5,772 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
The Cher Show, the new Broadway jukebox musical that offers a whirlwind tour of the music, life and six-decade career of the entertainer and self-proclaimed  "goddamn Goddess Warrior," is…
“The Cher Show,” the new Broadway jukebox musical that offers a whirlwind tour of the music, life and six-decade career of the entertainer and self-proclaimed  "goddamn Goddes…
With "The Cher Show" now opened on Broadway, it seems a good time to test your Cher I.Q. by answering these dozen questions about her life and career.
Many events have been marking the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I, including several on New York stages " among them, the solo play "Private Peaceful," the "docudrama"/concer…
Novels are routinely turned into Broadway musicals, several currently running " Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Once on This Island " but turning a Broadway musical into a novel is…novel. De…
The current president of the United States did not attend the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors last night (which will be broadcast on CBS on December 26). But the first U.S. president…
She says she's been working on it for ten years, but you could argue that Heidi Schreck's extraordinary show about the United States Constitution " funny and infuriated, analytical and confe…
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Today is World AIDS Day. Since last World AIDS Day, there have been some 38,000 new HIV infections in the United States alone. More than 1.1 million people in the US are living with HIV, acc…
Three shows opening this month on Broadway bring to the stage  adaptations of three landmarks of American culture: “To Kill A Mockingbird,” “Network,” and “T…
The hard problem in Tom Stoppard's latest erudite play, his first full-length work in nearly a decade, is the challenge facing those who study the brain: How do scientists account for the mi…
Below is the music video of “Loser Geek Whatever,” the previously unrecorded song from the musical “Be More Chill.” In an informal introduction (originally presented …
How well were you paying attention to the theater, and theater news, in November? Answer these dozen questions to find out. Buy tickets to The Band’s Visit via TodayTix Buy tickets to …
"All is Calm" revolves around the powerful true story of the unofficial ceasefires during World War I among British, French and German soldiers in the trenches along the Western Front around…
The greatest thrill of Theresa Rebeck's thriller is seeing Tyne Daly (Cagney and Lacey) and Tim Daly (The Sopranos, Madame Secretary) act together on stage for the first time. Rebeck wrote "…
Sure, you know what mugging is, and ingenue. But what is screlting? Or 2 Dow Shay? What do theater people mean when they use the word “corpse.” Lin-Manuel Miranda explains 15 the…
The day after Springsteen on Broadway closes at the Walter Kerr Theater December 15, 2018, it debuts on Netflix
On this seventh annual #GivingTuesday (created in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation), consider donating to your favorite New York area theaters, theater companies, …
Thanksgiving is technically over, but this one is going to last. There’s much about this past week in New York theater for which we’re grateful. Below watch the full number of &#…
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The choices below are personal favorites; the ranking is somewhat arbitrary. In a political atmosphere that is at the very least fractured, and has often felt just a few steps away from some…
They range in tone from the lyrical to the hysterical, their subjects from grim to fanciful " environmental disaster; an assisted suicide; a self-help spoof " but all four works-in-progress …
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Two women kissed at the end of the performance of “The Prom” at the 92nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It’s part of the show, but it’s sure to get some…
My seventh annual Broadway gift guide below includes links and information on shopping for theater tickets, theater subscriptions, cast recordings, play scripts, librettos and new and che…
