Monday, November 17, 2025

Bay Street Theater’s Fahrenheit 451 Burns Bright in a Chilling 2025 by Roger Sichel

Bay Street Theater’s Fahrenheit 451 reimagines Ray Bradbury’s dystopia for 2025, under the sharp direction of Stephen Hamilton. Scenic and projection design by Mike Billings expands the …

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Sunday, November 16, 2025

“Endgame” at Irish Arts Center: Druid’s Bleakly Beautiful Study in Survival and Stasis by Ross

He stands, staring, questioning the room and, in a way, his own existence. Each movement is deliberate, one halting step at a time, as if testing the floor beneath him for meaning and safety…

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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Orchestrated Into Obscurity: Quadrophenia Ballet Misses the Beat by Suzanna Bowling

Quadrophenia: A Rock Ballet, now making its New York debut at New York City Center (November 14–16), attempts to reimagine The Who’s seminal 1973 album as a dance production — but the …

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Friday, November 14, 2025

Inside The York Theatre’s 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Awards Gala by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Broadway’s brightest gathered for a dazzling evening of song and celebration as The York Theatre Company honored theatrical royalty at its annual gala. The night paid tribute to four-time …

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Thursday, November 13, 2025

Little Bear Ridge Road Is a Bleak and Exhausting Journey Without a Payoff by Suzanna Bowling

Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road, now playing at the Booth Theatre, drops us into the emotional wreckage of two deeply wounded people — and doesn’t offer much more than that. …

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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: EJ Stapleton and The Calico Buffalo by Suzanna Bowling

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is filmed from the Hotel Edison. This week on Live From the Hotel Edison, owner Suzanna Bowling is honored to welcome EJ Stapl…

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

A Life in Lyrics: Linda Purl’s Elegant Turn at The Green Room 42 by Suzanna Bowling

At The Green Room 42, Linda Purl delivered more than just a cabaret act—she offered a warm, wise, and wistful masterclass in musical storytelling. Her new show, Tunes & Tales: Adventur…

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The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire: A Title That Promises Drama… and Delivers Disorientation by Suzanna Bowling

Anne Washburn’s The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire, now playing at the Vineyard Theatre in a co-production with The Civilians, begins as a slow burn and ends in something closer to combust…

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Monday, November 10, 2025

The Queen of Versailles: Joe Allen’s Is About to Hang Another Poster by Suzanna Bowling

At the St. James Theatre, The Queen of Versailles opened as a star-studded, ambitious musical—with music and lyrics by the legendary Stephen Schwartz, book by Lindsey Ferrentino, and direc…

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Oh Happy Day! at The Public Theater — A Baptism Through Fire, Flood, and Song by Suzanna Bowling

“I RECOGNIZE THE STRUGGLE IN YOUTHE TIMES THAT YOU HATED BEING YOUIF YOU COULD SEE, WHAT I SEE IN YOUI SEE GOD IN YOU.” These are not just lyrics—they are the soul-spoken prayer of Oh …

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Queen of Versailles Opening Night by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Opening night at Queen of Versailles and the celebrity guests included Annaleigh Ashford Francois Arnaud Sara Bareilles Jason Robert Brown David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris Shayok Misha C…

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Sunday, November 9, 2025

Gwyneth Goes Skiing — A Slippery, Silly, and Slightly Overextended Good Time on the Off-Broadway Slopes by Ross

“Prepare to be gooped,” we are told, wisely, as we slide onto the slick with absurdity slopes at the SoHo Playhouse, where Gwyneth Goes Skiing returns for another limited run, gleefully …

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Saturday, November 8, 2025

Kyoto: A Chilling Political Thriller That Hits Far Too Close to Home by Suzanna Bowling

Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s Kyoto is not just a play—it’s a warning. A political thriller that pulses with urgency, it confronts the roots of our climate crisis not in melting glaci…

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Friday, November 7, 2025

A Song of Riffs and Repetition: 44th The Musical Hits the Wrong Note by Suzanna Bowling

Chad Doreck as Joe Biden, T.J. Wilkins as Barack, Jenna Pastuszek as Hillary Clinton. Photos by Jenny Anderson 44th The Musical, directed by Eli Bauman—who also wrote the book, music, and …

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Vape! The Grease Parody — A Hilarious High-Nicotine Parody of Grease That Hits All the Right Notes by Suzanna Bowling

Grease may be the word, but Vape! The Grease Parody is the update we didn’t know we needed — a razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud parody that drags Rydell high kicking and singing into the 21st…

