5,806 stories by "Jonathan Mandell"
The 2016-17 Broadway season's statistics, according to The Broadway League: Shows that opened during season: 45 (eight of them not eligible for Tony Awards) Attendance at all shows: 1…
In 2010, an Afghan journalist produced an hour-long documentary for PBS' Frontline entitled The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan , about the illegal revival of an ancient tradition called Bach…
Below are the five most popular posts in the five years since I began NewYorkTheater.me in May 2012. (Above are some of the profile portraits I’ve used over the past five years, none o…
"This is the hardest job I've ever had in my whole life. You people on Broadway are nuts,” Bette Midler said at the Outer Critic’s Circle Award reception at Sardi’s for the…
"Building The Wall," Robert Schenkkan's chilling two character play that imagines the consequences of President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant policies, is clearly meant to help rally the res…
By the end of "Can You Forgive Her?", it's not clear which of the five characters in Gina Gionfriddo's latest comedy is the "You" of the title, and who is the "Her." All the characters in on…
Oslo and The Band’s Visit got lots of love at the 62nd Annual Obie Awards, as these two shows have gotten throughout the theater award season. But they had lots of company, with Underg…
Countdown to the Tonys is 20 days, but there is plenty  happening in New York theater right now — other theater awards, news of forthcoming Broadway attractions — and the summ…
Julie is young, pretty, literate and dying. At its best, "The Whirligig," a new play by Hamish Linklater, explores with humor and bite how her terminal illness affects the seven people aroun…
Zainab Jah, who made an impressive Broadway debut as a sex slave turned soldier in Eclipsed, is back on a New York stage with another vivid portrayal of an exploited but strong African woman…
Zainab Jah, who made an impressive Broadway debut as a sex slave turned soldier in Eclipsed, is back on a New York stage with another vivid portrayal of an exploited but strong African woman…
Ben Platt beat out dozens of other nominees to snag the 2017 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, Â at 23 the youngest winner in the League’s 83-year history. “Dea…
Summer in the city offers theater that is cheaper (often free), more cutting-edge and even more abundant than what you can see during the regular theater season — thanks largely to the…
When a young playwright is audacious enough to commit publicly to a nine-play cycle, the most appropriate response is encouragement. Mfoniso Udofia plans to follow four generations over 40 y…
Four major New York theater awards announced their winners this past week — and Oslo is doing very well, as is The Band’s Visit, even though it closed Off-Broadway in J…
The Golden Apple, a 1954 Broadway musical, got the Encores! treatment at its most glorious over the weekend " with a sonorous 31-piece orchestra directed by Rob Berman, and a splendid 40-mem…
"Another happy day," Dianne Wiest exclaims as Winnie in Samuel Beckett's bleak, comic and compassionate play, written decades before Groundhog Day, but similarly focused on somebody who is t…
"Another happy day," Dianne Wiest exclaims as Winnie in Samuel Beckett's bleak, comic and compassionate play, written decades before Groundhog Day, but similarly focused on somebody w…
The Theatre World Awards for outstanding New York stage debuts during the 2016-2017 theatrical season have been given to: Carlo Albán, Sweat Christy Altomare, Anastasia Denée Benton, Nat…
With his new play "Arlington," playwright and director Enda Walsh presents an unusual love story set against a future dystopian society, which might shock New York theatergoers who know Wals…
Here are the results of the survey in which I asked you to pick your personal preferences (not predictions) in 15 of the 24 categories in the 71st annual Tony Awards. Best Musical Nominated:…
The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Oslo as the best play and The Band’s Visit as best musical. Special Citations: were given to Paula Vogel ,Taylor Mac and the ensemble cast …
Oslo won for new Broadway play, Come from Away for new Broadway musical in the 67th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards. If I forget won for Off-Broadway play, The Band’s Visit for Off-…
The Band’s Visit won best musical and Oslo the best play in the 32nd Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. Outstanding Play: Oslo Outstanding…
The Tony nominations announced last Tuesday set off what will be five weeks of prediction, debate and suspense. But the suspense ends this week for many of the other major New York theater: …
