Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Tony Nominees Glenn Davis, Harry Lennix and Jon Michael Hill Dig Into Family, Faith and Fallout in Broadway's Purpose by Mara Reinstein

It’s perfectly OK if you didn’t line up in the bitter cold outside the Helen Hayes Theater this past winter to catch some of those early performances of Purpose. But now that the play ha…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PM
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Luigi Mangione Musical Will Premiere in San Francisco

A new original musical will make its debut this summer with a storyline that combines viral infamy, true crime, and sharp social satire. LUIGI THE MUSICAL opens June 13, 2025, at the Taylor …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Alana Arenas on Her Broadway Debut in Purpose, Making an Entrance and Bunny Dreams by Beth Stevens

Age: "My age? To quote Claudine in the play…” [covers her mouth and whispers something we can’t quite catch, then laughs.] Current Role: Alana Arenas is making her Broadway debut as…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PM
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Kym Marsh: ‘No more marriages for me. Three strikes and I’m out!’ by Alim Kheraj

The singer and actor parlayed her Noughties fame on ‘Popstars’ into an unpredictable career across stage, screen – and the cobbles. As her new play ‘Abigail’s Party’ rakes in rav…

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:02AM
Thursday, March 20, 2025

Upstairs Downstairs by Carey Purcell

Jon Michael Hill and and Namir Smallwood in Pass OverPhoto by Jeremy Daniel Originally published in the Lincoln Center Theate…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 03:53PM
Thursday, March 13, 2025

Daniel Radcliffe to Star Alongside Tracy Morgan in New NBC Comedy Pilot

Tony-winner Daniel Radcliffe has joined the cast of a new comedy pilot from 30 Rock creators Robert Carlock and Tina Fey. Radcliffe joins the previously announced Tracy Morgan, who leads th…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PM
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Inside Diddy’s late-night trip from his cell to the hospital under ‘cover of darkness’ by Tribune News Service

Sean “Diddy” Combs was briefly sprung from prison late Thursday night. The disgraced rapper, who has been behind bars at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since September, was ap…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

What to know about the Texas lawyer representing the Diddy, Jay-Z accusers by Tribune News Service

Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee is at the center of a legal storm brewing around hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Combs is in custody at a New York City jail, awaiting trial on charges of se…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Will Robert Downey Jr. earn a 2025 Tony nomination for ‘McNeal’ following 2024 Emmy and Oscar wins? by David Buchanan

Over the past 10 years Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar has batted a thousand at the Tony Awards. Both of his past Broadway outings — “Disgraced” in 2014 and “Junk” in…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:01PM
Sunday, October 20, 2024

My Take: Broadway's "McNeal" Starring Robert Downey Jr. by Frank Rizzo

The show: “McNeal by Ayad Akhtar at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre. What makes it special?: It’s a new play by the Pulitzer Prize winner of “Disgraced,” as well as the Br…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 07:12PM
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Oedipus, Wyndham's Theatre review – careful what you wish for by Demetrios Matheou

Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are the powerhouse heart of Robert Icke's adaptation How many times does a politician survive wave after wave of attack from rivals, surf the waves of fickle …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:18PM

Playwright Ayad Akhtar on Blending Literature, Technology and the Star Power of Robert Downey Jr. in McNEAL by Kathy Henderson

What do you get when you toss Hedda Gabler, King Lear, Madame Bovary and many other works of world literature into a chatbot? Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar imagines the resul…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AM
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

McNeal by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

As in Ayad Akhtar’s plays "Disgraced," "JUNK" and "The Who and the What," all of which have been produced by the Lincoln Center Theater, "McNeal" is always interesting, always arresting. U…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:53PM
Wednesday, October 9, 2024

McNEAL at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre of Lincoln Center by Richard Seff

The management at New York’s Lincoln Center has brought into its spacious Beaumont Theatre a flashy new production called McNeal  by the highly regarded Ayad Aktar whose plays Disgraced a…

SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 11:46AM
Monday, October 7, 2024

