Friday, April 26, 2024

We went to the new Second City New York theater. Here’s why you need to go by Matt Levy

The mainstage revue show "Ruthless Acts of Kindness" is comedy with Swiss Army knife level precision.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:09PM

‘Illinoise’ review: Moving Broadway show is about love, loss — and dance by Johnny Oleksinski

Set to the songs of Sufjan Stevens, it is a transporting and soul-stirring experience.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:16PM
Thursday, April 25, 2024

‘Great Gatsby’ review: Broadway musical messes up beloved novel by Johnny Oleksinski

Forget East Egg and West Egg. The creators of the new musical “The Great Gatsby,” which opened Thursday night on Broadway, have laid an egg. This song-and-dance version of F. Scott Fitzg…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:22PM
Wednesday, April 24, 2024

‘Uncle Vanya’ review: Steve Carell’s Broadway play is funny, not feeling by Johnny Oleksinski

While the revival of Anton Chekhov's play has got the jokes down pat, it is quite a bit shakier when it comes to the pathos and hardship that spring from them. 

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:00PM

How much are the cheapest tickets to see ‘& Juliet’ on Broadway? by Matt Levy

Here's how to catch the show-stopping musical live.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:21PM

‘Mary Jane’ review: Rachel McAdams is a strong mom in teary Broadway play by Johnny Oleksinski

Rachel McAdams brings an instantly heartbreaking quality to her performance in “Mary Jane”: Her steadfast optimism.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:14PM
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Idina Menzel announces ‘Take Me Or Leave Me Tour.’ Get tickets today by Matt Levy

The "Frozen" star glides into NYC's Beacon Theatre on Aug. 15.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:49PM

‘Patriots’ review: ‘Crown’ creator’s Putin play is a bore on Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

It’s as slow and frigid as a cross-country skiing expedition through Siberia.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:52PM
Monday, April 22, 2024

Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne’s ‘Cabaret’ training includes weekly bouts of ‘torture’ by Nicki Gostin

"My wife [Hannah Bagshawe] thinks it's massage but it's actually a kind of borderline torture but it's keeping me upright!" — Eddie Redmayne

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:51PM
Sunday, April 21, 2024

‘Cabaret’ Broadway review: Revival with Eddie Redmayne is luxe — and bleak by Johnny Oleksinski

Walking into the August Wilson Theatre, which has been gutted and impressively transformed into a sexy nightspot called the Kit Kat Club, my immediate reaction was, “Wow. This is cool!” …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:38PM
Saturday, April 20, 2024

‘Stereophonic’ review: Broadway play goes behind the music by Johnny Oleksinski

Although “Stereophonic” is not a musical, it’s easy to get swept up by the terrific original rock songs that throb through it.  And as writer David Adjmi’s play, which opened Friday…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:12AM
Thursday, April 18, 2024

What do tickets cost to see ‘The Outsiders’ on Broadway? by Matt Levy

This just might be the can't miss musical of the spring.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:09PM
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

‘The Wiz’ Broadway review: We’re off to see the cheap national tour! by Johnny Oleksinski

Yes, “The Wiz” should ease on down the road — but with boundless creativity and awe.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:00PM

Blue Man Group founder turns his head into wild canvas for wearable art — he’s ‘making baldness cool’ by Alexandra Klausner

Similar to how people express their personalities through hair and nails, performer Chris Wink realized he could do that with his head.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:03AM
Sunday, April 14, 2024

‘Lempicka’ Broadway review: Painter musical is an epic wreck by Johnny Oleksinski

What “Lempicka,” the mystifying new musical about Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka, needs more than anything else is turpentine.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:16PM
Saturday, April 13, 2024

Meet the Pete Townshend-approved breakout star of ‘The Who’s Tommy’ on Broadway by Johnny Oleksinski

“He hasn’t needed a lecture about what makes a star, and what can cause a star to fall. He just gets it.”

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:07AM
Friday, April 12, 2024

Naked male witches, Hollywood voyeurs and Netanyahu gone wild: A look back at the sexy, star-studded run of ‘Sleep No More’ by Hannah Frishberg

Anything and everything can happen on any given night at the immersive performance, which ends its 13-year run in May.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:55PM
Thursday, April 11, 2024

‘The Outsiders’ Broadway review: Warring teens tug at the heart in one of the season’s best new musicals by Johnny Oleksinski

Driven by authenticity, earnestness, youth and ample heart, “The Outsiders” is very much an outsider itself.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:15PM

Patti LuPone is coming back to Broadway — with Mia Farrow — even after she ditched the actors union by Johnny Oleksinski

In 2022, LuPone very publicly left Actors Equity, the professional actors union that a performer must be a member of to work on Broadway.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:55AM
Monday, April 8, 2024

‘Deplorable racial abuse’ aimed at Tom Holland’s co-star in ‘Romeo & Juliet’ London production by Michael Starr

"We are working with a remarkable group of artists. We insist that they are free to create work without facing online harassment." -- The Jamie Lloyd Company

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:46AM
Thursday, April 4, 2024

‘The Outsiders’ star Matt Dillon visits Broadway show — poses with producers Angelina Jolie, her daughter Vivienne  by Lauren Sarner

Matt Dillon, star of "The Outsiders" movie, went to see the Broadway play and took a photo with the cast and producers Angelina Jolie and Vivienne Jolie-Pitt.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:52PM
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Meghan McCain slams ‘Ghost of John McCain’ satire musical ‘set inside the brain of Donald Trump’ by Erin Keller

The musical comedy is "set inside the brain of Donald Trump that got under the skin of Meghan McCain."

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:59PM
Friday, March 29, 2024

Alfred Molina says he was a ‘working actor’ before ‘Spider-Man’ Doctor Octopus success by Nicki Gostin

"I had a nice career, I was playing nice supporting roles and getting nicely noticed for it, no complaints at all. But 'Spider-Man' — it did kind of create a persona for a whole new audie…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:12PM
Thursday, March 28, 2024

‘The Who’s Tommy’ Broadway review: 4 stars for a galvanizing rock revival by Johnny Oleksinski

That we all have an inner adult and an inner child is a deeply relatable idea, even in a cuckoosical such as this one.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:05PM
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

‘Animal Control’ star Joel McHale knows he’s played a lot of ‘d–ks’: I ‘craved’ work when I was jobless by Lauren Sarner

Joel McHale's “Animal Control” has already been renewed for a third season, and it follows the personal and professional lives of a group of Animal Control workers in Seattle. 

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:30AM

‘Doubt’ writer John Patrick Shanley gets advice from Bugs Bunny by Nicki Gostin

John Patrick Shanley likes to run ideas, in his head, past an assembly of people who populated his youth growing up tough in the Bronx.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:14AM
Saturday, March 23, 2024

Before ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘Spamalot,’ this was Jonathan Bennett’s first NYC job by Angela Barbuti

Jonathan Bennett moved to New York at 19 in hopes of landing a role on Broadway -- but the first gig he got was a less than desirable role at a fashion boutique.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:55AM

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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