5,772 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
Below is a list of theater books to read in 2020, most of which were  published in 2019*.  Click on the titles to find more information and to purchase these books, grouped under four …
My annual New Year's Eve last-minute guide to events that are still available to do on New Year's Eve 2020 (when 2019 turns into 2020) in New York City Below: Times Square. Broadway show …
Below are some of the people from the theater community who died in 2019. Click on any photograph to read the caption.
 Check out: Favorite stage performances in 2019. Top 10 Lists of Top 10 Theater in 2019. Best Broadway Cast Recording of 2019. Top 10 Theater of the Decade. Worst Theater of the Decade. …
Below is the Broadway schedule between Monday December 23, 2019 and Sunday, December 29, 2019, with links to my reviews of the shows. Eight shows will be performing on Christmas Eve (Tuesday…
Welcome to my annual Worst Broadway Show Poll. Pick the show you thought was the worst to open on Broadway between 2010 and 2019. Most of the 20 nominees were the two highest scorers in each…
In a year that has ended so dramatically off-stage, and during which so many people talked dismissively about "political theater" " when they didn't mean anything actually happening in a …
In a year that has ended so dramatically off-stage, and during which so many people talked dismissively about "political theater" " but they didn't mean anything actually happening in a work…
"Sing Street" is a stage musical based on the sweet, funny "happy-sad" 2016 Irish movie by writer/director John Carney about a teenager named Conor growing up in Dublin during the economical…
"Cats" isn't for everyone " much of it is a cheesy, B-grade affair seemingly crafted solely to take over midnight-movie slots from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' Those with an open mind, t…
Luke Kirby, who portrayed a movie star hired to play "Hamlet" in the cult TV comedy "Slings & Arrows" 16 years ago,  is now on stage for real, as Thomas Hudetz, a murderer in Ödö…
"WASHINGTON " The House of Representatives on Wednesday impeached President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third president in history to be charged with…
The Sorceress (Di Kishefmakherin), the first work of Yiddish theatre ever presented in America, is back on stage in New York 136 years after its U.S. premiere. In my article for TDF Stages, …
The NYC premiere of CATS the movie caps a week in which Broadway, with no more openings this year, seems to have migrated to the screen. The first trailer for the "In the Heights" movie What…
My ten favorite individual performances in New York stage shows that opened in 2019 are listed alphabetically, with explanations for my choices largely excerpted from my reviews. Ian Barford…
Wanda Wheels bristles when Mateo calls her "kind" in this sprawling, funny, foul-mouthed, messy, moving ensemble piece, Stephen Adly Guirgis's first new play in New York since his Pulitzer P…
Wanda Wheels bristles when Mateo calls her "kind" in this sprawling, funny, foul-mouthed, messy, moving ensemble piece, Stephen Adly Guirgis's first new play in New York since his Pulitzer P…
"Hadestown" and "Slave Play" Â were the most popular musicals or plays among critics whose top 10 lists of New York theater for 2019 are featured* below. Â Following in popularity were "…
There's a joke Maggie and her son Joe like to tell on their tours of the local mine in Samuel D. Hunter's latest play: "Guy falls down into the mine. His boss yells at him, 'did you break an…
There's a joke Maggie and her son Joe like to tell on their tours of the local mine in Samuel D. Hunter's latest play: "Guy falls down into the mine. His boss yells at him, 'did you break an…
There are several subplots involving Broadway in the third season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the TV series on Amazon Prime. Little of it rings true. Now, much  of this is exaggeration …
"The Thin Place" is a thin play by Lucas Hnath about a woman named Hilda whose grandmother had believed in being able to communicate with the dead, which sets Hilda on her own psychic journe…
This holiday season in New York means at least ten A Christmas Carols, including one this year on Broadway, and 15 Nutcracker Suites. Holiday shows in the city range from family fare to offb…
"In The Heights," Lin-Manuel Miranda's first breakthrough Broadway musical, Â Â has been made into a movie that will be released in June, 2020, Â 12 years after its debut at the Richar…
This holiday season in New York means at least ten Christmas Carols, including one this year on Broadway, and 15 Nutcracker Suites. Holiday shows in the city range from family fare to of…
