Friday, May 1, 2026

Tony Awards Wide Open as Drama Critics’ Circle Sends a Clear Message by Suzanna Bowling

The Tony Awards are, quite suddenly, anyone’s game. At its 90th annual meeting held April 30, 2026, at the New York offices of Time Out Media, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle delivere…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

The Drama Desk Announces Their Choices As Beau the Musical and Mexodus Lead by Suzanna Bowling

Raúl Esparza and Helen J Shen announced the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards nominations this morning, Here are the nominees. Surprisingly missing are The Lost Boys from Outstanding Musical, …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:38AM

Let’s Do the Time Warp—Or Not: Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show Stumbles at Studio 54 by Suzanna Bowling

When you don’t feel the urge to jump out of your seat and do “The Time Warp,” there’s a problem. Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, now at Studio 54, should be chaos, seduc…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:17AM
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

The Outer Critics Circle Toasts 76 Years at the West Bank Café by Suzanna Bowling

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty composer’s of Ragtime and Outstanding Featured Performer in an Off-Broadway Play Andrea Martin, Meet the Cartozians There are industry events—and then th…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM
Monday, April 27, 2026

Fangs Out: The Lost Boys Finally Gives Broadway a Musical Worth Raving About by Suzanna Bowling

Finally—a musical on Broadway worth raving about. The Lost Boys arrives with bite, swagger, and something the season has been missing: pure, unapologetic thrill. Director Michael Arden doe…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

Mob Silence: KENREX Turns True Crime into a Chilling Act of Collective Complicity by Suzanna Bowling

KENREX, now playing at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, arrives not as spectacle, but as something far more unsettling…At a moment when almost unbelievable stories are making their way to the s…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM
Sunday, April 26, 2026

No More Masks: Death of a Salesman Returns as a Brutal Reckoning at the Winter Garden by Suzanna Bowling

“You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away—a man is not a piece of fruit!” In the seventh Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman at the Winter Garden Theatre, that line no lo…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:48AM
Saturday, April 25, 2026

May Events NYC by Suzanna Bowling

Photo by Aditya Chinchure via Unsplash May settles into the city with a sense of ease—warmer air, longer days, and that unmistakable shift where New York moves outside. Parks fill, streets…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Friday, April 24, 2026

Schmigadoon! Lands on Broadway with a Wink, a Kick, and a Whole Lot of Jazz Hands by Suzanna Bowling

If ever there were a musical built on loving parody, it’s Schmigadoon!—now delightfully reimagined on stage at the Nederlander Theatre. What began as a cult-favorite Apple TV+ series arr…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

Cold War Choir Practice Sings Through Paranoia with Razor-Sharp Wit and Uneasy Joy by Ross

Suzzy Roche, Grace McLean, Alana Raquel Bowers (center), and Nina Ross in Cold War Choir Practice. Photo by Maria Baranova. A child asking for a nuclear shelter for Christmas should feel li…

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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Nothing to Prove: Ayo Edebiri Solves the Equation in a Razor-Sharp Revival of Proof by Suzanna Bowling

Twenty-five years after Proof claimed both the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony for Best Play, its return feels less like a revival and more like a recalibration—one that understands the fragil…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:30AM

Beaches: A Friendship That Still Lands—A Musical That Doesn’t Quite Get There by Suzanna Bowling

Beaches: The Musical opened tonight at the Majestic Theatre, bringing Bette Midler’s beloved 1988 tearjerker to Broadway with all the emotion intact—and all the challenges of translating…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Fallen Angels: Champagne, Scandal, and Two Women Unleashed by Suzanna Bowling

Noël Coward’s 1952 Fallen Angels, revived by Roundabout Theatre Company and directed with gleeful precision by Scott Ellis, is far more than a fizzy comedy of manners. Beneath the champag…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

The Balusters: Polite Society, Brutal Truths by Suzanna Bowling

David Lindsay-Abaire’s The Balusters, now at Manhattan Theatre Club, arrives with the biting precision of Clybourne Park and the uneasy political sting of The Minutes—but with a sharper,…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Mexodus Leads the 2026 Outer Critics Circle Nominations by Suzanna Bowling

Isa Briones (Just in Time, The Pitt) and Sepideh Moafi (New Born, The Pitt) announced the live  2026 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations, on Tuesday, today from the Museum of Broadw…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:28AM