McNeal by Carey Purcell

I left McNeal, the new play in performances at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center, thinking I had been pranked. Had this play about a writer and his troubled relationship with art…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 07:25PM
Monday, September 30, 2024

‘McNeal’ Review: Robert Downey Jr.’s Broadway Debut Is Stale and Confounding  by Aramide Tinubu

As technology continues to evolve, the arts and humanities are having a reckoning, and it’s not pretty. In his newest play, “McNeal,” Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar (“Disgraced”…

SOURCE: Variety at 09:00PM
Friday, August 9, 2024

NIXON QUITS! by Ron Fassler

August 9, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Richard Nixon address the nation on August 8, 1974, the night he resigned the presidency.“So it’s really happening,” smiled…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:37AM
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Harvey Weinstein Files $500K Lawsuit Over Unpaid FINDING NEVERLAND Fees

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has filed a lawsuit seeking alleged unpaid fees for the national tour of the musical “Finding Neverland”. 

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PM
Saturday, June 29, 2024

Theater Books for Summer Reading 2024 by Jan Simpson

Summer has come roaring in this year. Temperatures seem to be setting records everywhere, making many of us (O.K., me) want to kick back and chill out with a cold drink and a cool book. The …

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:42AM
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

NTI Changed My Life - Josh Radnor by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The National Theater Institute includes a vibrant community of over 3,500 alumni. The many talents of these actors, writers, directors, and designers can be see…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:48AM

New Trailer for DISGRACED on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Pulitzer Prize winning play Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar had its Broadway premiere last week, on October 23, 2014, starring Hari Dhillon (star of the acclaimed …

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:48AM
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Highlights of Harvey Fierstein in BELLA BELLA! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Manhattan Theatre Club's World premiere of Bella Bella, written and performed by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein (Casa Valentina, Torch Song, Hairspray) and …

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:32PM
Friday, May 24, 2024

Highlights from DISGRACED on Broadway; Opens This Thursday! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Pulitzer Prize winning play Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar will have its Broadway premiere this fall starring Hari Dhillon (star of the acclaimed London's Bush Th…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:48PM

Meet the Company of Pulitzer Prize-Winning DISGRACED; Begins Broadway Previews on 9/27 by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Pulitzer Prize winning play Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar just began rehearsals tomorrow for its Broadway production this fall. Previews begin on September 27 an…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:36AM
Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Academy Award Winner Robert Downey Jr. to Make Broadway Debut in New Play by Ayad Akhtar by Darryn King

Academy Award winner Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut in McNeal, a new play by Tony nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar (Junk, Disgraced), directed by Tony winner Bar…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM

Robert Downey Jr. To Make Broadway Debut This Fall In Ayad Akhtar’s New Play ‘McNeal’ by Greg Evans

Robert Downey Jr. will make his his Broadway debut in the lead role of McNeal, the new play by Ayad Akhtar, author of the Tony-nominated Junk and the Pulitzer-winner Disgraced. Downey will p…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:45PM
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Janey review – behind-the-scenes doc shows standup at her hilarious and heartfelt best by Cath Clarke

On tour with her daughter after her cancer diagnosis the Scottish national treasure opens up about her life and finds big laughs in the face of death Here’s a documentary following the Gla…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Five Opens @ Theater 555 by Barry Gordin

FIVE: The Musical Parody, a WICKEDLY FUNNY tale, inspired by the former President opened at Theater 555 on 42nd Street. February 20, 2024:  FIVE: The Musical Parody, which opened last …

SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:14PM
Saturday, February 10, 2024

"The Connector" Fails to Connect With Me by Jan Simpson

Journalists love stories about journalism. We even love the stories that cast us in a bad light. And I'll admit that’s part of the reason that The Connector, which was inspired by the stor…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 11:12AM

How working with Weinstein haunted playwright Jez Butterworth and inspired his work by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Highly anticipated new play is a post-#MeToo story about trials women endure to realise their dreams He has built a reputation as one of Britain’s most revered modern playwrights, but Jez …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AM
Monday, February 5, 2024

Disgraced

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:09AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre