Somewhere between fan fiction, musical comedy, hockey romance, and pure camp, Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody manages to pull off a surprising feat: it delivers exactly what …
The Best Featured Musical acting categories often reveal where voters’ hearts truly lie. Unlike the lead races, these categories reward scene stealers, breakout stars, and performers who e…
For nearly three decades, Celebrity Autobiography has enjoyed a devoted following by doing something wonderfully simple: allowing talented performers to read unintentionally hilarious excerp…
THE X-FILES MEETS THE BIBLE — Early reviews of director Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day came out this week. One wag compared it to a meeting of The X-Files and The Bible. Another said …
The featured acting categories are often where some of the season’s finest work can be found. These performers may not carry the title role, but they frequently provide the emotional heart…
If the play races are defined by narrative, the musical acting categories may be defined by sheer excellence. This is where Ragtime could have a very big night. The Lincoln Center revival ha…
June is Tony season and vacation time but the cabarets, talks and concerts coming to the stage make you want to hit the clubs. Here are our recommendations. 54 Below: 254 West 54 St. 6/1: Th…
The annual New Dramatists Spring Luncheon always delivers one of the season’s strongest theater rooms, though this year’s gathering felt especially stacked. Held at the New York Marriott…
The play acting races are a reminder that Tony Awards are never just about who delivered the single best performance. Narrative matters. Visibility matters. Momentum matters. Industry relati…
Broadway’s biggest night may still be days away, though Rockefeller Center already smells like victory, butter, sugar, and Wagyu beef. Held on the 10th floor at 1270 Sixth Avenue, today’…
This category has become the season’s most politically charged race. For weeks, the industry rumor has been that Cats: The Jellicle Ball is the frontrunner for Best Revival of a Musical. C…
There are musicals built around spectacle, then there are musicals built around ache. A Walk on the Moon appears determined to become the latter. Producers Ruth and Stephen Hendel welcomed p…
Some seasons produce a crowded revival race. This year feels different. One production entered the conversation early, tightened its grip, then proceeded to remind audiences exactly why cert…
There are Broadway gatherings that feel obligatory, then there are rooms that remind you why the theater community still matters. The annual New Dramatists Spring Luncheon has long belonged …
Awards season always reveals the same uncomfortable truth: critics love to position themselves as tastemakers while often missing the very work audiences carry home with them. This year’s …
Memorial Day may unofficially begin the Hamptons season, though the real social calendar explodes between now and the end of June. This is the sweet spot before July traffic becomes psycholo…
The Outer Critics Circle Awards continued their celebration of the 2025–2026 Broadway and Off-Broadway season with an afternoon that felt equal parts theatrical reunion, victory lap, and e…
Atlantic Theater Company and Rattlestick Theatre Off-Broadway premiere of Indian Princesses arrives carrying the weight of multiple conversations before the lights even dim. Written by Elia…
The Outer Critics Circle Awards celebrated the best of the 2025–2026 Broadway and Off-Broadway season yesterday afternoon at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, bringing together nominee…
At this year’s Chita Rivera Awards, dance was not treated as supporting material to theater. It was theater. The evening, hosted by Charlotte d’Amboise and Robyn Hurder at NYU Skirball, …
Outside the Chita Rivera Awards, the red carpet moved with the exact kind of electricity only theater dancers generate — glamorous, kinetic, slightly chaotic, and fueled almost entirely by…
The interviews at Sunday’s Drama Desk Awards revealed a theater community both exhilarated and exhausted after one of the most creatively ambitious seasons in recent memory. Conversations …
There are shows that entertain. There are shows that impress. Then there are the rare theatrical experiences that seem to bypass logic entirely and go somewhere buried far deeper inside the …
Sunday’s Drama Desk Awards red carpet reflected the mood of the season itself: theatrical, glamorous, slightly chaotic, and deeply celebratory. Broadway favorites, downtown innovators, leg…
Some entrances are met with applause. Others stop a room cold. At this year’s Chita Rivera Awards at NYU Skirball, the arrival of Ann-Margret did something far rarer. The audience rose ins…