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5,771 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"

New York in Edinburgh: Lizzy Sunshine by Jonathan Mandell

Lis Coin's approach to her first-ever Edinburgh Fringe Festival will be "half spontaneous and half supportive." She means as a theatergoer. But that's also not a bad description of "Lizzy Su…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 2:40pm on July 27, 2025

New York in Edinburgh: A Drag Is Born by Jonathan Mandell

It was past the start time and nothing was happening on stage, when a man in a tracksuit sitting in the front row started applauding rapidly as a show of impatience and protest, leading the …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:39pm on July 26, 2025

Bring the House Down by Jonathan Mandell

It was only after I started this novel about an acerbic and soon-to-be reviled theater critic  " which its publisher had discouraged me from reading " when I learned that the book is s…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 8:42pm on July 25, 2025

Watch 7 Shows at Broadway in Bryant Park by Jonathan Mandell

Four won a Tony for Best Musical. A fifth is returning to Broadway a decade after one of the longest runs in Broadway history. The sixth, with an all-female cast, began life at the Edinburgh…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:51am on July 25, 2025

Watch #Hamilten at Broadway in Bryant Park by Jonathan Mandell

Amid all the to-do surrounding the tenth anniversary of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" " it opened at the Richard Rodgers on August 6, 2015 " five current cast members performed two of its …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:47pm on July 24, 2025

Broadway Poll: Your Favorite Fall 2025 Show? by Jonathan Mandell

Which of the twelve shows scheduled so far to open on Broadway between now and the end of 2025 are you most looking forward to? Which do you want to know more about? Take the poll and let us…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 4:08pm on July 23, 2025

Will Masquerade revive immersive theater in New York? by Jonathan Mandell

As Andrew Lloyd Webber prepares to launch the immersive version of "The Phantom of the Opera" on the last day of this month, for a run that has been extended (for now) through October 19, a …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 2:17pm on July 22, 2025

Joy, Jinkx, and Jerks. Good news for Villain, bad for Gypsy. Stageworthy News of the Week. by Jonathan Mandell

Amid the distressing midsummer news of the defunding of public broadcasting, the suspiciously-timed axing of Stephen Colbert, and the uncertainty behind the arts desk shakeup at the…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 1:05pm on July 21, 2025

Toward A New Understanding of Immersive Theatre After Three Days in Malta by Jonathan Mandell

By Jonathan Mandell. Teatru Malta's 1881 infused immersive theatre with game design, all in a dark, castle-like setting.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 9:22am on July 21, 2025

Joy A New True Musical Review. A self-made woman and mop. by Jonathan Mandell

In one of the several moments throughout "Joy" that felt like being trapped inside an old infomercial, albeit an entertaining one, Joy Mangano (Betsy Wolfe) has just sold her first five thou…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 7:50pm on July 20, 2025

Transgression Review. When the artist's a creep but the art is great by Jonathan Mandell

An art photographer, who is as famous as the celebrities he shoots, starts having sex with a girl who is in ninth grade, and takes pictures of her naked while she's sleeping in his bed, with…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:49pm on July 19, 2025

Watch Broadway in Bryant Park: Wicked, Chicago, Death Becomes Her, Book of Mormon, Just in Time, Gypsy by Jonathan Mandell

Broadway's new Elphaba and Glinda performed at Week 2 of this summer's series of Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concerts, now celebrating its 25th anniversary season " which is older even…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:16pm on July 18, 2025

Baldwin: A Love Story by Jonathan Mandell

James Baldwin met Marlon Brando at an adjacent urinal in the men's bathroom at the New School for Social Research when they were both 19 years old and dreaming of success as, respectively, a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 9:16am on July 18, 2025

For Connie Francis (1937-2025): Watch Gracie Lawrence sing "Who's Sorry Now" at Broadway in Bryant Park by Jonathan Mandell

"Connie Francis said to know her voice is to know her," Gracie Lawrence told the crowd at Bryant Park this afternoon, the day after the popular singer died at the age of 87. Lawrence, who po…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 4:02pm on July 17, 2025

EdFest: Furniture Boys by Jonathan Mandell

Watching Emily Weitzman talk to a couch as if it were her ex-lover brought two names to mind: JD Vance and Andy Kaufman. "You were special…Not just any couch: a pull out couch," she said, …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 4:50pm on July 16, 2025

EdFest (pre-Edinburgh): Tell Me Where Home Is by Jonathan Mandell

Michael DeBartolo's path to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival began in a childhood of "profound shame" and a series of unhealthy infatuations with straight boys.  Years later, now a New Yo…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 3:40pm on July 15, 2025

Broadway Goes Outdoors. Theater Shocks. Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Has a show ever shocked you? Did that make you like it, or dislike it, or was its shock value not the determining factor in your overall reaction? What if a show is deliberately trying to sh…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 9:29am on July 14, 2025

The Gospel at Colonus, on Little Island by Jonathan Mandell

It is a glorious gospel concert beneath the darkening skies along the Hudson River, and that's all one needs to know to thrill at "Gospel at Colonus." But the experience is deepened by its h…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:06pm on July 13, 2025

Watch Broadway Barks then and now by Jonathan Mandell

Cole Escola, Orville Peck, Kecia Lewis, Jak Malone and Sadie Sink were among the performers pushing their puppies at the 27th annual Broadway Barks, the odd and adorable animal adoption even…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 1:35pm on July 13, 2025

Open Review. A love story held together by magic. by Jonathan Mandell

They met by Magic. Actually,  the section at the Strand bookstore where they first met is labeled Occult, but that's where the store keeps its books on magic.  Kristen and Jenny'…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 7:30pm on July 12, 2025

Watch &Juliet, Boop, Gatsby, Hells Kitchen, Maybe Happy Ending, MJ the Musical at Broadway in Bryant Park 2025 by Jonathan Mandell

The free lunchtime concert series Broadway in Bryant Park launched its twenty-fifth season on Thursday with performances by the casts from six Broadway shows " one of which, "Boop the Musica…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:07am on July 11, 2025

Heathers the Musical Review by Jonathan Mandell

So much ugliness takes place at Westerberg High " homicide and homophobia, attempted suicide and sexual assault " that there's an extensive "content advisory" in front of Stage 1 at New Worl…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 9:02pm on July 10, 2025

Theater Blog Roundup: Scott Rudin's return. Summer Reading. An NEA Alternative? by Jonathan Mandell

Summer is normally a time for R&R " which for theater lovers can mean reading theater books and attending regional theater festivals. But the mood is more complicated these days, more te…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 8:45am on July 9, 2025

Prince Faggot Review by Jonathan Mandell

I wasn't sure I wanted to see this play, which imagines a grownup Prince George of England (currently 11 years old) as an out gay man. I was put off by the offensive title, and by what it se…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:53pm on July 8, 2025

Summer Theater. Sondheim Papers. What the "Big Ugly Bill" means for the arts. Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

The season for free, outdoor theater is well underway, both throughout the country and here in New York: A new epic "Memnon" began over the weekend (see below.) This coming week, …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:23am on July 7, 2025
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