5,771 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
There have been no shortage of fathers on Broadway.  "Life with Father," Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse's adaptation of the stories by Clarence Day Jr., which ran from 1939 to 194…
The dramatic incident that propels "The Doctor" is clear: A Jewish physician refuses to allow a Catholic priest to administer last rites to a 14-year-old girl who is dying from sepsis after …
Watch the short video below of the world celebrating Bloomsday once again today, June 16th " the (very long) day in 1904 that James Joyce's novel Ulysses chronicles in the life of the …
The breathtaking performances by Brian d'Arcy James and Kelli O'Hara in "The Days of Wine and Roses" are enough justification for this stage adaptation of the sad, dark story about a couple …
More than two decades in the making, PAC NYC, the performing arts center at the World Trade Center site, which will have an official ribbon-cutting September 13, today announced its inaugura…
You saw the musical numbers on the Tonys Sunday and thought: That looks great, maybe I should get a ticket. But what of the straight plays that (as usual) didn't get showcased? That's why I …
The 76th annual Tony Awards, which crowned Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt as best play and Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori as best musical (complete list of winner…
Below are videos of the thirteen musical numbers presented at the 76th annual Tony Awards Opening number Best musical: Kimberly Akimbo Best musical revival Parade Best musical nominees &…
The 76th annual Tony Award winners (with a check mark ✔ï¸): (Here's a guide to the full 2022-2023 Broadway season, including those not nominated)(Here is the list of the nominees I…
How to watchThe 76th annual Tony Awards will be presented tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET, live in person at the United Palace in Washington Heights, and simultaneously broadcast and/or…
"You're all very in touch with your emotions here," the very British Jonathan Sayer said wryly after listening to some of the acceptance speeches at the 67th annual Drama Desk Awards at Sard…
Below are my preferences " not predictions " for the 2023 Tony Awards, in keeping with a tradition I've been maintaining for more than a decade. I am a critic, not a seer or a bookie. We'll …
"We are not professional liars; we are professional pretenders," Brian Stokes Mitchell  began what was supposed to be  an acceptance speech for his John Willis Award for Lifetime…
Is "The Merchant of Venice" antisemitic? Was Shakespeare?  "The Shylock and the Shakespeareans," playwright and director Edward Einhorn's retelling of the Bard's long-controversial pla…
Joe's three messed-up adult children long have known Joe to be an alcoholic, an addict and a horrid father. But they didn't realize he was an alien from Outer Space. They learn this " and so…
"The Comeuppance" both begins and ends with Death.  Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' dark, smart play features Death as a character, hanging out with five former classmates during the night of …
The new Broadway season has already begun with the opening of "Grey House," a new month of theater openings is already underway, but for one more week, attention will be on last season " tha…
The set-up is straight out of a standard-issue  horror movie:  A couple who've been in a car crash on an isolated mountain top during a blizzard seek shelter, and help, in a crea…
Make your pick in the survey below for 12 of the 26 categories in the 76th annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway's best. The awards ceremony will take place on June 11th at United Palace in …
Under the Radar, the oldest theater festival in New York City, is no more. Over its eighteen years, the festival, run by the Public Theater, presented cutting-edge theater by more than 200 c…
Below is a selection of New York theater opening* in June, presented in a day-by-day calendar and featuring two Broadway shows (one a comic solo play about antisemitism, the other a Br…
Fat Ham won best new play and Titanique best new musical at the 12th annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards. Winners will be feted June 20th, at Sardi's. (List of this years Off Broadway Allian…
Some Like It Hot won Outstanding Musical and seven other awards, Leopoldstadt won Outstanding Play at  67th Annual Drama Desk Awards, announced this morning. The Piano Lesson and Parade w…
Answer these ten questions, plus a bonus question, about the nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards. Tough times call for a tough quiz. Loading…
"Let's celebrate I'm here. Let's celebrate I'm anywhere these days," the 95-year-old cabaret singer Marilyn Maye said over the weekend while singing Broadway standards at 54 Below " jazz-inf…
