Sunday, June 8, 2025

Kitty West: The Axe Woman of Bourbon Street by Trav S.D.

Tribute today to burlesque legend Kitty West (Abbie Jewel Slawson, 1930-2019), whose ingenious stage name plants the idea in your head that you’ve heard of her before, no doubt because it …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:24AM
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Review: Real Women Have Curves by JK

Review of the Saturday, May 31, 2025 matinee performance at the James Earl Jones Theatre. Starring Tatianna Cordoba, Justina Machado, Florencia Cuenca, Mauricio Mendoza, Mason Reeves, Ariana…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AM
Monday, June 2, 2025

Review: Buena Vista Social Club by JK

Review of the Friday, May 30, 2025 performance at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City. Starring Natalie Venetia Belcon, Julio Monge, Mel Seme, Jainardo Batista Sterling, Isa Anton…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AM
Saturday, May 31, 2025

The Light in the Piazza by Jacqueline Parker

The Huntington in Boston is presenting a glorious production of Adam Guettel’s masterpiece The Light in the Piazza. Director Loretta Greco has been quoted as saying that this score is the …

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Lear Redux: A Quantum Fantasia by Terry Morgan

I usually am somewhat wary of “new takes” or “twists” on classic plays, with cause. Changing the time period of a story or modernizing the text is no guarantee that the play will be …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:24PM
Monday, May 26, 2025

Review: New Adam Guettel Musical "Millions" Premieres in Atlanta by Frank Rizzo

Carla R. Stewart and Keenan Barrett. All production photos are by Greg Mooney The show: “Millions,” a new musical receiv…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:36PM
Friday, May 23, 2025

Regional Review: John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only by JK

Review of the Sunday, May 18, 2025 preview performance at Center Stage in Baltimore, Maryland. Starring Ben Ahlers, Jordan Boatman, Sam Huntsman, Ked Merwin, Adrienne C. Moore and Robbie Tan…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:02AM
Thursday, May 15, 2025

The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return Embarks on UK Tour Following Award-Winning Edinburgh Run by Staff Writer

Following a sold-out, multi-award-winning debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return is set to embark on a major UK tour

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:56AM
Saturday, May 10, 2025

2025 Tony Predictions by Wendy Caster

Although we have not previously shown great acuity in Tony prediction, here we are again. Hope springs eternal! This year’s list of Tony nominees reveals a healthy, exciting season. Lookin…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 11:36PM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Superbly acted, flawlessly directed ‘Doubt’ at Le Petit Theatre is divine by Alan Smason

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable is a brilliant indictment of organized religion and the negativity attached to innuend…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 12:52AM
Friday, May 2, 2025

Trump Proposes Elimination of NEA and NEH by Rob Weinert-Kendt

The administration’s 2026 budget comes at a time when the future of NEA staff and grant programs remains in doubt.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:57PM
Thursday, May 1, 2025

MAY DAY! THE TONY NOMINATIONS ARE HERE! by Ron Fassler

“Buena Vista Social Club” has reason to celebrate with its ten Tony nominations announced today.May 1, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler It’s always a thrill for me to…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:27PM
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Review: Floyd Collins by JK

Review of the Saturday, April 26, 2025 matinee performance at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City. Starring Jeremy Jordan, with Jason Gotay, Sean Allan Krill, Kevi…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:42PM

Doubt, A Parable

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:42AM
Sunday, April 20, 2025

David Oyelowo: ‘My wife and I made the decision early on never to be apart for longer than two weeks’’ by Hayley Myers

The actor, 49, talks about his royal heritage, earliest memory, hard times in a hostel, four gifted kids and what happened when he met Sidney Poitier David, you are going to walk among kings…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32PM
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

10 Things You Need to Know About Bobby Darin Ahead of Broadway’s Just in Time by Mara Reinstein

“Splish Splash.” “Mack the Knife.” “Dream Lover.” No doubt Bobby Darin’s songs have been part of our cultural fabric for almost 70 years. But beyond the hits, Darin was a chari…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM
Monday, April 14, 2025

