Saturday, March 16, 2024

Review: In Oakland Theater Project’s breathtaking ‘Cost of Living,’ caregiving is a lens for vulnerability by Lily Janiak

Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play writes characters with disabilities who aren’t defined by their physical limitations.

SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:26PM
Sunday, March 10, 2024

“Cost of Living” Reveals High Price of Connecting—at Oakland by K. Marguerite Caronna

Martyna Majok’s Profane, Poetic Play Explores Loss & Redemption by K. Marguerite Caronna Emilie Whelan skillfully conducts a quartet of talented actors in a play of consummate humanity…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:04PM
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Two-Time Tony Nominee Kara Young Joins The Apiary for Final Week Off-Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Two-time Tony nominee Kara Young will join the cast of Kate Douglas' The Apiary for its final week of performances from February 28 through March 3 at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater. Yo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PM
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

The BSR Podcast: Season 8, Episode 2: Talking with director Jeffrey L. Page by Darnelle Radford

Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with busy director Jeffrey L. Page for a wide-ranging conversation about his recent work, including PTC's new production of Martyna Majok's Cost of Li…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:26PM
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Martyna Majok’s Cost of Living by Alaina Johns

The Philly nonprofit Art-Reach, which connects our disability community to our cultural scene, partners with Philadelphia Theatre Company for Cost of Living, a show about the complexities of…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:19PM
Sunday, February 11, 2024

COST OF LIVING (PTC): A compelling new play, diminished by Toby Zinman

Diminished or not, it’s worth seeing for the understanding of people living with disabilities and the people who care for them. The post COST OF LIVING (PTC): A compelling new play, dimini…

SOURCE: phindie.com at 09:00PM
Friday, February 2, 2024

Katy Sullivan Is Richard III at Chicago Shakespeare Theater Beginning February 2 by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tony-nominated Cost of Living star becomes the first woman with a disability to take on the role in a major U.S. production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AM
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

British Equity & ITC Agree New Pay Deal To Help UK’s Struggling Theater Workers by Jesse Whittock

British Equity has struck a three-year agreement with the Independent Theatre Council (ITC) that will give British theater workers better pay, as the UK’s cost of living crisis continues. …

SOURCE: Deadline at 07:24AM
Thursday, January 18, 2024

New Alexis Scheer Play Breaking the Story Sets Dates for World Premiere by Darryn King

Breaking the Story, a new play about the cost of war by playwright Alexis Scheer, will have its world premiere at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theater. Performances will begin May 15, with an…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PM
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Best Shows of the First Half of the 2023-2024 Season by Joseph Cervelli

Best Shows of the First Half of the 2023-2024 Season By Joseph Cervelli Here are what I consider the best shows I have seen from May till December of this year.  So, here in no particular o…

SOURCE: Theater Time at 09:09AM
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Cecily Strong, David Zayas and More Set for John Patrick Shanley's Brooklyn Laundry Off-Broadway by Darryn King

Florencia Lozano, Cecily Strong, Andrea Syglowski and David Zayas will star in the Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere of Brooklyn Laundry, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley. Pr…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM
Monday, December 11, 2023

Wendy: A Peter Pan Story review – an awfully modern adventure by Chris Wiegand

The Egg theatre, BathGaming imagery blends with traditional adventure scenery in an exuberant present-day adaptation of JM Barrie’s novel Within a fortnight of Wendy’s birth, JM Barrie h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AM
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Tony Nominee Katy Sullivan to Star in Chicago’s Richard III in History-Making Performance by Darryn King

Katy Sullivan will play Shakespeare’s "crook-backed" king in what is believed to be the first major U.S. production of Richard III to feature a woman with a disability in the title role. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PM

Katy Sullivan Will Star in Chicago Shakespeare's Richard III by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tony-nominated Cost of Living star will play the title role, the first woman with a disability to do so in a major U.S. production.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AM
Thursday, October 26, 2023

La Jom Atenda shows the complexities of caregiving by Kerry Reid

Plays about the relationships between caregivers and their clients aren’t new. The late Chicago playwright, actor, and disability rights activist Susan Nussbaumʼs well-received No One as …

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:29PM
Friday, September 29, 2023

Sanctuary City explores the plight of DREAMers by Kerry Reid

Before Martyna Majok won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for her drama Cost of Living (which was planned for this season at Victory Gardens before the board decided to close up shop at the Tony A…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:42PM
Monday, August 21, 2023

