5,903 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
British playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz adapts Ibsen’s timely classic. Arthur Miller hesitated before adapting Henrik Ibsen’s play An Enemy of the People. He believed that t…
Showtime has posted the first 25 minutes of the Season 2 premiere of Homeland — which is a little like inviting somebody to dinner and just serving them the soup. Homeland Season 2 Pre…
Trey Parker and Matt Stone of the "Book of Morons" sing "We believe that musicals should be disgusting." Two competing Marilyn Monroes belt "Let Me Be Subpar" A bloated Matthew Broderick woo…
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Roscoe, the only male character in Sam Shepard's new, enigmatic play "Heartless," fondly recalls "my junkie days " Avenue D, 14th Street, Dunkin' Donuts, cops, transvestite fist fights, hook…
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Check out my complete preview of Broadway Fall 2012 – including summaries, video excerpts, Twitter feeds, and even a link to buy tickets.
You can look at the Broadway 2012-2013 season in terms of the movie stars that will be on the stage: Al Pacino and Katie Holmes and Debra Winger — or how about Paul Rudd, Michael Shann…
In the dog days of August, we glance at the Broadway 2012-2013 season in formation; so far, there is a list of some two dozen shows with theaters and set opening dates. We also learn the…
Bring It On is not just about cheerleading acrobatics, as the last summer concert of Broadway in Bryant Park 2012 made clear. Here are 40 seconds of Nicolas Womack as Twig rapping in the mid…
Stay tuned for a detailed preview of the whole Broadway season Bring It On: The Musical (August 1) Chaplin (September 10th) An Enemy of the People (September 27th) Grace (October 4th) Cyrano…
A Christmas Story, the 1983 movie in which Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940′s, has been made int…
Jeremy Jordan, who has played Jack in Newsies since its pre-Broadway try-out, is leaving to focus on his role in the NBC television series Smash. Replacing him starting on September 5, 2012 …
Those of us smitten two years ago by "The Orphan's Home Cycle," the Signature Theater Company's epic production of nine of Horton Foote's plays taking place in a small Texas town he called H…
This week in New York theater began in sorrow, and ended in absurdity. Inbetween were openings and glimpses of what's to come In the week ahead:  Noël Coward in New York Festival with …
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner may wish to reconsider his reported plans to stage a political comeback, thanks to "Tail!Spin!" which eviscerates him and three other politicians at the cen…
Fringe show "Night of the Auk" is a campy revival of Arch Obler's 1956 drama about mankind's first trip to the moon, originally directed by Sidney Lumet.
Maxim de Winter brings his new wife home to his estate, Manderley. There she learns of the mystery of his first wife, now dead… Rebecca. Based on the classic novel by Daphne du Maurier …
Some 1,200 young men auditioned to be the newsboys of Newsies, the members of the ensemble who dance, act and sing. For Playbill, I profile two of the extraordinary performers who made it &#…
"Shakespeare and Sondheim in the Park," it says on the new logo used in posters and programs and t-shirts for the Delacorte Theater's 50th season, and it is a slogan one can happily embrace …
The story behind "Bullet for Adolf," an aimless comedy co-written and directed by Woody Harrelson that has now opened at New World Stages, surely helps explain why the actor decided in his 5…
For its 16th year, the New York Fringe Festival will be presenting 187 shows from August 10 to August 26th in 20 theaters in Lower Manhattan. It seems a daunting taks to pick what shows to s…
How some fancy footwork (and many stairs) made stars of the Newsies newsboys, including Ryan Steele and Ephraim Sykes
Marvin Hamlisch, best-known as composer of “A Chorus Line” and “The Way We Were,” has died at age 68. A child prodigy, he was the youngest student ever admitted to th…
August is a time for Broadway closings –Â Fela (Aug 4), Memphis and Harvey (Sun Aug 5) Ghost (Aug 18), Sister Act (Aug 26th) — but this week, two shows actually opened on Broad…
