5,772 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
The new Broadway season is shaping up into something familiar — lavish revivals, jukebox musicals, musical adaptations of movies, a musical about a diva and about a giant ape — b…
There ARE straight plays on Broadway, contrary to the impression left by the 2018 Tony Awards, which showcased only the musicals. Maybe not a Scandal exactly, but Kerry Washington can set th…
My favorite moments in the 72nd Tony Award broadcast were moving, inspiring, funny and weird. Â Click on any of the photographs to read the captions explaining the moment.
Below is the complete list of the winners of the 2017 Tony Awards, listed in red with an asterisk* (Highlighted show titles link to further information. Also listed are my personal preferenc…
The American Theatre Wing’s 72nd Annual Tony Awards, with hosts Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles, will broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS Â tonight, Sunday, June 10, 2017…
Now is the time when interest in Broadway is at its peak, piqued by the annual three-hour TV commercial for Broadway known as the Tony Awards broadcast. I regularly get asked for recommendat…
These three new short plays written by Eve Ensler about women and the use and abuse of their bodies arrive on stage just four months after her last play, In the Body of the World , turned me…
Below are my preferences " not my predictions — for the 72nd Annual Tony Awards. See my article in DC Theatre Scene for an explanation for each of my choices. Best Musical Nominated: T…
The 2018 Tony Awards will be presented Sunday, June 10 at 8pm (ET) on CBS. Despite the Broadway League's crowing about the 2017-2018 season being "the highest-grossing and highest-attended s…
Do the Tony nominees feel like best friends from high school you've never actually met, given all the photographs and interviews and….celebrations over the past six weeks? It feels just li…
At the 74th annual Theatre World Awards, luminous performers, including this year’s winners — a dozen honored for their New York stage debuts — talked about when they first…
Performers from some 20 current Broadway shows offered a free concert in Shubert Alley, to celebrate the Broadway season just past, and whet appetites for the Tony Awards on Sunday, June 10t…
SpongeBob SquarePants won best musical and Angels in America won best revival of a play in the 63rd annual Drama Desk Awards. Andrew Garfield and Glenda Jackson won outstanding actor …
Broadway's focus is on the Tonys " no Broadway shows are opening this month " but Off-Broadway is bursting. It’s not just all the familiar faces that lure. As the list below makes clea…
How well were you paying attention to New York theater in May? Answer these 10 questions to find out.
The boys are on Broadway, and they are fabulous. Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer and the rest of the nine-member cast of The Boys in the Band look like they are enjoying themselve…
The boys are on Broadway, and they are fabulous. Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer and the rest of the nine-member cast of “The Boys in the Band” look like they are enjoyin…
The 2017-2018 Broadway season was "the best attended and highest grossing season in Broadway recorded history," according to The Broadway League, which presented its annual statistics today.…
Yes, there are several theater awards still to be given out for the season just past " Drama Desk, June 3; Theatre Worlds, June 4; Tonys, June 10 " but summer theater in New York is pushing …
On Memorial Day, we remember those who died in U.S. wars. Memorial Day has its origins in the aftermath of the Civil War, which remains the bloodiest of U.S. wars in terms of American casual…
On the sixth anniversary of NewYorkTheater.me, a look at the six most popular photographs to be posted on the site since it began, and the most popular posts in each of the past six years. T…
Reaction occurs in three distinct stages to "The Beast in the Jungle," an unusual new show at Vineyard Theater, inspired by a novella by Henry James, with music composed by John Kander. The …
"We don't want you to suffer and die," one of her granddaughters says to Mary Frances (Lois Smith), as she lies in bed. "We just want you to die." "Yeah," agrees Mary Frances with a laugh. S…
Eighteen minutes from The Band’s Visit, via NPR. The first Broadway musical ever to get the Tiny Desk concert treatment. SET LIST “Soraya” “Omar Sharif” “…
Rajiv Joseph's Describe the Night won the award for Best New American Play, and $1,000, at the 63rd Annual Obie Awards, celebrating Off and Off-Broadway Theater, which spread the love around…
