Thursday, March 27, 2025

Michael Urie fulfilled his character arc in ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ by overcoming a fear of stairs in the funniest way possible by Sam Eckmann

Michael Urie earned consistent laughter in the recent revival of Once Upon a Mattress thanks to the mannered way in which his infantilized Prince Dauntless called for his mother. “But Maw…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:10PM

Happy World Theatre Day | Stratford Festival 2025 by Stratford Festival

This World Theatre Day, it’s all hands on deck as we get ready for a fabulous season. But there’s time to pause and reflect on the impact theatre has on the world. Canadian theatres em…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:36PM

My Own Take: Off-Broadway's "Curse of the Starving Class" by Frank Rizzo

Photos by Monique Carboni The show: “Curse of the Starving Class” by Sam Shepard, revived by off-Broadway’s The New Gro…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 03:17PM
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Vanya by Joel Benjamin

Andrew Scott in the one-man show “Vanya” after Anton Chekhov at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (Photo credit: Julieta Cervantes) A playful thought came to mind watching Andrew Scott (Sherloc…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:32PM
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Exclusive: Natalie Joy Johnson Is Letting the Audience Decide at the Green Room 42

Natalie Joy Johnson is bringing her own kind of March Madness to the Green Room 42 this week, but she's making it cabaret! The Broadway veteran is letting audiences vote on the setlist, whic…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PM
Monday, March 24, 2025

Hear From The Audience | SMASH The Musical by Smash On Broadway

It can’t be a love letter to Broadway without ALSO being insanely unhinged. Thank you to everyone that has come out to experience the madness and magic of SMASH on Broadway!

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:20PM

Joe and Jill Biden Make First Public Appearance Since White House Exit at Broadway’s ‘Othello’ Premiere: ‘Riveting, Brilliant, Bravo!’ by Jordan Moreau

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal’s “Othello” premiere, one of the hottest tickets on Broadway, had Oscar-winning actors, Grammy recipients and legendary directors in the audience …

SOURCE: Variety at 02:05PM

Lily Rabe Shines in a Slow-Burning Adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts at Lincoln Center by Suzanna Bowling

Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts has long been recognized as a devastating examination of family, duty, and moral corruption. In this condensed adaptation by Mark O’Rowe, currently staged at the Mi…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM
Saturday, March 22, 2025

People You Should Know . . . J.S. Streible by Zack Calhoon

J.S. Streible was born in the bosom of Atlanta, Georgia, adopted at birth and swept to be raised in the temperate rainforest of the Southern Appalachians. Growing up as a statistical unicorn…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:18AM
Friday, March 21, 2025

Andrew Scott on His Melancholy, Hilarious, Sexy One-Man Vanya by Darryn King

At first blush, a one-person take on Uncle Vanya might sound like a terrible idea—a belabored theatrical stunt destined to wear thin pretty quickly. But in the hands of Andrew Scott, one o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PM
Thursday, March 20, 2025

Sadie Sink Returns to Broadway in John Proctor is the Villain, Starting Performances Tonight by Broadway.com

John Proctor is the Villain, a play by Kimberly Belflower and directed by Tony winner Danya Taymor, begins performances at Broadway's Booth Theatre on March 20. The production, starring S…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06AM
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

Review: The Pocket Park Kids by Carol Sterling

What a delight it was to be an audience member for the NYC’s Children’s Theater production of “Pocket Park Kids.” Playwrights Anika Larsen and Orlando Bishop bring an interactive s…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:32PM
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Reinventing the Classical Music Experience: The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony at 25 by Edward Kliszus

Hearing a symphony orchestra from a distance is one thing, usually from a seat in the audience below the stage. It is entirely different when you are inside the orchestra—to feel the strin…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 01:39PM

Brave New Theatrical World or One Flew Over the 21st Century’s Cuckoo’s Nest?: “Nexxt” by Emilija Kvočka

The theatrical kamikaze that destroys all the mechanisms of the world and itself—that is, theatre as such—is the performance Nexxt, directed by András Urban, which premiered at the Novi…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:34AM
Monday, March 17, 2025

Music City *** by Barry Gordin

By Paulanne Simmons March 17, 2025. If you’re a fan of country music, and especially the music of songwriter JT Harding, you’ll definitely like Bedlam’s Music City. The show is dir…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:14PM

