Thursday, May 14, 2026

Off Broadway Theatre News: CSC, Girl Interrupted, Beau The Musical, Mint Theatre, Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody and Andromeda’s Si by Suzanna Bowling

Steven Pasquale, Conrad Ricamora, Tala Ashe, and so many more featured in Classic Stage Company’s 2026-27 season The Off-Broadway theatre company will present three productions between Oct…

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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Rex Reed: The Last Great Celebrity Critic by Suzanna Bowling

With the death of Rex Reed, New York loses not simply a critic, but an entire era of cultural life that may never exist again. Rex Reed was one of the last great celebrity critics — a figu…

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Monday, May 11, 2026

Ragtime, Schmigadoon!, Mexodus and Death of a Salesman Dominate the Outer Critics Circle Awards — But Will the Tonys Follow? by Suzanna Bowling

The Outer Critics Circle winners have officially landed, and while the results solidified several frontrunners in this year’s Tony race, they also revealed where the season may still hold …

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Celebrity Autobiography Heads to Broadway — Because Reality Has Finally Become Funnier Than Fiction by Suzanna Bowling

In an age where celebrity culture has become its own form of performance art, Celebrity Autobiography feels less like a comedy gimmick and more like a perfectly timed Broadway event. The cul…

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Rockefeller Center Turns Midtown Into New York’s Greatest Stage by Suzanna Bowling

Broadway is having one of its strongest seasons in years, and this spring, Rockefeller Center is throwing open the curtain. Beginning May 14 through June 4, Road to Broadway transforms The R…

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Sunday, May 10, 2026

Melissa Manchester Reminds Us What Great Songwriting Sounds Like at 54 Below by Magda Katz

There are singers and there are songwriters….then there is Melissa Manchester — one of the increasingly rare artists who fully inhabits both worlds with elegance, intelligence, emotional…

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The Glorious Corner by G. H. Harding

DAZZLING DOG DAY — I went this week to see Dog Day Afternoon and just adored it. John Bernthal was simply stunning; yes, he was doing a bit of Pacino, but clearly making the play his ow…

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Saturday, May 9, 2026

The Hello Girls: The Brilliant American Musical Broadway Cannot Afford to Ignore by Suzanna Bowling

Seven years ago, I saw The Hello Girls at 59E59 Theaters and immediately fell in love with it. Today, at the star-studded concert presentation at Baryshnikov Arts Center’s Jerome Robbins T…

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Sitting Down with Ghosts: The Division at Crow’s Theatre Examines the Stories We Choose to Carry by Ross

It’s the most compelling question of the evening, when someone asks whether you would love a family member differently after discovering an unbearable truth about them. The idea unwinds ou…

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Friday, May 8, 2026

Theatre World Awards Unveils Its Stellar 2026 Breakout Class by Suzanna Bowling

The 2026 honorees for the prestigious Theatre World Awards were announced May 7, celebrating standout debut performances on Broadway and Off-Broadway. The ceremony, one of the theatre commun…

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You Gotta Believe 30th Anniversary Gala by Elizabeth Taylor

The You Gotta Believe Gala celebrated 30 years of magic in the lives of those who need it the most on May 8. Host Ta’Nika Gibson, honorees Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley Jackson, performe…

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Thursday, May 7, 2026

Ragtime Is Not Just the Best Revival of the Season. It Is the Reason Broadway Exists. by Suzanna Bowling

There are great musicals. There are important musicals. Then there are the rare works that become part of the moral and emotional bloodstream of America itself. Ragtime belongs to that final…

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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Tony Nominations 2026: A Morning of Surprises, Snubs, and Shifting Momentum by Suzanna Bowling

Broadway’s second-biggest morning arrived with the usual mix of anticipation and surprise, as nominations for the 79th Annual Tony Awards began rolling out on CBS Mornings, with the indust…

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Chita Rivera Awards Nominees Meet the Press with Purpose—and a Clear Eye on the Future by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

At Bond 45, the nominees for the Chita Rivera Awards gathered with a sense of ease that felt both celebratory and intentional. This was not simply a press preview—it was a statement of pur…

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Movies TV Mayhem: Ninety Minutes You Can’t Get Back by Suzanna Bowling

There is satire, and then there is chaos masquerading as commentary. Movies TV Mayhem, written by Dean Taucher and directed by Richard Caliban, now playing Off-Broadway at Theatre Row, aims …

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Monday, May 4, 2026

Liberation Wins The 2026 Pulitzer Prize For Drama by Suzanna Bowling

The 2026 Pulitzer Prize arrives at a moment when clarity carries uncommon weight. Long regarded as the highest honor in American journalism and letters, the Pulitzers continue to recognize w…

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Mexodus and Prince Faggot Win The 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards by Craig J Horsley

The first theater awards show of the season were held on Sunday night May 3rd at the NYU Skirball Hall and it showed that the creative process is alive and well. As the evening began a film …

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The Glorious Corner by G. H. Harding

THE APPRENTICE RETURNS? —(Via Wall Street Journal) First it bought the “Melania” documentary. Now Amazon is discussing a potential reboot of “The Apprentice,” the reality TV show t…

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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Ken Fallin Captures the Soul of Death of a Salesman—And Why It’s the Revival to Beat by Suzanna Bowling

There are caricatures, and then there is what Ken Fallin does. With a few decisive lines, Fallin doesn’t just render a likeness—he captures the emotional architecture of a production. Hi…

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Saturday, May 2, 2026

Finding the Song Again: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Returns to Broadway by Suzanna Bowling

Nearly 40 years after its Broadway debut at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone returns to the same stage in its second Broadway revival—and it lands with quiet force…

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Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: For Mental Health Month Comedian, Actress and Writer Liz Coin by Suzanna Bowling

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but today we went zoom style. Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: ow…

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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…

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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, …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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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