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5,800 stories by "Jonathan Mandell"

How Heroes of the Fourth Turning became a vision of what theater can be online. Director Danya Taymor Q and A by Jonathan Mandell

"Heroes of the Fourth Turning," Will Arbury's much-acclaimed play about a gathering of former classmates at a conservative Catholic college in Wyoming, not only  worked amazingly well as …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 6:08pm on July 26, 2020

RIP Olivia de Havilland, 104! by Jonathan Mandell

Olivia de Havilland, the last surviving leading lady of Hollywood's Golden Age, five-time Oscar nominated actress and Broadway veteran who helped  take down Hollywood's studio system with…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:18pm on July 26, 2020

Book Review: Flop Musicals of the 21st Century by Jonathan Mandell

Was "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" a flop? Joe Allen didn't think so, refusing to put its poster up on the famous flop wall of his restaurant, saying: "Any show that plays for three year…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:11pm on July 25, 2020

What Theater to Watch July 24: Diva Dilemma! by Jonathan Mandell

Below are some of the rich theater offerings available on screens today: Julie Andrews, Laura Benanti and Marga Gomez all star in shows that maddeningly overlap tonight. And Marilyn Horne at…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 1:22pm on July 24, 2020

Can Theater Change Climate Change? Watch Facing the Rising Tide Theater Festival by Jonathan Mandell

Below are videos of the five plays of the Facing the Rising Tide theater festival, organized by the New Group Theater with the Natural Resources Defense Council. In each video, a discussion …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 4:09pm on July 23, 2020

Broadway from Booth to Bernhardt to Brando to Beckett: Photographs from the Museum of the City of New York by Jonathan Mandell

The photographs of Edwin Booth as Iago in "Othello" in 1871, Paul Robeson in the title role of the same play 72 years later and Dianne Wiest as Desdemona in a production 40 years after that,…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 8:52pm on July 22, 2020

Theater Blog Roundup: Yes, Hamilton, but also Summer Theater Books, Disability Rights Month, Albee on Stage and Screen by Jonathan Mandell

Two of the theater bloggers below wrote about Hamilton this month, but not in a way you might expect. There is a summer theater book reading list, a guide connected to Disability Rights Mont…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 9:59pm on July 21, 2020

NYC's Summer Theater Festivals Reimagined. NYC "reopens" by Jonathan Mandell

#Stageworthy News. Every year for the past decade, I've written a preview guide to the dozen or so annual summer theater festivals in New York. Most have been canceled this year, at least on…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:55am on July 20, 2020

Review: Amadeus. Mozart's rival is Salieri; the play's rival is the movie by Jonathan Mandell

Historically, Amadeus is baloney. Theatrically, it's a feast. Musically, the National Theatre's 2016 production of Peter Shaffer's 1979 play " a recording of which is being streamed onlin…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 9:54pm on July 19, 2020

Amadeus at National Theatre: Review and Pics by Jonathan Mandell

Watch Amadeus below or at National Theatre. Historically, "Amadeus" is baloney. Theatrically, it's a feast. Musically, the National Theatre's 2016 production of Peter Shaffer's 1979 play " a…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 4:56pm on July 19, 2020

Watch Sing Gently by a virtual choir of 17,572 singers! by Jonathan Mandell

A friend passed along this video of 17,572 singers from 129 countries performing Eric Whitacre's "Sing Gently," and included a poem by Bertolt Brecht In the dark times Will there also be sin…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 2:39pm on July 19, 2020

6 to See This Weekend July 18-19: Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Good As New, Homebound, Copper Children, Amadeus, Line by Jonathan Mandell

An 2020 Obie winning play about conservatives who hurt too;  Julianne Moore as a mother whose daughter complains about her plastic surgery; a starry anthology on the theme of "promise." �…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 3:46pm on July 18, 2020

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme on Hulu: Lin-Manuel Miranda et al before Hamilton by Jonathan Mandell

So there is Lin-Manuel Miranda, ten years before "Hamilton," three years before even "In The Heights," galloping across the street to join his fellow members of Freestyle Love Supreme, a hip…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:50pm on July 18, 2020

