5,855 stories by "Jonathan Mandell"
A middle aged man hires a teenager for sex in a cheap Dublin hotel, but both the older man (Marc Kudisch) and the younger man (Kyle Bielfield) actually want something else.  A womanÂ�…
Tickets are now on sale for Broadway Week, where you can buy two tickets for the price of one for performances from January 17 through February 12 of 22 Broadway shows, from "& Juliet" t…
The longest battle for Speaker of the House since 1859 was filled with drama last week, but also with theater, enough to inspire observations by at least two theater critics " about Hakeem J…
"That's the sound of a hit,"Â Jonathan Groff as Franklin Shepard sings about halfway through the current Off-Broadway production of the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical "Merrily We Ro…
I had a whale of a time for much of "The Indigo Room," which is part of this year's Under the Radar theater festival, and can certainly count as theater. But it is more than that " maybe too…
Near the end of his inspiring 15-minute address to the 118th Congress before the formal handing-over of the gavel to the newly elected Speaker of the House early Saturday morning, Minority L…
The title is a palindrome: it reads the same backwards and forwards. The show too goes backward and forward " or actually, forward and then backward. The first entry in the annual Unde…
In this first play of the new year, the four statuesque performers are dressed in what at first look like classic robes, but on closer inspection are made up of regular street clothes. This …
Below is a calendar of selected theater opening* this month in New York, including Off-Broadway shows written and performed by Anthony Rapp and Colin Quinn, a new play about the architect Ma…
Choose the show that you are most looking forward to, among the 13 that have firm opening dates on Broadway between now and April 27, 2023, when the 2022-2023 season ends. They are listed ch…
Will 2023 be a year of innovation or retrenchment for theater in New York, especially on Broadway? That's the first of several questions for the year ahead. 7 Major Questions for Theater in …
On January 1, 2020, I explored seven possible major theater trends  of the new decade, asking: What will the future of theater turn out to be? I entitled the post "Seeing 2020," …
Let us celebrate surviving to a new and hopefully better year, by honoring these dozen Broadway veterans in their nineties . Click on any photograph to see it enlarged and read the caption. …
How much do you remember of this unusual year in theater? Answer these 20 questions to find out. Loading…
An 88-year-old producer complaining about Broadway ticket prices was the most popular post by far on this blog in 2022 " and that in an odd way speaks to the enthusiasm of New York Theater r…
Below is a list of theater books to read in 2023, most of which were published in 2022.‡ Click on the titles to find more information and to purchase these books, grouped under five…
My annual New Year's Eve last-minute guide to events that are still available to do on New Year's Eve 2023 (when 2022 turns into 2023) in New York City: Times Square.Broadway show schedul…
"on hiatus"→closed. (e.g.) mask mandatory→mask optional. Brooks Atkinson→Lena Horne; Cort→James Earl Jones. Beanie→Julie→Lea. Sara Porkalob vs. 1776…
Below are some of the people from the theater community who died in 2022, listed alphabetically. Click on any photograph (and click the ⌽ button) to read the caption, most of which link…
It was the kind of year when the audience gave a standing ovation for a regular line in the script of a play one particular night, because of a Supreme Court decision announced during that d…
"A Strange Loop,' is the most acclaimed show among theater critics whose lists of top 10 New York theater for 2022 are featured below. Following close behind is "Oratorio for Living Thing…
"We're very different," Andy Warhol (Paul Bettany) says to Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jeremy Pope) when they first meet to collaborate on making a painting. "You're all spontaneous and wild, and …
It's hard not to fall instantly in love with Pops at the beginning of this must-see Broadway production of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize winning play by Stephen Adly Guirgis, the playwright laurea…
A first for the Tony Awards: United Palace, a grand old theater in Washington Heights, will be the site of the 76th annual awards ceremony, which is now scheduled to take place on June 11…
