Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Andrew Barth Feldman and More Join Manhattan Theatre Club's 2024-25 Off-Broadway Season by Darryn King

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced casting for the two remaining plays in its off-Broadway 2024-25 season, We Had a World and Dakar 2000. Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen, Littl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PM
Friday, November 8, 2024

Theatre Review: ‘Prayer for the French Republic’ at Theater J by Anne Valentino

Joshua Harmon’s 2024 Tony-nominated, epically expansive script, “Prayer for the French Republic,” investigates the horrors of the Holocaust, albeit as more of a side note than headline…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:03PM
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Tony Award Winner Joanna Gleason and Jeanine Serralles to Star in Joshua Harmon’s We Had a World by Darryn King

Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason and Drama Desk Award nominee Jeanine Serralles will star in the Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere of Tony Award nominee Joshua Harmon's We Had a World. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PM
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Anthony Edwards, Susannah Flood and Amy Warren to Star in Roundabout's The Counter by Darryn King

Roundabout Theatre Company's world-premiere production of Meghan Kennedy’s The Counter, directed by David Cromer, has completed casting. The show will begin performances at the Laura Pels …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PM
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Manhattan Theatre Club Announces Three More World Premieres for 2024-25 Season by Darryn King

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced three more world premieres for the off-Broadway stage in its upcoming 2024-25 season. MTC will produce Dakar 2000 written by Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Jose…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PM
Sunday, June 16, 2024

APPROPRIATE's Sarah Paulson Wins Tony Award For Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role In A Play

Paulson beat out fellow nominees Amy Ryan For Doubt: A Parable, Betsy Aidem For Prayer for the French Republic, Jessica Lange for Mother Play, and Rachel McAdams For Mary Jane.

SOURCE: Theatrely at 10:41PM

STEREOPHONIC Wins The Tony For Best Play

Playwright David Adjmi’s incredible new play beat out fellow nominees Prayer for the French Republic, Mother Play, Mary Jane, and Jaja's African Hair Braiding.

SOURCE: Theatrely at 10:08PM

Tony awards 2024: full list of winners by Benjamin Lee

This year’s big Broadway winners so far include Jeremy Strong, Daniel Radcliffe and 70s-set play Stereophonic Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play Betsy Aidem, Praye…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:49PM

‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ ‘Appropriate’ Among Tony Nominees Tackling Antisemitism, Racism and More Social Issues by Gordon Cox

Live theater always reflects the moment in which it’s presented, but this season, Broadway charged head-on into the politics of today with unusual force: A play that directly addressed ant…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:05PM
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Tony Predictions 2024 by Wendy Caster

It's Tony time again. Was this an exciting year on Broadway? Yes! Was it a disappointing year on Broadway? Yes! Same as it ever was. And here we go: (A complete list of nominees is provide…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 04:12AM
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Get Ready for the 2024 Tony Awards on The Broadway Show! by Broadway.com

The Broadway Show is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both …

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PM

First-Time Tony Nominees: Betsy Aidem of PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC by Broadway.com

Betsy Aidem reflects on the treasure of being a "late bloomer" and the "complete surprise" of being honored with her first Tony Award nomination at age 66 for her performance in PRAYER FOR T…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:02PM

Tony First-Timers: Far from Blush and Bashful, Prayer for the French Republic's Betsy Aidem Treasures Being a 'Late Bloomer' by Kathy Henderson

Exactly 40 years ago, Betsy Aidem talked her way into John Malkovich’s now legendary off-Broadway production of Balm in Gilead alongside future stars Laurie Metcalf, Gary Sinise and Terry …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32AM
Friday, May 24, 2024

Prayer for the French Republic | 2024 Tony Award Nominee by The Tony Awards

In 1944, a Jewish couple in Paris desperately awaits news of their missing family. More than 70 years later, the couple’s great-grandchildren find themselves facing the same question as th…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:18PM
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

2024 Tony Award Nominations Announced by Broadway.com

Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jesse Tyler Ferguson have announced nominees for six categories of the 2024 Tony Award nominees this morning live from Sofitel New York. The full announcement …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:54AM
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Betsy Aidem (‘Prayer for the French Republic’) on Marcelle’s impossible choice: ‘I had nowhere to go but everywhere’ [Exclusive Video Interv by Sam Eckmann

During a pivotal moment in Joshua Harmon’s “Prayer for the French Republic,” Betsy Aidem desperately asks where she can take her family “to feel safe.” The question reverberates th…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:30PM
Monday, March 25, 2024

Dead Outlaw Trailer: New Off-Broadway Musical From Creators of The Band's Visit by TheaterMania

Directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer (The Band’s Visit, Prayer for the French Republic), Dead Outlaw was conceived by Tony Award winner David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, Dirty Rotten…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:36PM
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Joshua Harmon's Prayer for the French Republic Completes Extended Broadway Run March 3 by Logan Culwell-Block

David Cromer directs the Manhattan Theatre Club production, an Off-Broadway transfer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06AM
Sunday, February 11, 2024

Prayer for the French Republic by Elyse Trevers

Towards the end of “A Prayer for The French Republic,” the latest play by Josh Harmon, Grandpa Pierre (played by Richard Masur) asks his family “Why do they hate us?” Then follows a …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:36AM
Monday, February 5, 2024

David Cromer Juggles Directing and Acting In Some Of This Season’s Most Exciting Work by Harry Haun

"I learn more about directing while acting and more about acting while directing," says David Cromer, who directed 'Prayer for the French Republic' on Broadway and is currently appearing in …

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:06PM
Thursday, February 1, 2024

Photos: Bill and Hillary Clinton Visit PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre recently welcomed a couple of very special guests! Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, who will produce Suffs on Broadway later this season, pos…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:21AM
Saturday, January 27, 2024

Good and Bad Reminders of the Holocaust Are on Show in "Our Class" and "White Rose" by Jan Simpson

Today is International Holocaust Memorial Day, which was created to commemorate the six million Jews and others who were systematically slaughtered by the Nazis. But New York theater makers …

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 12:24PM
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Public Obscenities by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . Plays running three hours or longer generally tend to deal with big issues, often spread out over large swathes of time. Think, for example, of Ang…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:40PM

Theater Is a 'Place of Healing' for Prayer for the French Republic's Anthony Edwards by Darryn King

Anthony Edwards has a couple of seriously iconic screen roles to his name. The actor played “Goose” in the 1986 action film Top Gun and Dr. Mark Greene in the long-running medical drama…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM

The Broadway Show: Anthony Edwards on PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC by Broadway.com

Host Tamsen Fadal catches up with Anthony Edwards, who continues his love affair with Broadway in the cast of Joshua Harmon's PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Get tickets to PRAYER FOR THE F…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:24AM
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Catch Up With Doubt Stars Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber, Anthony Edwards, & More on The Broadway Show by Broadway.com

Before The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, you can watch the episode's YouTube premiere at 5PM ET on Wednesday, January 24. Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PM

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal: 1/27/24 - Anthony Edwards, Liev Schreiber and More by Broadway.com

Before The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, you can watch the episode's YouTube premiere at 5PM ET on Wednesday, January 24. Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this ep…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:42AM
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

No one argues like Broadway’s Joshua Harmon by Ruthie Fierberg

With “Prayer for the French Republic,” the playwright’s ability to articulate multiple opinions with equal passion is on full display.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:00AM
Monday, January 22, 2024

Our Class ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter January 22, 2024: Just a little more than a week ago I reviewed the Broadway production of Josh Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic, a searing drama about conte…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:03PM

Interview: Francis Benhamou on Her 'Self-Exploratory Journey' in PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC on Broadway

In this exclusive interview, Francis Benhamou shares her excitement and deep connection to 'Prayer for the French Republic' on Broadway. Learn about her personal journey, the significance of…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PM
Sunday, January 21, 2024

This Week on Broadway for January 21, 2024: The Whole of Time by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk about Prayer For The French Republic (Peter’s review), The Whole of Time @ Torn Page, and The Perfect Game. In the news, we discus…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM

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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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