5,809 stories by "Jonathan Mandell"
“Hey, man, it’s Woodstock,” somebody said at the Broadway in Bryant Park concert on August 1, looking at the rain and the mud and the yellow flowers everywhere. Ok, I said …
Below is a transcript of  playwright Mark Ravenhill’s opening speech at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival — necessary because the BBC reports it this way: “One of Britain…
Age is just a number, as we learned in July, though “too old” was a phrase that some bandied about concerning certain performers in certain roles. But also during the month, seve…
At the Broadway in Bryant Park concert, the rain took a breather to listen to two songs from a musical that is coming to Broadway in the Fall. Norbert Leo Butz sings Fight the Dragons in Big…
Zachary Levi ("Chuck") and Krysta Rodriguez ("Smash" and "The Addams Family") star in "First Date," a musical about a blind date, which will open at Broadway's Longacre Theater on August 8. …
Below are the shows scheduled to open in the Fall, arranged chronologically in order of their opening. For more information about the shows, see Broadway New Season Guide.
Denzel Washington has confirmed that he will play the frustrated son Walter Lee Younger in "A Raisin in the Sun" next year on Broadway. "We start previews in March." When Sidney Poitier play…
Sure “Smash” was killed after two season because of steadily decreasing viewers. But that hasn’t stopped the merchandising for the TV series about the backstage story of a …
Billy Magnussen — Casey Hughes in the soap opera “As The World Turns,” Tony-nominated for Spike in “Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike,” guitarist for the rock group…
Denzel Washington wants to return to Broadway " in a role that had some ….howling. Tracy Letts is planning a return to Broadway " in a play in which characters…howl. The Prince of Cambri…
“Crossing Swords” and “Volleygirls” will the biggest award-winners in the 10th annual  New York Musical Theater Festival. “Crossing Swords,” a musical …
Cirque de Soleil zoomed into town this past week for a handful of performances of  "Quidam," a production the Montreal-based company is taking on a five-nation tour.  The show, which w…
Storyville, the musical revival bursting forth from the York Theater Company for a too-short five weeks, is a fascinating exercise in nostalgia, several times over. On stage, we experien…
In an essay I've written for Howlround, I ask  ” Is New York City part of America?“ Next year for the first time, theaters within the five boroughs of New York City will…
“Avenue Q” began when Bobby Lopez, a recent college graduate still living with his parents, and Jeff Marx, a recent law school graduate working as an intern and trying to start a…
The cast of “Soul Doctor,” the musical opening on Broadway August 15 based on the real-life friendship between jazz singer Nina Simone (portrayed by Amber Iman) and the “Ro…
Although it doesn’t open until October 27, the marquee is already up at the Ethel Barrymore Theater for the revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, starring real-life husband and wi…
Why was I cringing and rolling my eyes? What could possibly be objectionable about a show that is really just a concert of Beatles songs — some of the most pleasing melodies composed i…
Ticket Giveaway:Â Win two tickets to see "Unbroken Circle"Â Â a new play by James Wesley, described as a “comedic Southern gothic tale” that explores a Texan family’s…
Several new shows for Broadway were announced this past week, and new roles on Broadway for Jeff Goldblum, Debra Messing, Fantasia Barrino, Anne-Marie Duff, Idina Menzel. There was even news…
Ticket Giveaway:Â Win two tickets to see "The Two-Character Play" by Tennessee Williams, starring Amanda Plummer (Agnes of God, The Hunger Games) and Brad Dourif (Lord of the Rings Trilogy…
“Life is a mercurial thing; it goes up, it goes down,” the Tony winning performer Chuck Cooper told me in an impromptu sidewalk  interview this past week — a week that a…
Orlando Bloom, making his Broadway debut, and Condola Rashad, who just left the Broadway revival of “The Trip to Bountiful,” will star in the 36th Broadway production of William …
The tango began in the brutal brothels of Argentina, was transformed in the elegant ballrooms of Europe, and seems to have changed once again, into a Las Vegas-like act suitable for televisi…
Cory Monteith was found dead in a hotel room in Vancouver, Canada yesterday afternoon. He was 31. An unpretentious star, he put as his bio on his Twitter feed: “tall, awkward, canadian…
