Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The Other Place Review by Jonathan Mandell

Theatergoers may identify with Anne (Emma D’Arcy) if they have had to deal with a family member during a crisis who showed no interest in collaboration or compromise, only wanting to be in…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:00PM

The Monsters Review by Jonathan Mandell

By the time that Big and Lil are lunging at one another with all the brutal skills they’ve developed as mixed martial arts fighters, we already realize they aren’t monsters at all. They …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:50PM
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Timothée Chalamet’s Off-Broadway Debut by Jonathan Mandell

When Timothée Chalamet made his Off-Broadway debut exactly a decade ago, as a troubled Bronx teenager in John Patrick Shanley’s “Prodigal Son,” I compared him to a young Marlon Brando…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:26AM
Monday, February 9, 2026

Theater as Resistance. Moulin Rouge closing. Outsiders new cast. #Stageworthy News of the Week. by Jonathan Mandell

Two of the three shows I reviewed this past week felt like implicit acts of resistance to currently encroaching authoritarian rule. One was modeled on a play by Brecht that he wrote to fig…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:28AM
Sunday, February 8, 2026

Super Bowl LX: Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Brandi Carlile, Green Day, Sabrina Carpenter by Jonathan Mandell

It was not necessarily the most exciting football game for many people watching (it did pick up in the fourth quarter), but Super Bowl LX was more than football. Brandi Carlile sang the nati…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:47PM
Saturday, February 7, 2026

Gooey’s Toxic Aquatic Adventure Review by Jonathan Mandell

The artist known as La Daniella portrays Gooey, who is billed as “an orphaned sorta mermaid” and dressed in what looks like a fishnet with dredged up detritus from the sea. Her costume l…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:51PM
Friday, February 6, 2026

A Look at Black Broadway, 1820 – 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

For every well-known showcase of Black Broadway – “Porgy and Bess,” 1935; “A Raisin in the Sun” 1959; last year’s “Purpose,” winner of both the Tony and Pulitzer — there ar…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:14PM
Thursday, February 5, 2026

Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-Examined Hitler Review. by Jonathan Mandell

It took until the twenty-first century for the extraordinary story of Hans Litten to reach the public at large. In 1930, stormtroopers attacked the patrons of Eden Dance Palace in Berlin. Th…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:14PM
Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Fringe: And Her Children. Agitprop for Gun Control by Jonathan Mandell

Anna Fierling, the spokesperson for the National Rifle Association who tells her story in “And Her Children,” is a fictional character clearly inspired by former NRA spokesperson Dana Lo…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:52PM
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Off Broadway Week 2026: 2 for 1 Tickets by Jonathan Mandell

Tickets are now on sale for Off-Broadway Week, where you can buy two tickets for the price of one for 26 shows, for performances from February 16 through March 12. Sixteen of the shows are n…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:57PM

Poll: Which 2026 Best Picture Oscar Nominee Would Work the Best and Worst on Broadway? by Jonathan Mandell

In a year when one of the ten Oscar nominees for best picture ends with scenes from one of the greatest plays ever written, another is about a theater actress and her film director father, a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:20PM
Monday, February 2, 2026

Theater celebrates (Obies, Grammys) and protests! #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

“Buena Vista Social Club” won the Grammy for best musical theater album, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande won for Best Pop Duo/Group Performances. Nazareth Hassan’s “Bowl EP,” Car…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:20AM
Sunday, February 1, 2026

Buena Vista Social Club Wins Best Musical Theater Album Grammy 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

Buena Vista Social Club has won the 2026 best musical theater album at the 68th annual Grammy Awards, beating out five other nominees, all current or recent Broadway shows (the fourth conse…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:35PM

February 2026 New York Theater Openings by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a calendar of selected theater opening* this month in New York. None are on Broadway, but there is enough happening Off and Off-Off Broadway to see a new show nearly every night in …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:51AM
Saturday, January 31, 2026

Obie Awards 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

The 69th annual Obie Awards, honoring achievement Off and Off Off Broadway, were announced tonight. Below is the complete list, which includes lifetime achievement awards to Carmelita Tropi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:44PM
Friday, January 30, 2026

Theater Quiz for January 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

How well were you paying attention to the New York theater news, views and reviews in the month of January. Take this ten-question quiz and find out. Loading…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:47PM
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Theater Blog Roundup: Looking Back in Anger by Jonathan Mandell

The war on culture has played out in many ways over the past year, as chronicled by the bloggers/substackers,podcasters to whom I link below. There’s famously the mess at the Kennedy Cente…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:43AM
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Masquerade Mania by Jonathan Mandell

“Masquerade”  has just been extended through July 5 – proof, if you needed it, that the immersive version of “The Phantom of the Opera” has caught on.This wasn’t a given when i…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:51AM
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Under the Radar: Watch Me Walk by Jonathan Mandell

Anne Gridley’s favorite neurologist has told her that people can only concentrate on walking for about eight seconds; human beings are designed to walk without thinking about it.  But he…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:56PM
Monday, January 26, 2026

Broadway at the Oscars, in the Snow, at BroadwayCon. Sir Ian on the Edge. #Stageworthy News by Jonathan Mandell

A record-breaking 11.4 inches of snow reportedly fell on Central Park on Sunday, and the shows went on — mostly: Ten of the 31 shows currently running on Broadway did cancel. A storm warni…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:14AM

Watch Telly Leung, Ali Ewoldt, Shoba Nayaran et al perform at “This is What It Sounds Like: An AANHPI Concert of Joy” by Jonathan Mandell

“I don’t want to be an ambassador for Asians, but that’s part of the job when you’re in a country, and you work in an industry, that continues to see us as perpetual foreigners, inca…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:00AM
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

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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