5,775 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
Denzel Washington wants to return to Broadway " in a role that had some ….howling. Tracy Letts is planning a return to Broadway " in a play in which characters…howl. The Prince of Cambri…
“Crossing Swords” and “Volleygirls” will the biggest award-winners in the 10th annual  New York Musical Theater Festival. “Crossing Swords,” a musical …
Cirque de Soleil zoomed into town this past week for a handful of performances of  "Quidam," a production the Montreal-based company is taking on a five-nation tour.  The show, which w…
Storyville, the musical revival bursting forth from the York Theater Company for a too-short five weeks, is a fascinating exercise in nostalgia, several times over. On stage, we experien…
In an essay I've written for Howlround, I ask  ” Is New York City part of America?“ Next year for the first time, theaters within the five boroughs of New York City will…
“Avenue Q” began when Bobby Lopez, a recent college graduate still living with his parents, and Jeff Marx, a recent law school graduate working as an intern and trying to start a…
The cast of “Soul Doctor,” the musical opening on Broadway August 15 based on the real-life friendship between jazz singer Nina Simone (portrayed by Amber Iman) and the “Ro…
Although it doesn’t open until October 27, the marquee is already up at the Ethel Barrymore Theater for the revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, starring real-life husband and wi…
Why was I cringing and rolling my eyes? What could possibly be objectionable about a show that is really just a concert of Beatles songs — some of the most pleasing melodies composed i…
Ticket Giveaway:Â Win two tickets to see "Unbroken Circle"Â Â a new play by James Wesley, described as a “comedic Southern gothic tale” that explores a Texan family’s…
Several new shows for Broadway were announced this past week, and new roles on Broadway for Jeff Goldblum, Debra Messing, Fantasia Barrino, Anne-Marie Duff, Idina Menzel. There was even news…
Ticket Giveaway:Â Win two tickets to see "The Two-Character Play" by Tennessee Williams, starring Amanda Plummer (Agnes of God, The Hunger Games) and Brad Dourif (Lord of the Rings Trilogy…
“Life is a mercurial thing; it goes up, it goes down,” the Tony winning performer Chuck Cooper told me in an impromptu sidewalk  interview this past week — a week that a…
Orlando Bloom, making his Broadway debut, and Condola Rashad, who just left the Broadway revival of “The Trip to Bountiful,” will star in the 36th Broadway production of William …
The tango began in the brutal brothels of Argentina, was transformed in the elegant ballrooms of Europe, and seems to have changed once again, into a Las Vegas-like act suitable for televisi…
Cory Monteith was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver, Canada yesterday afternoon. He was 31. An unpretentious star, he put as his bio on his Twitter feed: “tall, awkward, canadian…
As one by one the stars of Broadway paired up with pets in need of homes and climbed onto the makeshift stage of Shubert Alley to make a pitch, more than one of the performers in effect expl…
Erik Altemus, who normally plays Lewis and is an understudy for Pippin in the Broadway production of the Stephen Schwartz musical, sang “Corner of the Sky” from Pippin at the Bro…
Chuck Cooper began his professional acting career 30 years ago, debuting on Broadway in 1983, winning a Tony for his portrayal of the character Memphis in "The Life." He will soon re…
The cast of the Off-Broadway musical, “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812″ sang three at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert: Prologue, Charming, and Sonya Alo…
Ann Harada currently performs as Charlotte, one of Cinderella’s not-so-evil stepsisters in the Broadway debut of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical. This is her sixth role on Broa…
Visually ravishing, conceptually inventive, and infused with great talent, "Monkey: Journey To The West, " the theater piece that opens this year's Lincoln Center Festival, Â is an intrigu…
Whose life story would you like to see on Broadway? I asked this question for a ticket giveaway contest. Below are the answers the contestants supplied. So now, a poll: Which of these would …
What is the best Hamlet you ever saw? What is the worst Hamlet you ever saw? Answer either of these questions, or both, to enter into a ticket giveaway for a new Off-Broadway production of S…
"Well, well, well, well, well, well, will wonders never cease?" Santino Fontana was singing "She Loves Me," the title song of a musical that changed my life. For the first time in its 68-yea…
