Saturday, May 24, 2025

Seagull: True Story by Tony Marinelli

Now premiering at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre in a co-production with the MART Foundation and En Garde Arts, "Seagull: True Story" is a barbed, meta-theatrical cri de coeur from creato…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:21PM
Monday, May 12, 2025

Maybe Happy Ending, BOOP!, John Proctor is the Villain and More Win 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards by Hayley Levitt

The winners of the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards have been announced. The Broadway musical Maybe Happy Ending is the biggest winner, receiving a total of four awards, including Outsta…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM

2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards: Maybe Happy Ending, John Proctor by Jonathan Mandell

  “John Proctor is the Villain” was chosen as the outstanding Broadway play and “Maybe Happy Ending” was awarded outstanding Broadway musical and three other awards at the 75th annu…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:09AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Purpose Named Best Play, Maybe Happy Ending Named Best Musical by New York Drama Critics’ Circle by Darryn King

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ family drama Purpose Best Play of the 2024-25 season. The announcement took place on May 5, the same day the play was …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM

The New York Drama Critics’ Awards Goes To… by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: The 2025 NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS’ CIRCLE names their recipients. PURPOSE – BEST PLAY 2024-25 MAYBE HAPPY ENDING – NAMED BEST MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AWARDS TO AN…

SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 08:03AM
Monday, May 5, 2025

MAYBE HAPPY ENDING and PURPOSE Take Top Prizes At New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Purpose Best Play of the 2024-25 season. The award for Best Musical went to Maybe Happy Ending, book by Will Aronson a…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18PM
Sunday, May 4, 2025

2025 Lucille Lortel Awards Winners- Updating Live

The 40th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards – the only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway – are being presented tonight, Sunday, May 4, 2025, at N…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48PM
Saturday, April 26, 2025

Celebrating the OCC's 75th Anniversary— and Its Nominees for the 2024-2025 Season by Jan Simpson

The 2024-2025 theater season ends on Sunday with the dual openings of the musicals Dead Outlaw and Real Women Have Curves. And I’m exhausted. But it’s the kind of good exhaustion that c…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 06:24PM
Monday, April 7, 2025

“Liberation.” Roundabout Theatre. Look Back to Know Where You Are by Cristina Modreanu

Did you knit your scarf? A woman asked me while we were waiting in the line for the restroom. No! I wish I could, but I don’t know how to knit, I answered. You should join the knitting clu…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:25AM
Friday, April 4, 2025

Whitney White’s Booked and Busy Year: Directing Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas in The Last Five Years and Premiering Liberation by Beth Stevens

“Moving too fast,” Jamie sings in The Last Five Years—and it’s not a bad way to describe Whitney White’s current pace. A rising force in American theater, White is a director, writ…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Adam Driver, Kara Young, Alaska Thunderf*ck and More Receive Lucille Lortel Award Nominations by Hayley Levitt

Nominations for the 40th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced today by Francis Jue, star of Broadway’s Yellow Face, and Krysta Rodriguez, currently appearing in Smash on Broadway. T…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PM
Thursday, March 27, 2025

The Rebellious Power of “Liberation” at Roundabout Theatre Company by Morgan Skolnik

Much like the women it centers on, Roundabout Theatre Company’s Liberation is rebellious and not just because it features nudity! Mainly I was struck by its violation of writing’s most c…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:47PM
Friday, March 21, 2025

Liberation and A Streetcar Named Desire | THEATER: All the Moving Parts by CUNY TV

With women’s liberation at a crossroads and masculinity under scrutiny, "Theater: All the Moving Parts" explores two plays that challenge the dynamics of power, gender, and identity. Hos…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:30PM
Wednesday, March 19, 2025

My Variety Review: "Buena Vista Social Club" by Frank Rizzo

Entering “Buena Vista Social Club” is like stepping into a heady world of the senses, of heightened emotions, and of passionate music and dance. The Social Club was a real place for loca…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:11PM
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

