5,855 stories by "Jonathan Mandell"
At age 91, Adrienne Kennedy will be making her Broadway debut, when Audra McDonald stars in "Ohio Murders," directed by Kenny Leon, opening December 8th at the newly renamed James Earl…
Watch video excerpts of performances from the casts of four Broadway shows, and one Off-Broadway, presented at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert this week. "Chicago." Lana Gordon…
Principal cast members of "Hadestown" escaped from the dark Underworld to the bright midday sun of a Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert to perform four of the numbers from the 2019 To…
Gavin Creel, currently portraying both a big bad wolf and Cinderella's charming Prince in the Broadway revival of "Into The Woods," has played just such varied roles from his Broadway debut …
Emilio Sosa, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who grew up in the South Bronx, has been a costume designer for the theater for more than two decades " and, since July of 2021, the cha…
Broadway Alphabet Series, Round 2: The Week in New York Theater Reviews The Nosebleed at Lincoln Center "Who here loves their father? Who here hates their father?" Aya asks  the au…
Once again, Theater for a New City is touring a free, original hour-long musical through New York City streets, playgrounds and parks, as it has nearly every summer for almost half a century…
"If I only did Shakespeare and August Wilson for the rest of my life, I'd be happy," Denzel Washington said at the red carpet before the Oscars broadcast this year Of course, he was at the c…
With characters named Boq and Og, Igor and Ogie, nine-time Broadway veteran Christopher Fitzgerald has played some of the freshest and funniest roles on Broadway, many of which he originated…
Billy Porter is busy promoting his debut as a film director, for the movie "Anything's Possible" a romcom on Amazon Prime with a twist " one of the young lovers is trans. But for all his var…
Ariana DeBose became a familiar face this year, after winning the Academy Award for her performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg's revival of "West Side Story," which was a couple of months …
"Who here loves their father? Who here hates their father?" Aya asks  the audience each time for a show of hands, and then volunteers: "I hated my father."  Aya Ogawa's "The Noseble…
 "High Noon" is aiming for Broadway, an announcement last week that felt aptly timed, considering all the showdowns. (see The Week in New York Theater News) Theater Quiz for July 2022: Di…
Below is a selection of theater opening in New York in August, with many of the most intriguing plays this month by and about first generation Americans. It's summer, so a lot of the thea…
How well were you paying attention to theater in July? Answer these ten questions " plus two bonus questions about "Into the Woods" Loading…
Is the theater worth the trouble? That's the question I've been asking myself lately, and it turns out I'm not alone.  "In the fall of 2019, in the wake of a disastrous workshop of a n…
"I want you to close your eyes and remember your first puff puff pass," Baba Israel raps near the beginning of "Cannabis: A Viper Vaudeville," which is a fast-paced flashy rap concert and…
Judging from Robert Icke's adaptation, Aeschylus took the easy way out. In the Greek playwright's version of The Oresteia written 2,500 years ago " telling the story of the cycle of murder a…
Choose the show that you are most looking forward to, and the one you are least likely to attend. The list below is for shows that have opening dates on Broadway in October, November and Dec…
Like the magnets I collect from each show for my refrigerator, Broadway exerts a pull, but I also felt a push upon my return this past week to see  "Into The Woods" and "The Kite Runne…
There's an early sweet and funny scene in "The Kite Runner" that feels like a subconscious warning about how misbegotten this stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's 2003 best-selling novel…
"Into The Woods," the musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine currently back on Broadway in a wonderfully cast concert staging directed by Lear deBessonet, has always reminded me of the…
Theater has always involved risk, and pain, and they are often still viewed as necessary and good: "If you're just doing what you know works you can be great, but you won't get to the ineffa…
Why has there been so much conflict and conversation over a cast change on Broadway, a personnel decision in a Chicago theater, and a producer's late payroll for a musical that's just closed…
After skipping two summers because of the pandemics *, Broadway in Bryant Park, the free weekly lunchtime concerts by the casts from current Broadway shows, will return to Bryant Park with a…