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Monday, November 3, 2025

Beau the Musical at St. Luke’s Theatre – A Nashville-Inspired, Heart-Filled Journey of Music and Identity by Suzanna Bowling

Beau the Musical, now playing at St. Luke’s Theatre on Restaurant Row through December 7, transforms the venue into a down-home Nashville honky-tonk, complete with $10 beers, $12 wines, an…

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Reunions at New York City Center – Two Tales, One Heart by Suzanna Bowling

Reunions, a chamber musical now playing at New York City Center through December 14, adapts two short plays from 1914 into a duet of charm, reflection, and emotional resonance. With book and…

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Sunday, November 2, 2025

When Legacy Becomes Art: Ken Fallin Supports the Stella Adler Studio through Iconic Illustration by Suzanna Bowling

In a city where theatre pulses through the veins of every borough, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting remains one of New York’s most beloved cultural institutions—more than a training gro…

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Saturday, November 1, 2025

Romy & Michele the Musical: A High School Reunion Better Left Skipped by Suzanna Bowling

The beloved 1997 cult film Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion finally gets the musical treatment, but at Off-Broadway’s Stage 42—where hits go to die—it’s more curse than celeb…

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Friday, October 31, 2025

Bat Boy at City Center Flaps Its Wings — But Doesn’t Quite Soar by Suzanna Bowling

If you love your musicals campy, culty, and bleeding with satire, Bat Boy is your kind of monster. Returning to New York in a semi-staged revival at New York City Center, this off-Broadway d…

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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Playing Shylock: A Solo Stage, A Loaded Legacy by Suzanna Bowling

At the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Saul Rubinek steps into the role he’s long dreamed of playing—Shylock, the complex and controversial Jewish moneylender of Shakespeare’s The Merchan…

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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Liberation: A Revolution Revisited, But Not Resolved by Suzanna Bowling

“You want a revolution, but you want it on your terms, and you don’t want to have to give anything up.” With that sharp line, Liberation, the riveting new play by Bess Wohl, pierces st…

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Inside the Royal Caribbean Auditions for Roald Dahl’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Elizabeth Taylor

Dancing to the beat of lapping ocean waves, performers from across the world came to New York City this week to try to become a part of the legendary Royal Caribbean entertainment group. Aud…

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

T2C Talks With Keith Varney About His New Show Ten Times I Should Have Known I Was Autistic by Suzanna Bowling

Keith Varney stars and has created the new solo play Ten Times I Should Have Known I Was Autistic. Ten Times I Should Have Known I Was Autistic, will play Theatre Row – Theater 1 (410 W.…

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

Entertain Me, New York: Streaming, Stage & Storytelling in 2026 by Writer

New York’s entertainment scene is shifting. The year 2026 is set to be a turning point where live stage performances, digital platforms, art shows, and online content are all part of one e…

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The New York Pops: A Night of Musical Magic and Star Power at Carnegie Hall by Suzanna Bowling

Under the masterful baton of Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke, The New York Pops opened their October concert at Carnegie Hall with a spirited and richly textured performance of B…

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Ken Fallin’s Broadway: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Waiting for Godot by Ken Fallin

When I first heard that Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter were stepping into Waiting for Godot, I blinked. Not because I doubted their talent—far from it—but because I suddenly saw the stark …

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Friday, October 24, 2025

Drama at the Disco Vol. 2: The Gala of the Season You Don’t Want to Miss by Suzanna Bowling

Monday, October 27, 2025 | The Edison Rooftop | 6 PM – Late The stars will align high above the city as The Drama League presents Drama at the Disco Vol. 2, a dazzling benefit gala set aga…

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N’Kenge Showcases Spotlight! The Dorothy Dandridge Musical by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Singer and producer N’Kenge conceived and stars in the musical Spotlight! The Dorothy Dandridge Musical, a show that has been in development since at least 2022 and recently had industry…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Not Ready for Prime Time at MCC Fails to Capture the Magic or the Madness by Suzanna Bowling

In Not Ready for Prime Time, Erik J. Rodriguez and Charles A. Sothers attempt to dramatize the early days of Saturday Night Live, retracing the origin stories of its now-legendary original c…

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Monday, October 20, 2025

Ken Fallin’s Broadway: Off Broadway For Crooked Cross by Ken Fallin

Ken Fallin is back celebrating theatre with his fabulous caricature’s. This time he honor’s The Mint Theater’s production of Crooked Cross. Here we meet the Klugers, facing the econom…

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