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5,771 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"

20 New Theater Books for Summer Reading 2022 by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a list of theater books " recently published, soon-to-be published, or newly relevant " in four categories: Scripts and Play AnthologiesBiographies and MemoirsTheater History, Criti…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 8:29am on June 30, 2022

Broadway 2022-2023 Season Preview Guide by Jonathan Mandell

Below is my annual preview guide of Broadway openings in the 2022-2023 season, which features starry revivals of some of America's most acclaimed plays and musicals, new adaptations of belov…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 9:52am on June 29, 2022

Broadway Unmasked. Theater vs. Abortion Ruling. #Stageworthy News by Jonathan Mandell

The Broadway League will no longer require Broadway theatergoers to wear masks starting this Friday " not the most shocking decision announced last week, but like the Supreme Court rul…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:02pm on June 27, 2022

Corsicana Review: Heroes of the Weird by Jonathan Mandell

Lot bristles at the label "special needs."  He is a recluse and a self-trained artist who composed a song called "Weird" and collects trash to turn into sculpture. Yes, he says, he is …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 9:27pm on June 22, 2022

Broadway Black's Antonyo Award Nominations by Jonathan Mandell

The theater award season continues with nominations announced today by Broadway Black for its second Antonyo Awards, intended to honor extraordinary achievements in the Black theater communi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 5:59pm on June 21, 2022

2022 Chita Rivera Award Winners: Myles Frost AND Jared Grimes, Paradise Square, for colored girls by Jonathan Mandell

Myles Frost of "MJ The Musical" AND Jared Grimes of "Funny Girl" both won the Chita Rivera Awards for outstanding male dancer in a Broadway show, one of two ties in the annual award given to…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:05pm on June 20, 2022

A Week of The Weird Art. Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth. #Stageworthy News by Jonathan Mandell

The words "weird" or "weirdo" appear some two dozen times in "Corsicana," a play by Will Arbery which opens on Wednesday, and which co-stars Dierdre O'Connell, who last week (coincidentally …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 1:08pm on June 20, 2022

God's Fool Review. Francis of Assisi in a Martha Clarke dance by Jonathan Mandell

"God's Fool," the 70-minute theater piece about St. Francis of Assisi conceived and directed by Martha Clarke that's at LaMaMa through July 2, would probably be best appreciated by those who…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:47pm on June 19, 2022

Lessons in Survival 1971. James Baldwin Talks Race and Writing With Nikki Giovanni by Jonathan Mandell

"Lessons in Survival 1971," running at the Vineyard Theater through June 30, is based on then-28-year-old poet Nikki Giovanni's interview-turned-conversation with the famous writer James …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 3:40pm on June 19, 2022

Celebrating #Bloomsday with Ulysses by Elevator Repair Service at Symphony Space by Jonathan Mandell

On the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce's monumental modernist novel "Ulysses," Symphony Space gave over its annual Bloomsday celebration to a new theater piece, also call…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:59pm on June 19, 2022

The Orchard Review. Chekhov on stage and online featuring Baryshnikov, the Ukraine war, ASL and a pet robot. by Jonathan Mandell

The moments in "The Orchard" that suggest the current Russian invasion of Ukraine would surely get the most attention in a more conventionally focused adaptation of "The Cherry Orchard": …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 8:20pm on June 16, 2022

Circle Jerk Review: Gay Digital Spoof Now On Stage by Jonathan Mandell

In the prologue of "Circle Jerk" " a funny, campy, discombobulating hybrid theater piece that's a spoof of both gay and digital culture (and also an example of each) " the Troll, in a bri…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 8:23pm on June 14, 2022

Tony Awards 2022: Memorable Moments. #Stageworthy News this week by Jonathan Mandell

There were delightful surprises and predictable disappointments during the 75th Tony Awards, honoring the first full season since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down theaters in March 2020…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:18am on June 13, 2022

2022 Tony Award Winners by Jonathan Mandell

Below the winners of the 75th annual Tony Awards (Here's a guide to the full 2021-2022 Broadway season, including those not nominated, and those that reopened.)(Here is the list of the nomin…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 7:09pm on June 12, 2022

Broadway Theater To Be Named After Lena Horne. Here's why. by Jonathan Mandell

Years before the end of her long illustrious life, Lena Horne, singer, actor, dancer,  elegant beauty, fierce civil rights activist, pioneering movie star " the first Black performer t…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 3:58pm on June 11, 2022

2022 Tony Awards: Who SHOULD Win, and Why by Jonathan Mandell

In this most trying of seasons, the theater community has been attempting to redefine what Broadway means, and that includes producing work that surely would not have made it to Broadway bef…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 6:13pm on June 9, 2022

2022 Drama Desk Award winners: Kimberly Akimbo, Company… by Jonathan Mandell

(Full list of nominees here) (Don't know the difference between the Drama Desk and the Drama League and the Drama Critics Circle and the Outer Critics Circle awards? Check out my New York…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 2:13pm on June 8, 2022

Watch 2022 Theater World Award Winners on Their First Time, and Tough Times by Jonathan Mandell

A dozen luminous first-time New York stage performers, plus Harvey Fierstein, and 21 members of the ensemble of The Music Man, were honored at the 76th annual Theatre World Awards " the firs…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 8:41am on June 8, 2022

Tony Countdown. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

The 75th Annual Tony Awards will be presented next Sunday at Radio City Music Hall and live on your TV or (more likely) computer, celebrating the strangest of Broadway seasons, which officia…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:21am on June 6, 2022

Michael Jackson vs Michael R Jackson. Watch MJ and A Strange Loop videos by Jonathan Mandell

Below are two short videos from the two new Broadway musicals that were most nominated for 2022 Tony Awards: "A Strange Loop" by Michael R. Jackson received 11 Tony nominations, "MJ the Musi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:56am on June 5, 2022

Alexandria Wailes on Deaf Dancing, CODA Switching and Turning Purple by Jonathan Mandell

When Alexandria Wailes was growing up, people would stop her mother, incredulous, and ask her: " Your deaf daughter is dancing!? How is that possible?" She reminded Wailes of this over br…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 7:54pm on June 4, 2022

Theater Reviews: what the end will be, and Exception to the Rule by Jonathan Mandell

In Mansa Ra's new play, three generations of Black gay men live under the same roof "  grandfather, father and son. If it's hardly unusual of late to see Black queer male characters on…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 8:04pm on June 2, 2022

June 2022 New York Theater Openings by Jonathan Mandell

Below is a selection of theater opening in June, presented in a day-by-day calendar and featuring several festivals, mostly outdoors and mostly free, as well as an usual number of hybrid …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 4:22pm on June 1, 2022

Broadway: Looking Ahead, Looking Behind. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

While we await the remaining theater awards to top off the triumphant and traumatic 2020/21-2022 season, the next Broadway season is starting to take shape. The latest announcement: The New …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 9:49am on May 31, 2022

Memorial Day 2022: Remembering Americans Who Died from War, COVID-19, and Firearms by Jonathan Mandell

Memorial Day became an official national holiday in 1971 to honor Americans who died in military service, some 1.1. million people since the nation's founding.  But it feels appropriate t…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:29am on May 30, 2022
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