5,807 stories by "Jonathan Mandell"
For Ana Villafañe, the New York theater season just ended can be summed up in a line from “On Your Feet,” the show in which she stars: “This is what an American looks li…
Rajiv Joseph's “Guards at the Taj “won Best New American Play and $1,000 at the 61st annual Obie Awards. The Humans won for playwriting and best performance. Eclipsed won for …
Has Hell ever sounded so thrilling? Hadestown, a sung-through musical derived from the myth of Orpheus and expanded from a concept album by Anais Mitchell, mixes sweet and sexy folk, rocking…
The three short plays that Signature Theater is reviving together in a single production " Edward Albee's The Sandbox, Maria Irene Fornés' Drowning, and Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a N…
“What we do deeply, deeply matters,” George C. Wolfe, director and book writer of Shuffle Along, told a group of out-of-town theater owners and presenters in another week focused…
Gabe meets Annie for the first time in the bar of a bowling alley. He asks her to watch him bowl in the tournament the following Saturday. "No! Definitely no. " "Why not?" "Because if it's b…
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hamilton won 2016 Drama League Awards, for  distinguished performance and Outstanding Musical, respectively. The Humans won for Outstanding Play. The Colo…
"Don't get me wrong, I do care about this country," Joe Morton as comedian Dick Gregory says in Turn Me Loose. "Where else but in America can a poor black boy like Michael Jackson grow up to…
“Don't get me wrong, I do care about this country," Joe Morton as comedian Dick Gregory says in Turn Me Loose. "Where else but in America can a poor black boy like Michael Jackson grow…
There are so many theater festivals in New York during the summer  that there is arguably more theater to see during the "off season" than during the regular theater season, and it is oft…
While Broadway is reacquainting audiences with Shuffle Along, Off-Broadway is opening our eyes to another landmark Broadway show from the 1920s " this one an all-Jewish, lesbian-themed drama…
While Broadway is reacquainting audiences with Shuffle Along, Off-Broadway is opening our eyes to another landmark Broadway show from the 1920s " this one an all-Jewish, Lesbian-themed drama…
The choreographers for Shuffle Along, Hamilton AND On Your Feet all won the 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Award, which also awarded Jane Krakowski for her tango in She Loves Me. Shuffle Alo…
There is one odd and persistent lapse in a Broadway season just ended that is being touted as the most inclusive in memory. Many of the Broadway shows that opened this season focus on what u…
Daphne's Dive, a play about a family of regulars at a North Philly bar, is put together by a family of exciting artists: Samira Wiley (Poussey in Orange is the New Black) and Daphne Rubin-Ve…
Daphne's Dive, a play about a family of regulars at a North Philly bar, is put together by a family of exciting artists:Â Samira Wiley (Poussey in Orange is the New Black) and Daphne Rubi…
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton has been a phenomenon for more than a year now. How much have you been paying attention? Answer these 20 questions and find out. …
Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote 11 Broadway musicals; five remain among the most popular ever written. Rodgers and Hart wrote some three dozen. Rodgers and Sondheim wrote only one, which neith…
Rodgers and Sondheim wrote only one, which neither of them liked. Do I Hear A Waltz? is a perfect selection of the Encores! concert series at New York City Center. The late Richard Rodgers s…
There are  many theater awards, which makes the most talented performers extra busy in May, appearing at ceremonies and receptions, such as the one for the 2016 Drama Desk Award nominees …
Do you remember which play or musical made you fall in love with theatre? Yesterday, Jonathan Mandell attended the Drama Desk Awards reception and asked this year’s nominees �…
Here are the results of the survey in which I asked you to pick your personal preferences (not predictions) in 15 of the 22 categories in the 70th annual Tony Awards. Best Play Nominated: Ec…
She Loves Me, Long Day’s Journey into Night, The Humans, and Bright Star were among the winners of the 66th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards. Complete list below. OUTSTANDING NEW BRO…
Hamilton received more Tony nominations than any show in its 70 year history. Other things are happening besides the Tony Award nominations, and other theater awards " including some two doz…
The title character in the musical Dear Evan Hansen is a clinically anxious high school student who is so friendless that he can't get any classmates to sign the cast on his broken arm, exce…