“Night Driver”: Hong Kong Princess Navigates S.F. Queer Scene—at The Marsh by Zack Rogow

Pearl Ong Speeds to Lesbian Liberation as All-Night Cabby by Zack Rogow Pearl Ong has certainly lived a larger-than-life story. She went from Hong Kong princess to joining the lesbian libera…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:24PM
Friday, March 14, 2025

Photos: See Gloria Steinem Visit Liberation Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Directed by Whitney White, the Roundabout Theatre Company production features Kristolyn Lloyd, Susannah Flood, Kayla Davion, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PM
Thursday, March 13, 2025

'This Show Feels Like My Activism': The Cast of Liberation on Feminism and Community by Diep Tran, Heather Gershonowitz

Go backstage with the cast of Bess Wohl's hit Off-Broadway play, where the conversations have been tough, but the impact profound.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PM
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Off-Broadway Review: “Liberation” Misses the Mark at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (Through Sunday, by David Roberts

There is nothing about liberation, nor is there anything liberating in Bess Wohl’s “Liberation” currently running at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center fo…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:57PM

Consciousness Raising With The New Play ‘Liberation’ by Jeryl Brunner

Bess Wohl’s play about 1970’s feminist activism spotlights the struggles of what it takes to come into your own and claim your light. The Roundabout Theatre Company production is now pla…

SOURCE: Forbes at 01:10AM
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Stagecraft: Bess Wohl on Liberation by Jan Simpson

The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. L to R: Adina Verson,…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 03:00PM
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Liberation by Carey Purcell

The cast of Liberation. Photo by Joan Marcus. “The personal is political” was one of the many rallying cries of the secon…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:42AM
Monday, March 3, 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025

Review: Liberation at the Laura Pels Theatre by Loren Noveck

An intricately layered memory play that's more complicated than it seems. Loren Noveck reviews. The post Review: Liberation at the Laura Pels Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.

SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 11:55PM

LIBERATION is a New York Times Critic's Pick by Roundabout Theatre Company

1970, Ohio. Lizzie gathers a small group of women to talk. But talking quickly becomes a necessary and bracingly funny attempt to change their own lives and the world. Fifty years later, her…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:49AM
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Bess Wohl and Whitney White Go Back In Time to Cook Up a LIBERATION Cheese Ball by BroadwayWorld

Backstage Bite is back! Join BroadwayWorld's Katie Lynch in the kitchen as she hosts some of Broadway's brightest to eat, drink and merrily mix it up. See your favorite stars out of their el…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:18PM

BackstageBiteSocialCaption by BroadwayWorld

We teamed up with the creatives behind Roundabout’s Liberation, Bess Wohl and Whitney White to make a 1970s-inspired cheese ball for the latest installation of Backstage Bite! Head to the …

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:24PM

Avram Fefer's Juba Lee Ensemble by Lincoln Center

Multi-instrumentalist and jazz composer Avram Fefer and his amazing cast of musicians combine their talents for an exciting evening of groove-based modern jazz. With influences from Africa a…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:40PM

Backstage Bite: Bess Wohl and Whitney White Go Back In Time to Cook Up a LIBERATION Cheese Ball

Backstage Bite is back! In this episode, Katie is joined in the kitchen by the creators of Roundabout's hit play, Liberation- playwright Bess Wohl and director Whitney White. Watch in this …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PM

Liberation by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Bess Wohl’s latest play is the ambitious and engrossing "Liberation," her attempt to investigate the roots of the Women’s Liberation Movement back in the 1970s from a decidedly contempor…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:10AM
Monday, February 24, 2025

Liberation by Elyse Trevers

It’s hard to imagine our mothers’ lives when they were young women. What were their plans, goals, dreams? Do they have regrets? This is the premise of Bess Wohl’s new play, Liberation,…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:53PM
Saturday, February 22, 2025

Liberation **** The Antiquities **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward January 21, 2025. The trouble with most “issue” plays is the characters seem more like animated talking points, rather than complex, flesh-and-blood human beings. Fort…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:00AM

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Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre