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 Joseph (Bengal Tiger at …

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.

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.

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, Prayer for the French Rep…

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 antisemitism, Israel an…

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 provided at the end of this…

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 on and off the stage…

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 THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. …

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 Kinney. “I crashed…

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 their ancestors: “Ar…

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 airs on the Tony Awa…

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 through the play as he…

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 Scoundrels) and has…

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

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 lengthy series of on…

"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 'The Animal Kingdom'…

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, posed for a photo befor…

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 aren’t limiting th…

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 Angels in America, Leop…

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 ER. But the actor, …

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 FRENCH REPUBLIC: http…

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 episode will air in…

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 episode will air in Ne…

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

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 contemporary anti-Semitis…

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 the role, and the t…

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 discuss ‘Shucked’ to h…

'Prayer for the French Republic' Announces Final Extension. https://www.playbill.com/article/prayer-for-the-french-republic-gets-final-broadway ...

By: David Sheward January 19, 2024: In the two years since it premiered at Manhattan Theater Club’s City Center stage Off-Broadway in 2022, Joshua Harmon’s moving, funny and challenging play Prayer for t…

‘Prayer for the French Republic’ Extends for Final Time, Dueling London ‘Oedipi,’ Cuask to Lead New Musical Presentation “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the to…

The Joshua Harmon play opened on Jan. 9 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

The Joshua Harmon play opened January 9 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre via Manhattan Theatre Club.

Joshua Harmon's Prayer for the French Republic, running at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, will now offer performances through March 3, extending beyond its previously announced February 1…

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced a final extension of the Broadway premiere of Prayer for the French Republic, written by Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews) and directed by David Cromer (The Band’s Visit), now run…

This week, The Broadway Show celebrates the opening of Joshua Harmon’s family drama Prayer for the French Republic, a Manhattan Theatre Club production directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer. Now running …

Hit the red carpet for the Broadway opening of Joshua Harmon's PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC with Anthony Edwards and more! Get tickets to PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC: https://www.broadway.com/shows/prayer…

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 17. Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this episode will air in Ne…

BroadwayWorld was on the red carpet for opening night of Prayer for the French Republic to chat with special guests including Mare Winningham, LaChanze, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Donna Murphy, and more! Watch all…

Harmon meticulously fuses the domestic ups and downs of this bright, well-educated extended family with the overwhelming and unavoidable social upheavals that surround them whether it’s the Nazi persecutions …

Patrick tells us of his grandparents - cousins - who miraculously survived as Jews in Paris through the entire war (cousins married all the time back then).  Irma (Nancy Robinette) and Adolphe (Daniel Oreskes)…

Prayer for the French Republic Traditions on Broadway Filmed by John Benson Edited by Avery Ingvarson Produced by @bwaySHO

James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the Broadway production of Prayer For The French Republic and Patrick Page’s off-Broadway hit, “All The Devils Are Here”. Peter Filichia joins us at the en…

Watch the new commercial for Prayer for the French Republic, now running at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, here!

In this video, watch as we take you inside opening night of Manhattan Theatre Club production of Prayer for the French Republic.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of Prayer for the French Republic has officially opened on Broadway! Get an exclusive look inside the opening night after party in the photos!

Winner of the 2022 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best New Off-Broadway Play, Joshua Harmon’s Prayer for the French Republic bursts onto Broadway after MTC’s highly acclaimed extended, sold-…

By: Samuel L. Leiter [Note: some of what follows is adapted from my review of the Off-Broadway production of this play in 2022.] January 12, 2024: If there’s one thematic word that sums up the general impr…

In the two years since I first saw Joshua Harmon’s ambitious, busy play about antisemitism, in which five generations of a single French family in two different eras fear for their safety, the subject has bec…

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of Prayer for the French Republic has officially opened on Broadway! The play opened last night, January 9, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. BroadwayWorld is taking you …

The Manhattan Theatre Club production opened January 9 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of Prayer for the French Republic has officially opened on Broadway! The play opened last night, January 9, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. BroadwayWorld is taking you …

The Broadway premiere of Prayer For the French Republic is open now! The Manhattan Theatre Club production officially opened last night, January 9, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there, a…

Joshua Harmon’s mature, time-sweeping drama traces a French Jewish family’s decades-long search for an impregnable place to call home.

‘Prayer for the French Republic’ Opens, Roundabout’s 2024-25 Season, Lola Tung to Play Eurydice “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the …

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Prayer for the French Republic bitterly reminds us that all of this has happened before, and most likely will again. In that sense, its timing remains sadly perfect.

In Joshua Harmon’s play about the legacies of antisemitism, a Parisian family must decide when it’s time to get out.

A Jewish family — shaken by a recent rise in European antisemitism — uproots itself in Joshua Harmon's passionately argued play.

The play is set partly in 2016 as the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen makes unnerving political inroads and partly in 1946, when many Jewish families had been obliterated.

At first blush, the three-hour runtime of “Prayer for the French Republic,” playing at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway, seems appropriate. Though it obviously does not exist specifically in respo…

Recent events in Gaza could lead some to view Joshua Harmon’s blistering, funny and heartbreaking Prayer for the French Republic as uncannily prophetic, but let’s not give the playwright overmuch credit for…

★★★★★ Joshua Harmon's superbly staged and acted drama arrives on Broadway after its heralded premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club. The post Prayer for the French Republic: Give Thanks for This Powerful…

★★★★☆ MTC's excellent production explores anti-semitism with gravity, wit and heart. The post Prayer For The French Republic: Judaism takes centerstage in Joshua Harmon’s engrossing drama appeared …

The critics stopped by the Manhattan Theatre Club Broadway premiere of Prayer for the French Republic and the reviews are in! See what the critics had to say!

The Manhattan Theatre Club production opened January 9 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Theater Review by Stuart Miller . . . .  Joshua Harmon clearly understands the delicate magic of theater.  Prayer For the French Republic opens in 2016 with a Jewish family in Paris plunged into crisis when 2…

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

Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting the Broadway premiere of Prayer for the French Republic. Get a first look at footage and learn how to purchase tickets!

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

The new play from Significant Other playwright Joshua Harmon will officially open via Manhattan Theatre Club January 9.

Get a first look at the Broadway production of Manhattan Theatre Club's Prayer for the French Republic.

Last season, the longtime actor starred in Tom Stoppard's play. Now she's the matriarch in Joshua Harmon’s Jewish family epic on Broadway.

In this video, watch as the cast of Prayer for the French Republic on Broadway unpacks their roles!

The Drama Desk-winning Joshua Harmon play will make its Broadway debut at Manhattan Theatre Club.

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