5,801 stories by "Jonathan Mandell"
Two brief walks in my neighborhood produced these photographs of signs posted on walls and poles, some there forever and unintentionally relevant, others meant to buck up what few pedestrian…
In the first of his two online Commencement  addresses today, this one to more than 27,000 students at 78 participating historically black colleges and universities, former President Bara…
Among the avalanche of streaming options this weekend are a timely Beckett play and the rich theater offerings of an arts "marathon" " Â both "opening" today " that count as must-see theat…
Below are eight "theater openings"* today, including acclaimed plays from Broadway (Simon McBurney's The Encounter), Off-Broadway (Dominique Morisseau's Pipeline), Â Off-Off Broadway (Mabo…
Watch Joshua Harmon's "Significant Other" live online with the original cast, the second in a series of new live-streamed productions of old plays produced by Broadway's Best Shows When the …
"We have a humanitarian crisis in prison that will blow up in our faces," says André De Shields, speaking sonorously and looking grave in a clerical collar and a salt-and-pepper beard, as t…
'We have a humanitarian crisis in prison that will blow up in our faces," says André De Shields, speaking sonorously and looking grave in a clerical collar and a salt-and-pepper beard, as t…
In the first ever virtual edition of Symphony Space's long-running Selected Stories, four familiar actors are reading the following stories: Riding Solo by Simon Rich Performed by Maulik Pan…
Watch "Frankie and Will," a new one-act play by Talene Monahan, launching MCC's new LiveLab series. It stars Michael Urie as William Shakespeare and Ryan Spahn as his unpaid apprentice. It's…
This play about cookbook author Julia Child is a recipe for how not to do online theater. To Master the Art falls flat, despite some great ingredients. This is not how I expected to react. F…
This play about cookbook author Julia Child is a recipe for how not to do online theater. "To Master the Art" falls flat, despite some great ingredients. This is not how I expected to react.…
Look at Tommy Tune mid-flight with top hat and cane, and he's the quintessential song-and-dance man of his generation; he's billed himself as Broadway's tallest tapper. But among what's impr…
The Broadway League has announced that all of Broadway's 41 theaters would remain shut down at least through Labor Day. This simply recognizes the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the p…
As the shut-down of theaters enters its third month, theater artists vow "we'll be back" " that this is just intermission. But will audiences be back? A new three-part survey  by Shugoll …
Below is the complete list of the  70th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards Honorees. This year all the shows and artists listed  in each of the 27 categories are winners. Multiple hono…
Stageworthy News of the Week. At the finale for the Broadway Does Mother's Day virtual concert yesterday, the cast of Hamilton sang different lyrics to a King George number: We'll be back Ju…
In the hour-long video below, the casts of more than a dozen Broadway shows, and their mothers…and their kids… along with their pets….made jokes, performed shtick, sang songs, and t…
Watch the live Saturday matinee below of "Blithe Spirit," Â a comedy by Noel Coward about a clash of ghosts, starring Angel Desai, Montego Glover, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Â William Jacks…
Below are a selection of the exciting starry theater that's launching today through Sunday, as well as a big Broadway bash to celebrate Mothers Day. Shows I recommend that opened earlier thi…
 Below watch "November" a political comedy by David Mamet, live from 8 to 9:45 p.m. tonight May 7th, 2020 " one-time only. It will not stay online. The virtual production stars John Malk…
The pandemic has produced two kinds of theatrical Netathons , which is my name for oversized online theatrical events by established artists in support of a charitable cause. The first are t…
The pandemic has produced two kinds of theatrical Netathons , which is my name for oversized online theatrical events by established artists in support of a charitable cause. The first are t…
 Watch the live-streaming below of Nia Vardalo's adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's best-selling book of advice,  with Teddy Canez, Hubert Point-Du-Jour, Nia Vardalos, and Natalie Wool…
"Put on your leggings," Rosie O'Donnell tells Carol Kane, as mother to daughter, near the beginning of the play "Love, Loss and What I Wore."; The daughter has a tantrum. "If you don't, you …
"The city that never sleeps is at least napping," says Sarah Henry on the Museum of the City of New York in "New York, Paused," Â a stunning and thought-provoking four-minute video, narrat…