The Drama League Award Nominations in Pictures by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

The  2026 Drama League Awards Nominees were announced by Tony Award Winner Natalie Venetia Belcon and film, television, and stage star Corbin Bleu at the official announcement event held a…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:01AM
Monday, April 20, 2026

The Drama League Nominations by Suzanna Bowling

The Drama League unveiled their nominations for the 92nd Annual Drama League Awards this morning at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The announcement was delivered by Ton…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:28AM

Theatre News: A Walk on the Moon, Hadestown, Man of La Mancha Concert, If I Could Go, From Corinne's Heart by Suzanna Bowling

Talia Suskauer to Star in A Walk on the Moon Musical Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. Based on the 1999 romantic drama film, the …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM

Miracle on South Division Street: Faith, Family, and the Fragile Stories We Tell Ourselves by Suzanna Bowling

At The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, Miracle on South Division Street arrives with themes of faith, identity, and family legacy"but never quite finds its footing in the present. Pl…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Ken Fallin's Broadway: Dog Day Afternoon by Ken Fallin

Ken Fallin captures the volatile, electric pulse of Dog Day Afternoon with a caricature that feels as alive as the story itself"sharp, kinetic, and teetering on the edge of chaos. At the cen…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:38PM

The Fear of 13: Adrian Brody Delivers a Performance for the Ages in a Production That Demands to Be Seen by Suzanna Bowling

Ken Fallin's captures Adrian Brody There are performances you admire"and then there are performances that leave you altered. The Fear of 13 is the latter. In a searing theatrical adaptation …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

Is the Ed Sullivan Theatre Returning to Broadway? Inside the Rumors"and the Reality by Suzanna Bowling

Something unusual is happening on West 53rd Street. With The Late Show with Stephen Colbert set to end in May 2026, the future of the historic Ed Sullivan Theater is suddenly… open. In New…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM
Saturday, April 18, 2026

Charles Busch and Lewis J. Stadlin The Tale of the Allergist's Wife by Joel Vig

The Second offering of the rePLAY Series, created by Tony Award winner David Zippel, was Charles Busch's Broadway comedy The Tale of the Allergist's Wife. Inspired by the popular Encore S…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:02AM
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Masquerade: Phantom Reimagined as an Intimate, Haunting Dark Ride by Suzanna Bowling

Masquerade is not simply a revival of The Phantom of the Opera"it is a full-bodied reinvention. This immersive, two-hour experience transforms Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical into somet…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: Rocky Horror's Amber Gray by Suzanna Bowling

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but due to several unforeseen circumstances we are doing the show zoom style.Today on L…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM
Monday, April 13, 2026

Titanique Docks on Broadway: Bigger, Bolder, and Gloriously Unhinged by Suzanna Bowling

After a wildly successful Off-Broadway run, an Olivier-winning West End engagement, and international acclaim, Titanique has officially docked on Broadway at the St. James Theatre"and it has…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Joel Gray at 94: The Master of Reinvention Still Holds the Stage by Suzanna Bowling

There are performers"and then there are architects of atmosphere. Joel Grey has always been the latter. Born April 11, 1932, Gray turns 94 yesterday, and the word "legend" still feels insuff…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM
Saturday, April 11, 2026

Becky Shaw: A Deliciously Brutal Comedy Where 'Nice' Is the Real Villain by Suzanna Bowling

There is something almost dangerous about Becky Shaw. It smiles, it charms, it invites you in"and then, without warning, it slices straight to the bone. Becky Shaw, Gina Gionfriddo's wickedl…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:27AM
Friday, April 10, 2026

Cats: The Jellicle Ball Roars Back"Reinvented, Rewired, and Voguing Its Way Into Broadway History by Suzanna Bowling

 Sydney James Harcourt Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats has returned to Broadway"but forget everything you think you know. Now at the B…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

Forward, Backward, and Right Through the Heart: "The Last Five Years" Finds Its Voice at Radio City by Ross

Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler perform in The Last Five Years at the Hollywood Bowl The first time I encountered The Last Five Years, I remember trying to map it out in my head, as if understan…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Power, Politics, and Personal Fractures in Roundabout's "Chinese Republicans" by Suzanna Bowling

"She's late, the girl." The line lands like a flared warning before anything else has the chance to settle. It is tossed out with precision, edged with judgment, and it tells us immediately …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM

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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