoon! Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

With its spot-on, affectionate parodies of the most beloved Broadway musicals from the Golden Age, “Schmigadoon” felt like just the right TV series for theatergoers who had to go without…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:58PM

2026 Drama League Award Nominations by Jonathan Mandell

Below are the nominations for the 92nd annual Drama League Awards announced this morning. The awards will be held May 15th at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. Want to know what other New York theater …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:35AM

Proof, Fear, Fallen Angels on Broadway. #Stageworthy News of the Week. by Jonathan Mandell

Escape or engage? That seems to be the choice in the shows that opened in the past week: You could spend time in an elegant English drawing room or on Death Row. It’s more or less the choi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:32AM
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Fallen Angels Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

Kelli O’Hara’s drunken pratfalls, along with Rose Byrne’s wildly skewed wig, mark the high point in the low comedy that most distinguishes this century-old trifle, writt…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:48PM
Saturday, April 18, 2026

Reading Broadway: The Books behind the 2025-2026 Season by Jonathan Mandell

Fifteen of the plays produced in the Broadway 2025 2026 Season are publicly available to read. A couple of this season’s musicals are adapted from novels; a third comes directly fr…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:14PM
Friday, April 17, 2026

Off The Record: Acts of Restorative Justice by Jonathan Mandell

I attended “Off The Record” the same week as “The Fear of 13,” both of which are about the failings of the American criminal justice system. The self-described â€�…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:45PM
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Proof Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

Both Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri are making their Broadway debuts in this first Broadway revival of David Auburn’s play about a family of mathematicians — the father a genius w…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:45PM
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

The Fear of 13 Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

Adrien Brody in his Broadway debut tells the true story of a man who spent more than two decades on Death Row for a murder he did not commit. Lindsey Ferrentino’s play is also the sto…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:56PM
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Two April 14th Tragedies Now Broadway Punchlines by Jonathan Mandell

What does it say about us that every night on Broadway, theatergoers now gather to laugh at two terrible American tragedies, both of which occurred on April 14. John Wilkes Booth assassinate…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:01AM
Monday, April 13, 2026

Broadway Revisits Cats, Death of A Salesman, Titanique, Becky Shaw. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

The four shows that opened on Broadway this past week were already familiar to New York theatergoers. Two are revivals; the other two ran Off Broadway. Is this familiarity evidence of produc…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:54AM
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Titanique Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

This silly, campy show, a mashup of Céline Dion songs with a jokey replay of the movie “Titanic,” has moved to Broadway, virtually unchanged from the anything-for-a-laugh ente…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:49PM
Saturday, April 11, 2026

Theater Online This Weekend: Sondheim, Sean Hayes, Julio Torres by Jonathan Mandell

Sean Hayes’ final performances in ‘The Unknown” on stage this weekend are also available on screen, via The League of Live Stream Theater. The play is one of several re…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:46AM
Friday, April 10, 2026

Tony Kushner Does a Cameo on Hacks by Jonathan Mandell

I happen to know the best writer in the world – Tony Kushner,” Jean Smart as Deborah Vance says in the first episode of the final season of “Hacks.” Her plan for a c…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:01AM
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Death of a Salesman Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

This sixth Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s towering play is undeniably a Prestige Production, but it’s one that strains for effect, from the casting of Nathan Lane and Laur…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:23PM
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

The Arthur Miller Tapes by Jonathan Mandell

When Arthur Miller died in 2005 at the age of 89, as Charles Bigsby tells us on the last page of his latest Miller book, it was on the anniversary of the opening night of the first Broadway …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:37PM
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

CATS The Jellicle Ball Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

There are solid reasons to celebrate the arrival on Broadway of this striking production, which recasts Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical as a Ballroom competition, with a cast of fabu…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:53PM

To The Moon, Artemis! by Jonathan Mandell

Last night, the crew of NASA’s Artemis II traveled to the far side of the moon, 252,756 miles from Earth, the furthest any human beings have ever been from our home planet. From NASA:…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:23AM
Monday, April 6, 2026

Becky Shaw Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

The audience gasped almost as frequently as it laughed during the performance I attended of “Becky Shaw,” Gina Gionfriddo’s fierce, funny comedy that revolves around a bad…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:54PM

Broadway Countdown: 6 musicals, 7 plays. Stage on Screen: Unknown, Six, Suffs, Merrily, Octet (Lin-Manuel directing.) Stageworthy News by Jonathan Mandell

It’s raining dogs and cats on Broadway, with the opening last week of the play adaptation of “Dog Day Afternoon,” and this week of the voguing version of the musical  

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:14AM
Sunday, April 5, 2026

Watch The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Jonathan Mandell

Streaming now for free on PBS, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay” tells the story of two Jewish cousins in 1939 who together invent a comic book superhero called the…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:51PM
Saturday, April 4, 2026

Seagull: True Story Review by Jonathan Mandell

Alexander Molochnikov had already turned “The Seagull” into a ballet for the Bolshoi, and planned to turn Chekhov’s play into an avant-garde spectacle for the Moscow Ar…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:53PM
Friday, April 3, 2026

Broadway Under $50: Discounts to April 2026 Shows by Jonathan Mandell

Below are the discounted ticket offers from the shows opening on Broadway in April –mostly through digital lottery, digital rush, and/or in person rush. All but one of the shows charg…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:33PM
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Fringe: The Meeting. Art and Fascism by Jonathan Mandell

Five former theater artists meet clandestinely in a dystopian totalitarian society in the near future where “The Leader” has banned all art, and even banned the words that descri…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:49PM
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

April 2026 New York Theater Openings by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a day-by-day calendar of selected theater opening* this month in New York, including thirteen shows on Broadway, six musicals and seven plays, bursting with stars, many making their…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:10PM

Lucille Lortel Award Nominations for Off-Broadway 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

Mexodus and Prince Faggot received the most nominations for the 41st annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway.  Winners will be presented at the annual ceremo…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:31PM
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Theater Quiz for March 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

How well were you paying attention to the New York theater news, views and reviews in the month of March? Find out with this ten-question quiz, plus a bonus question. Loading…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:06PM
Monday, March 30, 2026

Dog Day Afternoon Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

Why have Warner Bros. with 42 other producers financed a new Broadway play about a botched, two-bit bank robbery in Brooklyn half a century ago?  The answer is obvious to me: Itâ€�…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:54PM

Must Broadway be so expensive? Mariska Hargitay replacing Daniel Radcliffe. RIP Mary Beth Hurt. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

The high ticket prices on Broadway are an annual and perennial outrage, but maybe more galling as the season wraps up. The hottest ticket on Broadway last week sold for $975. The…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:26AM
Sunday, March 29, 2026

No Singing in the Navy Review by Jonathan Mandell

Three sailors are on 24-hour shore leave in New York City before being shipped off to war. No, this is not a simple spoof of the 1944 musical “On The Town.” The initial pre…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:52PM

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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
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off