5,772 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
How well were you paying attention to the theater news in June? Answer these 11 questions to find out.
For the 16th year in a row, Bryant Park will be the site of free lunchtime concerts of current Broadway shows — and forthcoming Broadway musicals (this year, Holiday Inn; Natasha, Pier…
Bette Midler made her New York stage debut in Tom Eyen's "Miss Nefertiti Regrets" at La MaMa in 1965. Photographs of her performance, and of a young Sam Shepard, and Harvey Fierstein and …
Grey's Anatomy actor Jesse Williams, in accepting BET's Humanitarian Award on Sunday, gave a speech about racist oppression and appropriation, police violence and even the Magical Negro. The…
The 46th annual Gay Pride Parade, aka LGBTQ March, comes exactly two weeks after a man shot dead 49 people in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and the marchers carried pictures of the de…
Shuffle Along, Fun Home and An American in Paris all announced their closing dates this week — all, in my view, prematurely, Shuffle Along shockingly so. Three more Broadway shows are …
In the video below, President Barack Obama announces he is designating the area around the Stonewall Inn in New York City as the country’s first national monument to lesbian, gay, bise…
New York Spectacular, a new summer show at Radio City Music Hall that features the Radio City Rockettes and some terrific sets, aims to tap into a similar demographic as Broadway, where more…
New York Spectacular, a new summer show at Radio City Music Hall that features the Rockettes and some terrific sets, aims to tap into a similar demographic as Broadway, where more than two-t…
We peek at the new Broadway season, which promises Cate Blanchett’s Broadway debut; Â the last remaining play from August Wilson’s celebrated American Century Cycle to make it …
Below is 2016 Kilroy list of 32 plays by women and trans writers that are not produced but should be, according to a survey of 230 theater professionals. This is the third annual list by the…
In Israel Horovitz's new play, four women who were sexually involved with the same man at some point over the past 65 years gather at his Parisian loft  for his funeral, after he has died…
In response to the June 12 Orlando shooting at a gay nightclub called Pulse, the worst mass shooting in American history, some 70 Broadway stars gathered on June 15 to sing “What The W…
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Phillipa Soo announced this week that they will leave "Hamilton" on July 9; Miranda's long-time alternate Javier Munoz will take over the title role on July 11. "I'm l…
The following five shows are closing within the next ten days. Each of them I found worth seeing for one reason or another. Eclipsed – closing June 19 Oscar winner Lupita Nyo…
The all-female production of The Taming of the Shrew in Central Park, with Janet McTeer as the macho Petruchio and Cush Jumbo as the shrew he starves into obedience, seems to be working hard…
The all-female production of The Taming of the Shrew in Central Park, with Janet McTeer as the macho Petruchio and Cush Jumbo as the shrew he starves into obedience, seems to be working hard…
“Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark” opened on June 14, 2011. It ran for a total of 1066 performances, closing on January 04, 2014. Below is my review upon its official opening. Sc…
Hamilton won 11 awards " best musical, book, score, lead actor of a musical, featured actor, featured actress, direction, set, costumes, lighting, and choreography — at the 70th annual…
Hamilton won 11 awards and The Humans four, including best musical and best play respectively. Below are the winners of the 70th annual Tony Awards, listed in red with an asterisk* Also list…
An American-born suspect identified as Omar Mateen shot and killed 50 people early this morning at the Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The largest mass shooting in American histo…
My most popular Hamilton post has been Quiz: Which character in Hamilton are you? Also popular, my more general Hamilton Quiz — 20 questions that span the history of the show. My most …
This is the time of year when people turn their attention to Broadway, for two reasons — it’s the summer, a good time to visit New York; and their interest is piqued thanks to th…
Contrary to popular belief, more than one worthy show opened on Broadway this past season, although admittedly Hamilton has become a much-ballyhooed phenomenon in the culture at large. T…
An Indian summer, as a character defines it in Gregory S. Moss's play, is a time in late August when " the animals, the birds, even the plants" are "a little stunned that it’s still wa…