Good As New Review: Julianne Moore and Kaitlyn Dever in MCC's latest play that works online by Jonathan Mandell

  In "Good As New," a funny and pointed 25-minute play that MCC streamed live online, Julianne Moore as Jan is arguing with her daughter Maggie (Kaitlyn Dever) on Maggie's 16th birthday, …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 4:20pm on July 17, 2020

Watch Broadway Barks 2020 Online by Jonathan Mandell

Watch the 22nd annual Broadway Barks, renamed Broadway Barks across America because this year for the first time it's online, with co-founder and host Bernadette Peters, an adorable lineup o…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 5:38pm on July 16, 2020

Homebound Project 4 Review: Promises with Tommy Dorfman, Cherry Jones, Judith Light, Marquise Vilson… by Jonathan Mandell

Tommy Dorfman, in sexy black corset and purple wig, exclaims "I'm a Queen…I'm hot," does an interpretive dance on the bed, puts on lipstick as if host of a makeup show, plays a tambourine,…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 1:49pm on July 16, 2020

Book Review: Broadway in the Box: Television's Lasting Love Affair with the Musical by Jonathan Mandell

Before it even opened on Broadway in 1954, the producers of the musical "Peter Pan" had struck a deal with NBC to present it live on television, after its Broadway run, with its cast intact,…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:17pm on July 15, 2020

2020 Obie Awards Winners, celebrating downtown theater virtually by Jonathan Mandell

The list of winners of the 65th annual, and first virtual, Obie Awards, delayed twice, which celebrates Off and Off Off Broadway. Presenters, performers and winners of the 2020 Obie Awards D…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 8:01pm on July 14, 2020

Four Months of Shutdown: What "theater" now means by Jonathan Mandell

#Stageworthy News. If "Hamilton" on Disney+  having become the most-viewed streaming video is not evidence enough of the expanding definition of "theater," I saw nine plays last week (…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 1:05pm on July 13, 2020

Review: The Few. Samuel D. Hunter's entertaining play about loneliness by Jonathan Mandell

Watching Gideon Glick's expressive face in The Few" elated one moment, defeated the next, then adoring, angry, hurt, resigned " is one key to unlocking the mystery of how this Play-PerView's…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 6:24pm on July 12, 2020

The Few Review and Pics: Samuel D. Hunter's Play About Loneliness, via Play-PerView by Jonathan Mandell

Watching Gideon Glick's expressive face in The Few"  elated one moment, defeated the next,  then adoring, angry, hurt, resigned "  is one key to unlocking the mystery of how this Pl…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 6:06pm on July 12, 2020

Mint Theater's Summer Stock Streaming Festival: 3 Women-Centric Plays of Yore by Jonathan Mandell

The Summer Stock Streaming Festival is a free triple feature online through July 19th from The Mint Theater, which has been unearthing forgotten old plays and making them shine for a quarter…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 5:49pm on July 11, 2020

Theater This Weekend: 5 Plays To Catch Before They Expire + Bernadette, Kelli and Audra by Jonathan Mandell

I've seen the five plays below " The Copper Children,  The Mint's Summerstock Streaming Festival, The Deep Blue Sea, Gloria: A Life, and The Line, in order of expiration date " and recomm…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 1:06pm on July 11, 2020

The Deep Blue Sea Review: Helen McCrory's stunning performance of a woman racked and trapped by love by Jonathan Mandell

On the surface, The Deep Blue Sea might seem a love triangle, but Helen McCrory's performance makes it a prism " multifaceted, disorienting, and brilliant " in the National Theatre's 2016 pr…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 8:18pm on July 10, 2020

The Deep Blue Sea Review and Pics: Terence Rattigan's Love Triangle Like a Prism, and a Prison by Jonathan Mandell

On the surface, The Deep Blue Sea might seem a love triangle, but Helen McCrory's performance makes it a prism " multifaceted, disorienting, and brilliant " in the National Theatre's 2016 pr…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 6:47pm on July 10, 2020
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