‘I’ll never be rich’: Edinburgh fringe standups consider the cost of living – and comedy by Rachael Healy

As the expense of performing and watching shows at the fringe is ever rising, three comedians ask their audiences to reassess what they place value on Money is changing hands during a number…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AM
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Tightrope to ensure the show goes on: Circus Extreme – in pictures by Photographs By Jeff Moore

For the UK’s Circus Extreme, balancing increasing costs with show quality and affordability is a high wire act. The cost of living crisis is having a big effect on the UK circus industry, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AM
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

I, Daniel Blake On stage is a Powerful Representation of Real People Struggling in the Cost of Living Crisis by Sarah-Jane Coyle

Ken Loach’s 2016 film I, Daniel Blake is a scathing indictment of the British benefits system. The film follows 59-year-old widower Daniel Blake who suffers a heart attack and becomes unab…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:18PM
Monday, June 19, 2023

A Conversation with Tony Nominee Katy Sullivan by Lauren Van Hemert

Hear what Cost of Living's Tony Nominated Actress Katy Sullivan has to say about disability representation on and off stage, presenting the keynote speech at the National Women's Theatre Fes…

SOURCE: Beltline to Broadway at 12:38PM

A Conversation wtih Tony Nominee Katy Sulivan by Lauren Van Hemert

Hear what COST OF LIVING's Tony Nominated Actress Katy Sullivan has to say about disability representation on and off stage, presenting the keynote speech at the National Women's Theatre Fes…

SOURCE: www.spreaker.com at 12:37PM
Thursday, June 15, 2023

How Sound Theatre Company is making ‘Cost of Living’ more widely accessible by Dusty Somers

Sound Theatre Company's production of Martyna Majok’s critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning play includes a host of accessible performances.

SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AM
Monday, June 12, 2023

Tony awards 2023: Leopoldstadt and Kimberly Akimbo win big in historic night for non-binary actors by Benjamin Lee

Jodie Comer and Tom Stoppard led a big night for Brits, while J Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell triumphed in a ceremony affected by the writers’ strike Full list of winners Tony awards 2023…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18AM
Sunday, June 11, 2023

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal: 2023 Tony Awards Special by Broadway.com

Be on the lookout for The Broadway Show, the only nationally syndicated weekly theater news program, on your local TV station. Featured this week: - Gear up for Broadway’s biggest nigh…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:25AM

Offscript: Will Martyna Majok & Stephen Adly Guirgis Go to the Tonys? by American Theatre Editors

On this special pre-Tony Awards edition, we talk to the playwrights nominated for 'Cost of Living' and 'Between Riverside and Crazy,' and to Playbill's Diep Tran.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:48AM
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Video: Talking Tonys with the Nominees from COST OF LIVING

Though Cost of Living played its final Broadway performance over seven months ago, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play certainly was not forgotten by the nominating committee of the Tony Awards.…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PM

Tony Nominee Betsy Wolfe Shares Her Excitement and Personal Inspiration Before the 2023 Tony Awards by Broadway.com

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is once again celebrating first-time Tony nominees. Fadal and Paul Wontorek sat down with Ain’t No Mo’s Jordan E. Cooper, Parade’s Micaela Diamond, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:37PM

Get Ready for the 2023 Tony Awards on The Broadway Show by Broadway.com

Before The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, we're offering a first look at the episode. Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this episode will air in New York City on…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:25PM

The Broadway Show: COST OF LIVING First-Time Tony Nominee David Zayas by Broadway.com

Prior to donning a Tony nominee pin, actor David Zayas sported a police badge and his shift in careers has taught him that gratitude is valuable currency. “I was very fortunate. You work…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:49PM

What Pivoting from Police Officer to Performer Taught Cost of Living Tony Nominee David Zayas by Lindsey Sullivan

Broadway’s biggest night is just days away, and The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is once again celebrating first-time Tony nominees. Fadal and Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AM
Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Tony Nominee Bonnie Milligan Puts Her Whole Self into Her Role in Kimberly Akimbo by Caitlin Moynihan

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is once again celebrating first-time Tony nominees. Fadal and Paul Wontorek sat down with Ain’t No Mo’s Jordan E. Cooper, Parade’s Micaela Diamond, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:49PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards