Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Mystic Pizza | Opening Night! by Paper Mill Playhouse

Hear what the audience for Mystic Pizza has to say about the show! Mystic Pizza is a new musical based on the 1988 rom-com that starred Julia Roberts. Adapted by Sandy Rustin (Clue) and dir…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:06PM

ON KIM STANLEY’S 100 BIRTHDAY by Ron Fassler

Actress Kim Stanley (1925–2001).February 11, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler The actress Kim Stanley (born Patricia Reid) was born 100 years ago today. On Broadway in 19…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:07PM

Immersive Mozart by the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony by Edward Kliszus

This spectacular concert found its home at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, a venue revered for its pristine acoustics and intimate setting. Located in the heart of New York City, the…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 10:43AM

Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra’s Immersive Journey by Edward Kliszus

On a crisp February evening, the magnificent Cathedral of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn became a portal to the cosmos. The Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Phili…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 10:41AM
Monday, February 10, 2025

Madalyn Matthews: Fill My Cup With Blue by Andrew Poretz

By Andrew Poretz . . . . The very young cabaret singer Madalyn Matthews recently made her 54 Below debut with Fill My Cup With Blue. Madalyn first came to my attention at the Mabel Mercer Fo…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:14PM

Slow Burn’s Dark Musical ‘Parade’ Is Among The Season’s Finest by Bill Hirschman

There is a moment in the finest musical theater when lyrics, acting, direction, and, above all, the music meld into a power-driven force that almost physically lifts the audience out of thei…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18AM

Review: Romeo + Juliet by JK

Review of the Friday, February 7, 2025 evening performance at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City. Starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler. With Gabby Beans, Daniel Bravo Hernand…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:02AM
Sunday, February 9, 2025

‘Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story’ by Alan Smason

By LOU HARRY I’ve only seen Liza Minnelli once live. That was at a concert with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, where her batteries seemed fully charged and she treated the audience l…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 10:59AM
Saturday, February 8, 2025

The Wild Between Stars, West Australian Ballet, February 7 by Deborah

The stars were out and so was the moon. The audience gathered, as always, on the terraces at City Beach’s Quarry Amphitheatre with the traditional picnic baskets and wine to hand. The danc…

SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 12:43AM
Friday, February 7, 2025

8 Broadway Shows for Your Valentine's Day Date

Nothing says 'I love you' like tickets to a Broadway show! This February 14, celebrate love and romance from the audience of a Broadway theatre. Need help picking the perfect production? We…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PM
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Jonathan Groff Will Play Himself at the Top of Just in Time Before Transforming Into Bobby Darin by Hayley Levitt

Good news for Jonathan Groff fans who have secured their tickets to see the Tony-winning actor croon as Golden Age dreamboat Bobby Darin: You'll also get to see him as... Jonathan Groff. A…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PM
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Broadway League Releases Annual Demographics Report For 2023-24 Season

The Broadway League has released their annual Broadway audience demographics report for the 2023-2024 season. This research report is a profile of the audience at Broadway shows from June 2…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AM

BROADWAY’S OLDER AUDIENCE STAGES A COMEBACK by Philip Boroff

With concerns about Covid on the wane, aging theatergoers rebounded on Broadway last season, according to a new report by the Broadway League. As the audience shrank modestly in 2023-24 for…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 08:14AM

Second Best review – Asa Butterfield is first-class as Harry Potter runner-up by Ryan Gilbey

Riverside Studios, London Barney Norris’s adaptation of David Foenkinos’s novel shows us a man who just missed out on stardom and is now facing fatherhood If one of Alan Bennett’s Talk…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AM
Monday, February 3, 2025

CHAUVET Helps Nate Haber Invoke Power of Darkness for Imminence by Pr Agency

Even as fans who flocked to see Imminence, the quintet from Sweden became more immersed in the show, the audience didn’t always get to “see” the band members, at least not in the liter…

SOURCE: PLSN at 09:40AM
Sunday, February 2, 2025

Theatre News: The Reading Room Festival at The Folger Theatre: Day 1 by Anne Valentino

The Reading Room Festival at the Folger Theatre kicked off Thursday with a deep dive into the historic-minded Shakespeare. Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels invited a few friends to help h…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:48AM

We Will Hear the Angels review – five characters in search of connection by Clare Brennan

Fruitmarket, Edinburgh Multi-art form company Magnetic North celebrate 25 years with a drifting musical journey that moves from isolation to belonging Scottish theatre company Magnetic North…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM

Gandini Juggling: Heka review – a deep dive into the philosophy of misdirection by Lyndsey Winship

The Place, LondonSean Gandini’s intricate and artful show about magic shows plays with the audience and the malleable sense of reality There’s a quote, Sean Gandini tells us, from the Fr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM
Saturday, February 1, 2025

68th Obie Awards: The Bengsons Acceptance Speech by American Theatre Wing

Creating space for grief is an essential part of the practice of resilience. To do so with the buoyancy, grace, and imagination that these collaborators bring is an unforgettable theatrical …

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:24PM

"A Knock on the Roof" Pushes too Hard by Jan Simpson

When the Palestinian playwright Khawla Ibraheem began working on her one-woman show A Knock on the Roof a decade ago, it was a 10-minute monologue. Now the show, which is currently playing …

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:48PM
Thursday, January 30, 2025

‘During wartime, you also do laundry’: a new play brings the experience of war in Gaza to the US by Gloria Oladipo

A Knock on the Roof from Khawla Ibraheem follows Miriam, who lives under Israeli occupation with her son “How far can you run in five minutes?” It’s a critical question the actor and w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AM
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Gypsy by Wendy Caster

When the curtain came down on Act 1 of Gypsy, my friend Susan said, "She's so wrong and she's so good." Excellent summation! I was one of those who greeted Audra's casting with, she's miscas…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 08:36PM
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Broadway Bares Returns for NYC Pride Month 2025 by Darryn King

Broadway Bares, the industry’s one-night-only striptease event, will take place on June 22 at the Hammerstein Ballroom. The NYC Pride Month spectacular, created by director and choreograph…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PM

Video: Shailene Woodley Likes to Know Who is in the CULT OF LOVE Audience

On a visit to The Tonight Show, Shailene Woodley talked about making her Broadway debut in Cult of Love, why she enjoys knowing which celebrities are in the audience, and more. Watch the int…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AM
Thursday, January 23, 2025

Superb Cast & Direction Triumph In Island City’s Complex, Challenging A Delicate Balance by Bill Hirschman

A nameless terror has upended the fragile homeostasis in Agnes and Tobias’ carefully-ordered uppercrust existence, all the more frightening because its anonymity makes it uncomfortably uni…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18PM
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

‘A Quick 5’ with Nicholas Miles, Actor in ‘An Act of God’ presented by Iron Crow Theatre at Baltimore Theatre Project by Lynne Menefee

    “An Act of God,” presented by Iron Crow Theatre, is playing at Baltimore’s Theatre Project to rave reviews. Written by David Javerbaum, it is directed by Sean Elias, Iron Crow’…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:16PM
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Mindplay by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

When the audience enters the theater, they are asked to fill out a slip of paper with one word that has been on their mind. Part of the show is made up of audience participation and these sl…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:42PM
Monday, January 20, 2025

300 Paintings by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Not only are the paintings massive but they also cover all sorts of modern periods of art without Kissajukian having known their work (abstract work by Picasso, Matisse, Joan Miró, Jackson …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:41PM
Sunday, January 19, 2025

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, ‘Footloose’ Choreographer, Dies at 78 by Alex Williams

Striving to widen the audience of dance, she brought vitality to Broadway musicals like “Swing!” as well as ballets and Hollywood films.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:22PM
Friday, January 17, 2025

Tracey Ullman and Jordana Brewster Join ELSBETH Season 2 as Guest Stars

Tracey Ullman and Jordana Brewster are both set to appear as guest stars in Season 2 of the CBS crime drama. The guest star generally serves as the murderer in the episode, with the audience…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:23PM

The Employees review – monumental event theatre with fragments from a far-flung world by Arifa Akbar

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThis hypnotic tale of an orbiting spaceship ponders big questions about what it means to be human In this sci-fi dystopia, Earth has been destroyed and a spaceshi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum 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
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime