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"Lowcountry," currently running at the Atlantic Theater Company, is the third narrative in a trilogy written by playwright Abby Rosebrook. The complex and dark new play follows the developin…
Flowing in the same vein as the triumphant off-Broadway show "Dead Outlaw," which made a move to Broadway last season, is the wonderful "Beau the Musical," now playing at Theatre 154. Produc…
NEW SEASON, NEW PLAYS: Broadway Bound Theatre Festival -2025 hosts 12 new plays and musicals this summer at AMT Theater in midtown NYC. These new works are by emerging playwrights from acros…
The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital news publications, has announced the winners for the 2025 Oute…
The somewhat recognizable journey from play, to film, and finally to musical delivers the new "Real Women have Curves" to the James Earl Jones Theatre on Broadway. It has morphed into a smal…
The "Match" in Kimberly Belflower's thoughtful new play "John Proctor is the Villain," currently playing at the Booth Theatre, is between the heavyweight team "Toxic Masculinity" and the und…
Only in America, where greed, fame, crime and capitalism reign and members of a civilized society aspire to become part of the materialistic regime, can you discover the story of Elmer J. Mc…
If you are not a Baby Boomer, chances are you would have never seen any of the black and white Betty Boop cartoons that made the spit curl bombshell a household name. Now that she has made h…
The Outer Critics Circle (OCC), the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town, national, and digital news publications, has announced the nominees for the 2025 Out…
Broadway Bound Theatre Festival is proud to announce its 2025 Season, showcasing the brand-new works of playwrights from across the country at AMT Theater on 45th Street. "We're so excited t…
Currently running at the Hayes Theatre, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's "Purpose" joins the important pantheon of plays about families, dysfunctional families in particular. These plays, including …
The new musical "Smash," opening on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre, creates more than one bombshell, strategically detonating a multitude of explosive twists, turns, and powerful productio…
Act One of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" currently running at the Palace Theatre takes place at a well-apportioned Chinese restaurant. Skillfully navigating Mamet's iconic wordy text w…
"The Last Five Years" featuring a book, music and lyrics, by Jason Robert Brown, has had a long journey since first opening in Chicago in 2001. It has had two off Broadway runs, two London r…
One of the latest offerings to open on Broadway comes in the form of a tribute musical revue, dedicated to the incredible work of the iconic composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. It is de…
The themes explored in Alice Childress's "Wine in the Wilderness" currently running at Classic Stage Company include classism and economic struggles; the resilience and strength of communiti…
Yet another new production enters the current Broadway season boasting a well-known film and television star, a large movie screen, and several television screens that surround the prosceniu…
There are skeletons in Helena Alving's (a tortured yet stalwart Lily Rabe) closet whose secrets she would rather not be revealed. More devastating to Helena than these skeletons is the bevy …
The creative team for the musical "Buena Vista Social Club" have been hard at work making a few changes in preparation for its Broadway debut after a successful run at the Atlantic Theater. …
A star-studded production has found its way to Broadway from Sydney Australia, with an adaptation of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. This transformation of the classic is writte…
In Simon Stephens's brilliant "Vanya," the adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya, Andrew Scott portrays the eight main characters from the 1897 play. He depicts these familiar character…
The latest import from London is a perfect example of the broad slapstick comedy that British audiences are fond of across the pond, and it joins the ranks of several similar shows that have…
Two half-brothers half a world apart face the decline of their mother in Samuel D. Hunter's "Grangeville" currently on at The Pershing Square Signature Center's Alice Griffen Jewel Box Theat…
The first preview of the norm-disrupting production of "Julius Caesar" kicked off a promising start to this year's Oregon Shakespeare Festival, now in its 90th season. During the preshow ann…
The new play by Matthew Lombardo titled "Conversations with Mother" now playing Off-Broadway at Theatre 555, is a lighthearted and comical evening of entertainment, mostly due to the extreme…