5,840 stories by "JONATHAN MANDELL"
Look at Tommy Tune mid-flight with top hat and cane, and he's the quintessential song-and-dance man of his generation; he's billed himself as Broadway's tallest tapper. But among what's impr…
The Broadway League has announced that all of Broadway's 41 theaters would remain shut down at least through Labor Day. This simply recognizes the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the p…
As the shut-down of theaters enters its third month, theater artists vow "we'll be back" " that this is just intermission. But will audiences be back? A new three-part survey  by Shugoll …
Below is the complete list of the  70th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards Honorees. This year all the shows and artists listed  in each of the 27 categories are winners. Multiple hono…
Stageworthy News of the Week. At the finale for the Broadway Does Mother's Day virtual concert yesterday, the cast of Hamilton sang different lyrics to a King George number: We'll be back Ju…
In the hour-long video below, the casts of more than a dozen Broadway shows, and their mothers…and their kids… along with their pets….made jokes, performed shtick, sang songs, and t…
Watch the live Saturday matinee below of "Blithe Spirit," Â a comedy by Noel Coward about a clash of ghosts, starring Angel Desai, Montego Glover, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Â William Jacks…
Below are a selection of the exciting starry theater that's launching today through Sunday, as well as a big Broadway bash to celebrate Mothers Day. Shows I recommend that opened earlier thi…
 Below watch "November" a political comedy by David Mamet, live from 8 to 9:45 p.m. tonight May 7th, 2020 " one-time only. It will not stay online. The virtual production stars John Malk…
The pandemic has produced two kinds of theatrical Netathons , which is my name for oversized online theatrical events by established artists in support of a charitable cause. The first are t…
The pandemic has produced two kinds of theatrical Netathons , which is my name for oversized online theatrical events by established artists in support of a charitable cause. The first are t…
 Watch the live-streaming below of Nia Vardalo's adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's best-selling book of advice,  with Teddy Canez, Hubert Point-Du-Jour, Nia Vardalos, and Natalie Wool…
"Put on your leggings," Rosie O'Donnell tells Carol Kane, as mother to daughter, near the beginning of the play "Love, Loss and What I Wore."; The daughter has a tantrum. "If you don't, you …
"The city that never sleeps is at least napping," says Sarah Henry on the Museum of the City of New York in "New York, Paused," Â a stunning and thought-provoking four-minute video, narrat…
In the short videos below of highlights from the appearance at Stars in the House of cast members of the current Netflix series "Hollywood," Darren Criss sings "Singing' in the Rain" and tal…
Just announced: Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama. When I saw it last June at Playwrights Horizons Off-Broadway, I wrote: A Strange Loop is a mu…
Michael R. Jackson's musical A Strange Loop won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The two finalists were Will Arbery's play Heroes of the Fourth Turning and Soft Power, the musical by…
"So, are you drunk yet? Are you high?" host Mario Cantone asked near the end of the 35th annual Lucille Lortel Award, which for the first time was presented online. "When this is over, I'm h…
Below are the nominations for the 86th annual Drama League Awards, which were announced during the once-only Gratitude Awards on April 30th*. Below the list of nominations is the complete vi…
Winners of the 2020 Lucille Lortel Awards (chosen from this year's nominees is being streamed online for the first time. Outstanding Play BLKS Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven" " Heroes…
"Felt Sad, Posted Frog," the title of this collection of six new works of online theater by playwrights from six different countries (on three continents), is what one of the characters tell…
How well were you paying attention to the news and views " and awards " of theater in the month of April, when it all went online? Answer these dozen questions to find out.
The New York public library has put together an album of city noise we no longer hear " cabs honking during rush hour, dogs barking in a city park, fans roaring in a stadium, a barfly breaki…
Below is the calendar of "theater openings" for May, 2020, which offers a promising  mix of filmed stage productions, starry readings, live original  dramas, and what I'm calling Netat…
After spending an hour on Zoom with the Apple family in Richard Nelson's latest low-key play, I was surprised by my reaction, which  I could sum up as: Hallelujah! What Do We Need to Talk…
