The NYC premiere of CATS the movie caps a week in which Broadway, with no more openings this year, seems to have migrated to the screen. The first trailer for the "In the Heights" movie What…
My ten favorite individual performances in New York stage shows that opened in 2019 are listed alphabetically, with explanations for my choices largely excerpted from my reviews. Ian Barford…
Wanda Wheels bristles when Mateo calls her "kind" in this sprawling, funny, foul-mouthed, messy, moving ensemble piece, Stephen Adly Guirgis's first new play in New York since his Pulitzer P…
"Hadestown" and "Slave Play" Â were the most popular musicals or plays among critics whose top 10 lists of New York theater for 2019 are featured* below. Â Following in popularity were "…
There's a joke Maggie and her son Joe like to tell on their tours of the local mine in Samuel D. Hunter's latest play: "Guy falls down into the mine. His boss yells at him, 'did you break an…
There are several subplots involving Broadway in the third season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the TV series on Amazon Prime. Little of it rings true. Now, much  of this is exaggeration …
"The Thin Place" is a thin play by Lucas Hnath about a woman named Hilda whose grandmother had believed in being able to communicate with the dead, which sets Hilda on her own psychic journe…
This holiday season in New York means at least ten A Christmas Carols, including one this year on Broadway, and 15 Nutcracker Suites. Holiday shows in the city range from family fare to offb…
"In The Heights," Lin-Manuel Miranda's first breakthrough Broadway musical, Â Â has been made into a movie that will be released in June, 2020, Â 12 years after its debut at the Richar…
Get free tickets to live theater, and other live events " dance, comedy, opera " through Goldstar's three day  Comptrain promotion " today through December 13. You pay just a small servic…
Theatergoers are a loyal lot even when they're not at the theater: We listen to Broadway albums (vote for your favorite in 2019 below), we look for the theater content in movies (such as "Ma…
Choose your favorite 2019 Broadway cast recording from among the 11 in the poll below, ordered alphabetically. If I've somehow missed your favorite, fill in the "Other" slot. (If enough peop…
In "Marriage Story," a movie on Netflix about a couple getting divorced, stars Adam Driver as a New York theater director named Charlie, and Scarlett Johansson as his wife Nicole, an actress…
As heartfelt a musical about a troubled family as "Next To Normal," as full of jaunty and jumpy rock rebellion as "Rent," it's hard to dismiss "Jagged Little Pill" as just another jukebox mu…
French is Myriam Phiro's first language, and Edith Piaf her first love. But it wasn't until she moved to New York from her hometown in a rural area of Quebec a decade ago that Phiro started …
In its effort to sum up the decade culturally (33 Ways to Remember the 2010s), the New York Times gives a nod to the return of theater in the cultural conversation " not always directly. Mic…
 On this eighth annual #GivingTuesday (created in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation), consider donating to your favorite New York area theaters, theater compani…
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Today is World AIDS Day. AIDS has been around so long that there's a new wave of plays about the epidemic. This is not nostalgia. There were 1.7 million people newly diagnosed with HIV in…
Below is a selection of New York theater opening in December, organized chronologically by opening date, including the one Broadway musical, "Jagged Little Pill," with songs by Alanis Moriss…
How well were you paying attention to New York theater news, views and reviews in November? Answer these ten questions and find out.
"The Young Man from Atlanta," about an aging couple whose only son has died young, Â is the wrong play by Horton Foote to revive "- it's dated, and overrated " Â but one can guess why th…
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 At 93rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the casts of Hadestown, Ain't Too Proud, Tina The Tina Turner Musical, Beetlejuice and the Radio City Rockettes performed live, as did Lea…
My eighth annual Broadway (and small theater) gift guide below includes links and information on shopping for theater tickets, theater subscriptions, cast recordings, play scripts, librettos…