Below are the various discounts offered by the shows that have opened or are about to open (or reopen) on Broadway in Spring 2022, listed alphabetically. These are the official ways to get t…
In this third Broadway revival of David Mamet's "American Buffalo," which feels like at least one revival too many, Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, and Darren Criss portray three low-life …
The Comedian Harmonists, the singing group whose story is told in "Harmony," Barry Manilow's long-gestating musical, were as popular as the Beatles in their time and place. But their time an…
What's most cringeworthy about "To My Girls" is not that, in an era of "they/them," the group of gay men in their late 30s who meet for a weekend in Palm Springs are all "She needs a cocktai…
"What is essential is invisible to the eye," a fox tells the little prince. "It's only visible to the heart." The line is from Antoine de Saint-Exupery's beloved 1943 novella, "The Little Pr…
Positive COVID-19 tests caused the cancellation last week of four Broadway shows, two of them still in previews, presenting a test of the enthusiasm for the April line-up (celebrated by the …
 In "Birthday Candles," opening on Broadway tonight,  Debra Messing portrays Ernestine, a woman who we see celebrating her birthdays from age 17 to age 107 by baking a cake.  …
Below is an explanation of the major annual New York theater awards, plus a 2022 calendar of nomination announcements and award ceremonies " which (like most everything in the last two years…
Theater critics and theatergoers don't like the same shows, Jan Simpson says in a post in "Broadway & Me," as explained (and linked) below. What about theater bloggers? Yes, there are so…
Below are the nominations for the 37th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. "Kimberly Akimbo" and "Oratorio for Living Things" have the most nom…
People thought Mickey Rowe was a weird kid. By the time that weirdness was officially deemed a disability and given a diagnosis, he was a senior in college and had already begun working as a…
In this first Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg's 2003 Tony-winning comedy, which is a gay man's love letter to baseball, Jesse Williams portrays Darren Lemming, a star player who is so …
Step aside, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Burt Bacharach, Stephen Schwartz, Bob Dylan, Claude-Michel Schönberg. Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, aged 23 and 20 respectively, won the Grammy for B…
There are pleasures in "Paradise Square."Â Â The terrific dancing tells its own story, a quintessential American (and Broadway) one: How African-American and Irish immigrant dancers lear…
The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical has won the 2022 Grammy for the best musical theater album " which is unusual, since it has never been performed on a stage. The six nominees in the categor…
Below is a day-by-day calendar of the FIFTEEN Broadway shows opening (and three reopening) in April, including fan anticipated favorites "Funny Girl" and "A Strange Loop," plus a selection o…
Broadway at the Oscars! A March of Black Women! Neil Simon's comeback? This has been a month full of theater news " at least enough to fill a quiz, like the one below. Find out your Theater …
"Oratorio for Living Things" is such a gorgeous, awe-inspiring concert of original music by Heather Christian that it feels like a religious experience.  Indeed, the music " inflected …
Why would long-married celebrity couple Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker choose "Plaza Suite" as the play to reunite them on stage for the first time since 1996? Neil Simon's 1…
This is a week for Black women " Ariana DeBose's Oscar win, and the opening of two plays Off-Broadway: "Confederates" by Dominique Morisseau and "Help" by Claudia Rankine, my review of a new…
In "Confederates," playwright Dominique Morisseau presents in alternating scenes the stories of two Black women in eras 160 years apart "  a 19th century slave who becomes a s…
Today is World Theatre Day, created in 1961 as an annual celebration on March 27. This year I dedicate it to the theaters, performers, and theater lovers of Ukraine. To the more than 400 leg…
Watch below as more than 60 performers are appearing in an 11-hour telethon (from noon to 10 p.m. today) to raise money and awareness for those affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine. Don…
"Help,"Â performed at The Shed by April Mathis and 11 white actors in business suits, is in effect an adaptation by the poet, playwright and Yale professor Claudia Rankine, a Black woman, …
Near the end of Charles J. Shields' biography of Lorraine Hansberry, the third such book I've read in as many years, the author mentions the five-story townhouse near Washington Square Park …