5,771 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
How much do you remember of this year in New York theater? Answer these 10 questions to find out. Loading…
How DO you measure a year? Yes, in laughter and strife, and also in nightlife. (New Year's Eve in NYC Last Minute Guide to Greeting 2025) Theater lovers measure the year in shows, sure (see …
Below is a list of theater books that were published in 2024, most of which I read and enjoyed (with caveats), several I hope to get to in the new year. Beneath that is a list of 10 scripts …
When they hug in the rain in "The Notebook." When they fight in the rain in "The Outsiders." When the fourth sibling finally arrives in "The Hills of California." When the fourth sibling fin…
The year began with Elton John getting an EGOT and ended with his giving Broadway a flop. It was that kind of year, offering theatergoers reasons to cheer and to jeer.  Here are …
My last-minute guide to New Year's Eve in New York City, when 2024 turns into 2025, features information on: Times Square.Dining Out,Theater: Plays as parties, Broadway show schedule, family…
On this traditional day of moviegoing, here is my quick take on ten new feature films, most of them only available in cinemas, including "A Complete Unknown," "The Fire Inside" and "The Room…
Portia, Act 5, Scene 1Â of "The Merchant of Venice"Â
Below are some of the people from the theater community who died in 2024, listed alphabetically. Click on any photograph (and click the ⌽ button) to read the caption. (In a few of these…
The final three Broadway shows of 2024 opened last week " a play, a musical and…something else, for a total of 33 shows running on Broadway as we head into Christmukkah (both Christmas and…
"All In: Comedy about Love," opening on Broadway tonight, is not based on Simon Rich's humorous stories; it is a selection of those stories, read aloud from hand-held binders by a rota…
Below is the Broadway schedule between Monday December 23, 2024 and Sunday, December 29, 2024, with links to my reviews of the shows. Eight shows will be performed Christmas Eve (Tuesday), a…
My guide to the underground immersive hit "Life and Trust" was the best-read post on my NewYorkTheater.me blog in 2024, followed by my comparison of Wicked the movie with the Broadway mus…
Cole Escola and Nicole Scherzinger made spectacular Broadway debuts this year, justly acclaimed, but less attention-grabbing performances in less conspicuous productions also impressed, a…
The marquee says it all: "AudraGypsy." With less brass and more heart, Audra McDonald's distinctive portrayal of Madam Rose, the mother of all stage mothers, is the reason to see this six…
On this day in 2019, in news reported on front pages around the world the next day,  the House of Representatives  impeached Donald J Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congre…
The landscape has changed for theater. The loss of the Connelly Theater, while under unusual circumstances (see Joey Sims' interview below with its departing director) feels emblematic of th…
"Eureka Day" begins as a stock satire of the painstakingly earnest progressives at a small private elementary school in Berkeley, California, leading to one of the most hilarious scenes of t…
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes her one-night-only Broadway debut in "& Juliet" (see videos below) What's most intriguing about the end-of-year assessments, by both professional thea…
"Maybe Happy Ending"  is the most acclaimed show among theater critics whose lists of top 10 New York theater for 2024 are featured below; it is also the number one choice by far in a …
My thirteenth annual theater gift guide below features links and information on shopping for theater tickets,theater subscriptions/memberships,cast recordings,play scripts and books about…
What did you think was the best of the forty-four shows that opened on Broadway in 2024? Which was the worst? Take the two polls below. Judge the quality of the show as you see it, not how i…
The title makes us wary of all the Christmas cheer at the Dahl family gathering when Leslye Headland's play begins: Everybody is singing Christmas carols in a home awash in Christmas decorat…
The announcement gave me pause. The Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Guild announced five nominees in the new category of "Broadway and International" for its 12th Annual MUAHS (Makeup Art…
Watch the ten videos below that were the most viewed in 2024 of those that I've posted on my YouTube channel, arranged in order of popularity. Only two were created in 2024 " Sutton Foste…
