Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Tribeca Festival 2025 for theater lovers by Jonathan Mandell

A “Hamlet” entirely inside his head…and in your ear. The Broadway cast of “The Gilded Age” in person. A documentary about actress Marlee Matlin, a feature film starring Kyra Sedwic…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:44PM
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Tony Contenders Tell All. Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Is it lobbying or reveling, or simply revealing?   Here are 10 out of the many Tony nominee profiles, interviews, behind-the-scenes and think pieces published or posted within the past we…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:19AM
Monday, May 26, 2025

A Broadway Theatergoer for Nine Decades by Jonathan Mandell

Muriel Mandell saw her first Broadway play in 1939 (“It was rah-rah America”) and her most recent in the season just past (“Terrible”) — and many of the original productions of lan…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:04PM
Saturday, May 24, 2025

Broadway 2025 2026 Season Preview Guide by Jonathan Mandell

Below is my preview guide of Broadway openings in the 2025-2026 season, starting in June with Jean Smart, fresh from her raved-about performance in “Hacks,” returning to Broadway after a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:57PM
Friday, May 23, 2025

Top 13 Posts in the 13 Years of New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

Below are the 13 most popular new posts in each of the 13 years since I launched NewYorkTheater.me, on May 23, 2012, which amounts to a kind of time capsule of theatergoers’ evolving enthu…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:40PM

Watch Adam Driver, Sarah Snook, Jasmine Amy Rogers et al accept their OCC Awards by Jonathan Mandell

Below are some of the speeches from the winners of the 75th Outer Critics Circle Award held Thursday afternoon at the New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. (Don’t kn…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:40AM
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Puppetopia: The Harlem Doll Palace and Rhynoceron by Jonathan Mandell

“The Harlem Doll Palace,” an unusual musical that launches the fourth annual Puppetopia Festival at HERE, is not just the true story of Lenon Holder Hoyt, an art teacher in public scho…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:04PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

2025 Tony Award Winners — YOUR Picks? by Jonathan Mandell

Make your pick in the survey below for 12 of the 26 categories in the 78th annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway’s best — plus two poll questions about the future of the Tonys: which c…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:54AM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Goddess Review. Amber Iman is heavenly. by Jonathan Mandell

Right after Amber Iman finishes her first song, a sudden admirer gasps: “Your voice is like nothing I’ve ever heard.” The reaction is understandable.  Iman portrays the title characte…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:53PM

2025 Chita Rivera Award Winners: Buena Vista Social Club, Cats by Jonathan Mandell

Below is the complete list of 2025 Chita Rivera Awards for dance and choreography, on Broadway, Off-Broadway and the movies, presented Monday night at the NYU Skirball Center. Check out the …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:31AM
Monday, May 19, 2025

Broadway on TV. John Leguizamo,Jordan E. Cooper at the Public. Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Two Tony-nominated plays from the current Broadway season are being broadcast on television. Both of them originated decades ago, and have gained new relevance because of the current politi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:18AM
Sunday, May 18, 2025

Creditors Review by Jonathan Mandell

Jen Silverman might seem an unlikely writer to adapt August Strindberg’s 1888  play for this starry production featuring Liev Schreiber as a man trying to undermine a married couple port…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:36PM
Saturday, May 17, 2025

New Theater Books for Summer Reading by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a manageable list of a dozen theater books — recently published or soon to be– that look to be good summer reads: five memoirs or biographies, four books of history or criticism…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:02PM
Friday, May 16, 2025

2025 Drama League Awards: Nicole Scherzinger, Oh, Mary, Maybe Happy Ending by Jonathan Mandell

Nicole Scherzinger won the Distinguished Performance Award for her work in “Sunset Blvd.”;  “Maybe Happy Ending” won outstanding musical and “Oh, Mary” won outstanding play at t…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:15PM
Thursday, May 15, 2025

5 Takeaways from the Broadway 2024-2025 Season by Jonathan Mandell

Does a single Broadway season say something about the times we live in, or about the current state of culture?  I’m not sure, but I do detect some trends, make of them what you will: The…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:36PM
Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Poll: Broadway Showstopper of 2025? by Jonathan Mandell

