5,855 stories by "Jonathan Mandell"
Broadway is not always kind to mothers, but Mother always makes an impression. On Mothers Day, let us recall the season just ended: Jack's Mother in "Into The Woods" urged her doltish son to…
Emilio Sosa designed costumes for an astonishing eight shows in the New York theater season just ended, including five on Broadway, that were striking from head to toe " from the hats in "Th…
Below are the nominations for the 12th annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards. Winners will be announced May 31st, and the awards ceremony will take place June 20th, at Sardi's. Don't know the …
Below is my preview guide of Broadway openings in the 2023-2024 season. The shows are listed chronologically by opening date* (not by first preview), with the title linked to the show's offi…
The opening number of this resurrected musical from the late Elizabeth Swados is so lively and inviting that it reminded me of  "Comedy Tonight" in "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to t…
The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Bruce Norris's Downstate best play of the 2022-23 season. The award for best foreign play went to Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt.  No…
"English" by Sanaz Toossi has won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Finalists were "On Sugarland" and "The Far Country" Check out my New York Theater Awards 2023: Guide and Calendar "English…
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards will both be announced later today, capping the week's theater award windfall: first the Theatre World Award Winners…
 "Wolf Play" won Outstanding Play and four other awards, and "Titanique" Outstanding Musical at the 38th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway.…
The climate crisis has been deadly for polar bears and flamingos, sharks and elderly mothers-in-law, but it's been gold for innovative Belgian theater companies. "Dimanche,"Â Â a series …
The revival of Lorraine Hansberry's second play, which debuted at BAM in February, has now opened on Broadway, where I saw it again, and have something more to say about it. But I'll put my …
Ruth and her mother Magalee are stuck in Shadowland, a place that was once their family's source of pride, a jazz club that had the distinction of being the first air-conditioned hotel for B…
Below is a chart showing a list of discounted tickets via lottery and rush for each current Broadway show, presented in the tradition of the useful (but sadly no longer updated) website Broa…
Tony Award nomination announcement "Some LIke It Hot" leads with 13 nominations, the most for a musical, and "Ain't No Mo," "A Doll's House" and "Leopoldstadt" tie for the most nominated…
Below is a calendar of theater opening* in May 2023 in New York, including a new, scary Broadway show, an unusually early kickoff for the new Broadway season, at a time when attention is on …
Below is the list of honorees bestowed with Theatre World Awards for outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway debut performances during the 2022-2023 theatrical season The 77th annual Thea…
When the nominations for the Tony Awards are announced tomorrow morning, it will be five days after the five final shows officially opened on Broadway, marking the end of the Broadway 2022-2…
In honor of Lesbian Visibility Week, here are ten plays by and/or about lesbians, none of which are being performed in New York currently, but the scripts are published, and worth reading…
How well were you paying attention to the theater in April, 2023, the end of the Broadway season? Answer these ten questions " and one doozy of a bonus question " to find out. Loading…
At the very end of Wesley Du's solo play about a Chinese-American boy named Pinky who wants to be a blues guitarist, Pinky reads aloud a letter from Cannonball, the irascible, bigoted Black …
Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht sit at the same table but don't look at one another, nor talk to each other, at the beginning of this exquisitely acted production of David Auburn's gauzy, bit…
Below is the complete list of the nominations for 2023 Chita Rivera Awards for dance and choreography, on Broadway, Off-Broadway and the movies, with the love spread wide. The awards will be…
 "Shucked" leads in the nominations for the 67th annual Drama Desk Awards, which honors achievement by professional theater artists on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway. The awa…
"Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today…"Â Anna Uzele as Francine starts to sing… "So leave already!" interrupts the brusque manager of the polka band for whom she's auditioning. …
"New York, New York" followed by "Some Like It Hot" received the most nominations for the 72nd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, announced this morning. The winners will be announced May 1…
