These nine members of Congress served as the impeachment "managers," prosecuting the cast against former President Donald Trump, in a trial that resulted in an acquittal, although the vote w…
On Abraham Lincoln's 212th birthday, which happens to be the day that lawyers mount a defense of the impeached 45th president, a member of a Republican party that the 16th president of the U…
Of the 94 books on the Black Liberation Reading List from the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center, only three are plays: "Fences" by August Wilson, "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine H…
Below are photographs from productions of the "Negro Unit" of the Federal Theatre Project, some 30 of which were staged at Lafayette Theater in Harlem, between 1935 and 1939. They range from…
I was so enthusiastic about the first episode last week in this Rattlestick Theater series about Greenwich Village written by musical theater graduate students at NYU " that my disappointmen…
Below are photographs of 50 of the stars, listed alphabetically by first name from Alec Baldwin to Tina Landau, who have signed up so far for NY Pops-Up, the series of free performances thro…
Four legendary actors died within little more than a week of one another, all in their nineties, long lifetimes devoted to their art. The latest Christopher Plummer and Hal Holbrook. It w…
Below watch Super Bowl commercials featuring Daveed Diggs, Big Bird, Nick Jonas, Timothée Chalamet, Winona Ryder, Michael B. Jordan and Nick Jonas, both young and old, Matthew McConaughey i…
Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman recites her new poem "Chorus of the Captains" in the pre-show of Super Bowl LV. The poem below recognizes "three honorary game captains the NFL has chosen for…
Valentine's Day and Black History Month each influence several works of theater opening this week, February 8-14, 2021, listed day by day below. Â The Valentine-oriented shows this week r…
"Shakespeare, for all intents and purposes, invented the character we now call The Villain," Patrick Page claims near the beginning of his solo show, presented online by the Shakespeare Thea…
While watching "Simply Sondheim," the third virtual concert of Sondheim songs that I've viewed during the pandemic, I suddenly recalled an argument I had with a fellow usher at the New York …
Theater bloggers this past month are taking in the changes in the art form in order to riff on what the future might be " or should be. At the same time, many are recalling what once was on …
I grew up in Greenwich Village, and live there still, which is one reason why I was thrilled by the five musical numbers of Village Song, all set in the Village, all about either historic…
Watch "Blood Meal" below Billed as a "satirical thriller" about a young couple whose home is overtaken by blood-sucking insects, "Blood Meal" didn't seem for me; I'm not a horror buff. …
Black History Month begins bittersweet, with the death last week of Cicely Tyson, an actress whose electrifying portrayals of resilient Black women served as inspiration for many; the new Au…
Below is a selection of streaming plays that are opening day by day in the first week of February " a reunion reading of a play by Billy Porter, a Sondheim concert, and a slew of shows honor…
How well were you paying attention to the theater news and reviews in January? Answer these ten questions to find out. Loading…
Given how many theater advocates are calling these days for "a new Federal Theatre Project," this newly-published book about the first one is, if nothing else, well timed. In The Federal The…
After 29 years of marriage " and, more to the point, ten months of Covid lockdown together " Gale (Becky Ann Baker)Â Â tells her husband Perry (Dylan Baker) she needs a breather, in "The…
Cicely Tyson, nine-time Broadway veteran, a Tony winner at age 88 for The Rip to Bountiful, was best known as "an actress whose electrifying portrayals of resilient Black women…brought som…
Watch "Three Hotels" below through Saturday January 30, 2021 Bobby Cannavale and Marisa Tomei portray a couple who began in the Peace Corps aiming to change the world and found that the worl…
"Rent" opened Off-Broadway 25 years ago today at the New York Theatre Workshop, which will mark the anniversary in March with a starry streaming fundraising gala. Â The opening came a day …
"The Catastrophist," streaming today through February 28th, is a timely, informative and often eye-opening portrait of a widely respected virologist " a man whose job it is to study viruses …
Watch Asè below. York Walker's 18-minute play, a broad and brutal satire of workplace insensitivity, is the first piece in a series called Consequences, a joint project of Harlem9, Harlem S…