5,843 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
How well were you paying attention to New York theater news, views and previews in the month of May? Answer these 10 questions to find out. Â
Before he was a poet, Walt Whitman, who was born two hundred years ago today " on March 31, 1819 " was a theatergoer, and an opera fan, and a drama critic…and, some argue, a dramatist. "I …
Can life be lived offline anymore? That's what the eight characters are exploring as part of an Internet addiction support group in "Octet," a beautifully sung a cappella chamber musical by …
Yeah that was Lin-Manuel Miranda as Bob Fosse, at the end of "Fosse Verdon," sort of. In the finale of the eight-episode series on FX, Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) is writing and directing "All …
As the theater awards season enters the home stretch " what's left: Drama Desk Awards, Theatre World Awards, the Tonys " the question arises once again:How does one determine, or even define…
Fosse Verdon, the FX TV series about the marriage and artistic collaboration between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, ends its eight-episode run on May 28, 2019. What other theater couples from th…
 On Memorial Day, we remember and honor the approximately 1.1. million Americans who have been killed in U.S. Wars  Memorial Day has its origins in the Civil War, which incurred the …
We first said goodbye to Avenue Q in 2009 when the surprise Tony-winning hit musical announced it was about to close on Broadway after six years. But it got an immediate reprieve, moving to …
Two things distinguish Loveville High, a new musical that takes place on prom night in a high school in Loveville, Ohio. First: The cast of 13 is comprised of some of the most talented young…
Below are the seven most popular posts in the seven years since I began NewYorkTheater.me in May 2012. Below that  are the seven most popular reviews, and below that 10 of the profile por…
Sean O'Casey was 43 years old and had worked his whole life as a laborer, when he finally had a play accepted in 1922 by the founders of Dublin's famed Abbey Theater, the dramatist Lady G…
In the first play of Clubbed Thumb's 24thannual  Summerworks festival at the Wild Project " the first summer theater festival of the season " the cast faces us a la A Chorus Line, exce…
The Ferryman, a feast of Irish storytelling in a breathtaking mix of genres, opened on Broadway seven months ago, and since then it's gotten nine Tony nominations, best play awards from the …
The Ferryman, a feast of Irish storytelling in a breathtaking mix of genres, opened on Broadway seven months ago, and since then it's gotten nine Tony nominations, best play awards from the …
In Episode 7 of Fosse Verdon, Gwen fights to assert her own creative vision on Chicago, challenging Bob's increasingly dark approach to the musical. Â Just one more episode to go! More ab…
The 64th Annual Obie Awards, celebrating Off and Off-Off-Broadway Theater We're live at the 2019 #ObieAwards hosted by @Racheldoesstuff https://t.co/CHOOYEdiLX " Obie Awards (@obieawards) Ma…
Fans can add another reason to be disappointed with Game of Thrones. NBC executives are now claiming they killed Hair Live, which they had planned to broadcast yesterday, when HBO announced …
Hadestown won best Broadway choreography and Alice By Heart best Off-Broadway choreography in the third annual Chita Rivera Awards honoring excellence in dance and choregraphy. Complete list…
At the end of "Mac Beth," Macduff severs Macbeth's head and then she takes a selfie of it, posing with two of her fellow murderous teenage girls, all dressed in parochial school uniforms. Th…
Did George Harrison steal from The Chiffons? A judge ruled that his 1970 hit, "My Sweet Lord" was "virtually identical" to The Chiffons' 1962 hit "He's So Fine." But, though the ex-Beatle ha…
 So many theater companies label their shows "immersive" these days that the term can feel like little more than a synonym for "hip." But five adventurous and meticulous companies consis…
Bryan Cranston won the distinguished performance award at the 85th annual Drama League Awards for his performance in Network, while Hadestown won best musical, and The Ferryman best play. Di…
Comedian Carl Reiner called his comic novel Enter Laughing, because that is the first stage direction that his 17-year-old main character is given, at his first ever-audition, and he makes a…
Comedian Carl Reiner called his comic novel Enter Laughing, because that is the first stage direction that his 17-year-old main character is given, at his first ever-audition, and he makes a…
From the moment Susan Sarandon makes her entrance in Happy Talk, Jesse Eisenberg's latest play, it is clear her character Lorraine is extravagantly self-absorbed to the point of delusion. Sh…