The LeftBehinds review – dystopian thriller finds the National Theatre firing on all cylinders by Chris Wiegand

Lancaster Academy, LeicesterRoss Willis and Ned Bennett’s audacious adventure for schools is a cult in the making, with a post-apocalyptic plot, snappy gags and a trash-talking baby This i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AM
Sunday, March 16, 2025

MEMORIES OF “1776” 56 YEARS AFTER SEEING ITS SECOND-TO-LAST PREVIEW by Ron Fassler

My ticket stub from 56 years ago (note the tape marks). It used to hang on my bedroom wall.Fifty-six years ago yesterday afternoon, I took my seat as a just-turned twelve-year old in seat E…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:49AM
Friday, March 14, 2025

Episode 9: "Silencio" by Buena Vista Social Club On Broadway

“You have to work to get the audience in your pocket—they have to be in your story, in the music.” Associate Music Director and guitarist David Oquendo honed his style and craft with …

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:35PM

Fog and Filthy Air by Scotty Bennett

It is essential for the audience to become fully engaged with the story and to care about the characters. When that does not happen, the show falls flat. While Homeyer and McGrath make an ef…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:02PM
Thursday, March 13, 2025

Broadway Backwards 2025 - Defying Gravity by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Broadway’s legendary luminaries and bright rising stars lit up the storied Gershwin Theatre on March 10, 2025, as Broadway Backwards delivered powerhouse performances celebrating LGBTQ+ lo…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:48PM
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Embodying the Impossible review – beguiling tricks of the magic trade by Chris Wiegand

The Place, London Tom Cassani outlines conjuring techniques with a beguiling routine, while Compagnie Les Vagues make a teasing performance from tiny movements Throwing shapes is expected at…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM
Monday, March 10, 2025

Sarah Snook and Kip Williams Discuss The Picture of Dorian Gray - YouTube

... and 'S.O.S.'. Playbill•5.4K views · 20:46 · Go to channel · Morgan Freeman Confronts a Rude Talk Show Host – His Response Leaves the Audience ...

SOURCE: Google at 07:02PM

Miya Shaffer on “I Feel Like You Don’t Trust Me” by TAQ Dance by Miya Shaffer

These haptic qualities enable the audience an imagined point of entry into the onstage sensations, inviting vicarious feeling of the braided hair, the waxiness of plant fronds, the lightness…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:06PM

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Beethoven’s “Eroica” conducted by Osmo Vänskä by Linda Holt

Under guest conductor Osmo Vänskä, the Philadelphia Orchestra transfixed the audience with Beethoven’s Third after a splendid rendition of Ravel’s Piano Concerto for Left Hand and Mich…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:57PM
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Edward II review – Daniel Evans leads a brooding, brutal and brilliant night at the RSC by Mark Fisher

Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThe new joint boss of the Royal Shakespeare Company makes an impetuous king in Daniel Raggett’s production of Marlowe’s history play The temptation is to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AM

Blind Injustice by Wendy Caster

That the American justice system is worse than broken--dangerous, dishonest, racist--is not news. Some innocent people have been coerced into confessing, others have accepted plea bargains r…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 07:32AM
Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Georgia and the Butch by Lydia Singer

The play’s title, "Georgia and the Butch," is fitting. Only O’Keefe is named, while Maria Chabot is simply “the butch,” reflecting both how she devoted herself to O’Keefe completel…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:30PM
Monday, March 3, 2025

Catching Up with Kazurinsky by Trav S.D.

On the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary special the other night, one participant you might not have noticed (for he was seated in the audience, and at 5’2″ is easy to miss) was forme…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:42AM
Saturday, March 1, 2025

Urinetown – Still Mostly Sharp After All These Years by Judd Hollander

Reviewed by Judd Hollander True believers, no matter where they may be on the political, social or economic spectrum, always believe they are doing the right thing. Even if there are those w…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:02PM
Thursday, February 27, 2025

Dakar 2000 by David Walters

The author lies to us for effect and the characters lie to each other and themselves, all leaving the audience on constantly shifting sand. The post Dakar 2000 appeared first on The Front Ro…

SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 08:45PM

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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