Tuesday, December 30, 2025

A Town, a Bully, and the Moment Everything Breaks: Kenrex at The Other Palace by Ross

‘911, what’s your emergency?’ ‘My husband… they shot him… they all did.’ It’s July 10th, 1981, Missouri, and in that sharp introduction, Kenrex at The Other Palace arrives li…

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Sunday, December 28, 2025

The Best of 2025: A Year of Revival, Risk, and Revelation on Stage by Suzanna Bowling

Each year, once the glitter settles after the Tony Awards, I begin watching with fresh eyes — not for what’s trending, but for what’s transforming. The second half of 2025 didn’t jus…

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In Memoriam: Honoring Those We Lost in 2025 by Suzanna Bowling

Times Square Chronicles remembers the voices, legends, leaders, and creators we lost this year. Their lives helped shape culture, ignite imagination, and move the world. May their memory be …

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Saturday, December 27, 2025

What’s Coming to Broadway in 2026: A Preview of Powerhouse Performances by Suzanna Bowling

As 2026 dawns, Broadway continues its revival with a compelling slate of premieres and revivals that promise star power, emotional depth, and theatrical excellence. From long-awaited debuts …

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Friday, December 26, 2025

Amadeus Ignites California’s Pasadena Playhouse by Ross

As someone who spends a good portion of each week wishing transatlantic teleportation were a standard perk of theatre journalism, I felt a familiar pang of longing when Pasadena Playhouse re…

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When the Past Outshines the Future: This World of Tomorrow at The Shed by Ross

Quietly charming and deeply nostalgic, This World of Tomorrow, a new play written by and starring Tom Hanks alongside writer James Glossman, is premiering in high gloss at The Shed. It deliv…

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Sunday, December 21, 2025

Ken Fallin’s Broadway: Marjorie Prime by Suzanna Bowling

Renowned caricaturist Ken Fallin lends his signature flair to the cast of Marjorie Prime, immortalizing the poignant, futuristic drama with a stroke of wit and reverence. His latest illustra…

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Robert Icke’s Oedipus — When Truth Destroys the Man Who Demands It by Suzanna Bowling

Robert Icke’s modern adaptation of Oedipus, now running at Studio 54, is less a retelling of Sophocles’s tragedy and more a shattering meditation on truth, power, and the unbearable weig…

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Revisiting Lenny Bruce’s Obscenity Trial: A Staged Reading That Still Tests the Limits of Free Speech by Elisabeta Qoku

I attended the staged reading of The People Versus Lenny Bruce at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, presented in association with the Writers Guild of America East and the Society fo…

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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Countdown To Christmas: The Gift of Show by Suzanna Bowling

5 days to go! Every year people panic to find the perfect gift. We at T2C have been collecting idea’s all year long to bring you the perfect gift guide at all price levels. When you’re a…

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Michael Urie as Richard II: A Boy King Becomes a Man Child by Craig J Horsley

There are people in power that are just not meant to lead. Richard II became King of England at the age of 10. Given the throne at such an early age would not allow the boy king to mature an…

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: Tis The Season When Understudies Abound by Suzanna Bowling

Two decades after its original Broadway run, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is back — and still spelling out heart, hilarity, and humanity. Originally conceived by Rebecca Feld…

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Monday, December 15, 2025

Joe Iconis and Family’s Twisted Holiday Extravaganza Returns to 54 Below by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Joe Iconis and his delightfully unhinged gang of musical theater punks are back at 54 Below, decking the halls (and every square inch of the venue) with their riotous holiday tradition. Now …

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Sunday, December 14, 2025

Marjorie Prime: Memory, AI, and the Echoes We Leave Behind by Suzanna Bowling

In the quietly futuristic revival of Marjorie Prime, playwright Jordan Harrison asks a haunting question: What if memory itself could be edited—and preserved—through artificial intellige…

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The Art of Leaving Should Consider a Rewrite by Suzanna Bowling

The Art of Leaving, a new play by Anne Marilyn Lucas now playing at the Pershing Square Signature Center, may be fresh to the stage, but it arrives feeling strangely fossilized—as though u…

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Friday, December 12, 2025

Has the Walnut Street Theatre Gone to the Dogs?  A Christmas Story – The Musical by Claudia Perry

You can understand that in Vaudeville days, nobody wanted to follow the dog act.  Why?  Because dogs are cute and furry and audiences love them. Hence, the two talented dogs, Gus and Jethr…

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Monday, December 8, 2025

Impossible Choices: The Brutal Beauty of MTC’s Queens by Ross

Cracking the world wide open, Martyna Majok’s Queens, the superb off-Broadway production from Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center, unfolds like a memory broken apart under press…

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Two For One at Theatre Horizon by Claudia Perry

A World Premiere for Wishing to Grow Up Brightly is now playing at Theatre Horizon.  With a Book by Amanda Morton, Matthew Decker & Brenson Thomas and Music by Josh Totoro, it is an exp…

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Sunday, December 7, 2025

Archduke Misses the Mark with Absurdist Undertones and Historical Inaccuracy by Suzanna Bowling

Rajiv Joseph’s Archduke, now playing Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theater as part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s season, aspires to be a dark, absurdist comedy in the vein of Tom Stop…

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Lots of Ha Ha’s in Bum Bum (or this farce that has Autism) by Craig J Horsley

It is human nature for people to prejudge individuals; but, it is the miracle of humanity that those prejudgments are so often proven wrong. The world premiere of Bum Bum (or this farce that…

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Friday, December 5, 2025

Gotta Dance! Offers Standout Moments Amid Surprising Omissions by Suzanna Bowling

Afra Hines and Jesse LeProtto As someone who clears their head by rewatching iconic choreography—“Let’s Have a Glass Together” from Grand Hotel, “American Son” from Will Rogers F…

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The American Soldier: A One-Man Odyssey Through the Heart of War by Suzanna Bowling

There are performances that entertain, and then there are performances that bear witness. In The American Soldier, Douglas Taurel offers the latter—a sacred holding space for the voices of…

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Meet the Cartozians — A Conversation Starter That Stops Too Soon by Suzanna Bowling

Meet the Cartozians, now premiering by Second Stage Theater at The Signature Theatre, is a smart, provocative new play by Talene Monahon that dares to wade into one of the most complicated c…

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Sunday, November 30, 2025

Ken Fallin’s Broadway: Off Broadway’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Ken Fallin

Caricature king Ken Fallin works his artistic magic once again — this time turning his sharp pen toward the hilariously heartfelt cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, now pl…

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In Memoriam: Sir Tom Stoppard (1937‑2025) by Suzanna Bowling

Sir Tom Stoppard — the dazzling, erudite playwright and screenwriter whose wit, intellect, and love of language shaped modern theatre and film — died peacefully on November 29, 2025, a…

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Saturday, November 29, 2025

Theatre News: The Queen of Versailles, Jamie Allan’s Amaze, Richard II, Gypsy, Scott Ellis and Meet The Cartozians by Suzanna Bowling

Not shocking ‘The Queen of Versailles,’ starring Kristin Chenoweth, set its final performance date on Broadway forJanuary 4, 2026. By closing, the musical will have played 32 previews an…

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Don’t Put This Elf on the Shelf – Elf: The Musical at Bucks County Playhouse by Claudia Perry

You’ve seen the movie, maybe even see the musical before but you probably have never seen this hilariously funny, non-stop laugh-fest version of ELF: The Musical. I laughed from the beginn…

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Friday, November 28, 2025

Art: A Comedic Canvas of Friendship, Ego, and One Very Expensive Paint Chip by Suzanna Bowling

What does friendship really cost? Apparently, around $300,000—plus one massive ego bruise and a bowl of olives. In the sharp, briskly timed revival of Yasmina Reza’s Art on Broadway, Bob…

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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: Chip Zien by Suzanna Bowling

ive From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but due to several conflicts we did the show zoom style. I am so grateful to my guest…

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Suite 524’s Pop-Up Dinner Theater at Barlume Downstairs: A Nourishing Night for Body and Soul by Suzanna Bowling

At 900 Broadway, nestled just below the street-level buzz of 20th Street, lies a hidden gem that recently served up one of the most memorable and soul-stirring evenings in recent Off-Broadwa…

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Kara Young and Nicholas Braun Bleed and Bind in Rajiv Joseph’s Riveting Revival by Suzanna Bowling

Rajiv Joseph’s 2009 two-hander, Gruesome Playground Injuries, returns Off-Broadway in a searing, nonlinear revival that showcases two towering performances and the strange, tender terrain …

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