John Ortiz (Anna in the Tropics), three-time Tony nominee Jessica Hecht (Eureka Day; Summer, 1976; A View From the Bridge) and Spencer Garrett (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) will join Jon Bernthal and Ebon M…

Drama Desk Award nominee John Ortiz (Jesus Hopped the A Train), three-time Tony Award nominee Jessica Hecht (Eureka Day) and SAG Award nominee Spencer Garrett (Once Upon A Time in Hollywood) will join Emmy Awar…

The award-winning short film 4th Dementia, starring Broadway alum Caroline Aaron (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Tony Award winner Bill Irwin (Eureka Day, Sesame Street), will premiere Monday, January 12, on Om…

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" so opens Charles Dickens' novel, "A Tale of Two Cities," and while this blog post has nothing to do with the French Revolution, we would like to celebrate t…

EVERYONE’S CALIFORNIAN NOW..      When the Old Vic had Jonathan Spector’s play in 2022 it was the first time after lockdowns that I had the joy of beng in a space with a thousand others all helpless with…

Rick Holmes and Mia Barron (Photo by Jeff Lorch)  This review is part of the Stage Raw/Unusual Suspects Youth Journalism Fellowship Reviewed by Warren D Riley Pasadena Playhouse Through October... The post Eur…

Every once in a while I see a show that is filled with smart ideas, and that is interestingly directed and well-performed and yet still leaves me cold. Over the past week or so I saw two shows like that: the n…

After his Tony win, Jonathan Spector returns with a dark, cerebral comedy involving academics and Stalin’s daughter.

Jonathan Spector and the team of Eureka Day accept the 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for Eureka Day at the 78th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday June 8, 2025. About the 78th Annual Tony Awards The A…

Is “Eureka Day,” a Tony-winning comedy now on the boards at the Pasadena Playhouse, as uproariously funny as it is because the script feels veritably ripped from today’s headlines? Or does it get its chuc…

Plus, talking sound design with Jason Ducat and reviewing ‘Eureka Day’ at Curious and ‘The Thin Place’ at BETC

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Jonathan Spector’s 2025 Tony Award-winning satire is a study in cringe, generating big laughs and nervous squirms in almost equal measures. When a mumps outbreak hits a progressive private primary school in B…

At Curious Theatre, Christy Montour-Larson’s production shines in design and performance, though the satire loses steam after its high point in a virtual town hall.

The Eureka Day playwright is coming to the Off-Broadway company with Birthright.

American Theatre magazine, published by Theatre Communications Group, has just released Top 10 Most-Produced Plays and Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights for the new season. This list was based on the 1446 produc…

Kiss a fish! The post-9/11 musical 'Come From Away' takes the top spot in its first appearance on our list, followed closely by 'Primary Trust' and 'Eureka Day.'

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The vaccination-themed farce, born at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre Company and acclaimed nationwide, is back with a lot of its original team—but not at the original theatre, which has shut down.

Lynne Meadow, whose 53-year run as artistic director of the highly influential Manhattan Theatre Club included guiding shows by such playwrights as Christopher Durang, John Guare, Beth Henley, Terrence McNally,…

Five outstanding new plays and four equally outstanding revivals have been singled out this Broadway season! Nominees for Best Play are: English (Sanaz Toossi), The Hills of California (Jez Butterworth), John …

Earlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Eureka Day took home a Tony Award for 'Best Revival of a Play'. After playwright Jonathan Spector and the producing team left the stage at Radio City Music Hall, …

The win is a first for playwright Jonathan Spector, who made his Broadway debut with the production.

Jonathan Spector and the team of Eureka Day are congratulated by Bonnie Milligan at the Tony Awards First Impressions Cam presented by City National Bank, backstage at the 78th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, Jun…

‍Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. It beat out fellow nominees Romeo + Juliet, Thornton Wilder's Our Town, and Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang.

Kara Young has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Purpose. Young beat out fellow nominees Tala Ashe for English, Jessica Hecht for Eureka Day, Marjan Neshat for E…

“Purpose” won’t best play at the 78th annual Tony Awards, “Eureka Day” best play revival, Sunset Blvd best revival of a musical. Below the list of winners: (Here’s a guide to the entire Broadway 20…

Best Musical Buena Vista Social Club Dead Outlaw Death Becomes Her Maybe Happy Ending Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical Best Play English The Hills of California John Proctor Is the Villain Oh, Mary! Purpose B…

Who do you go to for expert party-planning advice? Theater people, obviously! We asked the nominees for suggestions on how to celebrate our 25th anniversary. For a top-notch showbiz shindig, the nominees expec…

The 2024-25 Broadway season — which ended April 30 — was one of the richest and most competitive seasons in years. While there hasn't been been a megahit of the likes of “Hamilton” or “The Producers,�…

Mason Pilevsky, Pages on Stages Best Revival of a Play Eureka Day This edgy show about how leftist ideology about inclusivity can be taken too far is scathing in its brilliance, particularly the staff meeting w…

John Proctor is the Villain and Cats: The Jellicle Ball received top honors in the group's third annual Dorian Theater Awards. Both productions won three awards each, making them the most awarded shows of the y…

Did you know that Eureka Day was Jessica Hecht's eleventh Broadway show and third Broadway show with Manhattan Theatre Club? This year she earns her third Tony nomination for her outstanding performance. "Thi…

Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek interviews Jonathan Spector about receiving a Tony nomination for EUREKA DAY.

Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek interviews Jessica Hecht about her Tony-nominated turn as Suzanne in EUREKA DAY.

“Maybe Happy Ending” won best musical and “Purpose” best play at the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards. “Eureka Day” won best revival of a play and “Gypsy” best revival of a musical. Check out all t…

Purpose and Maybe Happy Ending win Outstanding Play and Outstanding Musical Awards. Maybe Happy Ending leads with 6 total wins across all categories. June 3, 2025: The 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were prese…

Playwright Jonathan Spector describes his arrival on Broadway as a "wild" and "out of body" experience. Not only did he make his mainstream debut with Eureka Day, a comedy about vaccine mandates at an elementar…

With his Broadway debut, Spector has earned his first Tony Award nomination.

Manhattan Theatre Club’s leaders, Lynne Meadow, Chris Jennings and Nicki Hunter, discuss the nonprofit’s programming strategy.

When Jonathan Spector first staged his now-Tony-nominated play Eureka Day in 2017, he couldn’t have known just how timely it would be eight years later. The Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway production, dir…

Jonathan Spector's work is also nominated for Best Revival of a Play for bringing comedy, and humanity, to the vaccination debate.

Maybe Happy Ending, Sunset Blvd., Eureka Day, and Vanya all won production honors.

The 91st Annual Drama League Awards, held on May 16 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, has named its winners.  The award for Distinguished Performance went to Sunset Boulevard's Nicole Scherzinger, while Sunset Boulev…

Maybe Happy Ending, Sunset Boulevard, Eureka Day, and Vanya all won production honors.

The Eureka Day school prides itself on inclusion, “holding space for everyone,” as noted by one of its Board members. But what happens when those opinions are so diametrically opposed […] The post EUREKA …

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Actors’ Equity Foundation Announces Recipients of 2025 Performance Awards The Actors’ Equity Foundation has announced the recipients of its awards f…

The Actors’ Equity Foundation has revealed the recipients of its awards for performers for the 2024–2025 season. The Richard Seff Award for two veteran actors is awarded to Jessica Hecht (Suzanne in Eureka …

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. Looking at who wasn’t no…

“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 read the Tony nomin…

Jeremy Jordan in “Floyd Collins” First, a big thanks to Adam Feldman for setting me straight (so to speak) on a few eligibility issues.. I rus…

Today, The Huntington Theatre announced their upcoming 2025/2026 season including favorites from Broadway and world premieres including the sixth installment of Boston’s city-wide Ufot Family Cycle. The Hunt…

The Massachusetts company's seven-show season will center on themes of legacy, family, and what we most value in our lives.

No one at the Kennedy Center will be shouting “Eureka!” anytime soon. The hit Broadway comedy “Eureka Day” is no longer setting down at the Ken Cen beginning March 7th for two weeks. Jonathan Spector’…

The Kennedy Center’s post-Broadway engagement of Jonathan Spector's comedy Eureka Day has been canceled. The cancelation marks the latest in a series of programming changes following President Donald Trump�…

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‘Eureka Day’ Canceled at Kennedy Center, ‘Mormon’ Passes ‘RENT,’ Jeremy Jordan Previews ‘Floyd Collins’ Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only daily podcast recapping th…

Playbill profile picture. Playbill 󱢏. 13h󰞋󱟠. 󰟝. The Kennedy Center run of Manhattan Theatre Club's Eureka Day has been cancelled. PLAYBILL.COM.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of Jonathan Spector's Eureka Day is among a number of canceled productions at the Kennedy Center following the Trump administration's recent takeover of the cultural instit…

The Broadway production of Eureka Day, the vaccine-debate comedy by Jonathan Spector, will have a post-Broadway engagement at the Kennedy Center. The production will play the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theat…

By: David Sheward January 29, 2025: When Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day opened Off-Broadway in 2019, the dark comedy about the vaccination debate at a high-toned private school in Berkeley, California, was …

EXCLUSIVE: Baryshnikov Arts, the New York City multidisciplinary arts organization founded in 2005 by artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov, will celebrate its 20th anniversary spring season with productions fe…

In “Eureka Day,” changes were made to a scene because “the laughter was so robust backstage, they couldn’t hear the cues.”

This episode features a chat on the stage of Manhattan Theatre Club with playwright Jonathan Spector, and a check-in with Seattle Times arts writer Gemma Wilson.

Tonys Makes Confusing Ruling on ‘Eureka Day,’ Christopher Fitzgerald Joins ‘Urinetown’ at Encores, Matt’s New York Trip Schedule Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only daily p…

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on Jan. 16 to assess the eligibility of 11 Broadway productions ahead of the 2025 Tony Awards. This is the second time that the committee has met to discuss the 2024…

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met yesterday to confirm the eligibility status of 11 Broadway productions for the 2024-25 season. This was the second time this season that the Tony Awards Administrati…

In this episode, host Patrick Pacheco dives into a double-bill of fascinating productions: one ripped from the headlines, the new Broadway drama "Eureka Day"; the other making headlines, "Wicked," the musical e…

The Broadway production of Eureka Day has announced the cancellation of tonight's performance (January 14, 2025) due to non-COVID related illness within the company.

The play’s run is expected to resume on Jan. 15 at 2:00 p.m.

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A built-in weakness in some comedies of ideas is that one side of an argument may simply be right. As someone who believes strongly in vaccines, I thought Eureka Day might have to wrestle with this weakness. B…

The cast of the Manhattan Theatre Club production talks about the hilarious scene, their attraction to their characters and takeaways from the run thus far.