The nominations for the third annual Dorian Theater Awards include a unique category: The Broadway Showstopper Award. It’s a great idea. These musical numbers or standout scenes are often …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:55AM

2025 Dorian Theater Awards by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a list of the nominations for the third annual Dorian Theater Awards, “Death Becomes Her” leading with seven nominations, followed closely by “John Proctor is the Villain,” …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:05AM
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

More Awards and Worse Alarms. Stageworthy News of the Week. by Jonathan Mandell

Normally the weeks leading to the Tonys are primarily a time for anticipation and celebration; five major theater awards were announced this past week alone — “Purpose” and “Maybe H…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:20PM
Monday, May 12, 2025

2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards: Maybe Happy Ending, John Proctor by Jonathan Mandell

  “John Proctor is the Villain” was chosen as the outstanding Broadway play and “Maybe Happy Ending” was awarded outstanding Broadway musical and three other awards at the 75th annu…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:09AM
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Floyd Collins Broadway Review. Jeremy Jordan, trapped. by Jonathan Mandell

Near the beginning of “Floyd Collins,” a sonically spellbinding musical inspired by a bleak and bizarre true story, Jeremy Jordan as the title character yodels into the darkness – and …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:42PM
Saturday, May 10, 2025

The Popess Review by Jonathan Mandell

A day after the election of the first American pope, the first female pope led us in a hymn in Latin – shortly before a hooded Inquisitor ordered her burned to death. What’s most arresti…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:21PM
Friday, May 9, 2025

Mothers on Broadway 2025 by Jonathan Mandell

Mothers once again took to the stage on Broadway in the season just ended , in not always flattering but always knowing depictions. On Mothers Day this Sunday, Audra McDonald will try to bro…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:02PM
Thursday, May 8, 2025

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes Review. Hugh Jackman launches his company by Jonathan Mandell

A sexual affair between Hugh Jackman as a married middle aged professor and Ella Beatty as his 19-year-old student? On its surface, “Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes” tells a fami…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:35PM

Off Broadway Alliance Awards 2025 by Jonathan Mandell

Below are the nominations for the five competitive categories in the 14th annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards. The winners will be announced June 2. The Alliance has also announced special a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:18AM
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

The Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center: 8 million and 8 reasons to be grateful. by Jonathan Mandell

On its sixtieth anniversary, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center is being given a Tony Award.  In announcing the 2025 Tony Honors for Excellence in the …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:34PM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Broadway at the Met Gala by Jonathan Mandell

Among the hundreds of clotheshorses at the Met Gala last night were some theater artists — a Tony-winning producer, several playwrights, including a newly-minted Pulitzer winner, but mostl…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:29AM
Monday, May 5, 2025

2025 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards: Purpose, Maybe Happy Ending, Andrew Scott, David Greenspan by Jonathan Mandell

 “Purpose,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama earlier today, has now been selected as the best play of the 2024-2025 season by The New York Drama Critics’ Circle, which also awar…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:42PM

Purpose Awarded 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Oh, Mary, The Ally Finalists by Jonathan Mandell

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Purpose” was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Cole Escola’s “Oh, Mary” and Itamar Moses’s “The Ally” were selected as finalists. New York Mag…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:29PM

Theater World Awards 2025 by Jonathan Mandell

 Below are the dozen honorees bestowed with Theatre World Awards for outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway debut performances during the 2024-2025 theatrical season, as well as three speci…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:48AM

Theater Awards up the Wazoo. The Arts Under Attack. Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

The Tony nominations got most of the attention, with the customary “stars, snubs and surprises” analyses, but the nominations for three other awards were also announced within a week, th…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:59AM
Sunday, May 4, 2025

Lucille Lortel Awards 2025: Our Class by Jonathan Mandell

“Our Class,” Arlekin Players Theater’s play inspired by true events surrounding a 1941 pogrom by former classmates in a small Polish village, won outstanding revival, director, scenic …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:34PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis 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