5,865 stories by "Jonathan Mandell"
In "Is God Is," when twin sisters Racine and Anaia hear from their mother for the first time in 18 years, it is to urge them to find and kill their father " as revenge for the fire he set th…
David Mamet has revealed in an interview in the Chicago Tribune that he has written a play about Harvey Weinstein. "I was talking with my Broadway producer and he said, 'Why don't you write …
Jerry Springer the Opera is profane, vulgar, obvious, offensive and irresistibly entertaining " at least in the first act, when it offers a high art version of the TV talk show that has aime…
Jerry Springer the Opera is profane, vulgar, obvious, offensive and irresistibly entertaining " at least in the first act, when it offers a high art version of the TV talk show that has aime…
The announcement of forthcoming Broadway productions of Torch Song, a pioneering play about a gay character, and a stage adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a drama about a ca…
Eller (Deirdre O’Connell) is losing her mind, and thus lives in two worlds on stage in "Terminus," a lyrical, Southern Gothic stew of a play by Gabriel Jason Dean running through March…
"There is one thing about which we all agree, left, right, center: Money has corrupted our politics," says Rep. Sydney Millsap (Eisa Davis), summing up the point and the plot of "Kings," a n…
Below is my annual Presidents Day photo essay of a century’s worth of stage depictions of American presidents. Nearly every president has been depicted on the stage at one time or a…
The mass shooting on Valentine's Day at a Florida high school is the latest in a long line of school shootings, some of which are instantly identifiable: Columbine, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook…
"Nice to meet you, Kevin. Do you want me to actually kiss Kevin, or Kevin, do you mind if we kiss? You look young, I don't want to traumatize you." That's what the actress says to her direct…
President Donald Trump’s 2019 budget proposes ELIMINATING the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (T…
Remarkable changes are underway to make Broadway more accessible " hastened by technology, hindered by public attitudes as I explain in an article in HowlRound based on the Broadway Acces…
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Encores! concert series at City Center is doing something in "Hey Look Me Over" that it's never done before " and, judging from the results, probably s…
I went to The Tank for a show that wasn't playing until the next night; I'd gotten the dates mixed up. So, since I'd made the trip, I asked if there was anything else playing in the theater.…
Perhaps you'd think it chutzpah that in "In The Body of the World," the latest solo show by Eve Ensler, best known for "The Vagina Monologues," she merges her story of her fight against uter…
It’s always sad to have to say goodbye to an artist whom we’ve loved, so how thrilling to welcome one into the world. Int. Hospital Room. Night. [The screams reach a delirious cr…
Hands down the most watchable commercial during the Super Bowl 2018 game was the “Dirty Dancing" sequence starring Eli Manning and Odell Beckham, Jr. of the New York Giants, in what mu…
Joni's rock star boyfriend Noah breaks up with her on stage in front of an arena full of his fans at the beginning of "Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill," an often fun, over-the-top comedy …
Fire and Air could not have looked more promising –a starry cast performing a new play by Terrence McNally about one of the most celebrated of dance companies, the Ballets Russes. Pica…
Fire and Air could not have looked more promising –a starry cast performing a new play by Terrence McNally about one of the most celebrated of dance companies, the Ballets Russes. P…
No shows are opening on Broadway in February, but there are many snippets of Broadway musicals all on one stage — a 25th anniversary celebration of Encores! concert series creates a ne…
The two 17-year-olds are in love. Yet Chris (Tom Pecinka) is the son of the white patriarch from his hometown in Georgia, and Kay (Juliana Canfield) is the mixed-race daughter or another …
The third annual BroadwayCon demonstrated that theatergoers can be as creative as theater makers — witness above the trio of cosplay artists as (left to right) Natasha, Pierre and the …
Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda and original cast members of “In The Heights” sing some of the dozens of songs that Miranda wrote, but left out of, the Tony-winning Broadway musical, du…
