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My @BackStageCast review of @RioTheMusical from @NYMF: Propulsive beat, but has Capeman-like problems bit.ly/LOK2VM — Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) July 13, 2012
The cast of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess presented three songs on July 12th as part of the first of six Broadway in Bryant Park concerts this summer, every Thursday through mid-…
As part of the summer Thursday lunchtime concert series in Bryant Park, the Broadway cast of Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark sang three songs on July 12. 1. Bouncing Off the Walls 2. Ris…
Cast members from “Phantom of the Opera,” the longest-running show in the history of Broadway, performed today in Bryant Park, the first of a six-part concert series on Thursdays…
"Rio," at NYMF, a tuneful musical with a propulsive beat that sets the story of "Oliver Twist" in the slums of Brazil, is undermined by errant stagecraft.
"Every moment at the theater is magical," Anna Kivela wrote, one of more than 100 theatergoers who responded to the question: "What was the most magical moment you have witnessed on a New Yo…
For the seventh year on the lawn at Bryant Park, the most popular as well as the newest shows on Broadway, and several Off-Broadway, will offer a series of six free weekly concerts over the …
This week saw some beginnings — Â the New York summer theater festival season, Real Raging Bull Jake LaMotta going thespian to thespian with Mike Tyson — but too many endings: …
Marty Pakledinaz, who died on Sunday at the age of 58, designed costumes for 35 Broadway shows over the last three decades, his work nominated ten times for a Tony Award, and winning twice, …
Ernest Borgnine, best-known for the title role of Oscar-winning 1955 film “Marty,” for the 1960′s TV show ‘McHale’s Navy,” and for being married to Ethel …
Daphne Rubin-Vega is playing her fifth role on Broadway, as Stella in Tennessee Williams’ “Streetcar Named Desire,” 16 years after her first and still best-known part, as M…
Even New Yorkers who get out of town every summer know at least three of the most celebrated summer theater festivals in New York City (and the three do not include the New York Musical Thea…
Since 2004 when it began, the New York Musical Theatre Festival has produced some 300 new musicals, including a few that went on to great fame and popularity, such as Next to Normal, Altar B…
Daphne Rubin-Vega made an iconic Broadway debut in Rent. She's back in another famous role in the revival of A Streetcar Named Desire — and there are more classic characters on her…
Here is how Broadway is shaping up so far for Fall 2012. This WILL change: First, a quick chronological list by opening date (if there is one), then alphabetical, with a bit more description…
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Peggy Stafford's "Motel Cherry," from Clubbed Thumb and New Georges and part of Summerworks 2012, mixes "Grand Hotel" with halfhearted fairy tales.
There’s nothing nicer, Patti LuPone was saying with a long sardonic face to Meryl Streep, than to have a bunch of drunks singing Happy Birthday to you in a bar. Nevertheless, sing we d…
The Central Park production of “As You Like It,” starring the luminous cross-dressing Lily Rabe, astonishing double dukes Andre Braugher, outrageous jester Oliver Platt, is not t…
New York theater doesn’t close up shop after the Tony Awards each year. There actually may be more to see, what with the various theater festivals. In any case here are my reviews of s…
What many theatergoers know and don't love about "Harvey" is that this comedy about a 6'3 1/2" invisible rabbit won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1945, beating out Tennessee Williams' "The…
Sister Act has just announced that it will close on August 24th. Godspell will shutter June 24th. Jesus Christ Superstar said earlier this week that it will play its last performance on July…
The news sparked reactions ranging from stunned to amused to outraged: Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson will make his Broadway theater debut " as will Spike Lee " in the one-man…
Megan Hart's first full-length play about a writer's first novel is too sketchy, and isn't saved by strong performances from Richard Masur and Michelle David.
