5,771 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
On their wedding anniversary, the actors Kathryn Grody and Mandy Patinkin arrive late for a dinner reservation; although they made it two months earlier, the maitre d' has already given thei…
Of the 29 shows that were nominated for Tony Awards, only 11 took home a trophy. Of these, only nine are still running " and four of them are closing as soon as three weeks from now. Below i…
"This has all happened by accident," Harvey Fierstein said at the 78th annual Tony Awards. Tony Kushner had just introduced him as "a great theater artist, a great force for connection and j…
"Purpose" won't best play at the 78th annual Tony Awards, "Eureka Day" best play revival, Sunset Blvd best revival of a musical. Below the list of winners: (Here's a guide to the entire B…
The 78th Annual Tony Awards, with host Cynthia Erivo, will be broadcast and streamed live from Radio City Music Hall tonight, celebrating the Broadway 2024-2025 Broadway season. with perf…
In the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Orpheus tries to retrieve Eurydice from the underworld, but can't help looking back at his wife, and so loses her forever. Sarah Ruhl is also looki…
Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award, at age 21, for her role in "Children of a Lesser God. Thirty-five years later, another Deaf actor named Troy Kotsur, Matlin…
Below are my preferences " not predictions " for the 2025 Tony Awards, in keeping with a tradition I've been maintaining for more than a dozen years. I am a critic, not a seer or a bookie. W…
Leslie Uggams was six years old when she saw her aunt perform in a production of "Porgy and Bess" with Leontyne Price. "I was, like, I want to do that," she told the audience at Hard Rock Ca…
"All the World's A Stage," a musical about a gay high school teacher in small town 1990's America, won Best Musical from 14th annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards. The awards ceremony will…
"Maybe Happy Ending" is continuing its winning streak, as the Dorian Theater Award's Outstanding Broadway Musical. "John Proctor is the Villain" was voted Outstanding Broadway Play, and its …
"Maybe Happy Ending," which leading up to the Tonys this coming Sunday has won best musical in a slew of other New York theater awards (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Critics Circle, Drama Leag…
"Maybe Happy Ending" won best musical and "Purpose" best play at the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards. "Eureka Day" won best revival of a play and "Gypsy" best revival of a musical. Check out a…
Below is a calendar of theater opening* in June. Jean Smart is returning to Broadway. John Krasinski is launching a newly rechristened Off Broadway theater. Both "Heathers" and "Grease" are …
Answer these ten questions, plus a bonus question, in this quiz about the nominees for the 2025 Tony Awards. Loading…
"Blood, Sweat and Queers" is inspired by the true story of a Czech sprinter who broke world records at the 1934 Women's World Games in London,  and gained world-wide fame when the f…
A "Hamlet" entirely inside his head…and in your ear. The Broadway cast of "The Gilded Age" in person. A documentary about actress Marlee Matlin, a feature film starring Kyra Sedwick and Ke…
Is it lobbying or reveling, or simply revealing?   Here are 10 out of the many Tony nominee profiles, interviews, behind-the-scenes and think pieces published or posted within the p…
Muriel Mandell saw her first Broadway play in 1939 ("It was rah-rah America") and her most recent in the season just past ("Terrible") " and many of the original productions of landmark Broa…
Below is my preview guide of Broadway openings in the 2025-2026 season, starting in June with Jean Smart, fresh from her raved-about performance in "Hacks," returning to Broadway after a qua…
Below are the 13 most popular new posts in each of the 13 years since I launched NewYorkTheater.me, on May 23, 2012, which amounts to a kind of time capsule of theatergoers' evolving enthusi…
Below are some of the speeches from the winners of the 75th Outer Critics Circle Award held Thursday afternoon at the New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. (Don't kn…
"The Harlem Doll Palace," an unusual musical that launches the fourth annual Puppetopia Festival at HERE, is not just the true story of Lenon Holder Hoyt, an art teacher in public scho…
Make your pick in the survey below for 12 of the 26 categories in the 78th annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway's best " plus two poll questions about the future of the Tonys: which c…
Right after Amber Iman finishes her first song, a sudden admirer gasps: "Your voice is like nothing I've ever heard." The reaction is understandable. Â Iman portrays the title character in…