Good Night, And Good Luck by Elyse Trevers

If producers ever had any doubt of a celebrity’s effect on the box office, they need only look at this current theater season to see ticket prices. Popular movie star George Clooney is pac…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:49PM
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Two-Time Tony Winner Bryan Cranston to Star in All My Sons in London, Directed by Ivo van Hove by Darryn King

Two-time Tony winner, six-time Emmy winner and Olivier winner Bryan Cranston will reunite with director Ivo van Hove in a production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons in London’s West End i…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AM
Thursday, April 3, 2025

Justina Machado and Tatianna Córdoba on Their Vibrant Mother-Daughter Bond in the New Broadway Musical Real Women Have Curves by Kathy Henderson

Tatianna Córdoba and Justina Machado (Photo by Emilio Madrid for Broadway.com) There’s plenty of drama in the new musical Real Women Have Curves, which centers on Latina seamstresses in…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PM
Thursday, March 27, 2025

PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL Theatre Talk by Roundabout Theatre Company

Ramin Karimloo, Jinkx Monsoon, and David Hyde Pierce lead the crew in Pirates! The Penzance Musical, this must-see Roundabout reimagining of The Pirates of Penzance. Scott Ellis (Doubt; Kiss…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PM
Friday, March 21, 2025

Jersey ‘hitmen’: Allegra, Buisson helm first local production of ‘Jersey Boys’ by Alan Smason

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out”) Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré has removed any doubt about whether it could creatively pull off  the first local production o…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 09:46AM
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Broadway Grosses Bounce With Big Names, Big Ticket Prices: Clooney, Kieran, Denzel, Gyllenhaal And Others Bring Box Office Flowers For Spring by Greg Evans

No doubt about: The big guns of Broadway’s spring season are arriving fast and furious, and boosting box office figures from receipts to ticket prices. Another newcomer – Good Night, And…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:53PM
Saturday, March 15, 2025

Fans shocked by 1990s pop-punk diva’s MAGA ‘makeover’ by Tribune News Service

She’s just a girl who liked something she saw on arch-conservative Tucker Carlson’s streaming show. Gwen Stefani, onetime frontwoman of the pop-punk band No Doubt, is taking fire from fa…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:48PM
Monday, March 10, 2025

As Ashland’s theater season kicks in, an actor does double duty without a doubt by Jim Flint

As Ashland’s theater season kicks in, an actor does double duty without a doubt Jim FlintDaniel Molina, who will be in "Shane" at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this summer, gets an early…

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 09:00AM
Sunday, March 9, 2025

Best of the Week: Renthead Heaven, BOOP! Bursts Through, George Clooney Goes Live by Paul Wontorek

There’s no doubt we’re at the starting line of an exciting spring season, with 18 plays and musicals set to open before the April 27 Tony Awards eligibility cutoff. With five of those sh…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PM
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

A View from the Bridge review – thrilling update pulls no punches by Mark Fisher

Tron theatre, GlasgowJemima Levick’s superb production sets Arthur Miller’s tale of family, immigration, poverty and passion in the modern-day Brooklyn docks Is it an innocent domestic m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Signature in the Schools Presents FAILURELAND by Signature Theatre

FAILURELAND by Dani Stoller March 3 & 10 For tickets visit https://www.sigtheatre.org Right as she is about to submit her college applications, Tori falters and questions her ability and wo…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:42PM
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Audience questions with Jessie Shelton by Hadestown

There's no doubt about what moment in Hadestown is Jessie Shelton's favorite! Listen as she answers this and other fan submitted questions.

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:00PM

The Engagement Party review – a disappointing love letter to Oldham by Matt Barton

Oldham Coliseum at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldhamafshan d’souza-lodhi’s play, commissioned to celebrate the saved-from-closure Coliseum, fails to rise to the occasion Seven months afte…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

ON HAL HOLBROOK’S 100TH BIRTHDAY by Ron Fassler

Hal Holbrook on the left and his alter ego, Mark Twain, on the right.February 18, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Yesterday marked 100 years since the birth of Harold Row…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:18PM

Hadestown Welcomes Grammy Award Nominee Merle Dandridge and Tony Award Nominee Daniel Breaker Tonight by Broadway.com

Tony Award nominee Daniel Breaker and Grammy Award nominee Merle Dandridge join the cast of Hadestown at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre on February 18. Known for originating roles on …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32AM

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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